Mr X

RM certainly won't admit failure he thinks football isn't always about winning and getting points in the board, he will trot out the same brave lines on repeat we are getting there heading in the right direction! If the right direction is back to the championship then he's absolutely right! Sport Republic are in a tricky situation and won't want to pull the trigger and admit they are totally clueless when appointing managers this being the third disaster.... What makes it worse is this could so easily have been avoided.... Russell Martin should only be a championship manager with a bonus for promotion he was always going to be awful in the premier league with an unachievable style! Then in their wiseness they give him a new contract when they haven't even seen any proof whatsoever that he can make the step up

Think we can all agree Sports Republic are shit owners that are destroying us and our club is just a tick box on their portfolio nothing more! It's clear they are not footballing people in the traditional sense they are experimental and the experiment is losing everything as long as we are winning possession statistics!

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! 😂

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!

Martin made the rag https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/31844737/russell-martin-lucy-pinder-holiday-southampton/ They describe his "fanatical desire to dominate possession in every game" 😂

Ryan manning? 😉

Shame he isn't punching above his weight on the pitch too 😂

His social media presence is like his football... Embarrassing 😉

Will things turn nasty if we get ripped a new one on Sunday? I guess while people are still turning up to watch a Russell Martin team they will persist and they know we aren't a massive protest club anyway

I think the real reason that he isn't gone is they ultimately know it's too late now..... They will gamble on some more poorly chosen panic buys in January in the vain hope that it will keep us up..... It won't

They are Deluded about no 3 the majority want him gone

So literally SR are still going to persist with him when pool put 5 plus goals past us?

Who is our actual talent scout? Whoever sanctioned the signing of Breton Diaz wants shooting, I think I'd rather have Jack Stephens in the team than him and that's saying something!

So martin is staying as no announcement yesterday and all silent from sports republic... How long before the vote of confidence? 😂 the club is completely inept from top to bottom

I don't think it will he will stick to his go to bullshit that we are brave and improving every game and it's just a few games from clicking! And that our pass rates are off the scale! 😂

God we havent really played any top teams yet (man city aside) The next 5 games are going to be carnage we will definitely have conceded double figures after that run and I would be surprised if we managed a draw in any of those games

They are gambling on option 2 getting the fans back onside through a change of style but it's hugely naive as Martin simply isn't going to ditch his philosophy and he's been very clear on that. It's very likely that we won't have any more points on the board by Xmas, I think the owners are taking the piss and know that saints fans are meek and submissive and won't do anywhere near the protests that other clubs would so they are happy to just roll with it! You would think his position would be untenable back in the championship but stranger things have happened!

He's said numerous times he doesn't worry about his job, that's either 1) Russ being the in denial and arrogant Russ we all know plus he knows there's a substantial compensation clause 2) Sports republic really are going all the way with the Martin philosophy and are going to stick with him to the bitter end to try and save face with yet another manager appointed by them that's turned out to not be a good fit

He wouldn't lower his ambition to us now

This! however if they really had anyone decent lined up they would have got them in long ago..... Prepare to be underwhelmed as they say!

Serious question do the players really like playing Russball? Surely they'd love to play in a more attack minded team that sees the final third more than once a game? I struggle to see how an entire team of so called professional footballers is fully behind such a dire and suicidal style of play? Or are they all just happy just to be mates with Russ and swap tips on beard manicures? I know they say one thing to the media but surely there's got to be some kind of unrest now in the dressing room?

Agreed the man has to go he hasn't been given great tools to work with striker wise for sure but at the end of the day he should be getting a better tune out of them and he dam well could if he wasn't so stubborn and we should have more than four points that's abysmal. He does himself no favours with a complete inability to see the faults in his own philosophy and get defensive and stupid to anyone that dare criticise

He still has support from a few on here mostly as they don't trust SR to appoint a suitable replacement

Think we can give up on the theory that they had someone else lined up to take over from Martin! If he's not going to get the sack after yesterdays all time low then he's here to stay!

Nail on the head