| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United 08:00 - Feb 28 with 4371 views | SwansIndependent |
 Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United 28th Feb 2023 08:00Despite the hope before the game it was an expected result again at the Swansea.com stadium for Russell Martin. A toothless second half after what can only be described as an okay first period was met with resounding boo’s on the final whistle. For all the effort and passing the game ended negatively for Swansea City.  1
When will this season be over !
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 10:56 - Feb 28 with 1267 views | onehunglow |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 10:21 - Feb 28 by max936 |
Correct, its getting to the stage as to where I can't stand the sight of him, very little accountability comes from his mouth, its all on everyone else. |
I once commented his face made me physically sick ,his voice worse.
Normally,when we are on telly, we listen avidly to what our manager says .
Many eschew this now
I change channels immediately | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 11:13 - Feb 28 with 1245 views | Dr_Winston |
Excuses have been made for Russy for the last twelve months.
Excuses for his handling of players. Excuses for his tactical choices. Excuses for his inability to change. Excuses for his continued failure. It's time a lot of people realised that he's more than capable of covering his own arse if needs be. People should be holding him to account, not helping him to shift blame. |  |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 13:21 - Feb 28 with 1147 views | onehunglow |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 11:13 - Feb 28 by Dr_Winston |
Excuses have been made for Russy for the last twelve months.
Excuses for his handling of players. Excuses for his tactical choices. Excuses for his inability to change. Excuses for his continued failure. It's time a lot of people realised that he's more than capable of covering his own arse if needs be. People should be holding him to account, not helping him to shift blame. |
Can’t argue with that .
It is always the others,never him. | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 14:44 - Feb 28 with 1116 views | ARQS |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 11:13 - Feb 28 by Dr_Winston |
Excuses have been made for Russy for the last twelve months.
Excuses for his handling of players. Excuses for his tactical choices. Excuses for his inability to change. Excuses for his continued failure. It's time a lot of people realised that he's more than capable of covering his own arse if needs be. People should be holding him to account, not helping him to shift blame. |
He has obviously done a good job in keeping the local media on side. They're still eating out of his hands, not challenging him on any of the rubbish he spouts.
Harry Darling - HIS signing. Cost a significant amount of money and can't get into the second worst defence in the league.
Andy Fisher - HIS signing. Cost a significant amount of money and probably the worst first choice keeper we've had in memory. Only playing because the keeper he binned off last season is injured.
But no - let's agree with his narrative that he hasn't been backed and ask no significant questions.
Players in the team who don't want to be here, apparently.. then why are they still being picked? He was quick enough to freeze out Obafemi for the same thing. Why?
"Young, inexperienced team" - yet doesn't give Paterson the time of day. Doesn't give Naughton a game. Dropped Fulton.
Apparently now he's bravely playing the kids/young players and apparently this is in line with some sort of philosophy but plenty of them haven't been given a run/chance. Is hauling Congreve off and then not picking him for months a good way to manage young players?
Liam Cullen has scored a load of goals for us this year... confined to the bench getting odd minutes here and there. No questions about that.
No pace and power - Didn't want Obafemi, wouldn't pick Oko Flex.. there's two for you, Russ. Obgene apparently has a bit of pace - completely written off. | | | |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 14:58 - Feb 28 with 1099 views | Dr_Winston |
Not just the media. It's apparent that a lot of the rumours that get leaked out are attempts to sway the narrative by either Martin or more likely people with links to him. It's an old trick. Martinez was a master at it.
As for Paterson and Obafemi, it's obvious that they got kicked to the curb for personality clash reasons rather than anything they did on the pitch. Russy certainly doesn't seem the type to be able to handle any kind of dissent about the "process". We're down two capable attacking players as a result. [Post edited 28 Feb 2023 15:03]
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| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 15:23 - Feb 28 with 1055 views | cadleigh |
I keep being told by the Martin-can-still-do-no-wrong brigade that we should get behind the team - manager, coaches and players - at this time because booing and criticism will only undermine their confidence. And then what's supposed to happen? We limp to the end of the season, just about stay up, and... Martin's process miraculously delivers? He walks away with his head held high, leaving behind a reinvigorated squad ready to challenge for promotion next season?
Hinchcliffe was no better in his remarks on Sky. So the worst thing that could happen right now is we lose Martin? Why exactly is that then, Andy? I presume it's just one former defender looking out for another one, but really... | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 15:33 - Feb 28 with 1047 views | ARQS |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 14:58 - Feb 28 by Dr_Winston |
Not just the media. It's apparent that a lot of the rumours that get leaked out are attempts to sway the narrative by either Martin or more likely people with links to him. It's an old trick. Martinez was a master at it.
