Cifuentes OUT

[CrazyKopCorner]

I think the fat lady's clearing her throat 

[BKLFox]

1 hour ago, BKLFox said:

I have a feeling something happened in the changing room at HT last w/end, the fight shown in the 2nd half was different to what we have seen thus far & the changes made…he’s hoping the CB penny has dropped & they realise they need to put a shift in and not just turn up

I’m a witch 😉 

[Wink84]

Whoever wanted Marti out should be ashamed of themselves... 

[DZ-LCFC]

Wait a minute boss

[Claudio Fannieri]

Hopefully this is more like the style of play Marti wants us to play, something has not felt right ever since after the Fiorentina friendly. Today seems much more like it let’s hope for a decent 2nd half performance and shut the game out 

[BigGibbo]

His gamble may have worked.

 

He may now be ousted due to not protecting the value of our 'assets' re Winks and Faes, but at least he can still leave with his head held high in that scenario.

 

Hope he sticks to his guns.

[BKLFox]

Subs Marti Subs

[Chrysalis]

Struggling to care whilst we still have Top and Rudkin running the show, for me they are "the" problem.

But I would be surprised if he is anywhere near the sack at the moment.

Edited 6 December 2025 by Chrysalis

[BKLFox]

& there ya go we have invited them onto us we need Daka on they just spent 10mins in our half knowing we didn’t have an out

[FrankieADZ]

this second half is one of the reasons i want MC, we are sitting back

this is woeful to say the least and if we even get a point id be surprised

[beepee1984]

It is the 2nd half that is an example of the issues with Marti as a manager - we are better than this and we will continue this negative momentum in the 1st half at Bristol City

[Raj]

Let's give him credit for making a couple of big decisions in leaving out Feas and Winks.

Good to see him.bring the young players on.

Let's hope this is the turning point👏👏

[Sol thewall Bamba]

7 academy lads on now. If he doubles down on this I think people will cut him some slack.

Edited 6 December 2025 by Sol thewall Bamba

[Dahnsouff]

20 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

this second half is one of the reasons i want MC, we are sitting back

this is woeful to say the least and if we even get a point id be surprised

Ok, thats just being desperate to be right. 

 

He got today right so fair enough, stopped clock and all that.

 

He has to make it repeatable or its the bin.

[Lambert09]

Ahh he’s mastered the Amorim… awful but gets a rare result every now and then to keep them in a job 

[coolhandfox]

5 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

6 academy lads on now. If he doubles down on this I think people will cut him some slack.

100%

 

People can except poor result and averages performance, if we are building for the future.

[BrilliantFox]

26 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

we are sitting back

39% possession, cowardly 2nd half, still failed to keep a clean sheet.

 

Cifuentes is so shit the players are bailing him out.

[Vardyshardy]

1 minute ago, BrilliantFox said:

39% possession, cowardly 2nd half, still failed to keep a clean sheet.

 

Cifuentes is so shit the players are bailing him out.

I think so too. Won that despite him. 

[BrilliantFox]

Just now, Vardyshardy said:

I think so too. Won that despite him. 

He's such a nasty liar too, always banging on about non-stop attacking football and wanting to dominate matches.

 

Where was that in the 2nd half? Such a coward mentality and guess what? We still let them score.

 

Sitting back and inviting pressure, does that sound like the "Barca" way or what Cifuentes promised? 

[Noahfence]

Will give him credit for getting Aluko straight back onto the pitch so fair play. 

[Dahnsouff]

Repeat it Marti, same intensity, not necessarily the result.

[Claudio Fannieri]

Look at last week same happened with us 2nd half we fought back and nearly grabbed a draw, in that first 10 minutes of the 2nd half we were looking the more dangerous team, there was always going to be a time where Derby had to have a bit of a go and overall we stood up to it. 
 

How people can criticise him today is beyond me, he made the changes we wanted to see, we played with intensity and showed some fight and bollocks in the 2nd half and he threw 3 academy lads on to see out the game. 
 

Fair play to him from me. 

[Jimmy]

made some big calls and got the reward, I also really liked the man management of getting Aluko on even if it was on the wing to show him he still has the managers faith.

 

Bombing Winks out completely was also I dodn't think he had in him, especially with Soumare injured, well done today Marti

[The Doctor]

First half good, he got the set up right and had the better of Eustace but I've still got concerns about his game management and use of the bench, plus we've still not put in a full match performance yet, and we're nearly half way through the season

[dmayne7]

17 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

7 academy lads on now. If he doubles down on this I think people will cut him some slack.

Was going to say, his immediate use of Aluko after the sending off, when needing to see out the game is something he deserves some credit for. Would have been easy to cast him aside after that.