Martin given police escort as Rangers fans block team bus

In a bid to prevent under-pressure head coach Russell Martin from being escorted away from supporters who had been clamoring for his removal for several weeks, police have escorted him from the ground in a separate car.

Around 18:30 BST, or more than 90 minutes after the game was over, a group of people, mostly wearing black, were led away from the ground.

Martin, who signed a three-year contract with the club in June, has only won one of his first seven league games and has received chants and protests from fans in recent games.

Martin, who won five games in all competitions, accepted responsibility for the most recent subpar performance at bottom-placed Falkirk and said there were “no excuses.”

In the end, he said, “The team is a reflection of me and it needs to be better and do better. I need to take responsibility and examine that myself.”

The 39-year-old is aware that his future is becoming more “noise”-filled, but he insisted he could still turn things around.

You would have to question those who were above me, Martin said.

“I feel really backstage from the players and the staff,” he said. I can’t say whether that has changed because I felt really supported by everyone else before me.

Because of what I see with the players every day, how invested they are in it, and how determined they are to win football games, “I have to just try to focus on winning football games.”

The Ibrox hierarchy appears to be making a significant decision right now. Ride out the storm, trust their man and hope he will produce the desired improvements, or accept that the current situation is irretrievable and order the end of a project that hasn’t really taken off.

A man who appears to be caught in the wrong movie had to be smuggled away from the Falkirk Stadium, which was an unsatisfying day. Instead of becoming a heartfelt story, it’s turning into a horror movie.

When does the board’s duty to their employees start to take effect? After all, there is only so much one man can tolerate.

After the hosts equalized with 17 minutes left, the customary chants started to play in Falkirk. “Martin, Martin, get to…”. In contrast to the outcry that quickly erupted shortly after the final whistle, that seems like a light rebuke.

Kris Boyd, a former Rangers striker, acknowledged that “something has to change.” The majority of Rangers supporters have had enough.

He claimed, “It is not good enough.” They have not visited Rugby Park, Easter Road, Celtic Park, Pittodrie, Tannadice, or Tynecastle. If nothing changes, this only gets worse. It is getting worse.

Rangers simply had to win this game, which they failed to do. once more.