Confirmed (Finally): Russell Martin appointed Saints manager

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AshbySaint said:
Ok I’ve been away for a week with no internet. What’s happened?
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We're getting the worst manager in the history of football ever. I mean has he even been to a game of football? It's dreadful I can only hope WW3 breaks out before next season so we can all be saved from the horror.
 
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Shepherd's Clearing said:
We're getting the worst manager in the history of football ever. I mean has he even been to a game of football? It's dreadful I can only hope WW3 breaks out before next season so we can all be saved from the horror.
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In the first (radio) episode of The Hitchikers' Guide To The Galaxy, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect go into a pub to drink lots of beer and eat peanuts, just before Earth is destroyed. The barman says "What do you think of United's chances"? and Ford says -'"It won't matter, the world's about to end" The barman says "Lucky escape for United, then", and Ford replies "Not really, no". In short, be careful what you wish for. I've got a foot-high piano player...
 
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Lemons and Oranges said:
In the first (radio) episode of The Hitchikers' Guide To The Galaxy, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect go into a pub to drink lots of beer and eat peanuts, just before Earth is destroyed. The barman says "What do you think of United's chances"? and Ford says -'"It won't matter, the world's about to end" The barman says "Lucky escape for United, then", and Ford replies "Not really, no". In short, be careful what you wish for. I've got a foot-high piano player...
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WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones...
 
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Lemons and Oranges said:
In the first (radio) episode of The Hitchikers' Guide To The Galaxy, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect go into a pub to drink lots of beer and eat peanuts, just before Earth is destroyed. The barman says "What do you think of United's chances"? and Ford says -'"It won't matter, the world's about to end" The barman says "Lucky escape for United, then", and Ford replies "Not really, no". In short, be careful what you wish for. I've got a foot-high piano player...
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It was Arsenal not United in the episode.
 
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Seems like a decent, humble and intelligent bloke...

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Martin established a charitable foundation in his hometown of Brighton, initially set up as a football academy, named the Russell Martin Foundation. The charity aims to use "the power of football to help change people’s lives" by providing access to football, education, and health courses in the local Community
 
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SaintinNZ said:
This is where the appointment feels a little bit of a gamble to me. Martin has had fits and starts in both his previous clubs. Last season he's had both awful and outstanding runs. Even those out and he would appear to be decidedly 'just ok'. I have no doubt that he knows his stuff but he hasn't yet shown anything that would indicate he is a thoroughbred just waiting to be let off the leash. If he hadn't finished the season on a run of ten wins or whatever he had, would he have been a serious contender? It has the feel of another NJ appointment where we have crunched the numbers trying to find a DeZerbi or Arne Slott style of coach and ended up with Martin. The upside is that I would love to see us playing that way, the downside is we need to get rid of most of our squad and start from scratch with the mental and cultural side which can only slow the football side down. Powerless to change it, pointless to whine about it so all I can do is support it. Get in Russell Martin!!
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The squad is going to have a huge overhaul and getting a side to suit his style shouldn’t be a problem, as long as he has a decent input in the transfers
 
saintlyhero said:
The squad is going to have a huge overhaul and getting a side to suit his style shouldn’t be a problem, as long as he has a decent input in the transfers
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If we bring in some of his favourites from Swansea it will be a good start. There may be others on his list but tbh he will have a much bigger budget to work with so players he may have wanted for Swansea might not be at the level we need if we intend to get back up.

my hope is that we will be a bigger fish in the champ instead of a minnow in the EPL and have shot at some of the choice players.
 
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SaintinNZ said:
If we bring in some of his favourites from Swansea it will be a good start. There may be others on his list but tbh he will have a much bigger budget to work with so players he may have wanted for Swansea might not be at the level we need if we intend to get back up.

my hope is that we will be a bigger fish in the champ instead of a minnow in the EPL and have shot at some of the choice players.
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Let's be honest, he is going to have plenty of funds to build the team however he likes.
Every single sell is going to result in a replacement that he ideally will want.

He is going to be able to build the midfield how he wants to with the funds made from Lavia and JWP sales.

I'll be looking forward to how he crafts his squad.
 
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Lemons and Oranges said:
In the first (radio) episode of The Hitchikers' Guide To The Galaxy, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect go into a pub to drink lots of beer and eat peanuts, just before Earth is destroyed. The barman says "What do you think of United's chances"? and Ford says -'"It won't matter, the world's about to end" The barman says "Lucky escape for United, then", and Ford replies "Not really, no". In short, be careful what you wish for. I've got a foot-high piano player...
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I thought it was Arsenal ?

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just seen SAINTOSPREYS post .

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Assuming that it will indeed be Martin, hopefully we're only about seven or eight hours away from his appointment.

Whichever two sides will be joining us in the Championship later today, it's fairly likely that they'll both be looking for new managers of their own. And that might take a few weeks. Whereas Martin, hopefully, can get straight down to business.
 
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st_brendy said:
Assuming that it will indeed be Martin, hopefully we're only about seven or eight hours away from his appointment.

Whichever two sides will be joining us in the Championship later today, it's fairly likely that they'll both be looking for new managers of their own. And that might take a few weeks. Whereas Martin, hopefully, can get straight down to business.
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That's a very good point, the remaining three cannot really even look for a manager because they have no idea what league they'll be playing in - I would assume they all think they'll survive. It will be very interesting to see what each of those remaining clubs do - what in particular the relegated teams do.

Depending on who these teams choose will see how mental the posting gets on here as I'm sure some will believe they have done so much better than us.

(I do remember years ago someone going on and on about how Norwich City's player recruitment was miles better than ours and they were really ready to kick on in the Premier League whereas Saints would struggle and probably get relegated - Norwich went down that season.)
 
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st_brendy said:
Assuming that it will indeed be Martin, hopefully we're only about seven or eight hours away from his appointment.

Whichever two sides will be joining us in the Championship later today, it's fairly likely that they'll both be looking for new managers of their own. And that might take a few weeks. Whereas Martin, hopefully, can get straight down to business.
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If the club are professional enough he is already signed up and the only reason it hasn't been officially announced is courtesy to Selles prior to his last game.

I would hope he is announced this evening after the final whistle.
 
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