Martin Russell - He Says.

[izzymuzzet]

22 hours ago, Tommy G said:

What do you want him to say? 

"I think you must have either your head in the clouds, or been away on holiday, or reporting on a different team, because if you don’t know the answer to that question . . your question is absolutely unbelievable, the fact you do not understand where I am coming from.

 

If you don’t know the answer to that question then I think you are an ostrich. Your head must be in the sand. Is your head in the sand? Are you flexible enough to get your head in the sand? My suspicion would be no.

 

I can, you can’t. You can’t. Listen you have been here often enough and for you to ask that question, you are either being very, very silly or you are being absolutely stupid, one of the two because for you to ask that question, I am sorry son, you are daft.

You are wrong. No, you are wrong. You have been in here, I know you have so don’t give that crap with me, please don’t give that crap with me. I will smile at you because I can afford to smile at you. Now do you want to ask a different question or do you want to ask it differently. Come on, ask it. Ask it or are you not capable?"

[CrazyKopCorner]

FM he doesn't half go on. 

 

A man of few words said often 

 

Gerimout 

[ronnup]

Carbon copy of the Rangers interviews. He's fake as ****

[Bob Weasel Fox]

This appointment is actually worse than us choosing Cooper for our Prem season

 

shocking choices by our incompetent incumbents 

[Gravel]

Russel: Chat GPT, please generate me a load of business wankspeak for my manager reveal interview 

 

Chat GPT: Certainly Brussel, how's this...

 

etc...

[Foxmeister]

Didn’t Martin Russell play on the wing for us in the 80s?

[TamuffFox]

15 minutes ago, Foxmeister said:

Didn’t Martin Russell play on the wing for us in the 80s?

Yeah...signed him as a youngster from Manure...was decent...we sold him to Scarborough for a decent fee and then he ended up at Middlesbrough before playing most of his football back in his native Ireland

[coolhandfox]

2 hours ago, Bob Weasel Fox said:

This appointment is actually worse than us choosing Cooper for our Prem season

 

shocking choices by our incompetent incumbents 

Not for me 

 

Cooper was out of his depth at PL and was from a rival, which was a terrible idea before we even set foot on the pitch.

 

Martin has been success at a high level in the championship and has experience at this level.

 

The only issue for me is Martin preferred style of play.

 

Explain why its worse? 

 

 

Edited 17 June by coolhandfox

[Bob Weasel Fox]

17 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Not for me 

 

Cooper was out of his depth at PL and was from a rival, which was a terrible idea before we even set foot on the pitch.

 

Martin has been success at a high level in the championship and has experience at this level.

 

The only issue for me is Martin preferred style of play.

 

Explain why its worse? 

 

 

Because Martin is stubborn on this shitty possession football and league one is a tougher league to get out of. Imho 

[coolhandfox]

1 minute ago, Bob Weasel Fox said:

Because Martin is stubborn on this shitty possession football and league one is a tougher league to get out of. Imho 

Tougher league then the championship? 

 

Birmingham got out playing possession football.

[lfu]

5 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Tougher league then the championship? 

 

Birmingham got out playing possession football.

Birmingham had the luxury of smashing the League One transfer record and had the most expensive ever squad at that level (£25m on transfers and £39m wage bill)

Whereas we'll be hamstrung by finances unless Aiyawatt finds a spare £25m down the back of the sofa, and it's exceedingly unlikely that we'll recruit as well as they did

[coolhandfox]

54 minutes ago, lfu said:

Birmingham had the luxury of smashing the League One transfer record and had the most expensive ever squad at that level (£25m on transfers and £39m wage bill)

Whereas we'll be hamstrung by finances unless Aiyawatt finds a spare £25m down the back of the sofa, and it's exceedingly unlikely that we'll recruit as well as they did

We will still have a squad and wage bill bigger then the rest of league 1.

[CornwallFox]

Word salad. 

If I wasn't worn out by this appointment before, I am now.

[murphy]

On 16/06/2026 at 14:13, hackneyfox said:

Perhaps it can be a two way thing?

If fans turn up for the first game with a negative attitude and don't get behind the team, moan when a pass goes astray, boo the players they don't like then we're fcuked.
Hopefully the players will ensure the fans want to get behind the team.