As for Paterson and Obafemi, it's obvious that they got kicked to the curb for personality clash reasons rather than anything they did on the pitch. Russy certainly doesn't seem the type to be able to handle any kind of dissent about the "process". We're down two capable attacking players as a result. [Post edited 28 Feb 2023 15:03]
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He is a master of PR and spin. He talks in the abstract about un-measurables like courage, bravery, identity etc. and some people lap it up.
It's almost like he's conditioned sections of our fanbase to believe that watching two lumbering centre halves passing the ball between them and a keeper like a hot potato is more exciting and more noble than quick, incisive, attacking football at pace.
He talks about us playing good football and that gets spoken about a lot but I just don't see it. The football under Martin is just as poor as the football under Cooper - the only difference to me is that we have lots more of the ball under Martin than we did under Cooper. We still don't do anything with it, though. Ultimately, if we are only having a handful of shots a game, I don't care whether I'm watching our players knocking it around without purpose or the opposition.
All the enjoyment, excitement and enthusiasm has been squeezed out of watching the Swans over the last few years. | | | |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 15:38 - Feb 28 with 1045 views | ARQS |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 15:23 - Feb 28 by cadleigh |
I keep being told by the Martin-can-still-do-no-wrong brigade that we should get behind the team - manager, coaches and players - at this time because booing and criticism will only undermine their confidence. And then what's supposed to happen? We limp to the end of the season, just about stay up, and... Martin's process miraculously delivers? He walks away with his head held high, leaving behind a reinvigorated squad ready to challenge for promotion next season?
Hinchcliffe was no better in his remarks on Sky. So the worst thing that could happen right now is we lose Martin? Why exactly is that then, Andy? I presume it's just one former defender looking out for another one, but really... |
Well that's always the question for me.
What's more destructive? Showing displeasure at something clearly not working and needs changing or blindly supporting, whatever is happening?
I genuinely think Swans fans can see the bigger picture and would be happy with the team having "bad moments" as long as we were moving slowly in the right direction. The problem for Russ is that the majority of us know what moving in the right direction and building momentum looks like and its absolutely nothing like we are seeing at the moment.
Next season, assuming we lose Manning and Piroe is going to be very painful indeed if we continue down this road. | | | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 16:06 - Feb 28 with 1025 views | Dr_Winston |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 15:33 - Feb 28 by ARQS |
He is a master of PR and spin. He talks in the abstract about un-measurables like courage, bravery, identity etc. and some people lap it up.
It's almost like he's conditioned sections of our fanbase to believe that watching two lumbering centre halves passing the ball between them and a keeper like a hot potato is more exciting and more noble than quick, incisive, attacking football at pace.
He talks about us playing good football and that gets spoken about a lot but I just don't see it. The football under Martin is just as poor as the football under Cooper - the only difference to me is that we have lots more of the ball under Martin than we did under Cooper. We still don't do anything with it, though. Ultimately, if we are only having a handful of shots a game, I don't care whether I'm watching our players knocking it around without purpose or the opposition.
All the enjoyment, excitement and enthusiasm has been squeezed out of watching the Swans over the last few years. |
There were flashes at the start, and indeed have been on occasion throughout his tenure that the basic materials were there for us to be an entertaining team with a decent chance of the playoffs.
Unfortunately for Martin these spells tended to come when he diverted away from his preferred style for whatever reasons. It's why I can't bring myself to condemn the players, and hold him almost entirely responsible for our current predicament.
They can do better. We've seen them do better | |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 16:42 - Feb 28 with 984 views | onehunglow |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 15:23 - Feb 28 by cadleigh |
I keep being told by the Martin-can-still-do-no-wrong brigade that we should get behind the team - manager, coaches and players - at this time because booing and criticism will only undermine their confidence. And then what's supposed to happen? We limp to the end of the season, just about stay up, and... Martin's process miraculously delivers? He walks away with his head held high, leaving behind a reinvigorated squad ready to challenge for promotion next season?
Hinchcliffe was no better in his remarks on Sky. So the worst thing that could happen right now is we lose Martin? Why exactly is that then, Andy? I presume it's just one former defender looking out for another one, but really... |
Every supporter who goes to games should be screaming for his head.
He should not be supported whatsoever.
The kids he has destroyed should have been supported .
