Russell Martin

[tdmickey3]

23 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Jesus. I can see him sitting it out for a fair while on our dollar then. Fantastic. 

Nah ,his ego will get the better of him, he will take on job soon and impose the ridiculous style upon some other unfortunate club and his team will concede a shed full of goals.

He will keep bulshitting everyone, telling them how brave they are, how they are enjoying it, we stick to the process and we are close.
 

All this while bumbling along in mid table

[Dr. Kucho]

Thinking back of Martin’s sacking, it happened so soon after the match and that’s something you don’t see very often. I wonder if it was decided during the match that he had to go or if Dragan demanded it was done immediately.

With Jones I believe it was rumored that he had to get a result against Wolves (and we all know JWP squared the ball instead of hitting the target in the last minute). Even then it was the day after that the news came we sacked Jones. 

Just thinking back and maybe someone had heard something how it led up to his removal. 

 

[Matthew Le God]

3 hours ago, Cabrone said:

Nothing personal but bottom half of the championship is his level. 

His last two Championship seasons were 4th and 10th in a 24 team league.

[CB Fry]

3 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

His last two Championship seasons were 4th and 10th in a 24 team league.

And the two before that were 15th in the Championship and 13th in League One.

[Matthew Le God]

3 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

And the two before that were 15th in the Championship and 13th in League One.

He improved his finishing position in each of the 4 seasons with MK Dons and Swansea. His last two seasons in the top half show he is capable of managing a team above the bottom half of the Championship. I'm not going to deny he was clearly was out of his depth in the Premier League.

Edited 29 December, 2024 by Matthew Le God

[Midfield_General]

6 minutes ago, Dr. Kucho said:

Thinking back of Martin’s sacking, it happened so soon after the match and that’s something you don’t see very often. I wonder if it was decided during the match that he had to go or if Dragan demanded it was done immediately.

With Jones I believe it was rumored that he had to get a result against Wolves (and we all know JWP squared the ball instead of hitting the target in the last minute). Even then it was the day after that the news came we sacked Jones. 

Just thinking back and maybe someone had heard something how it led up to his removal. 

 

Wasn’t the rumour that Dragan watched the carnage of the first half against Spurs and put the call in at half-time, or possibly just before? No idea how much truth there is in that but it was such a clusterfuck that I can totally believe his patience snapped, and if the word had got to RM then it would explain why he bolted down the tunnel before HT while the game was still on, which was pretty strange behaviour. 

[Oldandtired]

1 hour ago, tdmickey3 said:

Nah ,his ego will get the better of him, he will take on job soon and impose the ridiculous style upon some other unfortunate club and his team will concede a shed full of goals.

He will keep bulshitting everyone, telling them how brave they are, how they are enjoying it, we stick to the process and we are close.
 

All this while bumbling along in mid table

How does he convince any team with ambition that he is the manager for them? One lottery win, abject failure at the top level and mediocrity complete his CV.

[ApprenticeBillionaire]

1 hour ago, Dr. Kucho said:

Thinking back of Martin’s sacking, it happened so soon after the match and that’s something you don’t see very often. I wonder if it was decided during the match that he had to go or if Dragan demanded it was done immediately.

With Jones I believe it was rumored that he had to get a result against Wolves (and we all know JWP squared the ball instead of hitting the target in the last minute). Even then it was the day after that the news came we sacked Jones. 

Just thinking back and maybe someone had heard something how it led up to his removal. 

 

That statement the club put out was obviously prepared well in advance of that game and that was probably Martins "win or sacked" game.

His demeanor throughout the entire match suggested that.

The way that first half went, Dragan was more than likely swearing down the phoneline which suggested the speed at which he was sacked.

It was on SkySports App within about 45 minutes of the final whistle, so the sacking probably happened within minutes.

[Midfield_General]

41 minutes ago, ApprenticeBillionaire said:

That statement the club put out was obviously prepared well in advance of that game and that was probably Martins "win or sacked" game.

His demeanor throughout the entire match suggested that.

The way that first half went, Dragan was more than likely swearing down the phoneline which suggested the speed at which he was sacked.

It was on SkySports App within about 45 minutes of the final whistle, so the sacking probably happened within minutes.

Yeah that makes sense. The subbing off of Sulemana after 15 mins, the signs he was making to the players that looked to read as ‘you’ve just got me fired’, the running off down the tunnel while the game was still on - it all stacks up.

Imagine going into a game you’ve been told you need to get something out of to save your job, then being 0-5 down, at home, before it’s even half time. 

[Wade Garrett]

16 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Yeah that makes sense. The subbing off of Sulemana after 15 mins, the signs he was making to the players that looked to read as ‘you’ve just got me fired’, the running off down the tunnel while the game was still on - it all stacks up.

Imagine going into a game you’ve been told you need to get something out of to save your job, then being 0-5 down, at home, before it’s even half time. 

That’s the stupidity of the board.  He had so many games before Spurs, and anyone could see how shit we were and how intransigent he was.  To give him a win or sack game was brainless.  They should have just sacked him anyway.

Dragan needs to move some of the decision-makers out.  They have massively let him down.

[Midfield_General]

12 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

That’s the stupidity of the board.  He had so many games before Spurs, and anyone could see how shit we were and how intransigent he was.  To give him a win or sack game was brainless.  They should have just sacked him anyway.

Dragan needs to move some of the decision-makers out.  They have massively let him down.

Not only that, but according to national media reports, the sacking still came us such a surprise to the rest of the SR board that they hadn’t even lined up or sounded out any possible replacements. They literally only started the process from scratch after RM was sacked. 

These are the people who are meant to be running the club. It should be their only focus. Absolute fucking jokers. 

[West end Saints]

It was right for him to go, and probably few would argue against the case for it being done sooner.

However, this team is poor. I doubt Juric, or Danny Rohl or whoever would have had us safe , maybe we would have edged the games against Ipswich and Wolves and Leicester and be in sight of the others.

Bottom line likes of Downes, Aribo, Archer and Armstrong would not be likely to get any starts at any other side.

[Badger]

2 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

Dragan needs to move some of the decision-makers out.  They have massively let him down.

How can he not see this ? 

If he had a Mr Internet, or  a Mr Telecommunications , in his main business on a par with ‘Mr Football’ within SR, then I suspect the fucker would have been out the door long ago without his or her feet touching the ground.