Miltonaggro

Yes, to actually give himself a chance of staying in post Martin has to get a settled side with partnerships establishing. Bednarek and THB are probably the best we have when fit, and you’d think Charles and Downes are straight in as well. The biggest error will be trying to crowbar Adam Armstrong into the team as an auto starter. He’s got energy, but the time for this is the last 10 minutes when we should be seeing games out.

Will be someone who can grow a beard as all the Ankersen appointments have been bearded, even Natty J made an effort. On that basis Hayes wins over Still.

This is the Russball approved design. Not having this and Jack Stephens is what’s currently holding us back…

He says we need to ‘get back on track’ but most of us can see that we only appear to have been ‘on track’ in one half of football this season - first game against Sheffield weds with Tella and Prowse pulling strings. Martin looks like a man under pressure attempting to wing it.

Plus the Klippity hat. Unravelling.

‘Your memory is shit, your memory is shit, Zeephrox 3000, your memory is shit!’

Agree with this, the bloke looked like a husk at the end of his tenure and I think SR had made their minds up to remove him once they’d got their trotters under the desk. In the close season if they’d have spent money on what was actually needed rather than Ankersen and Shield’s schoolboy Christmas list we may have stayed up

They are not taking a chance in paying the £5 just yet.

Even if she is was her hubby would still be the bigger evil cunt!

At least when it turned to shit we’ve have some decent songs.

Eric Black on translation and Wally Downes as motivational coach.

Would be lovely Turks, we’d likely still be dogshit, but funny dogshit that gets up the right people’s hooters!

The unity candidate.

Can you imagine, would be hilarious. No more love ins and shiatsu massage from the boss.

Based on him being the only decision maker above the first team coaching staff from a football background with a previously decent reputation to protect - self preservation. Other than that fuck knows. Think we may find out soon.

The radicalism with 66.66% of SR is thinking that they'll get away with it. They won't but it's going to be a painful watch!

That's a thoughtful, sobering post to wake up to - I love the smell of realism in the morning! The only current chance of recovery I think we have is Wilcox, so he's the one to watch above any PR about Martin put out by the club, see what he puts his name to. The successful Blackburn side that he was a part of installed a savvy manager, bought a crop of the top players in the league (including two of ours) and then simply played them to their strengths. A while ago now, but he is the sole Board member at our club who has the football knowledge to arrest the current slide, and that at some point he will need to intervene. He will also know the longer we are outside the PL the harder it will be to gain promotion, and the rank stupidity of trying to pull the cart before the horse - promotion and then start the Sport Republic Man City lite revolution, perhaps. However, another scenario is that he resigns whilst his youth guru credentials are still high and goes into a role at a decent Prem club. I think Russell Martin is a thoroughly earnest, decent man, the opposite of Nathan Jones, but we are seeing very similar batshit formations and tactics, whilst blowing smoke up players arses when they need a fucking rocket. It's likely to get worse. My gut feeling is that SR will dig in and stick with RM to at least Christmas when the playoffs may look like a pipedream, if he's here after that we are going to finish in mid-table obscurity and a nostalgic look towards 2007-2008. What a fucking mess.

More chance of Beatrix Potter!

There’s one for the next fans forum!

You sure? According to my Ipswich supporting mate who I had a painful post match beer with last night he was the epitome of an instant success, Tractor Boys love him, hence their travelling numbers and good voice. Won seven of his first ten games in charge, with seven clean sheets, and new year club record for a series of games not conceding a goal - better than Bobby Robson. Also, something approaching 60% win percentage which was rubbed in. Not bad for his first managerial post. I think I’d prefer that kind of impact currently but it takes all sorts.

Jones 14, Selles 17. They’ll give RM a good few more than that I reckon as they’ve invested more in this one.

Fuck off Russell! 😂

To be fair to Cortese his first actions following the Liebherr takeover were to appoint an ex-premier league manager and recruit a number of the best experienced players from the league we were in and that above. Immediately the fans could see improvement, ambition and positive momentum. How were our fans at the JPT final - the miserable indulged arseholes? In his entire time at the club, despite his human shortcomings (sic) as a Chairman, he didn’t have to worry about grumbling fans, and his ‘small margins’ focused on pillows, mattresses and ice sculptures. Maybe Rasmus and Kraft should have a chat with him on teams, bit of life/business-coaching and a discussion on closing the big margins.

Agreed, Ipswich came with a game plan and once it was executed sat back knowing that it was unlikely that we could hurt them. McKenna schooling Martin in terms of how to achieve a cool-headed three points away from home. The clear defensive improvement in the second half was due to replacing the young central defensive midfielder who had been asked to play centre half, with an actual centre half.

I agree. Fucking awful isn't it. I thought that Ralph was a busted flush when he was sacked, knackered and out of ideas, but fair wager he could set this lot up to be competitive over a long weekend!