The club treats us with contempt so they should expect contempt back.  Our disapproval should be voiced.

 

The sideways walking football experiment has come to it's natural conclusion at this club.  We need a total reset and change of direction, so what do dumb and dumber do?  The exact opposite of course.

 

Russell f***ing Martin.  I still can't believe it!

 

 

 

 

Edited 17 June by murphy

[deep blue]

10 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

We will still have a squad and wage bill bigger then the rest of league 1.

We probably came close to having that in the Champ last year.  Look where that got us.

 

We don't have a bigger wage bill because we have better quality players ... it's precisely the poor recruitment that has hamstrung us with an overpaid, lazy and uncommmitted squad.

 

What makes you think any of that is going to change in div1?

 

 

[coolhandfox]

24 minutes ago, deep blue said:

We probably came close to having that in the Champ last year.  Look where that got us.

 

We don't have a bigger wage bill because we have better quality players ... it's precisely the poor recruitment that has hamstrung us with an overpaid, lazy and uncommmitted squad.

 

What makes you think any of that is going to change in div1?

 

 

Your taken my point out of context.

 

However the squad will look very different come the start of the session.

 

 

 

 

Edited 18 June by coolhandfox

[marketharboroughfox]

Who needs the Russell Mart?

Now here’s the tricky part

Oh won’t you rhyme with me?

Who needs the Russell Mart?

His football is shitty-Mart

It makes me sicky-Mart

Let’s hurl a bricky-Mart

The Russell Mart is good-

D’oh!

 

Who needs the Russell Mart?

City!

Just sack the Russell Mart

Goodbye to Russell Mart

Who needs the Russell Mart?

City!

[davieG]

 

Russell Martin is enthused by the prospect of getting to work and beginning to build the foundations for a successful season, following the release of our 26/27 fixtures.
Russell Martin reacts to our 26/27 Sky Bet League One fixtures
We’ll face Notts County away on the opening day, before hosting Burton Albion
Our new Manager is preparing for his first pre-season in charge of the Foxes
Martin spoke of his excitement to get started as the countdown begins
The Foxes’ Sky Bet League One campaign will kick off with a short trip to Nottingham to face Notts County at Meadow Lane on the opening weekend of Saturday 15 August, as announced on Thursday.
It’s then all eyes on Filbert Way and our home game against Burton Albion a week later, which will be a first chance for the majority of the Blue Army to see a Russell Martin Leicester City side in league action.
“I’m really excited,” our Manager commented. “Fixture release day always brings the season that bit closer and, for me, it just sharpens the feeling that the work is starting now.
“Starting away from home at Notts County gives us a brilliant challenge straight away, and that’s something we should embrace.
“Of course, we’ll all look forward to that first home game at King Power Stadium against Burton as well, because that will be a really special moment for the players, staff and supporters.
“Once you see the fixtures, you start to picture those moments straight away. The first game, the first time walking out there with the team, the first chance for the supporters to really feel what we are trying to build together.
“That is exciting for me, for the staff and I know it will be exciting for the players as well.”
Keen to use the support from the stands to our advantage, the 40-year-old also offered a glimpse into what he expects from the players, staff and himself in order to achieve our targets in the third tier.
russell-martin
“I’ve said from the moment I came in that I’m all in,” he continued. “I know what this Football Club means to people and I know the responsibility that comes with that.
“We have to work, we have to give everything, and we have to build a team that our supporters can feel connected to and proud of.
“To hear that 23,500 Season Tickets have sold out is incredible. That gives everyone a huge lift. It tells you everything about the loyalty, the belief and the passion of the supporters, and it gives the players and staff a real sense of what we are playing for.
“That kind of backing is powerful. It gives energy to the Club, it gives energy to the players and it gives energy to me. Now our responsibility is to meet that with our own energy, with courage and intensity, and with performances that show exactly what we want to be.”
Although Leicester are likely to be seen as a team to beat in the division, having come down from the Championship, Martin, having previously experienced the third tier as both a player and a manager, warned that nothing is a given in this league, and City must work for everything.
The former Swansea City Manager added: “We know there is a lot of work ahead of us. Nothing happens just because we want it to. It will take standards every day, it will take detail, it will take everyone pushing in the same direction, but that is what excites me. I want us to build something here that people can really believe in.
“The supporters are going to be massive for us. If we can create that connection between the team and the stands, if we can give them a team that runs, fights, plays with courage and gives everything for the badge, then King Power Stadium can be a really powerful place for us. That starts with the work we do now.”

