Miltonaggro

Future generations will look back and refer to this manager as ‘the record breaking Russell Martin’.

Will be - Stunning and brave…

Around the time of the first arrest?

Love it!

Nutshell...

Was watching Onuachu and Sulemana on Saturday, most of their play was right in front of me right wing and centre. Fucking hell they looked dire, with Onuachu telling Sulemana to knock the ball on to him from any long passes but not much idea otherwise. He did one signature 'malfunctioning android' run which bemused the fuck out of the Leicester defence but then fell over, the lumberjack theme seems a key feature of his game. Compared to those two BBD and Archer look a partnership akin to Rogers and Hammerstein!

Fans won't accept it and if Sport Republic persist with Martin the Nathan Jones' roadshow will likely look like a Sunday school picnic by comparison. What I have sensed in the last few games is a growing sense of apathy and downbeat recognition of here we go again. Shitshow loop is currently avoidable but collective anger will be apparent quite soon and translate to players and media quickly, and not sure any bonkers left-field business plan will survive that.

Agree with this, and nuts that it hasn't been tried.

To be honest if Rusty had won a shitload as a manager including la liga, European cup, uefa cup, fa cup, and fifa manager of the year saints fans would probably tolerate some inflexibility. If it walks like a 🦆

Russ and Rasmus:

At the very least it would give us access to a better player database and some performance enhancing drugs.

Swansea fans have strong opinions on that, and a quick look statistically its Cooper 45% WP Martin 36% WP when there.

No good reminiscing about the good times now!

Moyes would likely sort it out in three morning sessions to be honest.

Looks like Danny ings has sold a couple of his expressionist paintings. Ambience of a motorway service station in purgatory (which in many ways it is).

When he is sacked it will be telling when and where he gets picked back up. Anticipate a similar situation with Martin as Jones. Start back in league 1 with three million in the bank, maybe MK Dons fancy a reunion.

I don’t think that there is any grand plan master or ponzi, just some good old narcissistic ineptitude from those advising the investor. Have long thought that Solak would have a breaking point in terms of his ‘partners’ but that his tolerance levels would be higher than the fans. If he was there yesterday he sees saints unravelling and Martin unable to prevent defeat against one of maybe five ‘KPI’ sides in this league. Would be irresponsible not to act now, but he really needs to go for symptom and cause.

That spectacular header just after home time which would have been own goal of the season goes in and it’s goodnight Vienna for Leicester. At two nil Cooper would have drilled them to keep pressuring saints as fragmentation and gaps will appear, and they did. Thought the subs weakened us, particularly Dibling who was really getting under their skin. Mention of ref, can’t remember a worse performance than that this century - probably Roger Milford’s lovechild.

For me the worst thing is that it seems avoidable. Solak to his credit has put serious money into the club in earnest and on a different level to previous Boards, staggered that he seems willing to let these chancers continue to throw the dice on his investment. All they needed to do when they came in was stabilise, whether that was by backing the beleaguered Hassenhutl or replacing him with someone credible - £50 odd million in that 'Rasmus' window alone with an atrocious return should have seen the fraud off in May 23! It's clear to a majority of Saints fans who attend the games, away fans, and most of the ex-pro pundits in the media that Martin is out of his depth and drowning, a win against 15th place Leicester isn't going to change that.

Emotional rescue...

Hearing today that Pinder has asked for some time off from the club ambassador role once Russ gets the sack. Potter being offered a team-building weekend in the New Forest with Rishi Sunak, Chris Packham, and Craig David as a sweetener.

Very sweet of you to say that.

You are right in terms of attempting comparison over time, but for the record in Hughes first seven games as a league (PL) manager he won one, drew three and lost three - so six points and hit the ground a good deal faster than Russ. Hughes' first ten as a league manager were won two, drew five, lost three and his first game / first win was against the pond life down the road. March 2018 we got jaded journeyman Mark Hughes of course, but to be fair he did the job he was taken on to do.

It would indeed. Let’s hope Solak is sick of wasting his money.

I can see why the Board would 'give' Martin this charity match looking at all the variables and optics, but if they are serious about staying in this league they have to act now to bring in a credible replacement. I've long thought Potter would be a great fit for Saints and vice versa, so it will probably be John fucking Eustace.