Under-fire Russell Martin has received backing from Leicester City chiefs with fan pressure rocketing after a nightmare start to the season. A year on from his disastrous time as Rangers boss, Martin is enduring a turbulent campaign with the fallen Premier League winners in League One.
A lacklustre 3-1 loss to Peterborough has seen a number of Foxes' fans hit their breaking point with punters heard chanting for the boss to leave the club - with City sitting 17th spot in the English third tier, and just a point outside of the relegation zone.
McCarron defends Martin's record
Technical director James McCarron has now offered a defence of the gaffer - insisting he "evidenced his ability" during his time in charge at Rangers. At Ibrox, Martin managed just seven Scottish Premiership games in charge with just a single league win to his name. He had 17 games in total with five victories and paid the price for a horror start to the season - which included a 9-1 Champions League play-off hammering by Club Brugge.
Explaining the decision to appoint the former MK Dons, Swansea and Southampton boss he told BBC Radio Leicester: "We really wanted a manager who knew the leagues inside out, who knew English football and who could really impose a certain style of football that we fully believe in as a football club and that helps us win matches.
"Russell's evidenced his ability to do that across League One, the Championship, Scottish division and Premier League.
"He's had experience in all of those leagues, he's implemented a clear style wherever he's been and we feel, if we can give him the right squad, support and direction of alignment, we can be successful just like he was at Southampton."
Plea for patience amid summer overhaul
McCarron also called for calm from the raging supporters as he insisted that Martin needed more time amid a major summer overhaul. He said: "When you can control the ball and dominate territory, and you do that with courage and intensity, that gives you the best opportunity to win games week in, week out.
"Obviously, there's going to be ups and downs to that, there's going to be moments where we don't quite finish off attacks, we might dominate the game or end up drawing or losing, but over a longer period of time, you end up winning more games than losing.
"We're totally convinced of that, I've seen it in other environments. That was a central reason as to why we decided to appoint a manager that we feel can deliver a control the ball and dominate territory-style game with courage and intensity.
"Now that takes time when you do 30 transfers over the summer, you need things to settle down before you really start to see the consistency, but already, we're starting to see lots of opportunities and I'm sure as we move forward in the next couple of games, we'll start to see the goals go in."
