League One - Who manages us?

[GLC]

3 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

Just use words

Deal agreed. 3 year deal with an additional 1. 
 

expect it to be announced within the next week. 

[Iwebema]

Here we go! At least tomorrow we will be one step closer to sacking him. Always think of the positives.

[lcfc_forever]

12 minutes ago, 1972 Fox said:

 

Your tiresome opinions are waffle and inaccurate.

 

More changeable than the recent weather.

You're being unnecessarily harsh here on @ClaphamFox - Martin didn't get the job in 2025 reportedly after fan reaction so it's not a leap to say he wouldn't be in the running this time, especially given the unpopularity of the board. It's wild they're making such a divisive move. 

 

I think most of us are now trying to find something positive here given the appointment seems inevitable! 

Edited 17 hours ago by lcfc_forever

[1972 Fox]

6 minutes ago, lcfc_forever said:

You're being unnecessarily harsh here on @ClaphamFox - Martin didn't get the job in 2025 reportedly after fan reaction so it's not a leap to say he wouldn't be in the running this time, especially given the unpopularity of the board. It's wild they're making such a divisive move. 

 

I think most of us are now trying to find any positives here given the appointment seems inevitable! 

There will be no positives until KP, Top and Rudkin are gone.

 

With regard to my other point, he should change his user name to ClaptrapFox with some of the recent nonsense he's been posting.

 

Edited 17 hours ago by 1972 Fox

[Ted Maul]

[Manley Farrington-Brown]

38 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Pretty sure MK Dons nearly got automatic promotion the season after he left too. Absolute myth

Although tbf we won the league the season after Pearson left and that doesn't exactly reflect badly on big Nige...

[SemperEadem]

What the **** are they playing at.

Like the bloke has no chance if its remotely not winning the league at a canter.

 

 

Just badly want a fanbase pulling in the same direction again so we can start singing and enjoying it.

Edited 17 hours ago by SemperEadem

[HankMarvin]

13 minutes ago, GLC said:

Deal agreed. 3 year deal with an additional 1. 
 

expect it to be announced within the next week. 

Seems logical for a club that fired the last 3 managers within a season and have financial issues.

Even stranger when you consider the last 5 haven’t lasted more than a season 

[GLC]

2 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Seems logical for a club that fired the last 3 managers within a season and have financial issues.

Even stranger when you consider the last 5 haven’t lasted more than a season 

He’d likely be in the top 3 highest paid managers in the championship, let alone league 1 😭

[cropstonfox]

Its not over yet.

I can remember when Mike Walker was a done deal and O'Neil arrived a few days later.

[Donwebbio]

The club is in a death spiral. Totally the wrong man at the wrong time with the wrong players to execute his outdated style. It makes no sense from any angle you view it from. 

[adam]

1 minute ago, cropstonfox said:

Its not over yet.

I can remember when Mike Walker was a done deal and O'Neil arrived a few days later.

Mike Walker would be a better appointment instead of Martin. 

[winteriscoming]

Potter was supposedly all but done so I live in hope this doesn’t happen. 
There’s always a possibility it will fall apart. 
Come on Burnley you know you want him. 

[Collymore]

3 minutes ago, adam said:

Mike Walker would be a better appointment instead of Martin. 

Even Roy Walker would be a better appointment. 

 

[ClaphamFox]

38 minutes ago, 1972 Fox said:

 

Your tiresome opinions are waffle and inaccurate.

 

More changeable than the recent weather.

I didn’t think the club would be stupid enough to appoint him. Unfortunately it looks like I was wrong. 
 

I also don’t think he’ll take us down to League Two. That doesn’t alter my view that it’s a stupid appointment. 

[Gazza M]

I have come to the conclusion that Top is on an intelligence level similar to that of Joey Essex. 

[GLC]

Just now, Gazza M said:

I have come to the conclusion that Top is on an intelligence level similar to that of Joey Essex. 

Harsh on Essex tbf 

[fox_favourite]

11 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

I didn’t think the club would be stupid enough to appoint him. Unfortunately it looks like I was wrong. 
 

I also don’t think he’ll take us down to League Two. That doesn’t alter my view that it’s a stupid appointment. 

Do do you think he'll do what's needed and get us up first time? 

[grth2004]

21 minutes ago, Donwebbio said:

The club is in a death spiral. Totally the wrong man at the wrong time with the wrong players to execute his outdated style. It makes no sense from any angle you view it from. 

This exactly 

Even is I was a fan of Russell ball we definitely won’t have the players to pull it off and no money to buy them so what a waste of time. 

[Enyoueffsea]

What a remarkably bad appointment. 

 

I mean it says a lot that his stock is so low he is having to go for it. He’s been a few agent for ages, if he was truly up for it and keen, why wasn’t he through the door months ago? 

To be fair, any professional manager should be capable of getting you promoted next season*, but he’ll need binning almost immediately as he’s not the answer to progress through the Championship.

 

There must be a capable up and coming young manager in League One, Two or the continent who is worth investing in to grow together with.
 

 

*subject to sensible transfers.

[ClaphamFox]

Just now, fox_favourite said:

Do do you think he'll do what's needed and get us up first time? 

It will depend entirely on what kind of squad we have, which none of us know. Irrespective, I think it’s a terrible appointment because we’ve just hurtled down two divisions largely because we can’t defend—and Martin is famous for his inability to coach a defence. I just don’t think our fanbase can take any more of watching us gift stupid goals to the opposition, yet that’s the route the club seems to be going down. 
 

 

 

 

[TheLittleBigMan]

Finally got our man. The fans have been calling for this appointment for a long time now. Expansive, aggressive and attacking football with an unparalleled win ratio. Top, Rudkin, once again you've nailed it. I'm absolutely gutted I cancelled my season ticket now. 

[BlueBus]

What's mad is that the board sacked Cooper whilst he was performing better in the league than Martin.

 

Russell Martin has won 5 games since that day. 

[dbtcity]

48 minutes ago, GLC said:

He’d likely be in the top 3 highest paid managers in the championship, let alone league 1 😭

Good to see the shuffle at the top has changed things… shock horror Rudkin is still hell bent on running our club into the ground 

Edited 16 hours ago by dbtcity

[Happy Fox]

Russell Martinola at the helm what could go wrong