Derek Mcinnes described his counterpart of the Russell Martin sub-press rangers as “a good man, a good manager” while his team ended an 11-year expectation for a victory in Ibrox in the middle of the songs of the stands so that the head coach of the house is dismissed.
Martin later insisted that he had no intention of arresting despite becoming the first boss of the Rangers team since 1978 not to have won one of his first five championship games in charge.
Asked by the BBC Scotland if he had a sympathy for the former Rangers defender, Mcinnes said: “More than a little, I didn’t like it today. It’s so unfair for a manager, I don’t like it at all.
“He is a good man, he is a good manager and, when the results do not always come to clubs, especially clubs of this size, it’s more than manager for me. It’s difficult for him.
“It’s early in the season. He is a new manager and, in the same way with myself, I am just in the heart and, if we were always sitting down the table and integrating lots of players and trying to implement what we want to do, you would ask for this understanding. And, as managers, that’s all we ask.”
While the Rangers seated on the third background of the Scottish Prime Minister after the 2-0 defeat, the hearts are clear of three points at the top before the champion reigning this Celtic against Kilmarnock, or taking 13 points after 15 possible.
“I appreciated my team, but it was difficult to ignore this and it was difficult not to have empathy of course,” added the former Rangers midfielder, who has already been linked to a return to Ibrox as a manager, added after a Boos choir greeted Martin in the Ibrox tunnel.
