Russell Martin

[Master Bates]

Who do you reckon has more possesion during coitus, Martin or Pinder?

Edited Thursday at 18:19 by Master Bates

[Maggie May]

4 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

Is it fair to say that Steve Wigley is generally regarded as the worst top flight manager we've had? 

Because Russ needs to get five points from his next three games (Liverpool (H), Brighton (A), Chelsea (H)) just to equal Wigley's managerial record of 9 points from 14 Premier League matches. 

Wigley had much better players.

[Lord Duckhunter]

2 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

Still stuck in the 1970’s Duckie 😂

It was 1987 🤡 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

7 hours ago, notnowcato said:

Like all managers, most of his interviews are absolutely fine, there's bound to be an occasion or 2 where a manager will get a bit sniffy about a question.  It happens, comes with the territory.

Martin has to portray a massive amount of self belief. His absolute commitment to his style helps a lot there. That self belief, and the ego that goes with it, has to carry everyone at the club in the same direction. Hopefully his staff are equally committed, sharing and promoting that.

We get to see the cringy things, where the club are wanting to show their togetherness. But there's a lot more interaction that we don't see.

Martin's well aware of the criticism, from fans, internally and pundits. But the results shape everything. He's having to defend the basics of what he's hinged his career on. That's going to direct those interviews. And there's a load of them, where he's being asked the same things.

If we were winning, we'd be seeing him keeping the ego in check, being glowing about others while waiting for a bigger job offer. Instead, we're bound to get prickly answers considering where we are.

I saw Martin do post match interviews as a Norwich player. They were full of clichéd nonsense, and I remember being happy he wasn't spouting that rubbish at my club, after a resounding defeat.

He's now having to own what's going on, and we'll see that pressure on his answers.

[Doctoroncall]

4 hours ago, gio1saints said:

No one can disagree with the principles of adaptation . But it may take longer than we think though, especially given the players RM has available. 
 

In a hypothetical max adaptation. world - if RM were to “adapt” 180 degrees we’d see goal kicks and goalie drop kicks come back into play. Less or zero passing from the back. All mostly to the head of Tall Paul or into space, Tall Paul will try to control it or knock it on and past last man forSulemana to use his pace and skill to get in and shoot/score. Archer / Tyler is on the other wing for same. 
 

Our mf has Lesley in it for beef to win headers/challenges plus Lallana or Mateus for skill, Downes can play the quarterback position aiming to hit long diagonal balls for the forward line from slightly behind the other three mf. 
 

Goalie is AM for now so kicking the ball far away suits him for sure! That leaves three best remaining defensive players in THB, KWP and Yuki. They only need three cos they won’t be touching the ball much and just need be tidy and swift when we they have ball - before they kick it long to TP Sule and Tyler. Or if they overlap. The main thing in this new adaptation is bypass the ineffective midfield passes and get into last third way quicker. 
 

Other adaptation includes man marking from corners - not zonal, and shooting on sight and vastly accelerated advancement of play. A disruptive game like what Bournemouth do. Instructions should be a demand for at least 15 shots per match or no match fee. 
 

There, tried to think of as much the opposite of what we do atm but with the squad and best players we have to use.  Would it be better than what we do atm? Could hardly get fewer points - though it’s possible, and maybe get worse beatings but it might also work. Is this what is meant by RM adapting the tactics do you think at its most extreme? 

Charles Reep’s theory has been debunked. Please let it go. 

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

37 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

Wigley had much better players.

Great analysis. All good then, crack on Russ!

[Mr X]

2 hours ago, Dark Munster said:

Luggy’s record was 1.23 points per game. Comfortably mid table level. He was sacked in his second season after 2 matches, one win and one loss. Allegedly he lost the dressing room. Replaced by Wigley followed by Saggy. 

So someone with a much better record looses the dressing room but Martin who has won only one game (and was lucky to win that) hasn't lost the dressing room and stays because he's best pals with all the players and they get an easy ride! 

[Whitey Grandad]

47 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

Charles Reep’s theory has been debunked. Please let it go. 

As has Russell Martin’s.

[Mr X]

1 hour ago, Master Bates said:

Who do you reckon has more possesion during coitus, Martin or Pinder?

Well Martin's balls are in defence and Lucy's bowling balls are up top in the final third! Martin isn't used to working that area! 😂

[Holmes_and_Watson]

3 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

This is the way to deal with first England call ups. Far better than cuddling them. 
 

 

Some nice person put up some highlights of us against Liverpool. On one of them Klopp is having a warm chat with Koeman. Clearly Klopp has tons of respect for him and his achievements.

