Russell Martin

[Master Bates]

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

Edited 3 hours ago 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 😪