Russell Martin

[coalman]

Nobody would be able to succeed in League One with these players. Once again the problem is his inability to recruit directly from Real Madrid / Liverpool / Man City. If he could just find a source of players who never make mistakes and can follow his instructions perfectly he'd be unstoppable.

[Oh no Mick Mills]

4 nil away win tonight ..back to back wins....GO TEAM RUSSELL.

I'm sure this thread will be flooded later with congratulations to our Russ

Eh lads...........lads? 😂

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Fair play. He's turned it around.

Look forward to seeing him back at St Mary's next season.

[The Kraken]

It’s been humorous to watch their start, but he’ll take them up this year, most likely automatic. They’ve had a laughable start yet, win a game in hand, and they’re 4 points off second.

Far too strong a squad to stay in L1 this year, even with a complete bellend in charge.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Smallbone came on as a sub. Could the turn around simply be him arriving at the club? The Smallbone Effect. 

(Not the one you're searching online for a solution to. The other Smallbone Effect)

[Oh no Mick Mills]

A tougher away game at Luton on Saturday awaits.

Win that and then win their follow home game and I'll be writing that man a lovely poem. 

[coalman]

It's great to see he was right all along. Leicester about to reap the benefits of sticking by their man in the way both Rangers and Southampton failed to.

Edited 14 hours ago by coalman

[23rdSaint]

38 minutes ago, coalman said:

It's great to see he was right all along. Leicester about to reap the benefits of sticking by their man in the way both Rangers and Southampton failed to.

We did 👍

 

(I realise you're joking, but worth remembering this run before our unbeaten streak)

Edited 13 hours ago by 23rdSaint

[IFHP]

Why are some so obsessed with Russell Martin? 

Hes probably got more pages about him when he’s not our manager than he did when he was . 
 

Strange. 

[Oh no Mick Mills]

19 minutes ago, IFHP said:

Why are some so obsessed with Russell Martin? 

Hes probably got more pages about him when he’s not our manager than he did when he was . 
 

Strange. 

He's in our heads,

In our heads,

Russell, Russell,

RUSS! RUSS! RUSS!

 

[Weston Super Saint]

28 minutes ago, IFHP said:

Why are some so obsessed with Russell Martin? 

Hes probably got more pages about him when he’s not our manager than he did when he was . 
 

Strange. 

Greatness should always be celebrated.  Just because you don't understand, doesn't make you a bad person.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 hours ago, IFHP said:

Why are some so obsessed with Russell Martin? 

Hes probably got more pages about him when he’s not our manager than he did when he was . 
 

Strange. 

He has an interesting philosophy that he wants to embed at all his clubs. Regardless of short term gains, and very possibly despite possession based football having moved on.

I like to see it develop. The hurdles are clear to any fan of any of his clubs. They are very clear to players, who have to adjust to playing it. Spare a moment to remember Mason Holgate.

When it clicked, and with our better players, and against certain opposition, we played some good stuff.

I'm genuinely pleased Smallbone is there. He did really well under Martin, and Martin benefitted as a result. Looking forward to seeing how his side progresses. There are some Southampton and Rangers players in there, and it's looking a bit more settled.

But will he be given time ? will this be a turn around or a blip?  will the club actually be sold and new owners move him on? All questions I'm glad to be answered at another club.

[coalman]

3 hours ago, 23rdSaint said:

We did 👍

 

(I realise you're joking, but worth remembering this run before our unbeaten streak)

Yes, but then we gave up on him in the Premier League after another bad streak. Imagine where we'd be now if we'd followed the process.

[suewhistle]

Lower points record than Derby?

[O_B]

19 minutes ago, coalman said:

Yes, but then we gave up on him in the Premier League after another bad streak. Imagine where we'd be now if we'd followed the process.

L1?

[HKsaint]

Back to back to back relegation is getting remote. 

[Doctoroncall]

38 minutes ago, HKsaint said:

Back to back to back relegation is getting remote. 

Considering their dominant wealth in League One, only a points deduction over some hidden financial issues or administration will lead to that. 

