{"id":202186,"date":"2025-10-15T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/202186\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:30:08","slug":"ole-gunnar-solskjaer-rangers-question-draws-russell-martin-defence-from-ex-celtic-man-andy-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/202186\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Rangers question draws Russell Martin defence from ex-Celtic man Andy Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If there is one thing which has seen Celtic and Rangers go in opposite directions in recent years, it is managerial appointments.<\/p>\n<p>When the Ibrox side won their only league title of the decade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> responded with the appointment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/ange-postecoglou\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ange Postecoglou,<\/a> who instantly won the title back despite widespread doubters in the media.<\/p>\n<p>The Hoops completed a complete sweep of domestic trophies the following year, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/michael-beale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Beale<\/a> was brought in across the city.<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou left after this, and Celtic promptly appointed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/brendan-rodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Rodgers.<\/a> He guided the Celts to a league and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/scottish-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Cup<\/a> double, despite much noise around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/philippe-clement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philippe Clement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the Ibrox hierarchy now looking to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/russell-martin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Martin<\/a> just months after appointing him, one ex-Celtic forward thinks he was right about one thing.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Walker on Russell Martin and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for Rangers<\/p>\n<p>The rumour mill is currently linking Man Utd legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with the Rangers hotseat, with Paul Scholes revealing the Norwegian\u2019s talks over the job.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2217556997-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Besiktas head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer speaks at press conference after his team's 4-0 victory over Sipay Bodrum FK\" class=\"wp-image-288338\" \/>Photo by Ali Balli\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Something many Rangers fans are asking for is a manager who prioritises results over style of play, after Martin\u2019s controversial approach.<\/p>\n<p>For ex-Celtic man and pundit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/andy-walker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Walker,<\/a> speaking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/thisisgo.co.uk\/shows\/the-go-radio-football-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Go Radio Football Show,<\/a> Martin was right to make this point.<\/p>\n<p>Walker said: \u201cThe demands at Rangers are huge. I think what you have to do first of all is \u2013 and of course you have to get a winning team \u2013 but\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Russell Martin said, I actually think there\u2019s a bit of truth in it. You do want to win in a certain way. Of course you\u2019ll take that scrappy 1-0 or 2-1 victory where you get a lucky goal with the last kick of the ball, but eventually you do want to play with a bit of style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve seen that with various teams through the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celtic\u2019s style of play vs Rangers<\/p>\n<p>Celtic have been a far more possession-based team than their rivals over recent years. Both Postecoglou and Rodgers put an emphasis on having the ball.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment of Martin saw Rangers go to an opposite end of the spectrum, after more direct approaches under Beale and Clement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/kevin-muscat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Muscat<\/a> \u2013 another candidate for the job \u2013 was mentored by Postecoglou, and takes huge influence from his style. He isn\u2019t facing the same criticisms that Martin did as an appointment, for whatever reason.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/celtic-discover-date-and-kick-off-time-for-showpiece-glasgow-derby-semi-final-vs-rangers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier Sports Cup semi-final,<\/a> whoever the new Ibrox boss is will have their capability against an imperfect Celtic team tested \u2013 Rodgers\u2019 record at Hampden is a formidable one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If there is one thing which has seen Celtic and Rangers go in opposite directions in recent years,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[87596,10043,218,34725,10044,2715,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-202186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-andy-walker","tag-celtic","tag-football","tag-ole-gunnar-solskjaer","tag-rangers","tag-russell-martin","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}