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‘Lobbing the players under the bus’ ‘always next season’ ‘bring back Beale’ joy for Celtic fans as Martin loses it

Ibrox August 2, 2025
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Russell Martin was under attack straight after he watched his side draw their SPFL opener, 1-1 away to Motherwell.

The new hipster boss quickly won over the loyal bears who were initially horrified by his appointment, apparently the hostility was due to his tactics at Southampton rather than the fact that he is a vegan, Buddhist and a member of the Green Party.

All it took was a few media conferences, guidance from their fan media outlets and some incredible clips from the training ground to get the bears on board.

And then the football started.

Club Brugge and Middlesbrough outplayed Martin’s side in two pre-season friendlies at Ibrox, if Panathinaikos could have converted one chance in six Ibrox would be hosting a Europa League qualifier this week.

It seems that for many of the Ibrox squad beating Panathinaikos was all that mattered, a trip to face a Motherwell team filled with free agents and under their third manager of 2025 was below them.

Across the entire team tonight there wasn’t a single success story.

Jack Butland is starting to think that he is a £30m ‘keeper again with slackness in everything he does, Captain Disappointed is already going through the cliches with right-footed Max Aarons looking incredibly uncomfortable at left-back.

In midfield the golden boys of Nicky Raskin and Mohamed Diomande were given the runaround, outfought and out-passed by journeymen from the lowest reaches of the English game.

Luckily Motherwell opted not to risk Lennon Miller as they hold off for a club record transfer fee.

One of the biggest targets for the Ibrox boo boys is Kieran Dowell- and not just because of his first name.

Promoted into the leadership group the former Norwich star has started all three matches so far this season as a right winger, tonight he played for all 95 minutes.

Chris Sutton highlighted his Walking Football approach at Motherwell’s equaliser, as the inquest goes on among angry bears they’ll be looking for Dowell to be ditched or their hipster manager will be viewed as part of the problem rather than a solution.

Martin told Sky Sports:

We were very lucky to get a point. I’m extremely disappointed and hurt by that.

They were braver than us, they were more aggressive than us, and I’ve said to the players, I’ve been really honest with them – there is a default here at this football club.

It’s not one person’s fault at all. The default is to revert to tight, which is when it’s going really well, everyone’s all in, it’s really good, but it’s not going well, you protect yourself a little bit, and the self-preservation stuff.

You can’t play for this club and enjoy the really good moments, and not when it gets tough. You have to be all in all the time, and we had two men on the pitch today that want to do what they want to do.

Martin added:

So, if you are playing with real intensity and courage, in your position that we coach you in, no problem. When you want to just jog around and do what you want to do, there’s a big problem.

Some of them have to drop their ego. I will look at us tactically and accept my responsibility in it, but today, it’s not really tactical, it’s a mentality problem.

And we got more than what we deserved, actually. If players aren’t ready to step up then they will be left behind.

Russell Martin

 

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