16 Sep 2025
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16 Sep 2025 11:25:18
For goodness sake, surely everyone can see anxiety is the problem, he causes it everywhere he goes.
The proof is there.
16 Sep 2025 11:41:33
One common denominator here, oh wait maybe it's the fans.
16 Sep 2025 11:43:56
He must be the unluckiest manager in the whole wide world to get all those players with anxiety any backer of Martin willing to come on and try and explain this?
16 Sep 2025 12:30:33
I still think if anxiety is the problem than we should bring in a Sports psychologist to work with the players, would be more worthwhile than a trip to Loch Lomond.
16 Sep 2025 12:54:01
Look can you not see above the hatred for Martin just for a minute. even Sutton is saying he feels sorry for players having to play in such a toxic atmosphere but that you get no time in Glasgow to build. it is worse this time with Martin as he wasn't wanted in the first place so first sign of anything wrong it all went bad (yes I know we are now 13 games in) . Players were being booed in pre-season friendlies fgs. he played Dowell so he wasn't competent. need I go on.
I accept he is a poor coach who is trying to play a style of football that the players aren't used to and the fans don't want in Scotland. That attempt to play that style is most likely what creates the anxiety amongst players in every club he has been at. so he could change that style but he chooses not to; he will eventually get sacked by clubs because of it; the same as Ange did.
However you need to also see how the crowd and atmosphere affects our players. if not for Martin's tenure which will be short then for the next man.
unless we give that time to build at some point then we will be second, at best, for a long long time. that might mean we need to accept poor results at times against what we consider cannon fodder as they have lower budgets but it is needed.
before anyone mentions as long as they see improvement then remember Clement who was the messiah in his first season until he lost a couple in the last 5 games to lose the league and then he was rubbish. that was a player mentality thing as well probably as we aren't used to being in a position to win. it is basic sports psychology.
16 Sep 2025 13:19:44
Will be anxious playing his system, said yesterday it would have a better chance of working inside an empty Ibrox, I'm wanting him out for the system he plays anyway, seen enough.
16 Sep 2025 13:22:08
So him not changing his style means the players suffer anxiety, right got that, so the fans have to not complain, and back a guy that's causing the players anxiety, for not changing a system that isn't working, go figure, so he isn't causing the animous by not using alternative options to alleviate the anxiety or animous. 4 clubs same statement about anxiety in every one. Did a big boy do it and run away.
16 Sep 2025 13:22:52
Angus. Then stop buying players who don't have that mentality. We came off a 1/ 4 final in Europe and beat Celtic at Parkhead. We needed a clear out but didn't need the arrival of all those players. Who has won anything apart from Tav. Maybe Souter, can't remember. You want support, then produce results. Clement went because he couldn't build on his first season.
We all understand the support are fickle at times but here's the twist. We cry the business needs to be sustain yet the 8 million buy was extremely lazy recruitment, unless it's a deal of sorts for Money Everton owe us. Our most prize asset is not playing. ?? The stadium is toxic because of a build up of failure. Nothing else.
16 Sep 2025 13:24:06
Wsl I agree 100% and we should probably have one on our staff given our recent failings. that will take a bit of time though but worth having for the next manager/ players.
I think he is trying everything to find something which clicks and Loch Lomond was probably an attempt to take players away from the goldfish bowl and create that team spirit which in the old days would have been a night out to the pubs. so he is trying to make changes to get a different reaction/ result.
16 Sep 2025 14:06:04
Angus's Mammie ??.
16 Sep 2025 14:06:32
Is Martin's Mammie!
16 Sep 2025 13:33:20
If its fan atmosphere affecting the players explain our away performances. Under PC again fans were being blamed even though it was his away form that was setting poor records and home form was fine. Then later our home form was poor but again it was fans blamed. Can't have it both ways. It's the standard poor excuse after exhausting all the others blame the fans.
16 Sep 2025 15:18:18
I agree Angus. Stop the hatred. Stop the sparky comments. His hair, his diet, loch Lomond. He's a human being. This toxicity is embarrassing. Hearts game had 3 incidents that could have been very different. Come away with a win and beat Hibs. He's got breathing space.
He wasn't wanted so pick on everything that goes wrong. We love Raskin so we hate Rothwell whose a very good player yet to show his best. The fans will get their way and correctly but keep the insults. We as Rangers men are better than that surely?
16 Sep 2025 17:09:53
Kaiser I just can't and that is my frustration and why I want to chat about it to see if there is any real insight amonmgst us. unfortunately ll you get is the same tired we hate Martin, we want Martin out. I say again I am not blaming the fans but we can be such a power of good it frustrates me when we choose to turn against any part of the club.
I agree with Walters though that the personal abuse on here is dreadful. his personal attributes have nothing to do with his management skills. Like all our previous managers I like to see them as men trying their best and the job being beyond them. God knows if there is a manager out there who can turn it round that quickly but they have a very low bar set now.
16 Sep 2025 18:16:28
I get your trying to look at it your way, but others look at it their way, if you don't like it, and no one wants to talk or discuss it, it's because they have decided they have seen enough, then there isn't much u can do, keep banging away bud, but most are wearing earmuffs and have made up their mind.
16 Sep 2025 18:46:31
Agree Fork. We e had enough failure but vilifying a man who must be trying his best is just wrong. There's a lack of brain cells in some and before you say it, I'm well aware there's some smart cookies on here. But be rational and cut the personal hatred.
16 Sep 2025 20:56:38
Are u talking about others, re personal hatred, as I've not, as far as i'm aware been personal in my postings re Martin.
17 Sep 2025 09:58:48
Not you Forky.