JJD_LCFC

I like that you aim to provide balance, and having differing views we should be able to do so. My view is I didn’t want Russell as manager. Felt completely the wrong appointment for our club, what we need and his record as a manager is barely positive. We are seeing exactly as feared. His teams repeatedly make the same mistakes and he never changes. I would like him to have improved from rangers and saints but he just repeats the same patterns. To me that is not coaching and is actually stifling the players, which we see every week. If we had a manager who understands league 1, plays for results over style, I think we would be in a far better state than our lowest ever league position.

If he won his first 3 games everyone would praise Martin. If he wins his next 3 the pressure will ease on him. he has only won 2 in 7! That is why the negative comments now. football has always been this way. Yes criticize the goal conceded because we see the same thing every week. Same as under Brendan Rodgers and conceding from corners. Can there not be a time where the defenders can go direct? and not play a risky pass that gives away a goal. If Martin adjusts the constant need to pass and amends this slightly, build up when you have time, when under pressure go direct. I think we will win more games that way. But to repeatedly give the same goal away, that is stubbornness. A good coach would change that.

He has won 2 games out of 7! in league one. Conceded 11 goals as well. Considerable.. look at the transfers we have made this summer. Very considerable for league one. What is there to change my mind then? I only go on results and what we see on the pitch. Everything has been exactly as feared, and follows his pattern at Southampton and Rangers. he doesn’t coach defending, plays one way only and his own style puts so much pressure on players who can not do it. That is not coaching and managing. He should be getting the best out of the players we have. Not hindering them and refusing to change. As for the “ you do you” comment. This is a forum, to discuss opinions. We all want Leicester to succeed.

Because he only plays one style of football, he prioritizes style over results and is a lazy / arrogant coach. we are 13th in league one! Where the manager has spent a considerable amount of money and wages on players who are average at best. He is the highest paid manager in the league and has done nothing to show for it. We concede the same goal over and over, poor pass out or counter attack. We could concede 3-5 goals in all league one games so far. oxford were the only side who had the quality to score 4, but Plymouth, Burton, notts, Stockport all had considerable chances. I don’t condone the chants but easy to see why the boos are heard. but we knew this when he was appointed. King power sacked Pearson early on and preferred someone to pass the ball more. I think they have forgotten that results start with getting the environment correct and we needed a manage to instill this. Martin is not the right person for the job, as we have seen in his first couple of months here

Sorry to say but I just disagree with your message. my own bias before he arrived was down to his poor results, unwillingness to change his style of play and comes across incredibly arrogant with nothing really to show for it. Oxford for me, was not an outlier. Stockport was the outlier! Every game this season we give 5 chances to the opposition. Plymouth game McCarthy made 4 great saves. Stockport scored 3, 2 disallowed and hit the cross bar plus other chances near missed. His tactics concede so many clear cut chances each game. Oxford just had the quality to score. he did inherit a terrible culture, and lost one talented player in fatawu. But he also spent more than other league one clubs and gave huge contracts to Burns, Cullen and Chaplin. All 3 barely show anything to justify being signed. i do have a perceived opinion that Martin is not the manager for us and after 2 months I have not seen anything for me to think I was incorrect. I would much prefer to have a manager like Challinor, someone who knows the league, gets a team hard to beat, plays for results not style, and builds a culture so when he leaves the club are in a good place.

Agreed! This manager will never understand his own tactics create the issues against Oxford. Thomas was crap all season at LB and never gets dropped. Poor at CB too. way to hinder the development of a young player, by dropping Mcfarlane completely after 1 game.

He is delusional. process in coaching is just a term to reward failure. His process has failed last 3 jobs and he didn’t even do well at MK Dons or Swansea. Staggered he gets jobs.

Matt Elliot was a hero of mine. What a great player for us. unfortunately he is awful on commentary. Says absolutely nothing. The only ex players worth listening too are Matt Piper and Matty Fryatt.

Personally didn’t know that, can only go on what I see in the pitch. Not surprised though, Russell tactics, ego, stubbornness and constant blame of others rather than take accountability will push everyone away.

Yesterdays game shows he has lost the team already. they didn’t play with any determination or intensity. Looked motionless at 2-3-and 4-0 down. players will give a new coach his first training session, first new signing to see if he can spot a good player or not, and tactical decisions in a couple of games they will be bored of his coaching and input already. first signing was Cullen- not even good enough for the bench. And there is only one game plan which makes all defenders play under pressure. add in Russell throws players under the bus rather than take any accountability. Another disaster of an appointment which was always going to happen. stockport away a very tough game as well against a good team who play league one football, as it should be played and we should do. to think Challinor was available in the summer too.

We all knew this would happen. he is a lazy / terrible coach. Doing the same thing over and over again, and losing constantly for the last 3 seasons. Is not coaching! he prefers to look for excuses rather than look towards himself and his decisions, which can actually move towards a positive change.

- Top is still owner and continues to be absent - Rudkin has been promoted after 3 relegations - Martin has been employed, we all knew what would happen. Completely the wrong appointment for what we need. - Cullen, Chaplin, Burns, McCarthy. Appear Martin players who offer next to nothing, all on long term contracts. only positive are the younger players. Braybrooke, Page, Alves, Joseph, Aluko all look promising and are doing great. Full support for these. Worry is Alves game time will be reduced for players who are on loan, and we continue to develop others instead of our own. positivity will return when Top and Rudkin leave. And decisions are made for the best interest of the club. Not a vanity project who all prefer style over results.

I Hope you are correct and we can see this more often after 5 games. My worry is this didn’t happen at Southampton or rangers. His style of play does not and will not change and previous results show not the best way to go. Agreed, the Ipswich game the team played relatively well, until Reid and Cullen came on. Plus we were helped with not having Skipp, Hamza, Okoli, Souttar and Thomas at LB. If he wants possession. Can not play any of these. Yes more space against Ipswich but also we had better technical players on the pitch who are capable of playing the football Russell wants. Hopefully a similar line up today and we can see progressive football and better results. I do admit I did not want Russell to be the manager in the first place so maybe I am more critical to him than I Would have been for others. I just can’t see the style of play working and my worry is Russell doesn’t coach defending, his teams always concede and literally give chances away. In the championship season we beat his Southampton team 5-1 and 4-0 i think. Even Steve cooper we beat him. I want him to do well but I think we need to see huge changes if he is to succeed here

Very valid point. rangers are a fantastic club, but very hard to manage. My main worry for Martin is his style or play and he does not change, at all. maybe I watch the league win too often. But how many goals were scored with under 5 passes. Nearly all! Martins football is too passive for this and really limits the number of attacks, shots on goal the team will create. At Rangers, he was hated. Such a tough situation. But surely you adapt and learn from mistakes. In friendly games and start of our season. Shows he has not changed. That’s my main worry. How many clear chances do his teams create each game, and counter with the opposition. One Burton player had 5 decent shots against us. At home! The style and refusal to adapt worries me. hopefully I am completely wrong and Russell Martin succeeds.

This is his football. It will not change. Needed security escort to get out of rangers. And still insists on playing the same way every game and seems staggered why it never works.