[Midfield_General]

Club who won the premier league 10 years ago and got to the quarter finals of the champions league 9 years ago beats club with record attendance of 10,000 who were non-league until 2 years ago. 

And to think people doubted him

[Doctoroncall]

4 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Greatness should always be celebrated.  Just because you don't understand, doesn't make you a bad person.

And greatness needs to be rewarded with a thread detailing the achievements. 

[coalman]

1 hour ago, O_B said:

L1?

Would we? I don't see Martin getting caught spying on the opposition. There's no need to spy when you play the exact same way every week. He's gotten Southampton promoted from the Championship before. Chances are we'd be on another record breaking run in the Premier League right now as he laid the foundations for next season.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Midfield_General said:

Club who won the premier league 10 years ago and got to the quarter finals of the champions league 9 years ago beats club with record attendance of 10,000 who were non-league until 2 years ago. 

And to think people doubted him

Such a massive decline results in a massive amount of scar tissue. It's not that they broke the rules and got relegated, they just weren't good enough. Russ understands. He gets those feelings and the pain the club and fanbase are going through. He's cleverly let himself be the focus of all that rage, as part of the club's healing process. And, given time, he'll steer them upwards once more.

[Weston Super Saint]

3 hours ago, coalman said:

Would we? I don't see Martin getting caught spying on the opposition. There's no need to spy when you play the exact same way every week.

He famously once stated that he really doesn't care about other teams and certainly isn't interested in their tactics, so he would never have any need to spy.  That's the level of self confidence that should be admired and celebrated.

[Saint86]

Sorry to break it to you guys, but i think you're getting ahead of yourselves with the Martin / Leicester revival.

Reading their forum (https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/140672-has-martin-turned-the-corner-and-we-should-support-him/page/3/#comments) its seems abundantly clear that he's temporarily abandoned his principles to save his skin... as we know he did with saints going into the play offs. In this case, it appears he has switched to a back 3 and stopped the tippy tappy passing along the back line (not too dissimilar to what he did with saints) which has resulted in an uptick in form... He's secured a couple of wins, got himself some breathing space etc., so i'm 99% sure he'll be reverting to type before too long. It would seem that even Martin knows he can't afford to fail at Leicester so quickly (for fear of terminally killing his career).





Based on previous Martin form, who wants to tell Leicester that its likely all is temporary to buy himself some more time, rather than having a footballing epiphany?

Edited 36 minutes ago by Saint86

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Weston Super Saint said:

He famously once stated that he really doesn't care about other teams and certainly isn't interested in their tactics, so he would never have any need to spy.  That's the level of self confidence that should be admired and celebrated.

I'm sure I read a post on a recent match thread, wondering if Tonda had changed a few things based on the opposition. And if so, would be stop, as they should be worried about us.

Under Russ, this is not an issue. The whole planet knows exactly how he's going to set things up. But like peak Barcelona, it won't make any difference if they do. Although in their case, refs are picked and bribed by clubs, not to mention other clubs to play well, so possibly not the best comparison. Russ is better than that.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

20 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Sorry to break it to you guys, but i think you're getting ahead of yourselves with the Martin / Leicester revival.

Reading their forum (https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/140672-has-martin-turned-the-corner-and-we-should-support-him/page/3/#comments) its seems abundantly clear that he's temporarily abandoned his principles to save his skin... as we know he did with saints going into the play offs. In this case, it appears he has switched to a back 3 and stopped the tippy tappy passing along the back line (not too dissimilar to what he did with saints) which has resulted in an uptick in form... He's secured a couple of wins, got himself some breathing space etc., so i'm 99% sure he'll be reverting to type before too long. It would seem that even Martin knows he can't afford to fail at Leicester so quickly (for fear of terminally killing his career).





Based on previous Martin form, who wants to tell Leicester that its likely all he's done is temporarily buy himself some more time, rather than having a footballing epiphany?

As you say it will be temporary. The pure process will be back. This is just a sign the players are taking too long to embrace things. Will be starting soon, so that should make it easier to back to RussBall.