29/08/2025
I want to discuss something that's not been brought up enough. Patrick Stewart and Kevin Thelwell should be getting as much grief as Russell Martin.
Rangers fans feared this appointment from the start. His managerial record wasn't impressive, the style of play he tried elsewhere left teams wide open, and nothing at all about his CV screamed out "he's the man for us"
Where my real issue lies isn't just about Martin - it's also about the process that put him there. Patrick Stewart and Kevin Thelwell led that process. If thousands of Rangers fans saw the red flags before he even set foot in Ibrox - how did they not? What data, what vision, what criteria justified this? Those are the questions that need answers!
Look at the way we're playing. There's no clear identity. We're slow, predictable, fragile at the back. And let's be honest, every mistake we make gives that lot a bigger advantage. We can't afford to be handing them titles because we've chosen to experiment with managers who seem to be learning on the job.
Rangers is a club built on a winning culture. Every manager, every player has to live up to that. You don't come to Rangers to learn your trade - you come here to win and make history.
The least the board can do is be transparent. Tell us why Martin was the choice, tell us what the vision actually is. Because from the outside, it looks like guess work... and Rangers can't be run on guesswork and experiments.
At the end of the day, this isn't just about Russell Martins dreadful start - it's about a broken process at the top of the club - apparently even with a new hierarchy. If we don't fix that, we'll be here in another year with another failed manager and still no progress. Rangers fans deserve better.