Quite a switch to a manager who bursts into tears and his successors. Martin did play for Scotland, but doesn't have that reputational clout.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

57 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

Charles Reep’s theory has been debunked. Please let it go. 

Well said. The future is Charles Hughes.

[Badger]

4 hours ago, Dark Munster said:

Luggy’s record was 1.23 points per game. Comfortably mid table level. He was sacked in his second season after 2 matches, one win and one loss. Allegedly he lost the dressing room. Replaced by Wigley followed by Saggy. 

He got us winning away and scoring goals ! Winning 3-1 at Man City, and 4-1 at Wolves stick in the mind. I know Man City weren’t the team that they are now, but still impressive.

We’d have done a lot better sticking with Luggy than going down the route we did that season. 

[The Kraken]

1 hour ago, Badger said:

He got us winning away and scoring goals ! Winning 3-1 at Man City, and 4-1 at Wolves stick in the mind. I know Man City weren’t the team that they are now, but still impressive.

We’d have done a lot better sticking with Luggy than going down the route we did that season. 

Sacked for eating fried egg sandwiches 😪

[Gloucester Saint]

2 hours ago, Badger said:

He got us winning away and scoring goals ! Winning 3-1 at Man City, and 4-1 at Wolves stick in the mind. I know Man City weren’t the team that they are now, but still impressive.

We’d have done a lot better sticking with Luggy than going down the route we did that season. 

I was there for City away, at the Barbados Test for Wolves and missed Claus’s first goal. My old man attended home games in my absence and saw Delap’s overhead kick. I should have gone on Barmy Army duty more often!

Edited Thursday at 22:28 by Gloucester Saint

[Gloucester Saint]

32 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Sacked for eating fried egg sandwiches 😪

Allegedly kept our players waiting in a boiling tunnel at Plymouth pre-season whilst he received an award from them which caused ill will with the senior players (IIRC that was from MLT’s memoirs). Beattie got serious shit off their fans playing for Everton but denied he was horrible to Sturrock or offered him his autograph (was the rumour). 

Still, even 04/05 looks sane compared to Russell Martin, Rasmus Ankerson and the madness of SR. 

[Badger]

5 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

I was there for City away, at the Barbados Test for Wolves and missed Claus’s first goal. My old man attended home games in my absence and saw Delap’s overhead kick. I should have gone on Barmy Army duty more often!

Was that under Sturrock? 

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, Badger said:

Was that under Sturrock? 

Yes, home to Spurs I think. My old man was impressed with Folly playing at DMC.

[Badger]

9 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Yes, home to Spurs I think. My old man was impressed with Folly playing at DMC.

Yes, it was Spurs. I remember the goal as was at the game. Had forgotten it was under Sturrock though. Had some good results under him. Thought at the time it was a shame how it fell apart for him.
 

Perhaps it was doomed to fail, as his appointment was also shrouded in a bit of controversy on the back of the Hoddle debate. But a better manager than the history books seem to suggest.

[Colinjb]

34 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Yes, home to Spurs I think. My old man was impressed with Folly playing at DMC.

Had a promising young spine developing in the team at the time. Fitz Hall at CB, Folly in the middle. Griffit coming through.

It all fell apart very swiftly.

[Bakovnetski]

7 hours ago, Master Bates said:

Who do you reckon has more possesion during coitus, Martin or Pinder?

Not sure she appreciates the passage of play always being from behind.

[SaintsBarry74]

If he sticks to Russball against Liverpool, then he’s truly clueless. 
 

He has to take a pragmatic approach or we’ll be lambs for slaughter.

 

[Weston Super Saint]

2 hours ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

If he sticks to Russball against Liverpool, then he’s truly clueless. 
 

He has to take a pragmatic approach or we’ll be lambs for slaughter.

 

That's what everyone said before we played City.

If he hadn't stuck to his principles then, then he wouldn't have received his pat on the back from Pep.

[Midfield_General]

From today’s Guardian:

“Trying to find hope for Russell Martin’s side going into this fixture is tricky. At Wolves they failed to have a shot on target despite having 72% possession and they will not dominate the ball in the same manner on Sunday. Southampton’s style is about passing and patient buildup and it is unlikely Martin will ever change, even if the club’s Premier League status and his employment are at risk. All teams need an element of surprise, whether they are first or last, in order to keep opponents guessing, but Southampton’s predictability is their downfall and explains why they are bottom. Reacting when something is not working is a sign of a good coach.” 

