Wed 1 October 2025 20:03, UK

Rangers fans are ufrious with Russell Martin and criticism of him is growing.

Martin has been booed by Rangers fans after a woeful start to the season meant that they are now eighth in the Scottish Premiership.

Many have called for Martin to go, with fans also demanding that Patrick Stewart departs, but the Rangers owners have backed him.

Martin briefly played for Rangers in a disastrous spell, as did former Ibrox midfielder Joey Barton, who has now had his say over the under-fire manager.

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Barton is now a controversially outspoken figure, and he has not held back in his assessment of Martin, with the former midfielder launching a foul-mouthed rant about him.

With Celtic also struggling and Hearts making good progress, Barton warned that Rangers could fall behind if they stick with Martin.

“You’ve got Russell nonsense just going ‘yeah played well there, good 1-0 defeat there, there’s lots of brightness and if we can just knit it together,’ and the Rangers fans are just like ‘get tae [expletive],'” Barton stated on the Common Sense Podcast.

Former Rangers player Joey Barton

“I can see it cause they’re going ‘who is this [expletive] who’s turned up here?’...