It would not have taken much for post\u2011match media comments to prove more engaging than an awful \u2013 think bald men and a comb \u2013 Old Firm clash. Russell Martin and Brendan Rodgers duly delivered. Perhaps it was inevitable that a derby supposed to endorse such strongly held viewpoints about one half of Glasgow would end in stalemate.<\/p>\n
The boos that rang out at full time demonstrated the scale of work Martin has to do in order to win over hearts and minds. The Rangers manager has been on the back foot since day one, with a poor start to the season<\/a> strengthening the widely held sense that this is wrong man, wrong club, wrong time.<\/p>\n Rangers were actually the better side and the one which showed more attacking purpose, but four draws to open a Scottish Premiership<\/a> campaign is not a healthy position. In that quartet of games Rangers have scored just three times. Fans held banners with \u201cEnough is enough\u201d as a message before kick-off against Celtic. The visiting contingent, 2,500 of them, were noticeably subdued. The Ibrox atmosphere was a strange one.<\/p>\n Martin has decided Scotland\u2019s fourth estate is partly responsible for his predicament. Perhaps websites are making an error by printing the Rangers<\/a> scores. \u201cUntil we win football matches there will still be noise,\u201d the Rangers manager said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a reaction to games, the job the media have to get clicks. My job is to win games, the media\u2019s job is to create miscommunication between people. The noise gets louder but it doesn\u2019t change one thing we do inside the building. I\u2019ve had it before as a player and manager already. The only way to change the noise is to win matches.\u201d<\/p>\n It was not the press who decided to leave Nico Raskin, Rangers\u2019 best midfielder, out of the squad for Celtic\u2019s visit amid speculation about the Belgian\u2019s future. Martin refused to discuss Raskin\u2019s situation but confirmed the Rangers squad was addressed on Saturday by the club\u2019s American owners. The message there was apparently clear; that Martin would be going nowhere. \u201cI haven\u2019t felt one change in the owners\u2019 attitude towards me,\u201d Martin said. \u201cIf anything I\u2019ve felt more support than ever in the last week.\u201d<\/p>\n