Russell Martin

[suewhistle]

31 minutes ago, coalman said:

Russell your football is shit isn't really an insight.

Spread out between Saints, Leicester and Rangers regulars £70000 doesn't go that far.

[franniesTache]

On 24/10/2026 at 17:27, Roo1976 said:

WHY ARE WE STILL INTERESTED IN HIM?

For the same reason some of us still hate Ian Branfoot, Roger Milford and Adrian Heath with a passion

Edited Wednesday at 13:41 by franniesTache

[Badger]

5 minutes ago, franniesTache said:

For the same reason some of us still hate Ian Branfoot, Roger Milford and Adrian Heath with a passion

And John Bailey 

[Midfield_General]

2 hours ago, Saint NL said:

A few in here would be qualified for Head of Football Insights alongside Our Russ.

 

Have we got a recent/ failed former Head of Football Insights looking for a job? Because that's who they'll hire

[spyinthesky]

1 hour ago, Badger said:

And John Bailey 

Just a distant thought but I and many of my schoolmates, used to really dislike George Kirby when he played for Plymouth.
However when Ted Bates signed him in 1962 we all took him to our respective hearts.
George was a typical robust centre forward of the time and helped propel us to the FA Cup Semi Final in 1963 as a 2nd Division club.
In todays game he would probably have been the recipient of a yellow or red card each game.
Off the field he was a real gentleman apparently.

[sotonjoe]

I was thinking the other day and I might be coming to the conclusion that I rate him as a worse manager than Nathan Jones when their who managerial careers are taken into account

[Holmes_and_Watson]

 

5 hours ago, sotonjoe said:

I was thinking the other day and I might be coming to the conclusion that I rate him as a worse manager than Nathan Jones when their who managerial careers are taken into account

I think the band just preferred Nate's mad energy on tour to Russ' love in approach, that they left behind in their psychedelic years of the late '60. Martin's insistence on having the band pass their instruments across to each other might not have been for everyone, but The Who Sells out is still an album to be respected. 

[Weston Super Saint]

14 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

 

I think the band just preferred Nate's mad energy on tour to Russ' love in approach, that they left behind in their psychedelic years of the late '60. Martin's insistence on having the band pass their instruments across to each other might not have been for everyone, but The Who Sells out is still an album to be respected. 

Sorry?  What have a rock band got to do with the World Health Organisation?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

45 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Sorry?  What have a rock band got to do with the World Health Organisation?

Bands make loads appearing at gala events.

[coalman]

A hard fought draw with Stevenage showing the benefit of being able to bring on 3 lightweight attacking midfielders once again. The unbeaten run continues and stretches to 2 games.

[Sheaf Saint]

1 hour ago, coalman said:

A hard fought draw with Stevenage showing the benefit of being able to bring on 3 lightweight attacking midfielders once again. The unbeaten run continues and stretches to 2 games.

They had 66% possession though, so at least they are still trusting the process. And remember Russ even once admitted that he would prefer to stick to his philosophy and lose than have to change it to get results. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, coalman said:

A hard fought draw with Stevenage showing the benefit of being able to bring on 3 lightweight attacking midfielders once again. The unbeaten run continues and stretches to 2 games.

Wiki sez "Most consecutive league games without defeat – 23 (1 November 2008 – 7 March 2009)"

They are on their way.

[Zorba]

1 hour ago, coalman said:

A hard fought draw with Stevenage showing the benefit of being able to bring on 3 lightweight attacking midfielders once again. The unbeaten run continues and stretches to 2 games.

He’s found his level.  

[markr27]

....plus they were brave. So, so brave.

[HKsaint]

Brave in the sense of combating and knowing that they were not able to win with Russball.

[coalman]

11 hours ago, Zorba said:

He’s found his level.  

As I said on another thread Leicester were in danger of back to back to back relegations this season. They were lucky to be able to bring in a manager capable of stabilising them and laying the foundations. 

[CB Fry]

5 minutes ago, coalman said:

As I said on another thread Leicester were in danger of back to back to back relegations this season. They were lucky to be able to bring in a manager capable of stabilising them and laying the foundations. 

Behave. They've had back to back relegations already. They were not going to drop to the fourth division. Any manager should be able to get them minimum in the play off picture with the squad they have.

[coalman]

Just now, CB Fry said:

Behave. They've had back to back relegations already. They were not going to drop to the fourth division. Any manager should be able to get them minimum in the play off picture with the squad they have.

Weren't they? Until Martin worked his magic and established his culture they were flirting with the relegation zone. They wouldn't have been able to attract half that squad without him at the helm. Let alone drill them into a unit capable of playing his system to its fullest potential.

[CB Fry]

Just now, coalman said:

Weren't they? Until Martin worked his magic and established his culture they were flirting with the relegation zone. They wouldn't have been able to attract half that squad without him at the helm. Let alone drill them into a unit capable of playing his system to its fullest potential.

Sorry I missed the fact you are taking the piss ❤️