Russell Martin

[Iwebema]

4 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

anyone know much about his backroom staff? Guessing they are available too and ready to come in with him.

 

I think RVN biggest downfall was not having his own backroom team with him from day 1.

Matt Gill - assistant 

Dean Thornton - GK coach

 

I think and Colin Calderwood was around aswell. 

 

I couldn't tell you much about them, but I doubt he would take any job without being given assurances they will be coming with him.

[whoareyaaa]

1 hour ago, Noahfence said:

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

The fact he brought RVN with no staff in to try and keep us up proves he doesn’t have a clue with us looking for another manager maybe give the guy you just bought in a full pre season and back him.

 

If he has done the presentation surely is keen on staying around 

[moore_94]

8 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

anyone know much about his backroom staff? Guessing they are available too and ready to come in with him.

 

I think RVN biggest downfall was not having his own backroom team with him from day 1.

Assistant Manager - Matt Gill

 

Goalkeeping Coach - Dean Thornton

 

First Team Tactics & Insights Analyst - Ben Parker

 

First Team Sports Scientist - Rhys Owen

All came with him from Swansea

 

Thornton and Parker are still at Southampton

Edited 21 May 2025 by moore_94

[TrentFox]

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[Foxin_Mad]

6 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

 

Thornton and Parker are still at Southampton

Says everything that needs to be said

 

The team we currently have in place is absolutely lightyears ahead of these soft as **** tippy tappy clowns

[Vacamion]

 

Turned on the phone this lunchtime.

 

Good Lord.

 

[Foxin_Mad]

27 minutes ago, VLC86 said:

Football fans generally have a habit of seeing the worst case though don’t they. For us, league 1, for them we get 120 points.

 

In our state, we are probably more realistic.

Yes generally for Leicester predict the worst, with the clowns running this club the outcome will be 175 times worse than you could ever imagine. Its getting to the point where folding the club seems like a favourable option,

[HankMarvin]

Hopefully it’s his agent leaking news to try and persuade other interested parties to speed up their process 

[-sodapop]

Put 9 past him and then signed him, decent in the Championship and shite in the prem, he's the Vestergaard of managers

[Guppys Love Child]

If this happens then I'm not visiting the KP again until he gets sacked.

 

IMO the man is a total crackpot.

 

He loves his version of Enzoball,  which is well documented on FT a style and philosophy that I detest.

 

The man is also a 'B-Tec clone' of  Brendan 'the cvnt' Rodgers.  An arrogant, backstabbing, media spinning, blame shifting moron, who loves the sound of his own voice, and has an horrendous results record that proves he's sh1t as a manager.

 

If appointed we are just re-winding the clock and going back in time to the final season of the Rodgers era, (because we currently don't have the team Rodgers had at his disposal when he first joined, which in turn contributed to our early success' but dropped off when he went full Brendan on us and the club) and we all know what happend then, a relegation, numerous sh1t results, boring coma inducing matches with a million backward and sideways passes and no forward intent.

 

'Brussell' Martin will just be more of the same. 

 

 

 

 

[DezFox]

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

This is my issue. It's just short term. He will get us out of the Championship then we will be back to where we are now again.

Sorry but if anyone thinks with this squad after it has sold any possible assets goes straight back up next season. Given also the points deductions, you are mistaken. It will be an awful lot harder and we got lucky with enzo.

 

Russel Martin is not the answer short term or long term.  

[LVFox]

                    Stolarczyk 

Ricardo Nelson Vestegaard New LB

                       Winks

              Skipp        New CM

Fatawu.                                  Mavididi

                      New CF

 

They've basically just gone for as close to Enzo again as they could find

[Scanchez]

[Edingleyfox]

I think it could work with Martin at Championship level but the question is whether that is his ceiling. A lot depends on recruitment - Leicester are still being linked with older players and all possession but no pace won't work and can be so predictable. We got found out towards the end of the last Championship season. You need a bit of quality too if Bilal leaves it is going to be lacking. Winks might be back  but who is going to break the lines and convert the chances. If Martin develops the youth and we can get a few young hungry players in I would be more  hopeful.. He comes over as someone who would be more inclusive and popular with players but I might be wrong. 

