Marti In

[whoareyaaa]

39 minutes ago, Fox85 said:

Then you proceed to talk nonsense.

 

Ive probably or its likely I've been a supporter, not a fan of this club longer than you, however I dont want to make assumptions of someone I dont know.

 

Im saying if he doesnt win the next 5 games in a row he won't win me over, he has a lot of catching up to do due to his abysmal start to being leicester manager. If he hadn't had such a bad start then we wouldn't even be talking about it. But I will not accept a decent 45 mins and everyone jumping on the Marti in train because after he spoke to them the level dropped off again alot. This is somthing we have seen a lot this season. 

 

Yes we got the win today which was great but over all Derby was probably the better team we was just more clinical. 

 

5 games 15 points or he can get the boot for all I care, any manager in this league would be begging to manage this group of players infact every manager we have come up against so far have litterally said that. To be 14th in the league is a sackable offence on its own, granted he hasn't been dealt a good hand but he should be doing better around or atleast another 10 points to where we are atm.

Did you watch the match ?

[worthosoriginals]

2 hours 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.

Yet your mate on here recently said what's the point in having loads of possession if we don't win?

Sort yer heads out lads.

[Nolucklcfc]

Could be a turning point for him in that he binned some dickheads and it worked. Liked that he bought Nelson straight back in. Ended the game with seven academy lads on the pitch. But there’s a bit to go before we can say he’s turned it around. 

[OntarioFox]

Second half game management was suspect at first, but on reflection we stabilised pretty well from Choudhury's introduction onwards. One decent save aside, I thought we shut Derby out well for the last half hour.

 

Showed some balls dropping problem players, had us on the front foot from the start for once, and (Evans for Daka aside) made a brave call to play the kids to see the game out. I can get behind that.

 

Now show some backbone and stick with this approach, Marti. Your job is toast if you backtrack.

[Saxondale]

There isn’t a magical mystery tactical football hipster genius coming from the Austrian third division coming anytime soon,  despite what many seem to think. So chill the frig out.

[AbbeyFox]

48 minutes ago, Heart-Shaped Fox said:

I still don't rate him and want him gone. 

 

It would take us to be very close to the top six by New year for me to think otherwise.

But we are close to the top six now???

[LeePhilpottsBaldSpot]

Didn't see the game today but fair play to him for getting a good result in what looked like a tricky game on paper.

 

My thought is the rot runs far deeper than the dugout, but Marti has done very little to show he can dig us out of a miserable period.

 

I'm still far from convinced, but today gives me a little bit more confidence he might be able to.

 

A mate who is a QPR fan said he's a very streaky manager. Can apparently go on runs of lots of wins in a row. Fingers crossed...

Edited 6 December 2025 by LeePhilpottsBaldSpot

[Happy Fox]

He needs to back it up, but I just forsee us winning one and then losing the next two, we aren't consistent enough to reach the playoffs and that should be our remit.

[Tuna]

He's a weak manager who probably couldn't believe his luck when he got the job, because nothing he has done in his career would suggest he should be even considered for it.

 

I genuinely think our clueless senior leadership thought we'd just have a repeat of 2023/24 and we'd romp to promotion playing a similar style of play and he's probably gone with the senior players over youth because of it.

 

A stronger manager would have initiated a rebuild of sorts and got rid of the likes of Faes and Winks during the summer at all costs; playing these two all season has gotten Marti very close to the sack (you'd think). We are months behind because only now, after seemingly falling out with Winks, he's got what appears to be his best team available to him playing.

 

He's still got to go for me, but if he is to have a future here, we need some proper consistency over the Christmas period.

[Sunbury Fox]

Not having him. Still not had a single 90 minute performance of the required quality. I get that Derby were always going to have a go second half but we were so poor in possession and offered no threat on the break, which was really disappointing. Another game where we’ve had very few shots, but luckily we were clinical today.

[Xen]

3 hours ago, Dan said:

In fairness to him though, and it's taken him way too long to do this, he's gradually bombing out the twats.

Puel did the same. Was what we needed to stop some of the rot, but the football was still dire in the meantime.

 

If Marti persists with this approach and the likes of Winks/Faes and a few others are shown the door then he may well see us through to the end of the season. But he's not exactly been inspiring so unless he turns that around, I cant see him being popular long-term.

[HankMarvin]

1 minute ago, Sunbury Fox said:

Not having him. Still not had a single 90 minute performance of the required quality. I get that Derby were always going to have a go second half but we were so poor in possession and offered no threat on the break, which was really disappointing. Another game where we’ve had very few shots, but luckily we were clinical today.

