In this weekend's Premiership games, the pressure is on Rangers boss Russell Martin, striker Kelechi Iheanacho comes to the fore at Celtic, while Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin feels the heat.
More punishment for Rangers at the hand of a Belgian opponent. A familiar combination of self-destruction and the poor defending endemic under Russell Martin deepened the gloom. Reduced to ten men after Mohamed Diomande’s reckless first-half challenge, insult was added by Genk’s goal being scored by a former Celtic striker in Oh Hyeon-gyu. Martin has talked of “results coming through difficulty” but could barely have chosen to manage a club where poor results will cause more difficulty. Ibrox was undersold, just 38,000 there, though in attendance was Andrew Cavanagh, the co-owner glad-handling fans before kick-off. The American health insurance entrepreneur’s scheduled visit to Glasgow has allowed him to experience what fans have been served during his choice of manager’s short reign. Continue reading...
Without a league win and humiliated in Europe - why has Russell Martin's style not worked at Rangers and has he shown signs of changing?
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says Rangers head coach Russell Martin deserves more respect and will emerge "stronger" from his current predicament.
The Scottish company, which observed it 'became one of Scotland’s most recognised brands when it simultaneously sponsored Rangers and Celtic', in key moves
Iheanacho on spot with almost last kick at Kilmarnock Rangers fans voiced anger after home loss to Hearts The debutant Kelechi Iheanacho scored a last-gasp penalty as mutinous Celtic fans were left celebrating a 2-1 victory over Kilmarnock that moved them back to the top of the Premiership. After a summer in which the club were widely deemed to have failed to adequately bolster their squad in the summer before crashing out of the Champions League at the hands of Kairat Almaty, angry supporters held a crisis meeting last week and decided to boycott the opening 12 minutes of the Rugby Park fixture. Around half of the travelling fans opted against partaking in the late-entry protest while the others eventually filtered in to witness the remainder of an underwhelming, goalless first half from Brendan Rodgers’ side. Continue reading...
Updates from the afternoon’s 3pm BST kick-offs Match report: Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest It’s full-time at the Emirates, Arsenal have dispatched Ange Postecoglou’s Nottingham Forest 3-0. Murillo going off in the first half will be a concern for the visitors but the Gunners were excellent. Mikel Arteta was missing a few starters but the players coming off the bench showed the depth now running through his team. Nick Woltemade immediately comes into the Newcastle starting XI after his £73.5m move, but World Cup winner and Guardian columnist Philipp Lahm is less than convinced with the big man: He has not yet developed any consistency or patterns – not in his first touch, not in his combination play, not in his timing on headers, not in his shooting. His goals are not the logical consequence of excellent actions and skills. His excellence is not repeatable. And he still has to prove that he can last 50 games in a season, because he is tall but not robust. Continue reading...
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Rangers buy Youssef Chermiti from Everton for an undisclosed fee as fellow striker Cyriel Dessers is sold to Panathinaikos.
Some of the pressure is on Russell Martin despite his a 0-0 draw with Celtic leaving Rangers with no wins in four Scottish Premiership games and a worst start to a league season in 42 years.
BBC Scotland's chief sportswriter Tom English dissects a dreadful Old Firm derby at Ibrox.
Striker Cyriel Dessers has "probably played his last game" for Rangers, says head coach Russell Martin.
Perhaps it was inevitable that a game which would supposedly endorse firm opinion about either Rangers or Celtic would end in stalemate. A grim, miserable stalemate at that. It seemed incredible to think that both of these teams had Champions League ambitions a matter of weeks ago. Rangers will be the happier with their point, notwithstanding the problems associated with four draws to start their Scottish Premiership campaign. Russell Martin has been under such pressure, as only intensified by the 6-0 drubbing against Club Brugge, that he will cling to any form of salvation. Rangers offered more threat here against a Celtic team who were woefully punchless. Continue reading...
POLICE are closing in on "known" football thugs who were involved in organised football violence as Rangers take on Celtic at Ibrox ...