 

I still think there are going to be some twists in all this. I don't think Martin or Dyche are ideal maybe someone else is a possibility but certainly I think Leicester need to make some sort of a change ideally looking at the whole structure and I don't think Ruud has done enough to justify staying on.

[RowlattsFox]

I can see it now, initial disgrace and then load will be charmed by his bullshit in his first interview and try to convince themselves he'll be good.

 

I mean, if he's gone away and learnt from his mistakes then there is a decent manager in there but doesn't strike my as that and will continue to be arrogant about 'his' style of play. 

[DezFox]

2 hours ago, HankMarvin said:

There is a pattern at play 

How can you feel worse each day as a Leicester fan in one week.

Vardys last game 

points deduction 

Martin favourite to take over 

 

Tomorrow 

Daka signs to 5 year deal and made captain 

 

[HankMarvin]

3 minutes ago, Scanchez said:

I wonder if he still

has crinkly bottom

[VLC86]

3 minutes ago, LVFox said:

                    Stolarczyk 

Ricardo Nelson Vestegaard New LB

                       Winks

              Skipp        New CM

Fatawu.                                  Mavididi

                      New CF

 

They've basically just gone for as close to Enzo again as they could find

You can’t say it’s not sensible to do that if the squad we will have is very similar, but I don’t think anyone wants a similar squad and Martin is worse than Enzo by miles.

[MPH]

1 hour ago, FLAN said:

Twice?

Yeah ignore that part. Written before my morning coffee.

[Dr The Singh]

It will be nice to see Lucy Pinder in Cypress Kebab House.

[CrazyKopCorner]

FM Ruud or Martin. 

 

Do you want a kick in the bollocks or take one up the XXXX

 

What a sad sad predicament we're in 

 

A total shambles of a club. 

 

Top should be ashamed of what he's done to his father's dream and legacy. 

[StriderHiryu]

1 hour ago, AjcW said:

@StriderHiryu can you do your thing when you get a chance? Man plays about 45 different formations depending on which way the wind blows  

We'll have a show on BTG if he's appointed for sure. In the meantime this is worth looking at, from our game against them whilst Cooper was still in charge:
 

 

If we wanted to find a manager that played in a similar way to Enzo Maresca, Russel Martin is actually one of the best possible choices for it. He has a very clear identity, his teams are well coached and he trusts and can mould younger talents. If you compare him to people like Cooper and Dyche, Martin does objectively make way more sense.

 

His failings as we all know are stuborness with that style, especially given he had the weakest squad in the Premier League. That said it's not like Southampton's results have improved much since he left. However, I fear that watching another season of slow, possession based football won't go down the same way it did under Enzo, and he was under pressure early on at Southampton for similar reasons.

 

If he is appointed the key question is if he's learnt anything. This season for the first time in a long time, the teams at the top end of the table are NOT the ones with the most possession. It's taken a while, but all the PL teams have figured out how to deal with it and the game is now more about transitions - can you score within 10 seconds of winning the ball back? Martin doesn't come across as stupid, but is he humble? If he's humble enough to accept that he needs to modify some things then I don't think he's a bad appointment at all, even if not the most exciting one. And for all these Pep Guardiola wannabes; Pep himself changed his style quite a few times, so the lesson is not to be hung up on ONE specific way of playing. That said, the parachute teams are always very strong in the Championship no matter who is in charge. Even if we get deducted 10-15 points, we might still make the playoffs.

 

 

Edited 21 May 2025 by StriderHiryu

[jammie82uk]

how depressing….

 

 

Manager	Club(s)	Matches.	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %	Goals For	Goals Against.	Points Per Game
Russell Martin	Southampton	16	1	2	13	6.25%	11	36	0.36
Ruud van Nistelrooy.	Leicester City	21	3	3	15	14.3%	15	46	0.57

[winteriscoming]

It seemed last summer it was definitely going to be Potter and then all of a sudden it was Cooper. 
Hopefully the same thing will happen but I can see the alternative being Dyche and I don’t want him either. 

[SouthamptonGoMad]

For what you are about to receive, may the Saints be truly thankful.

Cheers boys 😃🟥⬜🟥⬜👍

P.s. £20 per piece of advice. DM me for bank details 🤣

Edited 21 May 2025 by SouthamptonGoMad