What could Rangers fans expect if Martin takes charge?

Russell Martin is, according to some, connected nan brink of becoming nan adjacent Rangers manager. Others opportunity a woody is still immoderate measurement off.

Some would person you judge different candidates are still very overmuch successful nan frame.

No wonderment Rangers fans don't cognize what to judge but a conception among them don't look overly enthused by nan imaginable of erstwhile MK Dons, Swansea City and Southampton leader Martin taking charge.

Many are presumably unconvinced by his English Premier League acquisition past term, which led to his sacking and Southampton's eventual relegation.

However, that position does disregard nan activity done successful getting into England's apical formation and nan expanding grounds to support nan thought that nan modulation from nan Championship to nan apical tier is an ever-expanding span to navigate.

So, what could Rangers expect connected nan transportation if Martin takes complaint and are location parallels pinch erstwhile Celtic leader Ange Postecoglou?

Martin himself told nan BBC's Match of nan Day past period that a cardinal constituent of taking connected immoderate occupation would beryllium "how nan style of play will fit" and "how convinced nan ownership and group successful complaint are pinch really we do things."

That seems to propose he retains religion successful his philosophy.

Football coach and expert John Walker has undertaken extended study of Martin's managerial profession and believes galore group misunderstand his style.

"I deliberation there's a misconception of it being very passive successful possession for possessions sake," he told BBC Scotland.

"To me, anytime I've watched MK Dons, Swansea aliases Southampton - much nan second successful nan Championship - it was really really guardant attacking play.

"It was very accelerated forward. It wasn't excessively dissimilar, though not nan nonstop aforesaid successful patterns, to Postecoglou's Celtic.

"That's astir apt why I'm specified a champion for him taking complete Rangers because I judge it's a style of football, pinch aggression, that tin activity successful Scotland."

Ironically, it was successful nan aftermath of a 5-0 drubbing by Postecoglou's Tottenham Hotspur that Martin was sacked by Southampton.

His adjacent crippled successful nan dugout could travel pinch Rangers.

A reluctance to accommodate is an accusation Postecoglou and Martin some share. But nan latter's erstwhile Norwich City team-mate, Angus Gunn, would conflict that.

Gunn came up against Martin's Southampton squad successful nan English Championship en way to, what turned into, their unsuccessful return to nan Premier League.

"They were a reliable team," nan Scotland goalkeeper said. "We had a mates of bully games against them. One was 4-4, 1 was 1-1, truthful rather contrasting.

"When we first played them they were rather open. Then erstwhile we played them again, they were a small spot pragmatic and I deliberation that shows a coach that tin accommodate and alteration nan measurement his squad plays.

"Watching his teams complete nan fewer years that he was there, I thought he did that moreover though immoderate group astir apt said that he was reluctant to alteration a lot.

"I thought he did that rather well, particularly successful nan Championship."

The communicative astir nan erstwhile Scotland defender, peculiarly pinch Southampton successful nan Premier League, was that he was excessively stubborn and needed to adapt.

The erstwhile Rangers defender's consequence was firm.

"There is simply a quality betwixt being stubborn and having conviction," he told BBC Sport. "If you really judge successful thing arsenic a coach, manager, leader, past nan logic for maine is that you instrumentality pinch it and effort to beryllium amended astatine it."

It suggests nan principles of Martin's attack won't deviate, if he gets nan Ibrox job.

It seems location will beryllium a significant, if not seismic, alteration successful squad unit astatine Rangers, pinch caller costs disposable aft nan takeover led by Andrew Cavenagh and 49ers Enterprises.

But conscionable really large would that request to beryllium to let Martin to instrumentality his ideas?

Walker believes wholesale alteration is required astatine Rangers, but insists Martin would beryllium unfazed by specified a task.

"I don't deliberation galore of nan players that are presently location will survive," Walker said. "When he went into Swansea, I deliberation they had 18 players time off complete nan summertime truthful they had to make 17 signings.

"When he went into Southampton location were 20 group wanting to leave.

"So he's sewage acquisition of building a squad and almost instantly implementing nan style of play. I would expect a monolithic squad overhaul if he comes in.

"I deliberation pinch nan style of play, you're going to besides acquisition teething problems, a batch of goals conceded to commencement with.

"I deliberation nan breathtaking portion will beryllium there'll beryllium tons of goals for Rangers."