Martin Out

[Gamble92]

24 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

Competition time… After which game did Russel make this comment? 
 

Gonna be a while with this one 

[Bergen fox]

10 hours ago, Pliskin said:

If anyone is defending him after being tactically outdone by Robbie Savage……. You’re a bit thick. 

Exactly this 

[Iwebema]

40 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

 

This obsession of over coaching players to play such a style where we play possession based football for the sake of it, over play and invariably get bullied, out ran, out fought and out thought. 

This is the problem, its so obvious that the 1 thing theyve got right in the last 5 or so years, rather than admitting it was just dumb luck, theyve fanatically chased to replicate because they havent got a clue what they are doing, its painfully obvious and embarrassing to watch.

[Bergen fox]

Who the hell would wanna come to this cursed club right now.

[teblin]

Not going anywhere listening to macarron. That said, top said Marti wasn't going then he got sacked.

[BigGibbo]

7 hours ago, Cincinnati Fox said:

Every team fans seem to say best game we have played in x years!

Thats how easy we are to play against

 

absolutely disgusting 

Exactly this. We as good as create all of our opposition's chances. 

 

I was listening to the Posh commentators and they were dumbfounded as they have barely even attempted to play like that in years.

 

Robbie Savage saying it was beyond his wildest dreams because even he knows he can't have affected the team that much already.

 

We basically hold their hands and make them brave, so bad are we. 

[Mike1983]

He's got the be the worst manager to have coached in the top3 divisions.

 

It's not just that his philosophy is shit, he shows no adaptability, not here, not at his previous clubs. He's got the tactical acumen of a bucket of pig shite. 

[damolcfc]

3 minutes ago, Bergen fox said:

Who the hell would wanna come to this cursed club right now.

I'd give it a go.

I co coach an u15 side Skegness. 

We only play with 10 vs 11 as we don't attract players on our village 🤔

Lost 3 drawn 1 won 1

I feel I can get these young lads to play 

 

And won't command a big fee.

 

What's to lose 🤔 🙃😉

 

[SemperEadem]

1 hour ago, dayday said:

There was a spell in the first half where we had 100 passes and the fans was singing ole, ole to every pass and nothing came from it , i turned to my mate and said that is us in a nutshell, im so hoping he gets the bullet today , and Top was there at the match I believe, and even he can see this guy is not the right manager for the club 

He was not there.

[Donwebbio]

We have the worst owner in the country and the worst DoF so it shouldn't be too suprising that we have ended up with the worst manager too. Law of attraction.

[Stavros81]

It’s like Deja Vu with all the previous managers that have been at the club since Enzo. Majority of the fan base hate him and hated him before he was appointed. The Club need to act now! Get rid and move away from this depressing style of football that’s killing the club! 

[trooky]

2 hours ago, Glovermagic555 said:

The only reason Martin was appointed as our manager was because there was no one else at the time. Any sane person with an ounce of football knowledge would have seen what he did at Rangers and wouldn't have touched him with a bargepole.

 

He was a total disaster at Ibrox and rubbed everyone up the wrong way, always blaming the players and then even the fans and then the board. 

He has no class, and is certainly not cut out to be a manager. A moment of madness by the LCFC board appointing this misfit.

 

Time to get rid of him and NOW.

 

 

I don't buy that, RM has always been on the Topkin radar and was their number 1 target. 

 

We could easily have found a better manager, I'm sure if we tracked Challinor with the same enthusiasm as RM he would have joined. 

[st albans fox]

It must be a very difficult gig to be a coach and try to get 10 blokes to run their backsides off with no certainty of reward. 
 

BUT, when teams play us there is a difference.  They know that they will get rewards. There are a multitude of videos to show them which tell them that putting in one of the biggest shift of their professional lives will reap rewards.

so coaching a team about to play us is easy 

And add that the players also motivated because it’s Lcfc

 

[Groby_Blue]

1 minute ago, trooky said:

I don't buy that, RM has always been on the Topkin radar and was their number 1 target. 

 

We could easily have found a better manager, I'm sure if we tracked Challinor with the same enthusiasm as RM he would have joined. 

Yep, Christian Fuchs was interviewed and wanted to come but Mr Abject Failure got the gig instead. 

[alex]

9 hours ago, Quorndon_Fox said:

We’re a ****ing laughing stock and anyone still turning up and clapping this shite needs to take ownership that They are part of the problem. 
 

Utter embarrassment.

I love Leicester City Football Club. I’m in my 50s and have supported for quite some time  obviously. My three sons are huge fans. We all live outside the area, it takes me over 3hrs each way. My youngest is 14 and has now suffered x5 defeats on the bounce and yet, we all applaud in our support of the club at the start of each game.

 

Don’t tell me I am a problem please. I’m ****ing not.

[foxfanazer]

5 minutes ago, alex said:

I love Leicester City Football Club. I’m in my 50s and have supported for quite some time  obviously. My three sons are huge fans. We all live outside the area, it takes me over 3hrs each way. My youngest is 14 and has now suffered x5 defeats on the bounce and yet, we all applaud in our support of the club at the start of each game.

 

Don’t tell me I am a problem please. I’m ****ing not.

Sorry to say but yes you are

[Saint1983]

 

 

I’m a Saints fan but ever since the 3-4 last season, I’ve held a curiosity on how you guys get on. This interest was piqued furthermore when Russell Martin was appointed. 

 

Quite frankly, I feel like I’m viewing a horrific accident and I’m rubbernecking the disaster, over and over.

