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The "do they mean us?" thread pt 4

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davieG

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Just now, Free Falling Foxes said:

Why are we allowing BBC Sports journalists to choose our managers?

Could they do any worse?

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/knowing-rangers-fans-pile-russell-37631195

Knowing Rangers fans pile in on Russell Martin after Oxford thumping as Leicester asked 'what are you doing?'

 

https://www.ibroxnews.com/match/rangers-get-deja-vu-as-russell-martins-leicester-stats-eerily-mirror-ibrox-days-what-happens-next
Rangers get deja vu as Russell Martin’s Leicester stats eerily mirror Ibrox days – What happens next?

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24 minutes ago, LcFc_Smiv said:

The bloke who text in RL post match to say he had to listen to Radio Oxford commentary and they were laughing at just how bad we are and not suited to the style of play tells you everything. Weve gone from being one of the most aspirational stories in World football, to a laughing stock, a punch line of a joke. All under Tops stewardship.

Thrashed 4-0 in our own stadium and then laughed at and mocked by fans of a tinpot club like Oxford with a car park for a stand has to be the lowest ebb in the clubs history

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/knowing-rangers-fans-pile-russell-37631195

Knowing Rangers fans pile in on Russell Martin after Oxford thumping as Leicester asked 'what are you doing?'

 

https://www.ibroxnews.com/match/rangers-get-deja-vu-as-russell-martins-leicester-stats-eerily-mirror-ibrox-days-what-happens-next
Rangers get deja vu as Russell Martin’s Leicester stats eerily mirror Ibrox days – What happens next?

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https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/charlie-austin-launches-brutal-russell-martin-rant-after-leicester-city-lose-to-oxford/

 

Charlie Austin launches brutal Russell Martin rant after Leicester City lose to Oxford
Charlie Austin Russell Martin

Adam Elliott
Published Sep 7, 2026, 3:38 PM GMT+1
Adam is an EFL journalist for Football League World.

 

Charlie Austin has launched a rant about Russell Martin following Leicester City's 4-0 defeat to Oxford United at the King Power Stadium.

 

It's been a disastrous start to the campaign for Leicester City in the 2026/27 League One season, with home defeats to Oxford United and Burton Albion joined by draws away to Notts County and MK Dons in the first five fixtures.

Leicester's one and only league victory was against Plymouth Argyle, but they are also out of the League Cup after losing to Ipswich Town. There has been a major overhaul of the squad, but that does not excuse their horrific start after relegation from the Championship.

Charlie Austin lays into Leicester City boss Russell Martin

Following their back-to-back relegations, fan patience is at an all-time low at Leicester. However, pundits and neutrals have been weighing in on the situation and vindicating the thoughts of many supporters currently.

Speaking on Chaz Kicks Off via the Charlie Austin Football Channel on YouTube, he said: "I just go back to my time. Listen, you wanted to play all the time. I remember, I go back to the 13/14 season and up until January, I played every game. I played every game. I was fit and

I played.

"It was a Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday. You don't train anyway because you're on recovery and players want to play games, so that's part and parcel. Russell Martin, wind your neck in, mate. You've actually got nothing to say.

"I have seen he's won three games out of his last God knows how many. He was at Saints, relegation, got binned off. Got the Rangers job, somehow got chased out of there because he was a shambles. He's now gone to Leicester in League One and, once again, what we have seen, he's playing the same old nonsense s--- football.

"One dimensional, and he's got Leicester City, ex-Premier League champions, 17th who have just got stuffed 4-0 against Oxford at home. He should be ashamed of himself and he's lucky he's in the job.

"So, for him to come out and start saying, 'oh about training, there's games here, there's too many games'. You're not the only one. You've

managed in the EFL the majority of your career.

"So just get on with it and maybe just look at that man in the mirror, the one that's reflecting back. Maybe he's got the issue."

Russell Martin's last few managerial roles have not gone well

Martin’s career increasingly raises the question of whether his football simply has a ceiling at certain levels. His possession-heavy philosophy can be hugely effective when he has the players capable of executing it, as Southampton showed when they won promotion to the Premier League.

But it can become a problem when opponents have greater quality, or when his squad is expected to dominate every week. His Premier League spell exposed that, while his time at Rangers also suggested he struggled when the pressure to deliver immediately became overwhelming.

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On 06/09/2026 at 09:05, HP1 said:

Thrashed 4-0 in our own stadium and then laughed at and mocked by fans of a tinpot club like Oxford with a car park for a stand has to be the lowest ebb in the clubs history

Lowest ebb so far...

 

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1 hour ago, davieG said:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/knowing-rangers-fans-pile-russell-37631195

Knowing Rangers fans pile in on Russell Martin after Oxford thumping as Leicester asked 'what are you doing?'

 

https://www.ibroxnews.com/match/rangers-get-deja-vu-as-russell-martins-leicester-stats-eerily-mirror-ibrox-days-what-happens-next
Rangers get deja vu as Russell Martin’s Leicester stats eerily mirror Ibrox days – What happens next?

I am getting a bit fed-up of fans from Martin's previous clubs saying, 'We told you so',

We knew, WE ALL KNEW. The whole footballing would knows, with the exception of Top and Rudkin.

