Holmes_and_Watson

After the Spurs win Matteus Fernandes was asked "Is this performance the sign of your arrival at the club." To which Matteus responded "No, I arrived on the first day." 🙂 Cheeky question that Matteus was having none of.

It might have been yourself that pointed out he was able to get to jump to higher clubs, despite short tenures, all the same issues, and none of those clubs storming their leagues. A top club was the next obvious move from half a season of us doing okay in the PL and Man Utd needing a manager. Potter was still being hailed as a philosophy manager, adding another string to Martin's PowerPoint presentation.

Sadly, Spurs have picked up wins. Could have been 3 of the Big 6 getting relegated.

Espionage

I'd argue that the rot set in during the Ferguson era. I think it was his sheer will power and determination to get the best out of his players that often made a difference. Sure, the team had windows where several players arrived every now and again. And a lot of windows had at least one big name arrived. But along with that were the veteran, stop gap strikers there was getting Scholes to come out of retirement. Then there were punts in the market, that a powerhouse not burdened by all that debt and outgoing interest payments would not have had to make. I recall one arrival of several players as something of an overdue refresh.

Wilcox, who said he considers himself a manager, and with the pedigree of being a Man City Under-18s coach, gets another chance to show it, after he pushes another actual manager under the nearest bus.

Lightning

Lovely smile from Prowsey as he tactfully answered how he felt winning against the manager who didn't rate him at two clubs.

In the lead up to one of our goals today, it was his smart run and shot that set up the rebounds for the finish. I was happy with a key contribution, and a clever run when we had no Larin in the box.

Turkey

They just don't see the lesson here. Every move in RussBall is a reset. Momentum is not the way of RussBall. Success is measured in the completion of the process. With many completions, victory shall be earned. But this also applies, as it does in Russ' life, from match to match. Every fixture is a reset. Emotion is not the way of RussBall. Success is measured in employing the same process against all opponents. With this approach, promotion will be achieved. Martin said he had spoken to his team about the expectations in mentality he was expecting. Instead the team, perhaps overconfident from the last couple of games, struggled. They did get back into it, and overcame a setback. Only to lose a man and a late goal. Russ has shown them the emotions of consistent defeat. Now they have to learn the consistency to achieve success, under his guidance. If only the fans could understand that changing a culture is no easy task. Leave that to other managers with their promotions and bonuses. Russ is building something deeper and more meaningful there.

Not on the bench today. Mings, who is ahead of him was only an unused sub.

I know what you mean. But in terms of playing time, it's really just a "fit" Stewart who could fill in for Larin, that we're missing. Charles replaced by JWP; THB for Schlotterbeck; Archer by the more positionally versatile Dobbin. So, not too bad.

I dedicate my emoji to your post to Minsk, the perspective setter when I thought some teams were better than they actually were.

I noticed articles have gone from him turning it round to "heap more pressure on." Fickle press who don't understand the process. Edit: Will on for a half. With Lunstrum suspended, he'll be looking to start.