Russell Martin

[SNSUN]

Rumours are it'll be Gary Rowatt who has also been linked with Blackburn. Shame.

[Dr. Kucho]

37 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Rumours are it'll be Gary Rowatt who has also been linked with Blackburn. Shame.

I think Rohl has just ended Martin’s managerial career. He comes in and results change over night and they are 6 points of the top with a game in hand. 

Martin struggles to set up a good attack and Bonnie Blue is tighter than his defenses. 

[Saint_clark]

4 hours ago, Dr. Kucho said:

I think Rohl has just ended Martin’s managerial career. He comes in and results change over night and they are 6 points of the top with a game in hand. 

Martin struggles to set up a good attack and Bonnie Blue is tighter than his defenses. 

How many times does he have to be utter shite before he accepts that he is the problem. 

[BarberSaint]

5 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

How many times does he have to be utter shite before he accepts that he is the problem. 

Infinity plus one.

[franniesTache]

6 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

How many times does he have to be utter shite before he accepts that he is the problem. 

Honestly i can't believe there's still people blaming Martin when it's actually football that's the problem, Martin is a visionary, way ahead of his time. If only the game itself could catch up with the fact that goals don't matter and sideways and backwards passing is what the spectators are there to see.

In fact his powerpoint should be mandatory to everyone in the country and the beatings should continue until there is no doubt that his way IS the right way

[coalman]

With Frank gone from Tottenham, Martin's patience in not taking the Leicester job seems to be paying off. Surely a shoo-in for the vacant Spurs position.

[S-Clarke]

5 minutes ago, coalman said:

With Frank gone from Tottenham, Martin's patience in not taking the Leicester job seems to be paying off. Surely a shoo-in for the vacant Spurs position.

He won't, but if he did get the job that would be ultimate box office.

[Britannia]

Wrong thread.

Edited Wednesday at 10:42 by Britannia

[SNSUN]

Ralph Hassenhuttl now the bookies favourite after Rowatt backed away. I won't lie, I'd feel a bit disappointed if he went there. 

But to employ the manager that lost 9 nil against them not too long ago... Leicester are funny. 

[Cuddles]

52 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Ralph Hassenhuttl now the bookies favourite after Rowatt backed away. I won't lie, I'd feel a bit disappointed if he went there. 

But to employ the manager that lost 9 nil against them not too long ago... Leicester are funny. 

Bookies have to be trolling there, surely 😂

[RedArmy]

Why is Will Still not being linked with these jobs ? 
 

 

 

😉

[Oh no Mick Mills]

On 11/02/2026 at 10:30, franniesTache said:

Honestly i can't believe there's still people blaming Martin when it's actually football that's the problem, Martin is a visionary, way ahead of his time. If only the game itself could catch up with the fact that goals don't matter and sideways and backwards passing is what the spectators are there to see.

In fact his powerpoint should be mandatory to everyone in the country and the beatings should continue until there is no doubt that his way IS the right way

I'm no Russell Martin fan,  but tbf people can say his football was boring and as you jokingly say goals don't matter.

Just to go all MLG on you. 

The 23/24 season our 46 games had 150 goals which was the highest in the Championship. 

A crap premier league manager with messiah like delusions ..yes.

An entertaining Championship manager with games full of goals and ultimately promotion...also yes!

 

[franniesTache]

2 hours ago, Oh no Mick Mills said:

The 23/24 season our 46 games had 150 goals which was the highest in the Championship. 

You are right, there was clearly room for improvement here as reducing the number would've given us higher possession stats. Every time we scored the opposition started with the ball taking the possession stat down, clearly a massive mistake by Martin that. Good spot.

[die Mannyschaft]

Is RM going to Spurs?

[Roo1976]

fuck me hes still getting air time on here.................and im one of those responding...............

[Roo1976]

54 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Is RM going to Spurs?

fucking hope so.................................................................................

[Saint86]

On 11/02/2026 at 19:37, SNSUN said:

Ralph Hassenhuttl now the bookies favourite after Rowatt backed away. I won't lie, I'd feel a bit disappointed if he went there. 

But to employ the manager that lost 9 nil against them not too long ago... Leicester are funny. 