Derby actually finished with better xG, which is crazy when you think we went 3-0 and they were there for the counter.

statistically it was rather a fortunate result with 4 total shots, 4 on target and 3 goals.

As we have seen previously, we are not always so fortunate and limited creativity normally costs us points.

[winteriscoming]

I have zero confidence in him getting more than 2 points in the next 2 games. 
That’s the problem with him. 

We take a step forward and then take 2 steps back. 
I still think we won’t win enough games with him in charge. 
 

[whoareyaaa]

14 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Derby actually finished with better xG, which is crazy when you think we went 3-0 and they were there for the counter.

statistically it was rather a fortunate result with 4 total shots, 4 on target and 3 goals.

As we have seen previously, we are not always so fortunate and limited creativity normally costs us points.

Shove your stats up your arse

 

20 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

Not having him. Still not had a single 90 minute performance of the required quality. I get that Derby were always going to have a go second half but we were so poor in possession and offered no threat on the break, which was really disappointing. Another game where we’ve had very few shots, but luckily we were clinical today.

That's football be clinical and keep the ball out the net.

 

Any excuse.

[Dan]

2 hours ago, Jakemoore said:

Why? We started off really well. Took the game to them and then just controlled it and defended really well. 
 

You had to expect Derby to come out and make a game of it. That didn’t worry me in the slightest. It made realise we can defend. 

No come on, we were not good in that second half, we made that look far harder than it was.

[Dan]

21 minutes ago, Xen said:

Puel did the same. Was what we needed to stop some of the rot, but the football was still dire in the meantime.

 

If Marti persists with this approach and the likes of Winks/Faes and a few others are shown the door then he may well see us through to the end of the season. But he's not exactly been inspiring so unless he turns that around, I cant see him being popular long-term.

With how much I hate this squad a Puel equivalent would be my favourite manager in a long time. Today is genuinely the first time all season I thought Cifuentes has something to offer. He isn't perfect but I could actually get behind some of that today.

[HankMarvin]

8 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Shove your stats up your arse

Probably a little too complicated for you to comprehend.

Edited 6 December 2025 by HankMarvin

[Halifax Fox]

21 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Probably a little too complicated for you to comprehend.

Miaow

[Buzzell]

One good result and he’s the saviour?

 

He needs to prove himself with more consistent performances and results before we start wanking him off.

[Ric Flair]

Wasted nearly half a season being too weak and going against what he said he'd do. Huge red flag. Will not be a memorable manager here, just going through the motions until he gets the sack. 

[ronnup]

Just now, Ric Flair said:

Wasted nearly half a season being too weak and going against what he said he'd do. Huge red flag. Will not be a memorable manager here, just going through the motions until he gets the sack. 

Plastic 

[Pliskin]

****ing hell…… one win against a team as good as a spikey shit and we’ve turned a corner of epic proportions? 

[Jakemoore]

58 minutes ago, Dan said:

No come on, we were not good in that second half, we made that look far harder than it was.

Did we? How many good chances did they have? Did Derby ever look like scoring aside from the odd set piece? I am the first to criticise this lot but they were good today and deserve praise.

[StriderHiryu]

5 hours ago, DoveValleyFox said:

No, I don't think that he has it tactically. It should have been more comfortable second half playing on the counter. Most coaches have this in the bank. 

 

His bosses may be telling him to make something of the players who are being paid so much and they might have a point. Either way he should be getting more out of the squad.

I agree with this, but this is something that should be a lot more fixable than in his previous tactical setup. Fatawu made a lot of braindead decisions in this game on the break but if the coaching team practice specific setups and instructions, this can be addressed quickly.

 

The reason I thought the manager should go is that he was tied to a possession dominant, slow build-up style that just doesn't work anymore. Whilst I do think another manager can get the mid-block into fast transition style to be even more effective than it was today, there now isn't something obvious that a new manager could do to realistically get us moving up the league.

 

One swallow doesn't make a summer, but if we can go on an unbeaten run we can still move the table. It will come down to if he can improve our play in this system for the rest of the season. 

[Ric Flair]

2 minutes ago, Jakemoore said:

Did we? How many good chances did they have? Did Derby ever look like scoring aside from the odd set piece? I am the first to criticise this lot but they were good today and deserve praise.

Didnt have a single shot after we scored our 3rd goal, exactly the same as vs Stoke and is why we are nothing more than bang average at this level. Another manager who's actions are completely at odds with his words.