"I have to respect it, I have to understand their frustration and their annoyance but I feel every bit of it as well. It's an amazing opportunity for us as a team to come through this period and grow through it and to be so strong from it. Hopefully, at that point then everyone will come together, we just need to win football matches."
"It's a really difficult balance because it hurts professionally because we're working so hard to try and give the supporters what they want - a team that wins and wins a lot and does it in a certain way. I'm more frustrated than anyone."
"It's much harder for the people around me like my family and stuff to deal with than it is for us because it's a professional thing you have to accept."
Russell Martin acknowledges that criticism and planned fan protests are painful and difficult to accept. Rangers sit 10th in the Scottish Premiership and remain without a league win this season. Recent results include a heavy Champions League play-off defeat and only three wins in 12 matches under Martin. A fans' group intends to protest against Martin and chief executive Patrick Stewart before the Premier Sports Cup quarter-final. Martin urges respect for supporters' frustrations, stresses the need to win matches, and describes the situation as an opportunity for the team to grow stronger while noting the personal impact on his family.
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