 

Thanks to a lack fixture clashing, I’ve been able to watch 6 of the league games this season for Leicester so I’d like to think I’ve got a good sample size now to give my observations.

 

This looks NOTHING like a Russell Martin team. With the exception of a few flashes and dominant display at Barnsley, by now you should be seeing orchestrated patterns of play. This isn’t evident at all. Smallbone will help with this if/when he breaks into the team but in its current form, there’s no one there knitting the aimless over-cooking of the ball. 

 

Lack of leadership. At Southampton, we had some proper shithouses who would rally the team and manage the on field attitude. Stephens, Bednarek, THB, Downes. From what I have seen so far, it looks like Lundstram is the only natural leader.

 

Recycling of the same tired players: Thomas, BDCR - I just don’t see what they offer. They remind me of players that a team ‘carry’. When they’re in a successful side, these type of players look level par with the rest out there. In a poor team, their inadequacies show.

 

Also IMO, some of the players simply aren’t ready or good enough yet. There’s been a lot of talk about the youngsters at LCFC and whilst they’ve shown some promise in spurts, I can’t say in the games I’ve seen the level of consistency required to play this type of football. Page has been the most solid, Alves the most exciting (though with less end product than I’d have hoped for) and Braybrook for all his bustling energy seems a little too lightweight at the moment. 

 

Lack of energy (this is two-fold): I’m not going to fob you off and say that it’s all sunshine and roses on the south coast under Martin. With the ball, we had our moments of overplaying the ball and ponderous build up many times. 

 

Eventually, when we had worked our way up the field with the ball, there was always an ‘explosive’ outlet which enabled us to go up the gears in the game; Armstrong, Adams, Fraser, Brooks, Edozie etc.

 

Without the ball, we pressed with far more gusto. Downes would usually sit infront of the defence and would guard us laterally (this sometimes was overrun) and the remaining forward players would be far more energetic and close the opposition down a lot quicker. What I’m seeing here is… a complete lack of energy and maybe effort. Perhaps there isn’t ‘buy in’ from some of the squad?

 

The most baffling thing for me though has been the recruitment. This should be Martin’s team as he’s overseen the squad overhaul.

 

Leicester effectively started the season without a recognised defensive midfielder until Lundstram arrived. A key component of Martinball is to have that defensive shield against counter attacks yet it wasn’t until part way through the season that one arrived. That should have been the first acquisition Martin made. Truly mind boggling.

 

There’s been a lot of talk about ‘giving someone a hiding soon’ but I’ve yet to see any evidence of that in the previous games. There still seems to be a fragility in adversity and a lack of attacking nous when going forward. I feel for you guys as it’s been a really, really disappointing watch so far.

 

Still, it’s a long season but Martin really needs to figure out his best eleven or he’ll be out of another job by the next international break. 
 

Best of luck; apologies for rubbernecking.

[chesterfox]

Last roll of the dice. I’m not sure they can afford to get rid. In their heads ‘get them winning(sic), make the club look attractive and sell. Tops desperate- he doesn’t know what he’s doing, wants to preserve some kind of gratitude for his dad and business probably not doing great either. 
as for RM he’s now at the stage where he’s blaming the players. 
what a sad sad situation. 

[Foxmeister]

9 minutes ago, alex said:

I love Leicester City Football Club. I’m in my 50s and have supported for quite some time  obviously. My three sons are huge fans. We all live outside the area, it takes me over 3hrs each way. My youngest is 14 and has now suffered x5 defeats on the bounce and yet, we all applaud in our support of the club at the start of each game.

 

Don’t tell me I am a problem please. I’m ****ing not.

I hope you hang around to support the phoenix club because your clapping the current one into oblivion.

[Muzzy_no7]

I’m coming to terms with the fact this dead club won’t act pro-actively. 
 

If RM has any ounce of seriousness moving forward he will immediately drop Luke Thomas and BDCR.

 

We are carrying these pair so hard. 

[South Shire Fox]

How can an ex defender who played at Premier League level set up a team to be so bad defensively? A solid defence should be the ****s bread and butter

Edited yesterday at 07:49 by South Shire Fox

[Silva Fox]

22 minutes ago, alex said:

I love Leicester City Football Club. I’m in my 50s and have supported for quite some time  obviously. My three sons are huge fans. We all live outside the area, it takes me over 3hrs each way. My youngest is 14 and has now suffered x5 defeats on the bounce and yet, we all applaud in our support of the club at the start of each game.

 

Don’t tell me I am a problem please. I’m ****ing not.

What exactly are you applauding?

[RumbleFox]

His track record is terrible. It was so obvious to absolutely everyone apart from our owners that this was a terrible appointment. I genuinely can’t believe where we are. Never in my life have I felt less connected to the club. It’s absolutely tragic. Fvck. Sake. 

[phoneticerror]

Absolutely astonished that nobody stayed to give him shit as he left the ground last night. I get that it’s been an exhausted few years, but we’re too passive.

[Saint1983]

5 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

How can an ex defender who played at Premier League level set up a team to be so bad defensively? A solid defence should be the ****s bread and butter

we conceded over 60 goals when we went up with guys in 23-24. Swansea fans warned us of the same. A combination of having a ghost in goal (Bazunu) and the weird, obsessive ‘collateral damage’ football Martin pursues leading to silly giveaway goals when the passing out breaks down is infuriating. 
 

If he just ditched that part of the formula we’d probably have conceded 4-5 goals less than we should have done alone. 
 

It’s pointlessly self inflicted.

Edited yesterday at 07:54 by Saint1983