{"id":23449,"date":"2025-09-15T08:20:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/mccoist-was-stunned-by-martins-incredible-decision-after-the-rangers-were-defeated\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:20:58","slug":"mccoist-was-stunned-by-martins-incredible-decision-after-the-rangers-were-defeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/mccoist-was-stunned-by-martins-incredible-decision-after-the-rangers-were-defeated\/","title":{"rendered":"McCoist was stunned by Martin&#8217;s &#8220;incredible&#8221; decision after the Rangers were defeated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/mccoist-was-stunned-by-martins-incredible-decision-after-the-rangers-were-defeated\/#New_updates_for_Martins_Rangers_Future\" >New updates for Martin&#8217;s Rangers Future<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/mccoist-was-stunned-by-martins-incredible-decision-after-the-rangers-were-defeated\/#McCoist_smokes_with_%E2%80%9Cincredible%E2%80%9D_Martins_decision\" >McCoist smokes with &#8220;incredible&#8221; Martin&#8217;s decision<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Pressure continues to be mounted on Rangers manager Russell Martin, with GERS legend Ally McCoist now describing one situation as &#8220;incredible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"new-update-on-martin-39-s-rangers-future\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"New_updates_for_Martins_Rangers_Future\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>New updates for Martin&#8217;s Rangers Future<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Thanks to Lawrence Shankland&#8217;s double, Hart won 2-0 at Ibrox was a horrifying day in the Rangers&#8217; office on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>For Martin, it is potentially another nail in the co, and the 39-year-old has started his GERS life very unfortunately, and has yet to win the game in the Scottish Premiership this season.<\/p>\n<p>That said, new reports suggest that the British have been given a vote of trust by their owners for the time being. <em>Daily Record<\/em> The 49ers company claims it has &#8220;decided to stick&#8221; with him.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that the Rangers need large-scale improvements in terms of outcomes, performance, and Martin&#8217;s relationship with certain players.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mccoist-fumes-at-quot-incredible-quot-martin-decision\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"McCoist_smokes_with_%E2%80%9Cincredible%E2%80%9D_Martins_decision\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>McCoist smokes with &#8220;incredible&#8221; Martin&#8217;s decision<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Talk live <em>Talksport<\/em> Monday (via) <em>Rangers Review<\/em>), McCoist lamented the situation with Rangers&#8217; Nicholas Ruskin, and Martin continued to freeze Key midfielders from the team.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Russkin has obviously a problem now. There&#8217;s no doubt about it. Nothing has happened. But from where I&#8217;m sitting, you&#8217;re not staring at me. If Russkin has problems, and he (Russell Martin) clearly has it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We were all sitting there watching that match over the weekend and Ruskin stepped into that team. He scored internationally in Belgium in the week. There&#8217;s no one on the planet who says that Ruskin shouldn&#8217;t be with the Rangers from 11.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Why isn&#8217;t he in starting 11? That has to be an incredible reason, because if it doesn&#8217;t detrimental to the team, you can&#8217;t leave him. The team is most important, not individual issues between the manager and the player.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is a story that desperately needs sorting, and Martin&#8217;s stubbornness is definitely backfire now that he doesn&#8217;t play Ruskin, and the manager has to bite the bullet and return it.<\/p>\n<p>It feels like Martin is on the edge of Ibrox, so frankly he can make a difference and play a key player to save his job.<\/p>\n<p>But whether he is willing to do so, and if his decision is made in Ruskin, nothing will change unless he is rejected, or until the midfielder leaves in January.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pressure continues to be mounted on Rangers manager Russell Martin, with GERS legend Ally McCoist now describing one situation as &#8220;incredible.&#8221; New updates for Martin&#8217;s Rangers Future Thanks to Lawrence Shankland&#8217;s double, Hart won 2-0 at Ibrox was a horrifying day in the Rangers&#8217; office on Saturday afternoon. 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