[Pliskin]

On 17/06/2026 at 20:42, coolhandfox said:

Tougher league then the championship? 

 

Birmingham got out playing possession football.

Birmingham spent millions we don’t have. 

[Craig]

Energy

[whoareyaaa]

Good luck to him needs a few signings tho in and out 

[Groby_Blue]

16 minutes ago, davieG said:

Of course, we’ll all look forward to that first home game at King Power Stadium against Burton as well, because that will be a really special moment for the players, staff and supporters.

Did he actually say this with a straight face? 

[Vlad the Fox]

6 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Good luck to him needs a few signings tho in and out 

And his own back room team. 

[Pita]

23 minutes ago, davieG said:

 

Russell Martin is enthused by the prospect of getting to work and beginning to build the foundations for a successful season, following the release of our 26/27 fixtures.
Russell Martin reacts to our 26/27 Sky Bet League One fixtures
We’ll face Notts County away on the opening day, before hosting Burton Albion
Our new Manager is preparing for his first pre-season in charge of the Foxes
Martin spoke of his excitement to get started as the countdown begins
The Foxes’ Sky Bet League One campaign will kick off with a short trip to Nottingham to face Notts County at Meadow Lane on the opening weekend of Saturday 15 August, as announced on Thursday.
It’s then all eyes on Filbert Way and our home game against Burton Albion a week later, which will be a first chance for the majority of the Blue Army to see a Russell Martin Leicester City side in league action.
“I’m really excited,” our Manager commented. “Fixture release day always brings the season that bit closer and, for me, it just sharpens the feeling that the work is starting now.
“Starting away from home at Notts County gives us a brilliant challenge straight away, and that’s something we should embrace.
“Of course, we’ll all look forward to that first home game at King Power Stadium against Burton as well, because that will be a really special moment for the players, staff and supporters.
“Once you see the fixtures, you start to picture those moments straight away. The first game, the first time walking out there with the team, the first chance for the supporters to really feel what we are trying to build together.
“That is exciting for me, for the staff and I know it will be exciting for the players as well.”
Keen to use the support from the stands to our advantage, the 40-year-old also offered a glimpse into what he expects from the players, staff and himself in order to achieve our targets in the third tier.
russell-martin
“I’ve said from the moment I came in that I’m all in,” he continued. “I know what this Football Club means to people and I know the responsibility that comes with that.
“We have to work, we have to give everything, and we have to build a team that our supporters can feel connected to and proud of.
“To hear that 23,500 Season Tickets have sold out is incredible. That gives everyone a huge lift. It tells you everything about the loyalty, the belief and the passion of the supporters, and it gives the players and staff a real sense of what we are playing for.
“That kind of backing is powerful. It gives energy to the Club, it gives energy to the players and it gives energy to me. Now our responsibility is to meet that with our own energy, with courage and intensity, and with performances that show exactly what we want to be.”
Although Leicester are likely to be seen as a team to beat in the division, having come down from the Championship, Martin, having previously experienced the third tier as both a player and a manager, warned that nothing is a given in this league, and City must work for everything.
The former Swansea City Manager added: “We know there is a lot of work ahead of us. Nothing happens just because we want it to. It will take standards every day, it will take detail, it will take everyone pushing in the same direction, but that is what excites me. I want us to build something here that people can really believe in.
“The supporters are going to be massive for us. If we can create that connection between the team and the stands, if we can give them a team that runs, fights, plays with courage and gives everything for the badge, then King Power Stadium can be a really powerful place for us. That starts with the work we do now.”

Trouble with Martin he’s lost most of the supporters with his style of football. 

[Tuna]

10 minutes ago, Pita said:

Trouble with Martin he’s lost most of the supporters with his style of football. 

On Foxestalk maybe