Frankly, It makes me think Obefemi might have had a point ,same with Paterson. The likes of Grimes snivel at the feet of the boss .
Nobody wanted our captain and nobody will want Martin but we have to do this folks as we will recover as soon as he has gone | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 18:30 - Feb 28 with 934 views | BryanSwan |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 15:38 - Feb 28 by ARQS |
Well that's always the question for me.
What's more destructive? Showing displeasure at something clearly not working and needs changing or blindly supporting, whatever is happening?
I genuinely think Swans fans can see the bigger picture and would be happy with the team having "bad moments" as long as we were moving slowly in the right direction. The problem for Russ is that the majority of us know what moving in the right direction and building momentum looks like and its absolutely nothing like we are seeing at the moment.
Next season, assuming we lose Manning and Piroe is going to be very painful indeed if we continue down this road. |
The problem is "bad moments" or spells don't last for 20 odd games. We haven't really played well in any one match since about October.
I still think our squad with a couple additions, mainly wingers or players with pace would be right up there in the playoffs. Unfortunately Martin is allergic to both wingers and pace.
I just don't see where all the people who shout "project" "building" can see any positive in the last 20 games. Apart from in individual players at times. | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 18:57 - Feb 28 with 911 views | PatchesOHoulihan |
Absolutely crazy that he’s claiming we are booing the players
There may be 1 or 2 that are however the boos are aimed at the manager and our style of play. Under a different manager I’m sure all these players would be supported to the hilt
He’s a cheeky pr**k making it sound like it’s us affecting them
It’s you you roast pickles with salad !
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 19:27 - Feb 28 with 875 views | KeithHaynes |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 14:58 - Feb 28 by Dr_Winston |
Not just the media. It's apparent that a lot of the rumours that get leaked out are attempts to sway the narrative by either Martin or more likely people with links to him. It's an old trick. Martinez was a master at it.
As for Paterson and Obafemi, it's obvious that they got kicked to the curb for personality clash reasons rather than anything they did on the pitch. Russy certainly doesn't seem the type to be able to handle any kind of dissent about the "process". We're down two capable attacking players as a result. [Post edited 28 Feb 2023 15:03]
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What a shame players with a short career can’t see beyond their own self destructive ego if what you believe is true ?
They are as much to blame, and our club means nothing to them. |  |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 19:38 - Feb 28 with 848 views | PatchesOHoulihan |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 18:57 - Feb 28 by PatchesOHoulihan |
Absolutely crazy that he’s claiming we are booing the players
There may be 1 or 2 that are however the boos are aimed at the manager and our style of play. Under a different manager I’m sure all these players would be supported to the hilt
He’s a cheeky pr**k making it sound like it’s us affecting them
It’s you you roast pickles with salad !
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Good edit - was very frustrated after reading that.
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 19:42 - Feb 28 with 836 views | raynor94 |
He blames having a young squad, Bristol City have 5 academy players in their starting line up tonight
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 19:43 - Feb 28 with 833 views | KeithHaynes |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 19:38 - Feb 28 by PatchesOHoulihan |
Good edit - was very frustrated after reading that.
Humble apologies |
Thanks 😉 | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 20:15 - Feb 28 with 792 views | Dr_Winston |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 19:27 - Feb 28 by KeithHaynes |
What a shame players with a short career can’t see beyond their own self destructive ego if what you believe is true ?
They are as much to blame, and our club means nothing to them. |
Not only the players with a self-destructive ego. | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 20:22 - Feb 28 with 779 views | KeithHaynes |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 20:15 - Feb 28 by Dr_Winston |
Not only the players with a self-destructive ego. |
I agree, but the boss is the boss.
He is at least trying to get a tune despite sticking to his problematic formation and strategy.
The pair of tools you mention are just sulking and being unprofessional whilst sucking a wage out of the club. | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 20:33 - Feb 28 with 749 views | Dr_Winston |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 20:22 - Feb 28 by KeithHaynes |
I agree, but the boss is the boss.
He is at least trying to get a tune despite sticking to his problematic formation and strategy.
The pair of tools you mention are just sulking and being unprofessional whilst sucking a wage out of the club. |
Was the boss the boss when Cullis was told to sit down and shut up?
If the boss is an idiot, and all evidence thus far would seem to suggest that this is the case, then staying silent and following orders will get nobody anywhere. If he has a "problematic formation and strategy" then I'd expect players to speak up, especially the senior pros.
