Russell Martin

[S-Clarke]

3 minutes ago, Chez said:

We rejected a £7m bid from Sheff United this summer, supposedly.

Wasn't that in the summer we last went down? I'm sure Sheff U were strongly interested, as then a PL side (he was stalling on a contract with us too).

Don't think we had any interest this summer.

[Chez]

1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

Wasn't that in the summer we last went down? I'm sure Sheff U were strongly interested, as then a PL side (he was stalling on a contract with us too).

Don't think we had any interest this summer.

you are right, it was 2023. I guess that was a good decision. I suspect our valuation would have gone up a year later and his desire to leave would be non existent.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Farmer Saint said:

We scored 87 goals last season (5 less than Ipswich in top) with the largest number of created chances and second best XG, in a league we were expected to dominate. 

Stop talking rubbish - he'll probably do very well at Rangers.

Ouch. Mind you, it's not the first or thousandth time that would be true. 🙂

Behind my point, I was thinking of the dominance fans will expect. They aren't used to sides allowing their opponents to reset, rather than put them to the sword.

Rangers will have to break down sides who are looking to be compact, looking to catch Rangers out on set pieces and breaks.

We saw Martin's sides struggle to break some of those teams down in the Championship. We relied on simply having the better players. Rangers do too in their league.

They've just got rid of their manager with 17 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. Miles ahead in second. But that gap in quality isn't enough for their fans. In large part because although 15 points ahead of third, they are 14 behind Celtic. And that's who they are really competing against.

That large number of goals scored will also be alongside the large number conceded that went with it. Like a mini-Spain, every Old Firm set back is a mini crisis. Martin will have to make sure that the draws we saw on what was a record unbeaten run for us, are nearly all wins there.

I hope he does well. Looking at the number of players we have that he 'd like, I'm also wondering if SR could just take over Rangers and transfer most of our squad there. Baz, Stephens, Will, Manning, Aribo...

Rubbish post 1001... done. 🙂

[Saint_clark]

Am I missing something? All this talk about him doing well at Rangers, wishing him luck there, how his style of play will get on. 

Hasn't Barry Ferguson just been appointed head coach there?

[Football Special]

6 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

Am I missing something? All this talk about him doing well at Rangers, wishing him luck there, how his style of play will get on. 

Hasn't Barry Ferguson just been appointed head coach there?

Yeah looks like they are going to wait until the summer , so we'll still be paying Martin for a whole longer 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

9 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

Am I missing something? All this talk about him doing well at Rangers, wishing him luck there, how his style of play will get on. 

Hasn't Barry Ferguson just been appointed head coach there?

I refuse to read this before finishing my daydream of Baz, Will, Manning, Jack, Joe and Ryan boarding a Glasgow bound coach. 🙂

[OldNick]

19 hours ago, Football Special said:

That would be a great job for him to be fair, and means we can stop paying him 

Did he play for Celtic? 

[East Kent Saint]

1 hour ago, OldNick said:

Did he play for Celtic? 

He was a player ?? Oh a defender so no wonder we had a solid defence , or have I got that wrong  ?

[Gloucester Saint]

2 hours ago, East Kent Saint said:

He was a player ?? Oh a defender so no wonder we had a solid defence , or have I got that wrong  ?

The ‘Norfolk Cafu’ no less. Although Rangers got the Lidl instant coffee version at the back end of his career on loan from Norwich.