No Saint David

Oh I don't give a feck about martin but I actually quite like Southampton, been a closet fan since LeTiss, used to love watching him play. It's sad to see you being made mugs of.

Hello, the "Jack" is back and reading this thread brings back memories. Russell Martin is a great self publicist. He's convinced people he is the Holy Grail of football management and that pointless possession is football's raison d'etre. As a lot of us Swansea fans would tell you (and did tell you) he is a false prophet. Many of you have realised that and any still sticking up for him need to open their eyes. Allegedly in his time at Swansea he said he'd rather lose his way than win playing a different way. If you are to have a good season he needs to change his approach and I wouldn't hold my breath. Last season we had a squad capable of being top 6 in what was admittedly a poorer division, we failed because of Martin, because he didn't have the tactical nous or intelligence to play to our strengths, with that in mind, good luck guys. From a Swansea point of view, I hope he's in post ALL season!

Nope. Duff has a lot to change, it won't happen quickly. We have a lot if new players too, 4 of them couldn't play last game. Anyway, it's not their clubs, it's our clubs so we'll both want our manager to succeed. Good luck guys, except when you play us.

The upturn coincided with him changing things, going back 4, kore direct. Or as many of us saw it, using our squad more effectively. He'd done it before Christmas when we won 6 of 7 but he reverted when Burnley thrashed us. Then we won 3 games in the next 21. He is arrogantly stubborn. He won't change easily. And you have better players than we did, a decent voucher should have you top 4 minimum I'd say.

A view from Wales, we gave Martin 2 years and apart from the last 9 games it was the slowest, most boring football many had endured. Martin is a very stubborn man. He allegedly said he'd rather lose playing his way than win playing a different way. To play his way you need the top players. Have you seen a lot of passing in your own box that causes problems, have you seen too much passing backwards from beyond the halfway line, have you seen slow, predictable football? That is what we got at Swansea for 2 years and many of us were glad you came in for him. This is not a wind up BTW, I am deadly serious. Many of us wanted him gone, I you can be bothered have a good look at our forum, it's all there though you'll need to dig a bit now. Good luck.