Down to RM to respond. Good managers take criticism on board. Bad managers try to get rid of dissenting voices. | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 20:45 - Feb 28 with 719 views | KeithHaynes |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 20:33 - Feb 28 by Dr_Winston |
Was the boss the boss when Cullis was told to sit down and shut up?
If the boss is an idiot, and all evidence thus far would seem to suggest that this is the case, then staying silent and following orders will get nobody anywhere. If he has a "problematic formation and strategy" then I'd expect players to speak up, especially the senior pros.
Down to RM to respond. Good managers take criticism on board. Bad managers try to get rid of dissenting voices. |
Kevin Cullis and Russell Martin an international footballer are not deserving of being in the same conversation to prove a point. What is deserving of consideration is the fact the blame as I have pointed out isn’t one way.
In any event, any player who can’t see his behaviour is only affecting themselves is a bit of a thicko.
Jay Fulton, not being being a mercenary when challenged to be better did just that. Obafemi and Paterson should disgust any fan of any club. Paterson refusing to play because his bank balance wasn’t to his liking ? If he never plays in our clubs shirt again it will be too soon.
And not once did Martin go against him, all he did was support him. And that’s wrong because ?
It isn’t. Martin supported Paterson who literally went on strike because he wanted more money. There’s no defending that. | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 21:44 - Feb 28 with 659 views | Dr_Winston |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 20:45 - Feb 28 by KeithHaynes |
Kevin Cullis and Russell Martin an international footballer are not deserving of being in the same conversation to prove a point. What is deserving of consideration is the fact the blame as I have pointed out isn’t one way.
In any event, any player who can’t see his behaviour is only affecting themselves is a bit of a thicko.
Jay Fulton, not being being a mercenary when challenged to be better did just that. Obafemi and Paterson should disgust any fan of any club. Paterson refusing to play because his bank balance wasn’t to his liking ? If he never plays in our clubs shirt again it will be too soon.
And not once did Martin go against him, all he did was support him. And that’s wrong because ?
It isn’t. Martin supported Paterson who literally went on strike because he wanted more money. There’s no defending that. |
Martin's playing career is completely irrelevant when we're discussing his managerial one. Gazza was a great player but a total mouth breather as a manager. Mourinho never played professionally at all. In any event, any manager who can't see that his behaviour is only affecting the team is a bit of a thicko too. Why is this such a one way street?
Some players prefer to keep their heads down and get on with it. Others voice their opinions. That's a truism not limited to footballers and again relates directly to the personality of those managing them.
I say again, I don't doubt that Paterson and Obafemi were hard work. I say again, I don't doubt that Martin's total lack of anything approaching man management ability, self awareness and worth of respect made the situation worse. | |
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 07:56 - Mar 1 with 597 views | heatwave |
Have to agree Doc playing career vs Manager cannot be compared.
Remember our last manager played most of his career Welsh league.
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 08:14 - Mar 1 with 592 views | pencoedjack |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 21:44 - Feb 28 by Dr_Winston |
Martin's playing career is completely irrelevant when we're discussing his managerial one. Gazza was a great player but a total mouth breather as a manager. Mourinho never played professionally at all. In any event, any manager who can't see that his behaviour is only affecting the team is a bit of a thicko too. Why is this such a one way street?
Some players prefer to keep their heads down and get on with it. Others voice their opinions. That's a truism not limited to footballers and again relates directly to the personality of those managing them.
I say again, I don't doubt that Paterson and Obafemi were hard work. I say again, I don't doubt that Martin's total lack of anything approaching man management ability, self awareness and worth of respect made the situation worse. |
Indeed Martin & Cullis are a similar level when it comes to managerial success at Swansea.
Both are/were crap. |  | | |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 10:19 - Mar 1 with 568 views | PassTheBall |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 09:55 - Feb 28 by Dr_Parnassus |
I didn’t understand his blaming of the players.
It’s not like we have fallen away.
I refuse to believe players were thinking about the summer for the last 18 months. It’s strange, he blames the boos (recent thing), the window (recent thing), the distraction of the summer (recent thing)…
Yet fails to recognise he’s been rubbish since he’s got here.
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MK Fan here.
I watched your game on Monday and was interested to see opinions on here. The whole game felt very toxic and the atmosphere was poor (and that's coming from a Don's fan!). It sounded like you'd had the life sucked out of you and I'm not surprised as the game was dire and I suspected previous games have been similar? A lot of booing out of frustration due to lack of chance creation and overplaying was all too familiar to his time with us.