He'd be walking into an absolute shit storm and deserves better. That club is poisoned and its a thankless task for whoever goes there - all that lies ahead is cost cutting, wage cuts, and a struggle so survive whilst they weaken the squad iteratively over a couple of windows. I don't want that for Hassenhuttle, all amusements at them signing him (after the 9-0, bertrand, Vestergard) aside.

[Saint86]

13 hours ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Is RM going to Spurs?

Surely not.

[Sarnia Cherie]

On 11/02/2026 at 03:59, Saint_clark said:

How many times does he have to be utter shite before he accepts that he is the problem. 

Rasmus must have an algorithm for it.

[Sarnia Cherie]

13 hours ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Is RM going to Spurs?

Please say he is. Their swanky stadium will be a nice addition to the Championship venues.

Edited Friday at 09:23 by Sarnia Cherie
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[sledger]

dont think it will be to long before leicester go into administration

[SW5 SAINT]

12 hours ago, Saint86 said:

He'd be walking into an absolute shit storm and deserves better. That club is poisoned and its a thankless task for whoever goes there - all that lies ahead is cost cutting, wage cuts, and a struggle so survive whilst they weaken the squad iteratively over a couple of windows. I don't want that for Hassenhuttle, all amusements at them signing him (after the 9-0, bertrand, Vestergard) aside.

Well only some one with a massive ego would entertain taking the Spurs job on….

[notnowcato]

1 hour ago, SW5 SAINT said:

Well only some one with a massive ego would entertain taking the Spurs job on….

Most of the best managers and plenty of shit ones, have massive egos

[Toussaint]

10 minutes ago, notnowcato said:

Most of the best managers and plenty of shit ones, have massive egos

Who do you manage?

[Doctoroncall]

1 hour ago, sledger said:

dont think it will be to long before leicester go into administration

Does the owner have money troubles?  They have some players that could easily sell to get about £150m. Wages are probably high, and like us are on the players more difficult to move. 

[spyinthesky]

23 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

Does the owner have money troubles?  They have some players that could easily sell to get about £150m. Wages are probably high, and like us are on the players more difficult to move. 

I recollect reading somewhere that Leicester did not ensure that players arriving on big wages did not have a relegation clause in their contracts which obviously a major oversight if true/

[S-Clarke]

26 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

Does the owner have money troubles?  They have some players that could easily sell to get about £150m. Wages are probably high, and like us are on the players more difficult to move. 

Yep, King Power almost went bust on the back of the pandemic - as their business in duty free was null and void for months. I think the Thai Government saved it, but in exchange a big % of their profits have to go back to the airport authority for rent space, as well as the Thai Government - so the King Power brand is not what it was, their profits are down 75% and the club is a big casualty of that.

Quite a few of the players on their books don't have a relegation clause in their deals if they did go down to L1, so they'd automatically be in breach of the L1 rules and have further deductions. King Power going into trouble hasn't helped them in any way, but they've been horrendously mismanaged in light of that.

[SNSUN]

49 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

Does the owner have money troubles?  They have some players that could easily sell to get about £150m. Wages are probably high, and like us are on the players more difficult to move. 

I think they'd struggle to get that. Fatawu is obvious, probably 30 to 40 million but after that they'd struggle to get more than 10-15 million for a player. Mavididi may have some value, Skipp and Winks possibly but I struggle to get close to 150 million. Their squad is old, poor or running out of contract and a lot of them are on huge wages and their young players aren't exactly doing much, Monga aside perhaps. Even Jordan James who has been one of their best players this season is only on loan. 

Of course if they did go down, Fatawu's value would probably dip as clubs wanting him would be dealing with a League One team. They're in real trouble. From what I've read the owner, the son of the guy they love,  has lost interest and barely comes back from Thailand now. 

[Doctoroncall]

1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

Yep, King Power almost went bust on the back of the pandemic - as their business in duty free was null and void for months. I think the Thai Government saved it, but in exchange a big % of their profits have to go back to the airport authority for rent space, as well as the Thai Government - so the King Power brand is not what it was, their profits are down 75% and the club is a big casualty of that.

Quite a few of the players on their books don't have a relegation clause in their deals if they did go down to L1, so they'd automatically be in breach of the L1 rules and have further deductions. King Power going into trouble hasn't helped them in any way, but they've been horrendously mismanaged in light of that.

Thanks, didn’t know the business was losing that level of money or players not have relegation clauses in contracts, makes you wonder why take on Aribo. 