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55 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

I am getting a bit fed-up of fans from Martin's previous clubs saying, 'We told you so',

We knew, WE ALL KNEW. The whole footballing would knows, with the exception of Top and Rudkin.

Not as fed up of know FA pundits saying it's all gone wrong with the fans since they announced they were looking to sell.

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14 hours ago, davieG said:

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/charlie-austin-launches-brutal-russell-martin-rant-after-leicester-city-lose-to-oxford/

 

Charlie Austin launches brutal Russell Martin rant after Leicester City lose to Oxford
Charlie Austin Russell Martin

Adam Elliott
Published Sep 7, 2026, 3:38 PM GMT+1
Adam is an EFL journalist for Football League World.

 

Charlie Austin has launched a rant about Russell Martin following Leicester City's 4-0 defeat to Oxford United at the King Power Stadium.

 

It's been a disastrous start to the campaign for Leicester City in the 2026/27 League One season, with home defeats to Oxford United and Burton Albion joined by draws away to Notts County and MK Dons in the first five fixtures.

Leicester's one and only league victory was against Plymouth Argyle, but they are also out of the League Cup after losing to Ipswich Town. There has been a major overhaul of the squad, but that does not excuse their horrific start after relegation from the Championship.

Charlie Austin lays into Leicester City boss Russell Martin

Following their back-to-back relegations, fan patience is at an all-time low at Leicester. However, pundits and neutrals have been weighing in on the situation and vindicating the thoughts of many supporters currently.

Speaking on Chaz Kicks Off via the Charlie Austin Football Channel on YouTube, he said: "I just go back to my time. Listen, you wanted to play all the time. I remember, I go back to the 13/14 season and up until January, I played every game. I played every game. I was fit and

I played.

"It was a Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday. You don't train anyway because you're on recovery and players want to play games, so that's part and parcel. Russell Martin, wind your neck in, mate. You've actually got nothing to say.

"I have seen he's won three games out of his last God knows how many. He was at Saints, relegation, got binned off. Got the Rangers job, somehow got chased out of there because he was a shambles. He's now gone to Leicester in League One and, once again, what we have seen, he's playing the same old nonsense s--- football.

"One dimensional, and he's got Leicester City, ex-Premier League champions, 17th who have just got stuffed 4-0 against Oxford at home. He should be ashamed of himself and he's lucky he's in the job.

"So, for him to come out and start saying, 'oh about training, there's games here, there's too many games'. You're not the only one. You've

managed in the EFL the majority of your career.

"So just get on with it and maybe just look at that man in the mirror, the one that's reflecting back. Maybe he's got the issue."

Russell Martin's last few managerial roles have not gone well

Martin’s career increasingly raises the question of whether his football simply has a ceiling at certain levels. His possession-heavy philosophy can be hugely effective when he has the players capable of executing it, as Southampton showed when they won promotion to the Premier League.

But it can become a problem when opponents have greater quality, or when his squad is expected to dominate every week. His Premier League spell exposed that, while his time at Rangers also suggested he struggled when the pressure to deliver immediately became overwhelming.

Modern managers whinge about too many games purely because they want to coach teams to within an inch of death.

 

Players don't want it and fans don't want to see their team look shattered. Go back to letting individual quality win you games. Was much more fun.

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31 minutes ago, davieG said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2zgd2913yo

 

'Problems run deeper' - Coady on Leicester's woes

 

'There doesn't seem to be a strategy' - Roy Smith

 

'Martin needs a result quickly' - Sutton

 

 

Was about to post this, but there's nothing new or insightful.

 

Saying that unless results improve it will become increasingly difficult, well thank you very much, Professor of The Bleeding Obvious!

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22 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

I am getting a bit fed-up of fans from Martin's previous clubs saying, 'We told you so',

We knew, WE ALL KNEW. The whole footballing would knows, with the exception of Top and Rudkin.

But the irony of Rangers fans saying that is that not only did we know, we knew before them. We were delighted that he went there instead of ending up here

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1 hour ago, dmayne7 said:

But the irony of Rangers fans saying that is that not only did we know, we knew before them. We were delighted that he went there instead of ending up here

Indeed.

 

I think the worst thing about this, to add to the irony, is that there's a good chance that us appointing him now rather than last season, means he is probably going to more damage and take us even lower than he would've if we'd appointed him earlier.

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On 07/09/2026 at 21:27, Free Falling Foxes said:

I am getting a bit fed-up of fans from Martin's previous clubs saying, 'We told you so',

We knew, WE ALL KNEW. The whole footballing would knows, with the exception of Top and Rudkin.

Other fans make out like our fans rallied together to get him to come here. 

 

On this kind of thing, I seen a Sheff Utd fan saying we can't laugh at Hamza/Ayew going there because we still having Luke Thomas playing for us. As if everyone wants him to start and if it has any bearing on how shite their signings were.

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On 08/09/2026 at 10:17, AKCJ said:

Modern managers whinge about too many games purely because they want to coach teams to within an inch of death.

 

Players don't want it and fans don't want to see their team look shattered. Go back to letting individual quality win you games. Was much more fun.

who's gonna tell him... ?

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