I'm replying to this comment because it is 100% spot on. In my opinion, Martin is a salesman and he's good at it. He's never achieved anything in management but continues to get plaudits due to 'playing the right way' and his 'impressive' possession stats. Us and you were no more than an experiment and stepping stone to a Prem club (which would be fine if he was getting points on the board rather than possession stats)
While he was with us, we did not progress but were sold on his 'part of the process' speech he'd give after each loss and the promise they we were improving and that he needed time.
Alongside this, we were receiving all sorts of recognition for having the 5th highest possession stats in all of Europe! Deep down, this wasn't a positive for us watching every game but for those outside of the club, it was viewed as incredible and that Martin was the next best thing.
Martin loves the sound of his own voice. I'm not annoyed that he left us on the opening game of the season, I'm annoyed that he's been able to succeed off the back of possession stats and not results.
The game on Monday was like watching us under Martin all over again. Having significantly more possession but the opposition are the ones creating far more chances. The over playing it around at the back and then giving it away with a sloppy pass in the most dangerous area will never stop.
I'm pleased to see Swan's fan are finally catching on to Martin and no longer fooling for his sale pitch. [Post edited 1 Mar 2023 11:27]
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| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 11:23 - Mar 1 with 541 views | Dr_Parnassus |
| Everything Russell Martin said after drawing with Rotherham United on 10:19 - Mar 1 by PassTheBall |
MK Fan here.
I watched your game on Monday and was interested to see opinions on here. The whole game felt very toxic and the atmosphere was poor (and that's coming from a Don's fan!). It sounded like you'd had the life sucked out of you and I'm not surprised as the game was dire and I suspected previous games have been similar? A lot of booing out of frustration due to lack of chance creation and overplaying was all too familiar to his time with us.
I'm replying to this comment because it is 100% spot on. In my opinion, Martin is a salesman and he's good at it. He's never achieved anything in management but continues to get plaudits due to 'playing the right way' and his 'impressive' possession stats. Us and you were no more than an experiment and stepping stone to a Prem club (which would be fine if he was getting points on the board rather than possession stats)
While he was with us, we did not progress but were sold on his 'part of the process' speech he'd give after each loss and the promise they we were improving and that he needed time.
Alongside this, we were receiving all sorts of recognition for having the 5th highest possession stats in all of Europe! Deep down, this wasn't a positive for us watching every game but for those outside of the club, it was viewed as incredible and that Martin was the next best thing.
Martin loves the sound of his own voice. I'm not annoyed that he left us on the opening game of the season, I'm annoyed that he's been able to succeed off the back of possession stats and not results.
The game on Monday was like watching us under Martin all over again. Having significantly more possession but the opposition are the ones creating far more chances. The over playing it around at the back and then giving it away with a sloppy pass in the most dangerous area will never stop.
I'm pleased to see Swan's fan are finally catching on to Martin and no longer fooling for his sale pitch. [Post edited 1 Mar 2023 11:27]
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Thanks, interesting read.
A lot of fans clocked on pretty quickly, others took longer and others are still convinced he is about to turn us into Brazil of the 1970’s.
My view is he is very limited in his footballing knowledge and is wedded to a style he knows gets outside recognition. It’s a very easy way to get noticed and the fast track route over actually getting plaudits for being successful.
It’s always accountability kicked down the road into the non-specified future. Nothing can be questioned despite its clear flaws; because then of course we aren’t “seeing the vision or the process”.
The fact is, the system is completely and utterly flawed and has been since he’s arrived. Doesn’t have the nous to understand why it isn’t working and as long as he “dominates” the possession, he thinks all is well in the world and we will only be unlucky if we don’t win.
If the run gets too bad then instead of variance and luck being to blame he moves it on to literally anyone and anything else. The owners, the players, the supporters, the bus journey, the length of the grass, the absence of a break… the existence of a break, emotions after a good previous result, the emotions after a previous negative result - it’s endless.
Some of them sound like I’m joking, I assure you, they have all been used.
I’ve grown extremely tired of it all and even the most staunch Russell fans are starting to feel the same, as you heard in the last game.
Sadly many of our fans are tricked into thinking “good football” is simply keeping it, or knocking it about our own box. It’s one of the worst and uninspiring styles I’ve seen for a very long time, utterly predictable, full of holes and weaknesses that he cannot see and cannot address.
You could take interviews after your games 4 years ago, put them up against interviews in the last few weeks and they would be identical.
There is no learning, no progress and no accountability. [Post edited 1 Mar 2023 12:51]
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