35 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

I think they'd struggle to get that. Fatawu is obvious, probably 30 to 40 million but after that they'd struggle to get more than 10-15 million for a player. Mavididi may have some value, Skipp and Winks possibly but I struggle to get close to 150 million. Their squad is old, poor or running out of contract and a lot of them are on huge wages and their young players aren't exactly doing much, Monga aside perhaps. Even Jordan James who has been one of their best players this season is only on loan. 

Of course if they did go down, Fatawu's value would probably dip as clubs wanting him would be dealing with a League One team. They're in real trouble. From what I've read the owner, the son of the guy they love,  has lost interest and barely comes back from Thailand now. 

Fatawu is the best winger in the Championship, 21 and would be worth more than Dibling. Mavididi is still decent and Monga has interest from many top European clubs. Don’t know the squad that well, there could be a couple of others to boost sales. 

Although the owner doesn’t go to many games, he watches live games and Doesn’t seem to be interested in selling up. 

[Midfield_General]

1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

Quite a few of the players on their books don't have a relegation clause in their deals 

That is mental. How can a 10 year old boy playing Football Manager know that it's just a basic thing to put relegation clauses in, yet they have a board full of professional businesspeople who are highly paid to focus on nothing but running their operation worth hundreds of millions, and not one of them thought to do it? 

That sort of thing just boggles my mind

[St Louis]

8 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

That is mental. How can a 10 year old boy playing Football Manager know that it's just a basic thing to put relegation clauses in, yet they have a board full of professional businesspeople who are highly paid to focus on nothing but running their operation worth hundreds of millions, and not one of them thought to do it? 

That sort of thing just boggles my mind

I'm not sure how people on here (or even the mainstream media) would really know whether certain players have that clause or not, so I'd take it with a pinch of salt.
And even if true, your comparison is based on a video game. In the real world, I would imagine there are many players who you'd want to sign who wouldn't agree to those terms. I know in hindsight it could f*ck them up (if true), but hardly going to entice a player to join a Premier League (or just relegated to The Champ) team is it? "We are ambitious and planning on a quick return to the top echelons of the Prem, but by the way, I want you to agree to a 50% paycut if we end actually up in League One". I'm sure if you really want to sign a top player (and sell the club to him and his agent), you may have to leave some clauses out and hope you can sell them if all goes tits up.

[BarberSaint]

4 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

That is mental. How can a 10 year old boy playing Football Manager know that it's just a basic thing to put relegation clauses in, yet they have a board full of professional businesspeople who are highly paid to focus on nothing but running their operation worth hundreds of millions, and not one of them thought to do it? 

That sort of thing just boggles my mind

 

 

Cause he's ginger?

[benjii]

On 12/02/2026 at 00:31, RedArmy said:

Why is Will Still not being linked with these jobs ? 
 

 

 

😉

They don't have the right kind of wingers for him.

[bpsaint]

9 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

Yep, King Power almost went bust on the back of the pandemic - as their business in duty free was null and void for months. I think the Thai Government saved it, but in exchange a big % of their profits have to go back to the airport authority for rent space, as well as the Thai Government - so the King Power brand is not what it was, their profits are down 75% and the club is a big casualty of that.

Quite a few of the players on their books don't have a relegation clause in their deals if they did go down to L1, so they'd automatically be in breach of the L1 rules and have further deductions. King Power going into trouble hasn't helped them in any way, but they've been horrendously mismanaged in light of that.

Also important to note that if they drop to League 1 they lose their next two years of parachute payments as those are intended to help Championship clubs.

They’re in major trouble if they drop.

[Matthew Le God]

17 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Also important to note that if they drop to League 1 they lose their next two years of parachute payments as those are intended to help Championship clubs.

That is not true

1) As they were only in the PL for one season, they only get 2 years of payments, not 3 

2) Relegation to League One does not lose the payments. Luton received parachute payments in League One this season.

[Midfield_General]

20 hours ago, SNSUN said:

I think they'd struggle to get that. Fatawu is obvious, probably 30 to 40 million but after that they'd struggle to get more than 10-15 million for a player. Mavididi may have some value, Skipp and Winks possibly but I struggle to get close to 150 million. Their squad is old, poor or running out of contract and a lot of them are on huge wages and their young players aren't exactly doing much, Monga aside perhaps. Even Jordan James who has been one of their best players this season is only on loan. 