[Toussaint]

7 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

From today’s Guardian:

“Trying to find hope for Russell Martin’s side going into this fixture is tricky. At Wolves they failed to have a shot on target despite having 72% possession and they will not dominate the ball in the same manner on Sunday. Southampton’s style is about passing and patient buildup and it is unlikely Martin will ever change, even if the club’s Premier League status and his employment are at risk. All teams need an element of surprise, whether they are first or last, in order to keep opponents guessing, but Southampton’s predictability is their downfall and explains why they are bottom. Reacting when something is not working is a sign of a good coach.” 

Clearly the Guardian reporter is not as enlightened as the Saintsweb three amigos cheer squad. 

[Miltonaggro]

14 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Some nice person put up some highlights of us against Liverpool. On one of them Klopp is having a warm chat with Koeman. Clearly Klopp has tons of respect for him and his achievements.

Quite a switch to a manager who bursts into tears and his successors. Martin did play for Scotland, but doesn't have that reputational clout.

Koeman was a superstar and bona fide legend for Barca and Holland in teams full of superstars.  A playing hero of mine so was biased when he managed us, but enjoyed his time at the same level as McMenemy - we are just little Southampton, well so fucking what! 

[trousers]

25 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Southampton’s predictability is their downfall

Of all the tens of thousands of words posted on this thread, these five are possibly the only words that were ever needed...

[coalman]

23 minutes ago, trousers said:

Of all the tens of thousands of words posted on this thread, these five are possibly the only words that were ever needed...

Or in our case sideways and backwards passing.

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, Midfield_General said:

From today’s Guardian:

“Trying to find hope for Russell Martin’s side going into this fixture is tricky. At Wolves they failed to have a shot on target despite having 72% possession and they will not dominate the ball in the same manner on Sunday. Southampton’s style is about passing and patient buildup and it is unlikely Martin will ever change, even if the club’s Premier League status and his employment are at risk. All teams need an element of surprise, whether they are first or last, in order to keep opponents guessing, but Southampton’s predictability is their downfall and explains why they are bottom. Reacting when something is not working is a sign of a good coach.” 

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, Midfield_General said:

From today’s Guardian:

“Trying to find hope for Russell Martin’s side going into this fixture is tricky. At Wolves they failed to have a shot on target despite having 72% possession and they will not dominate the ball in the same manner on Sunday. Southampton’s style is about passing and patient buildup and it is unlikely Martin will ever change, even if the club’s Premier League status and his employment are at risk. All teams need an element of surprise, whether they are first or last, in order to keep opponents guessing, but Southampton’s predictability is their downfall and explains why they are bottom. Reacting when something is not working is a sign of a good coach.” 

Patient buildup might work for the NHS but it is never going to work in a top level football league.

“Get there firstest with the mostest.”

[Turkish]

Then Russell said, “Let us reinvent football in our image, in our likeness, so that it may rule over the Real Madrid in the Spain and the Bayern Munich in Germany , over Man City and all the other clubs in the world, and over all the players that move along the ground.”

Then on the 7th day he rested with Lucy in Cornwall

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

5 hours ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

If he sticks to Russball against Liverpool, then he’s truly clueless. 
 

He has to take a pragmatic approach or we’ll be lambs for slaughter.

 

Unfortunately we all know he will stick with Russball.

Before the FA Cup game last year I remember him gloating about how we "won't change" and we will "be brave"

Of course, that ended well with a 3-0 defeat against the Liverpool Youth team

[Midfield_General]

10 hours ago, Turkish said:

Melchett Martin's top secret pre-match briefing at Staplewood:

"Here's the list of personnel cleared to know how we're going to play against Liverpool: You and me Gilly, obviously. Arne Slot, Arne Slot's wife, all Arne Slot's wife’s friends, their families, their families' servants, their families' servants' tennis partners, and some chap I bumped into outside Anfield the other day called Bernard." 

Edited 11 hours ago by Midfield_General

[Harry_SFC]

Arne Slot has said that Saints are "a joy to watch" and should have had points in almost every game this season.

So that's now the two best managers in the league praising Russell and his style of play. The bloke must be absolutely loving this. 

Edited 20 hours ago by Harry_SFC

[Lee On Solent Saint]

7 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Arne Slot has said that Saints are "a joy to watch" and should have had points in almost every game this season.

So that's now the two best managers in the league praising Russell and his style of play. The bloke must be absolutely loving this. 

This is the sort of shit that SR and Martin will be lapping up. They will believe that the style is vindicated because of these comments. I wish a manager would just come out and say Martin is a complete arrogant twat, and playing Southampton is going to be the easiest match of the season. 

[Turkish]

12 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Arne Slot has said that Saints are "a joy to watch" and should have had points in almost every game this season.

