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Not happening.

It will cost far too much money to extend the stadium - if not why didn't we do it when we were reasonably successful in the Premier League? Who do you think is going to be willing to pay for it. I have zero confidence in the current bunch of clowns running the club getting us promoted again - more likely we are on a downward spiral with them. If you feel differently you are entitled to your opinion but they give me no sense that they know how to run a football club hence my doubts that they'll preide over another promotion anytime soon.

We are clearly not going to increase capacity when we'll be back in the Championship next season with the prospect of a probable long wait until we get back to the Premier League under the current owners. The current capacity suits this shit show just fine.

If so he's even more deluded than I thought.

In other words it's groundhog day again. Yet another presser full of bullshit from those asking the questions and Martin's responses.

A good article which heaps more scorn on the deluded Russell Martin. If his play out from the back method was even close to working we should be creating lots of attacking moves and goals. The fact that we are not demonstrates how deluded this man is yet every week we hear him make the same claims - the players are so brave, I'm proud of them and we are getting close. It's utter bullshit.

I recall there was talk at the time of other offers having been made. Yes, Semmens sold the club which any of us could have done. We now know he made a complete cock up of choosing who to sell it to and that is on him.

Football is a business. It would not be a good business decision to just allow this downward spiral to continue as more and more damage will be done. Now is the time for action to be taken by the owners who should be looking at bringing in a new manager and coaching staff to at least get us on a more stable footing and stop the bleeding so that hopefully we end the season heading in a more positive direction. In addition Martin has lost the fans which also means it's time to part company with him.

It's what coaches do at kids football matches. Maybe that tells us a lot about Russell's mind set.

If I was in Russell Martin's shoes I'd be praying for the owners to sack me asap. The longer he stays in a role that he is unqualified for the more damage he does to his reputation. If he stays for the whole season and results continue in the same vein he will have presided over a car crash of a season and have that writ large on his CV. Much better for him if he's sacked now and goes with a huge pay-off and more chance of rebuilding his reputation at another Championship club. Currently he is only wrecking his legacy at Southampton FC and his reputation within the game.

Then bringing up Russell Martin's name emphasised their point.

Yeah but not as a Premier League manager.

They saw him coming and Semmens bought their complete stock of snake oil. I wonder what he got out of the deal.

Yeah, you have to ak why Semmens decided that these shysters were the best available bidders for the club. Smells a bit.

Not you though I guess?

We can only hope.

You wonder how Dragan, the guy providing all the money, allows the clowns to get away with it.

Is it fair play that we have to be shackled to a clueless manager with owners who do nothing about his abysmal record this season?

If I was Dragan I'd be cancelling Sunday/Monday days off until things improve.

I suspect you're heading for a disappointment.

Yes but none of that matters with Russell in charge.

Agree. I'm convinced Wilcox is another that talks a good game but what has he actually achieved in non-playing roles? The square root of diddly squat is the answer.

Is there any point?

How many more times...few of us hate anyone at the football club. Stop confusing criticism with hate as they are two totally different things.

He's probably doing it to prepare his pitch for his next job interview. Putting out there that none of this shit show is his fault and deflecting blame.