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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

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  2. Give him one more game

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  3. Give him until next international break

    0.9%
  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. It'sOnlyAGame

    It'sOnlyAGame Well-Known Member

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    How long do you think he's got? He doesn't help himself does he?

    Martin's after match comment; I don't think we'll get beaten 6-0 again.
    Celtic up next.
     
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  2. Paddy Podped

    Paddy Podped Well-Known Member

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    So Celtic get 7?
     
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  3. Saints FC 76

    Saints FC 76 Well-Known Member

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    Probably won’t take him long to get another job after Rangers sack him. He’ll just be able to say that he wasn’t given enough time.

    Gutted Leicester didn’t appoint him.
     
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  4. Puck

    Puck Well-Known Member

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    You have to think that if they get another savage beating at the weekend then that could be the end.
     
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  5. greensaint

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    Hoping like hell for a 0 0 draw which extends his stay.

    Mad that European footy has become such a feast of rotting garbage. So many **** teams involved in too many games.

    If you were crap back in the 70-80s you played one tie and fecked off. Now you are parachuted into another meaningless set of games.
     
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  6. tomw24

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    Martin: "I don't think we'll lose 6-0 again".

    Please lose 6-0 on Sunday. <laugh>
     
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  7. Toss saints

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    Disagree, think this will damage his stock. Potentially sacked before September. Nearing Clough territory. That is where the comparisons stop. One was arguably the best club manager the UK has ever seen, and the other is Brian Clough. Did I get that right....
     
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  8. Toss saints

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    Sorry. Was replying to another quote, system quirk or me
     
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  9. Number 1 Jasper

    Number 1 Jasper Well-Known Member

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    No i buggered it up .
     
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  10. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    He also has a very annoying podcast called the High Performance Pod, is unspeakably self-congratulatory and irritating on any social media channel (including LinkedIn) and is just an utterly thundering prick of a man.
     
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  11. Saintmagic

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    Isn’t he a Saints fan? Maybe he knows Martin behind the scenes and is defending his mate as Martin seems to get on with people
     
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  12. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Norwich fan, I believe.
     
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  13. Saintmagic

    Saintmagic Well-Known Member

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    Ahh getting him confused with a different presenter I think. Point possibly still stands as Martin was a player at Norwich for awhile.
     
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  14. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    He's insufferable though. Here's him basically putting his wife through an end of year appraisal (you can see how he'd get on with RM).

    Jake Humphrey
    8January·

    I met my wife 25 years ago.
    But this week we decided to do something we haven’t done before.
    With the kids away at a sleepover, we went for dinner at a lovely local pub and aligned on our personal and parenting goals for 2025.
    It’s so easy with kids, jobs, school clubs, sports fixtures, friends and family stuff that you can fall out of alignment.
    So we went for some amazing tapas and asked ourselves these 6 questions:
    - Where did 2024 miss the mark for you?
    - ⁠Where did you feel let down by me?
    - ⁠What does a great 2025 look like?
    - ⁠How can I support that?
    - ⁠What are the things that currently light you up?
    - ⁠What are we in the habit of still doing that no longer serves you and we should drop?
    They proved to be really powerful questions, and at the end of the dinner, despite being together since 1999, there was a sense that this year will be our most exciting one yet.
    As Walter Winchell so wonderfully put it:
    “Never above you, never below you, always beside you.”
     
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  15. Saintmagic

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    Hopefully her response to that second question was “you being a **** on social media and sticking up for Russell Martin”
     
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  16. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    This is my favourite Humphrey - a note "written to him" that he's clearly written to himself (it's his handwriting) and torn from the notebook right in front of him.
     
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  17. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    That's the most Martin quote ever <laugh>
     
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  18. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    Oh hold on, try this link.

     
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  19. Saintmagic

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    Clearly missed his calling as a life coach/motivational speaker rather than just the guy who says some filler fed to him behind the scenes before handing over to the pundits who actually know what they are talking about
     
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  20. saintlyhero

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    Who said romance was dead
     
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