So that's now the two best managers in the league praising Russell and his style of play. The bloke must be absolutely loving this. 

He's right, for an opposing manager we are a joy to watch, You know exactly what we're going to do, it's easy to play against, you're going to be gifted at least one goal and you know it's pretty much a guaranteed 3 points.

[Farmer Saint]

2 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

From today’s Guardian:

“Trying to find hope for Russell Martin’s side going into this fixture is tricky. At Wolves they failed to have a shot on target despite having 72% possession and they will not dominate the ball in the same manner on Sunday. Southampton’s style is about passing and patient buildup and it is unlikely Martin will ever change, even if the club’s Premier League status and his employment are at risk. All teams need an element of surprise, whether they are first or last, in order to keep opponents guessing, but Southampton’s predictability is their downfall and explains why they are bottom. Reacting when something is not working is a sign of a good coach.” 

That's a good summary of where we are at.

[skintsaint]

1 hour ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

Of course, that ended well with a 3-0 defeat against the Liverpool Youth team

First half was a joy....apart from us fluffing chance after chance. Then we conceded from their first shot on target and that was that!! 😅

[Wade Garrett]

1 hour ago, Harry_SFC said:

Arne Slot has said that Saints are "a joy to watch" and should have had points in almost every game this season.

So that's now the two best managers in the league praising Russell and his style of play. The bloke must be absolutely loving this. 

Joy to watch!  Tell you what Arne, I’ll sell you my season ticket at cost so you can enjoy it even more.

Another piss-taking cunt.

[Challenger]

58 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

That's a good summary of where we are at.

And, unfortunately where we are going to remain.

[Miltonaggro]

1 hour ago, Harry_SFC said:

Arne Slot has said that Saints are "a joy to watch" and should have had points in almost every game this season.

So that's now the two best managers in the league praising Russell and his style of play. The bloke must be absolutely loving this. 

We are indeed a joy to watch, from the opposition technical area.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Then Russell said, “Let us reinvent football in our image, in our likeness, so that it may rule over the Real Madrid in the Spain and the Bayern Munich in Germany , over Man City and all the other clubs in the world, and over all the players that move along the ground.”

Then on the 7th day he rested with Lucy in Cornwall

#globalsuperpower #gioisright

[coalman]

2 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Arne Slot has said that Saints are "a joy to watch" and should have had points in almost every game this season.

So that's now the two best managers in the league praising Russell and his style of play. The bloke must be absolutely loving this. 

Hello old friend complacency. Is it that time again?

What's that old adage?... never interrupt your enemy while they are making a mistake.

Edited 17 hours ago by coalman

[Sheaf Saint]

1 hour ago, Miltonaggro said:

We are indeed a joy to watch, from the opposition technical area.

Having given this far more thought than necessary, I still can't decide which emoji reaction is most appropriate for this post.

Edited 17 hours ago by Sheaf Saint

[saintant]

3 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Arne Slot has said that Saints are "a joy to watch" and should have had points in almost every game this season.

So that's now the two best managers in the league praising Russell and his style of play. The bloke must be absolutely loving this. 

Blowing smoke up Russell's ass to convince him not to change anything so that Liverpool can help themselves to 3 easy points. Fooling no one Arne except perhaps Martin.!

[Miltonaggro]

36 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Having given this far more thought than necessary, I still can't decide which emoji reaction is most appropriate for this post.

Assuming you are a rival Premier League manager, coach, or kit man, it's a heart Sheaf old chap!

[Miltonaggro]

19 minutes ago, saintant said:

Blowing smoke up Russell's ass to convince him not to change anything so that Liverpool can help themselves to 3 easy points. Fooling no one Arne except perhaps Martin.!

Sunday afternoon - you've been slotted!...

[derry]

7 hours ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

This is the sort of shit that SR and Martin will be lapping up. They will believe that the style is vindicated because of these comments. I wish a manager would just come out and say Martin is a complete arrogant twat, and playing Southampton is going to be the easiest match of the season. 

Liverpool sites calling his method "Arrogant and Naive"

[Dark Munster]

3 minutes ago, derry said:

Liverpool sites calling his method "Arrogant and Naive"

So Saints and Liverpool fans are in agreement!

[Lee On Solent Saint]

12 minutes ago, derry said:

Liverpool sites calling his method "Arrogant and Naive"

Arrogant absolutley, not sure about naive. He seems to know exactly why and what he is doing.

[saint michael]

The fact that we are discussing the rights and wrong of a manager with 1 win and who prioritises possession over wins shows just how fucked football is.