Former Scotland player 'expected' to face sack, Celtic man laments 'difficult' lack of communication

Hearts picked up their first league win of the season at the weekend over St. Mirren, as Hibs fell to a late defeat against Dundee United - what is happening around the Scottish Premiership today?

A former Scotland defender could soon be removed from his post as manager of a Premier League club - meanwhile, a Celtic loanee wants to prove his parent club wrong.

Sack looms for Russell Martin at Southampton

Russell Martin's time as Southampton manager could be at an end, following the Saints’ defeat on Saturday at home to Leicester City. In that game, Southampton earned a 2-0 lead, only to throw it away and succumb to a 3-2 loss at the hands of the Foxes.

According to a report from Football Insider, Southampton are now ‘expected’ to sack Martin, though a decision has not been finalised as of yet - time will tell.

Speaking to the publication, former scout Mick Brown said: “Time’s running out for him. It’s the time of year now, October-November, when the clubs feel they have to make a decision, and I’m told they’ll make one soon.”

Johnny Kenny speaks on trying to prove Celtic ‘wrong’ at Shamrock Rovers

Celtic loanee Johnny Kenny, who is currently playing for Shamrock Rovers, has lamented the lack of communication from his parent club - but is still determined to prove them wrong.

Speaking with the Irish Independent, Kenny said: “It’s difficult. They are my current club, but you just have to try prove them wrong on the pitch and see what comes of it. It’s a message here and there from Darren O’Dea [Celtic’s professional player pathway manager], that’s it, that’s all it is. I’m into the last few months of my deal now at Celtic, so we’ll just see what happens.

“It’s hard to take. Last year, [the lack of contact was] fair enough because I wasn’t really performing. But this year, I think I have performed well and I have gotten minimal contact from them. But look, I’ll just keep going game by game and see where it takes me. I’m always hopeful of getting an opportunity [at Celtic], but it might be limited. It would be a dream to play over there, but we’ll wait and see.

“The two of used to be in the ‘Bomb Squad’, that’s what we used to call it!. When we didn’t make the [Celtic] squad and we used to do running on the day of the games. It was tough, no one wanted to be there. To be fair, Liam’s attitude never dropped. He went on loan to Aberdeen, did brilliantly and then Brendan [Rodgers] gave him his opportunity.

“Now he’s the first name on the team-sheet, starting for Ireland and scored his international first goal against Finland. Liam was around 24 when he got his chance at Celtic and he has taken it.

“Playing every week, playing in the Champions League, what more could you want? We would still speak about that time. He’d be an inspiration. Now he’d say, ‘Look what happened to me’ and that there’ll be an opportunity for me at Celtic. When that comes, I’ll just have to take it.”