Russell Martin

[beatlesaint]

21 minutes ago, Saint Gifford said:

Has he learnt anything, I mean anything from his Saints experience. 

 

Nope. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

5 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

If he’s given to the end of the year, he’ll have time to implement his plans. 
It does seem like he’s fighting a battle with (some) of the players. Not the best way to do things unless he is able to change the personnel in this transfer window. 
 

10 in, the majority already having first team appearances. 5 out from last year, including end of contracts. It's looking to be a bit of a bloated squad, as they go about the overhaul.

[gio1saints]

I’d call beating Panathanaikos  and Victoria pixen recently good results for such a meh set of players he has. 

It’s kind of lazy - and frankly a sign of how intellectually challenged some posters are -  to constantly paint everything he is or does as bad. 

Shakespeare wrote ( in Hamlet if you are interested- which you are not as you probably think Hamlet  is a fancy ham omelette ) but anyways he wrote “there is nothing either good or bad that thinking makes it so” 

You carry on thinking it’s all bad. I will carry on thinking for myself on that.

 

Apologies in advance to all I’ve offended . I was having too much fun and that was a minor tap on the wrist compared to the pages of shit written on RM here. 🤣

Edited 1 hour ago by gio1saints

[trousers]

[gio1saints]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

You mean let negativity cynicism ignorance and meanness triumph over hope for a better future? Never. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

1 hour ago, gio1saints said:

It’s kind of lazy - and frankly a sign of how intellectually challenged some posters are -  to constantly paint everything he is or does as bad. 

Shakespeare wrote ( in Hamlet if you are interested- which you are not as you probably think Hamlet  is a fancy ham omelette ) but anyways he wrote “there is nothing either good or bad that thinking makes it so” 

You carry on thinking it’s all bad. I will carry on thinking for myself on that.

What a load of old pretentious pony.

As Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux wrote “The proof of th' pudding's seen i' the eating.”

Horrendous premier league record and at the moment 5th in a 2 team league, having failed to win a game against 2 sides with a tiny fraction of his squads value. Add to that the awful, boring, sleep inducing “process” of Legoball, it’s pretty hard not to be negative about the fraud….
 

[skintsaint]

1 hour ago, gio1saints said:

Shakespeare wrote ( in Hamlet if you are interested- which you are not as you probably think Hamlet  is a fancy ham omelette )

Omlettes are never fancy unless you have chips and eggs most days.

[sockeye]

1 hour ago, gio1saints said:

It’s kind of lazy - and frankly a sign of how intellectually challenged some posters are -  to constantly paint everything he is or does as bad. 

Okay, he's not absolutely woeful in all aspects - what he is good at is off-field management. Installing a feeling of camaraderie, uplifting players who have lost their confidence, protecting players from criticism (whether that be deserved or not). He is limited tactically, and he probably knows that, so doubles down on his brand and charisma to protect himself. The trouble is that even his strong points became negatives last season as he refused to adapt. We finished on 12 points, and a great deal of that was due to the softened atmosphere and low standards around Staplewood, which he installed, meaning even though he left in December he was haunting us right up until the end. Keep in mind that the 2020s have on paper gotten linearly worse for us each season as well. I don't think it's reasonable to blame people for still having a hangover about debatably our worst season in history (given the context).

Edited 9 minutes ago by sockeye
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