Russell Martin loses

[daz 135]

Reading beat Swansea 2-1 earlier.. and burnley standard 2 - 0 up so far.. 😐🔰

[yellowrider120 917]

The Cook could well be rubbing her hands with glee at this news. R Martins poor run continues and Jacks are furious. She can see her dream of the blue eyed boy returning AND without shelling out any compo!!! Whether Webber is quite as deluded we will soon know I suspect. Wonder how Webber and Martin got on in the brief few months they were at FCR??

[Well b back 3,603]

57 minutes ago, yellowrider120 said:

The Cook could well be rubbing her hands with glee at this news. R Martins poor run continues and Jacks are furious. She can see her dream of the blue eyed boy returning AND without shelling out any compo!!! Whether Webber is quite as deluded we will soon know I suspect. Wonder how Webber and Martin got on in the brief few months they were at FCR??

Favourite to be next manager sacked in the championship, but really can’t see it happening until they are certain Norwich are no longer sniffing around, if indeed they ever were / are.

[astro 423]

I can see the Webber quote now ‘ we had someone lined up to take the role, then Russell became available - obviously with his pedigree we had to talk to him before making an appointment etc, etc’ 😳

[Surfer 1,547]

Russel Martin could be a very fine manger. Whether he's right for Norwich at this time I have doubts, but I have little doubt that if appointed he'd be welcomed back. 

[alex_ncfc 686]

Russell Martin divided the fans massively as a player.

Getting him back as a manager would be a disaster as there would be a number of fans against him from the off. 

Stay well away.

[Ken Hairy 4,272]

Certainly not the appointment we need right now

[Hook's-Walk-Canary 222]

9 minutes ago, Surfer said:

Russel Martin could be a very fine manger. Whether he's right for Norwich at this time I have doubts, but I have little doubt that if appointed he'd be welcomed back. 

Swansea supporters want to see the back of him. I'd wager there's not enough small-minded fans who want to see him back here as manager.

Edited December 27, 2022 by Hook's-Walk-Canary

[Surfer 1,547]

1 minute ago, alex_ncfc said:

Russell Martin divided the fans massively as a player.

Only after he moved to Center Back though. Absolute stud for 3 seasons, and as a manager just what we need. 

Does this sound familiar? 

Inspired by Guardiola's Barcelona and Manchester City teams, Martin prefers his teams to dominate ball possession.^[47] Tactically, he prefers the 3–4–2–1 or 3–5–2 formations, with an emphasis on passing the ball and pressing the opposition.^[47][64] If his teams suffer a bad result, Martin prefers to improve his game plan, rather than changing the style of play.^[65]

[essex canary 621]

21 minutes ago, alex_ncfc said:

Russell Martin divided the fans massively as a player.

Getting him back as a manager would be a disaster as there would be a number of fans against him from the off. 

Stay well away.

Indeed. Here is a caption from Sky prior to Swansea's defeat today, their eighth match without a win that shows why. Other interesting facts to emerge from the commentary were:

1. 84% possession in the first 20 minutes with no touches in the opposition box or shots on goal.

2. Only two goals from dead ball situations all last season.

 

[Midlands Yellow 4,682]

6 hours ago, Surfer said:

Only after he moved to Center Back though. Absolute stud for 3 seasons, and as a manager just what we need. 

Does this sound familiar? 

Inspired by Guardiola's Barcelona and Manchester City teams, Martin prefers his teams to dominate ball possession.^[47] Tactically, he prefers the 3–4–2–1 or 3–5–2 formations, with an emphasis on passing the ball and pressing the opposition.^[47][64] If his teams suffer a bad result, Martin prefers to improve his game plan, rather than changing the style of play.^[65]

It’s not working very well results wise is it. 

[essex canary 621]

Even he describes his own teams performance yesterday as pathetic. He got thet one right.

[Van wink 2,994]

Martins underpants were a topic of discussion for a while

[hogesar 10,758]

5 hours ago, Midlands Yellow said:

It’s not working very well results wise is it. 

Neither did Farke's first season. It's arguable it's not working because Swansea don't have enough quality to make it work. I can't say I've watched enough of them to know that for sure, but certainly applies to our game vs them last week.

[duke63 737]

Swapping a manager who has us in 5th place for one currently in 16th? place would make the club an even bigger laughing stock.

[essex canary 621]

13 minutes ago, hogesar said:

Neither did Farke's first season. It's arguable it's not working because Swansea don't have enough quality to make it work. I can't say I've watched enough of them to know that for sure, but certainly applies to our game vs them last week.

True. If Russ was to manage Manchester City it may work out fine. Otherwise just accept that tippy tappy doesn't work.

[hogesar 10,758]

12 minutes ago, duke63 said:

Swapping a manager who has us in 5th place for one currently in 16th? place would make the club an even bigger laughing stock.

Wait so we can only employ a manager who's above us in the league, irrespective of that teams quality?

[alex_ncfc 686]

Appointing someone who has not won in 8 games and is on their own awful run of form would be just as f*cked up a move as appointing a manager who's just been sacked by a relegation rival. Who'd do that?

[duke63 737]

1 hour ago, hogesar said:

Wait so we can only employ a manager who's above us in the league, irrespective of that teams quality?

No but we want a manager on the way up, not one on the way down.

Martin would see managing NCFC as the pinnacle of his managerial career i suspect, and we need much more than that type of ambition.

 

[Surfer 1,547]

6 hours ago, essex canary said:

True. If Russ was to manage Manchester City it may work out fine. Otherwise just accept that tippy tappy doesn't work.

Seems to work a lot better than the cr@p "style" we are playing now... record points total, two Championship trophies, and a very clear and obvious bond between the team, manager, and fans if I recall correctly...