Russell Martin

[Gazza3]

I suppose this means Winks and Vesty will be staying 😤😭😫

[Dan]

Maresca was better than Martin. He's hammered him on every meeting.

[CWLCFC]

Meh, wouldn’t want him ideally, don’t think he’s that bad though.

[Ricey]

It's going to be so toxic (or empty) at the King Power next season when we are on minus points and witnessing Vestergaard and Faes pass their way to a 1-0 defeat to Millwall.

[LcFc_Smiv]

6 minutes ago, Noahfence said:

Top genuinely doesn’t have a clue about football does he? Oh Martin got Southampton promoted that’s good enough 

I mean he doesn't but this isn't as reactionary as that, he was courting Martin while he was Swans manager, met with him a few times towards the end of the initial relegation season and prior to Martin taking the Saints job. This has been on the cards a while.

[ClaphamFox]

3 minutes ago, Ricey said:

 

If it's true that we have spoken to Martin and Dyche, there is no greater evidence that our football club is absolutely zero strategy or vision, despite what they sometimes tell us. You could not get two polar opposite styles of play.

Almost as opposite as Graham Potter and Steve Cooper.

[Dan]

43 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

I'd unironically rather Sean Dyche. 

Part of me thinks this all being briefed is so that people take Dyche.

[Foxes1]

Remember a few seasons ago when we were linked with (think it was Harry Redknapp) and we played away at Huddersfield in a night game. The away fans made their feelings known that we didn't want him at the club and the chairman at the time took notice and he didn't come in the end, we need that now but wether the board will take notice I don't think so of what the fans think.

[Mike Oxlong]

 

 

Pre season training 

 

 

 

Match performance 

 

 

[funkyrobot]

Ruud has so blotted his copybook with that ongoing losing run featuring no goals and no creative players on the pitch that even Martin feels like a step in the right direction. Maybe he’s learned from his Saints nightmare. Playing risk ball from the keeper requires top level players and as we’ve all seen, as soon as you try doing that against better, fitter, cleverer footballers you quickly get found out - as Ramsdale, Bednarek et al discovered. If he does get appointed we won’t fully find out until the season starts but one thing’s for sure, if he selects BDCR on the wing then we know we have truly jumped out of the furnace and into the fire. 

[FLAN]

12 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

theyll focus on the fact he got Southampton  promoted twice from the championship.

 

 

( and ignore the fact he got them relegated from the prem!)

Twice?

[Gazza M]

Only shining light is the 25 game unbeaten run last season the Saints went on under him and ultimately promotion.I think he can do a good job for us at Championship level. 

[whoareyaaa]

I ain’t supporting Martin waste of air 

[whoareyaaa]

Club is a complete shambles 

[Mike Oxlong]

Manager’s office being refitted for RM right now 

 

[STUHILL]

10 minutes ago, Ricey said:

It's going to be so toxic (or empty) at the King Power next season when we are on minus points and witnessing Vestergaard and Faes pass their way to a 1-0 defeat to Millwall.

I think you are overestimating the Championship. Faes and Veste looked like absolute world beaters down there. I’d still get rid of both though. 

[whoareyaaa]

12 minutes ago, Dan said:

Maresca was better than Martin. He's hammered him on every meeting.

Pearson and Warnock said he is not very good as well weak mentality not got a clue.  Perfect for this club rn 

[Phil Mitchell]

[An Away Move]

In the words of Amy Winehouse, ‘What kind of ****ery is this?’ 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Realist Guy In The Room]

9 minutes ago, Foxes1 said:

Remember a few seasons ago when we were linked with (think it was Harry Redknapp) and we played away at Huddersfield in a night game. The away fans made their feelings known that we didn't want him at the club and the chairman at the time took notice and he didn't come in the end, we need that now but wether the board will take notice I don't think so of what the fans think.

I dont think it was Redknapp.  I think it was Warnock.

[Sankey93]

Don’t get me wrong I’d rather have Still, Rohl and a few others on there that have been mentioned but reality is our owner loves tippy tappy possession based football and RM is the best available at it and especially for the championship with the players we already have!

 

i personally think it will work seems a good bloke come across well in the media and will have a point to prove! Maybe wrong but I’m sure all the Southampton players adored him? No afraid to play youth either!

 

[kingfox]

Who’s up for two inverted full-backs instead of one 🤔

In the high build-up, Martin’s Southampton sets up in a 1-2-3-5 formation, inverting the fullbacks and pushing a holding midfielder up as an attacking midfielder.

[Jazzy_Jeff]

Football is all about opinions.

 

My opinion on RM is that his style of football is better suited to the players we have than what he had at Saints. If he came in from day 1 of pre-season he could make it work.

 

Also, he has both promoted and signed youth there. This is what we are crying out for.

 

Managers don’t get it right at every club they’re at. So far he’s 2/3. 

[Finnegan]

2 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Pearson and Warnock said he is not very good as well weak mentality not got a clue.  Perfect for this club rn 

 

Really? I can't imagine Nige publicly slagging off another manager. When was this?

[CrispinLA in Texas]

If we want an ex Southampton manager....as someone said we should go with Hassenhuttl