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31 minutes ago, oundlefox said:

Can’t say I’m over the moon but no ‘names’ were coming to manage us in League 1
 

Given our situation I’m not sure who else we could have got. He’s managed at a higher level with some success, but the jury is definitely out and we will need a stonking start to bring a lot of doubters on side 

 

I wasn't asking for a name.  I wasn't asking for anything.  All I wanted was not Russell Martin 

24 minutes ago, GingerrrFox said:

Despite everyone’s opinion on it, is it possible for us to try and back us when the season kicks off? We have an opportunity to rebuild here. Yes the protests against the owners are still valid but the manager and the players need support. 

Just speaking for myself.  No.  I don't think I can.  I can't bring myself to get behind Russell Martin.  I'll have to wait this one out.

McCarron has clearly made the difference we were all hoping for

20 hours ago, don_danbury said:

he has nice hair and a decent face 

He has the most punchable face in the history of football.  More so than Dennis wise.

3 hours ago, nettle said:

I reckon he'll do ok and get us up he's a got point to prove after his Rangers debacle🤞🏻

He had a point to prove at Rangers after his Southampton debacle.

That went well

The only reason I was pleased to see cifuentes last year was the fact that he wasn't Martin. 

Wished we'd got it over and done with now

5 minutes ago, kenny said:

I reckon Puel gets a whole lot of credit for Macias work. They left around the same time and recruitment went downhill as well.

Tielemans and Ricardo came through puel

2 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Goals like that don't annoy me half as much as goals where we're just a soft touch.

 

Long balls not dealt with, strikers bullying defenders, an inability to stop a cross etc... these basics of defending drive me loopy and these are the goals we will concede under a manager like Martin.

 

I can accept losing the ball under a press leading to goals conceded because the idea is objectively right and you're still only relying on a player getting the basics right (touch and pass).

 

Beating a press leads to chances, counter attacks and goals.

Can you back up this claim that the 'idea is objectively right'?  The risk of an interception on your own penalty area seems much greater than the potential reward to me.

Plus it makes you look a tit.

7 hours ago, Clogger_ said:

A few thoughts on this...

- "Tinpot" PL clubs often in wealthy areas, commanding higher ticket prices. Wonder how this impacts gate receipts

- The location of said clubs is often a draw to players, whereas Leicester... (Look how we had to overpay to attract players to the club in our PL spell) 

- Gate receipts no longer quite as important (or differentiating) in the TV era

- I wonder how resilient our attendances will be over time. "Reversion to mean" is on my mind here

- What evidence is there that we have monitised our social media follows?

- Historically we've been a yo-yo club, right? I don't see how anything has changed in a positive direction from a structural perspective, and maybe our competitors have made greater strides in this regard

- I see Seagrave as an unnecessary millstone

We didn't 'have to overpay' to attract players, for instance, as a club chasing champions league, the dross we signed post FA cup would have jumped at the chance to sign for  us.  We overpaid  because we had a ridiculously incompetent dof.

3 hours ago, los dedos said:

Yes some where aimed at O'Neil but it was also a protest at the board. If anyone remembers they invited 6 fans to go into the board room to talk to O'Neil and the board ( imagine them doing that now 😅) One of my mates was picked and he explicitly told O'Neil that he and alot of other fans where more unhappy with the board than the manager.  

I was at that Sheff Utd game, "f___ off Martin O'Neill" was the chant ringing round filbo.  Hard not to take that personally

18 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

I hope it's Hake, I can't stand Martin and I don't mind him being..

 

 

..Sold down the river.

 

That joke really didn't deserve a dramatic pause.

1 minute ago, StinckleyFox said:

Has anyone considered that we’ve spoke to Challinir and he doesn’t want to come here?

 

it’s quite possible that he’s left Stockport for personal reasons and doesn’t want another job at the moment.

Possible but I think our interest would likely have been reported.  I've not seen any links.

Sometimes I think it's worth taking a step back and just taking the time to give some credit to our board.  When you think that we are at our lowest ebb and things can't possibly get any worse, their ability to find a way is uncanny.

1 hour ago, Super_horns said:

He was linked to us but even our fans didn’t want him .

I'm convinced that there are only two people in the football world that are daft enough to want him.  Unfortunately for us, they are our dipshit owner and Jon Rudkin.

2 minutes ago, DezFox said:

A few people clutching at straws saying it not done yet. Let’s face it, this will be pretty much done and we all know it.

 

There are a few people on twitter suggesting that for this level, this is a good appointment and I ****ing hate it. Make no mistake, this is the single worst realistic appointment we could make in our current situation and it’s ****ing vile. 
 

Everyone also needs to remember, THIS WILL NOT BE CHEAP!!!! the will be a large contract for league 1 and a long one. This will ruin us.
 

Top is currently the worst owner in football in my opinion and he is now doing this to spite the fans because he does not care in an any way whatsoever. 
 

for a long time now, I have said that nothing surprises me with king power but in truth this has suprised me even for them. 

Agree with most of what you say but I think Top does care.  Trouble is, he's an absolute idiot.

13 minutes ago, willie-bell-in-rothley said:

The whole problem is no one gets a chance at this club, i still remember the same with David Speedie

We had a bit of previous with Speedie from his Blackburn days, that's why he was unpopular.  Nobody thought he was crap.  I remember him quickly becoming a fan favourite here though.

Martin is different.  We don't want him because he is a terrible manager that will bring dreadful, boring football.  

3 minutes ago, Dames said:

It only didnt happen last summer because Martin went for the Rangers job because he viewed it as a bigger job. Make no mistake fan power played 0 part in that. 

And we, virtually unanimously, were delighted about dodging that bullet because we knew he was a failure waiting to happen. 

He went up to Glasgow and failed spectacularly (how can you have a 29% win rate for Rangers FFS) and yet our lot still want him, despite such an abundance of evidence.

Top, Rudkin et al are incapable of learning.  They have become parodies of themselves.

12 hours ago, Tuna said:

 

"Russell Martin makes sense for Leicester City for so many reasons"...

Then goes on to list precisely none.

I'm coming around to the idea now.  In fact, it's a match made in heaven...

The most hateful team in history, meet the most detestable manager in football

1 minute ago, adamkhalifa said:

My gosh, Martin over Challinor. Madness 

 

What a stupid decision that is. I can't believe these clowns, even investing their time talking with him.

 

At least this will be over soon. And they get their Southampton fetish out their system one day.  

I mean, if you must have a Southampton fetish, why don't we go for the one that was actually good.  The curtain twitcher.  I'd take him over Martin any day.

On the other hand, it has seemed that Martin has been destined to become our manager at some point.  He is a bullet we have narrowly dodged before and it seems that there is just an inevitability about it.

We might as well just get it over and done with now.