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How strangely bitter, given by the writers own admission simply sharing the pitch with us made it the greatest night in their history.

Not hard to see why we're in this position sadly when two results against pure muck are enough to get people clapping like seals again. Good news and great to stop the rot but a nod of acknowledgement is all that's needed for now.

It was bad enough that he did it himself but a professional writer should not have let Martin's comparison of himself to Maresca slide given they have also mentioned that Maresca is top of the league with Man City with a perfect record. We were also still on course for 120 points by January in Maresca's season, if Martin was doing those numbers he would not be getting the same level of hostility. The fact that a sizeable section of our fans are complete dipshits that are beyond help is a separate issue. Pretty much the same people hated Pearson, loved Rodgers long after he'd started shitting on us, hated Maresca and have been prepared to verbally and physically abuse people for protesting Top and Rudkin's generational damage.

Utter dog muck

No. Yes. Hope this helps.

This idiot is getting mugged off by ROBBIE SAVAGE ffs. He's an embarrassment.

Dogshit low IQ manager

I said similar in the Stevenage match thread but will say again on here. This season is already a humiliation for him and should be seen as such by all parties. 10 games against lower league managers and 8 have had his pants down. It's a complete embarrassment. Brainless loser football that's 5 years out of date, from someone people on here thought was too good for League One () and managed in the Champions League last season.

Clearly he won't give a shit given the money involved and it's gone under the radar but a properly humiliating season for Martin. 10 lower league managers he's come up against and what, 8 have had his pants down? Truly laughable. Brainless, loser bullshit football that's now 5+ years out of date. People on here said he was too good for League One

Of course they apply and it matters, it's just more difficult to directly link it to the consequences for us later down the line because you start getting into counterfactuals. We'd still have had Top and Rudkin at the wheel all this time. Rodgers would have been manager for the additional CL opportunities and his European record is tragic so we wouldn't have made much of them.

Unless I've misunderstood, the years they have been found to have cheated in only runs to 2018, with charges from then to 2023 only relating to them not cooperating with the investigation. So not sure how you claim damages on the basis that it directly caused Rodgers bottling top 4 in 2020 and 2021.

So when you said Martin had no business managing in this division that was with the caveat that he had to change his playing philosophy and management style first? Surely your evaluation had to be based on how he actually manages rather than a fictional version of him. Easier to just admit you overestimated his (and the squad's) ability?

One month on - how are we feeling?

Harder to hate the bloke and don't think he's a bad person but clearly an absolute Jonah and a horribly negative player. Got the impression there's something not right mentally and wonder if he is struggling. The transfer fee wasn't his fault - that and the deal for a player we didn't need absolutely hideous work from Rudkin.

Big Nate Opoku bags for Northampton