Of course if they did go down, Fatawu's value would probably dip as clubs wanting him would be dealing with a League One team. They're in real trouble. From what I've read the owner, the son of the guy they love,  has lost interest and barely comes back from Thailand now. 

Winks is rumoured to be on £90k per week, and obviously no-one else would be foolish enough to pay that so he’s not going anywhere. It’s deals like that which will absolutely screw them if they do go down - double screw in fact, as they can’t sell to get the transfer fee for a player who might otherwise raise a few quid, and are also being bled dry by having to pay those massive wages for the duration of the contract, potentially with League One levels of income next season and owners who as you say appear to be pulling back.

I’m really intrigued to see who agrees to go there as manager because it is a proper poisoned chalice at the moment. 

Edited yesterday at 09:13 by Midfield_General

[coalman]

9 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Winks is rumoured to be on £90k per week, and obviously no-one else would be foolish enough to pay that so he’s not going anywhere. It’s deals like that which will absolutely screw them if they do go down - double screw in fact, as they can’t sell to get the transfer fee for a player who might otherwise raise a few quid, and are also being bled dry by having to pay those massive wages for the duration of the contract, potentially with League One levels of income next season and owners who as you say appear to be pulling back.

I’m really intrigued to see who agrees to go there as manager because it is a proper poisoned chalice at the moment. 

They only recently extended Vestergaard for another three years as well

[bpsaint]

12 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

That is not true

1) As they were only in the PL for one season, they only get 2 years of payments, not 3 

2) Relegation to League One does not lose the payments. Luton received parachute payments in League One this season.

Fair enough, was going off what one of their fans said on foxestalk 

[coalman]

11 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Fair enough, was going off what one of their fans said on foxestalk 

 

[ChrisPY]

Not just terrible passing it around at the back football that he’s wedded to

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/38225479/russell-martin-marries-lucy-pinder/

[USaintA]

So, Russel. What first attracted you to the huge breasted glamour model, Lucy Pinder?

[sockeye]

[Willo of Whiteley]

32 minutes ago, ChrisPY said:

Not just terrible passing it around at the back football that he’s wedded to

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/38225479/russell-martin-marries-lucy-pinder/

Brave, courageous, full of gratitude 

[SW5 SAINT]

1 hour ago, ChrisPY said:

Not just terrible passing it around at the back football that he’s wedded to

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/38225479/russell-martin-marries-lucy-pinder/

Calling him even an ex Premier League manager is pushing it a bit…..

Edited yesterday at 18:38 by SW5 SAINT
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[RedArmy]

1 hour ago, ChrisPY said:

Not just terrible passing it around at the back football that he’s wedded to

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/38225479/russell-martin-marries-lucy-pinder/

She has aged like a fine wine. 
 

 

[coalman]

17 hours ago, ChrisPY said:

Not just terrible passing it around at the back football that he’s wedded to

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/38225479/russell-martin-marries-lucy-pinder/

Congrats Russ. 

Now get back in the management game. Your time at Rangers was far too fleeting. LOLcester desperately needs a manager that knows his way around the Championship and you owe Lineker for that kitchen interview PR he did when he thought you were going there last time.

[CB Fry]

16 hours ago, SW5 SAINT said:

Calling him even an ex Premier League manager is pushing it a bit…..

Bit harsh. He took a team up himself and has done that job. Whatever happens he will always have been a Premier League manager.

[coalman]

6 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Bit harsh. He took a team up himself and has done that job. Whatever happens he will always have been a Premier League manager.

As will Ruben Selles and Nathan Jones 😮 

[Midfield_General]

21 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Bit harsh. He took a team up himself and has done that job. Whatever happens he will always have been a Premier League manager.

Yep. In the same way that Liz Truss can always say she was a Prime Minister, Russ can say he was a Premier League manager. 

Truss-ell Martin, if you will 

[vectraman]

On 11/02/2026 at 00:46, Dr. Kucho said:

I think Rohl has just ended Martin’s managerial career. He comes in and results change over night and they are 6 points of the top with a game in hand. 

Martin struggles to set up a good attack and Bonnie Blue is tighter than his defenses. 

Would the Messiah get a winners medal if Rangers won the league?

Ultimate embarrassment to claim it if they win it and he does!