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Confirmed: Russell Martin has been sacked

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by Osvaldorama, Sep 19, 2023.

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Martin out?

  1. Right now, he's worse than Guardiola

    91.2%
  2. Give him one more game

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  3. Give him until next international break

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  4. Stick with him, he'll turn it round

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  5. No point in sacking now, wait until end of the season

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  1. st_brendy

    st_brendy Well-Known Member
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    I'm not having a direct go at our summer business. In the main is was sensible. My only issues there were not signing a RW and the pointless acquisition of Holgate.

    My point was more that it didn't scream at me "automatic promotion no matter what it may cost".
     
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  2. Billy Bates

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    I think the signing of Russel Martin screamed that, I’m the same way the signing of Nathan Jones screamed we are going down.

    Just don’t understand how the owners made these decisions that I would suggest almost every fan could see.
     
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  3. SaintMarv

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    To quote the great Victor Meldrew. " What language are you speaking? It appears to be Bollocks."
     
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  4. Lovelocum

    Lovelocum Well-Known Member

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    Changed my vote. Get rid of him, and SR for that matter.
     
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  5. thereisonlyoneno7

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    Hansi Flick purely for the puns
     
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  6. Osvaldorama

    Osvaldorama Well-Known Member

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    He actually thought we played well today

    I have no words

    We are run by complete morons from the top down
     
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  7. lewebster

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    I have seen very little of our football this season. Obviously not good to lose 4 on the bounce. What would people say is the main difference between now and the first few games when we managed to get some wins?

    Obviously I know some players like JWP have left and we have lost Stephens and had other injury issues. Do the players look confused? Are they not arsed?

    I would build the team around Alcaraz and like someone else said another manager is likely to come in and make it look easy by playing your best team etc.

    We lost because of a penalty today, was a draw a fair result or were we absolute turd? It's hard to get sense of the match in isolation as everyone is pissed that we have lost again.

    Thanks guys
     
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  8. Osvaldorama

    Osvaldorama Well-Known Member

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    We miss Tella, prowse and stephens massively.

    They made a huge difference in terms of a spine of the team. But they aren’t the whole difference. We can’t play this passing game. It’s not working at all. We are ponderous and just awful really.

    I would say the score lines have been kind to us. I think we should have conceded more today and against Ipswich whilst creating virtually nothing.
     
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  9. Pelletron

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    I'd go further. Charly as Player-Manager. :emoticon-0165-muscl
     
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  10. steve79

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    This. Today was an improvement. And in isolation would be OK. But the goal from open play today for boro is almost the same as most of the goals we have conceded this season. Sorry to state the obvious but without these mistakes we would be much higher up the table. As it is the opposition just needs to press us into giving the ball away time and again.
     
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  11. Saintjoey

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    Who would we want to replace him?
     
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  12. Saints_Alive

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    Time for the avatar to go methinks, what he has said about Charly has changed my mind completely, it is poor man management of a young but very talented lad who could be the catalyst for a successful season. The style of the passing game is getting slower and more ponderous and the self inflicted goals are still coming (and could've been more today).
     
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  13. Osvaldorama

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    I honestly don’t think it was an improvement. I think we just got lucky that boro were wasteful.

    Could have been 5 or 6-1 easily
     
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  14. Lovelocum

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    I just don’t trust SR to give the club what it needs.

    We’re now 11 points off 1st and 2nd place, automatic promotion now seems unrealistic.
     
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  15. saintrichie123

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    I would welcome Neil Warnock ATM.
     
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  16. Lovelocum

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    Yup. We need an experienced manager to stop the rot. SR won’t do that, they want to discover the next big thing before anyone else does.
     
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  17. Saints_Alive

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    Theo?...:emoticon-0112-wonde
     
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  18. Schrodinger's Cat

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    Kuntz.

    Even when the football is **** like at the moment, I'll enjoy the comments, because I'm basically 11 years old.

    Trouble is when someone yells 'Hey Kuntz! " the owners and the whole squad will turn round
     
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  19. steve79

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    Maybe I'm just looking for a positive no matter how small. But I thought for parts of the game we looked a bit more solid at the back. Nowhere near enough of an improvement granted. Having said that, any half competent manager would not be trying to play out from the back with suicidal passing
     
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  20. ChilcoSaint

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    Our whole future would be in the hands of Kuntz.

    So, no change there!
     
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