21 Aug 2025 17:01:21
This is a reply from a Southampton fan on you tube.
Saints fan here.
Let me guess. you pass it around at the back sideways and backwards, invite loads of unnecessary pressure onto yourselves, rarely get into an opponents half and when you do you pass it back to your own keeper. You lack any urgency on or off the ball and have no Plan B and the players seem unfit. There seems to be no defensive organisation either.
In press conferences Martin talks about 'bravery' a lot and uses other buzzwords and seems to have watched a different game.
Am I close?
Pretty much like for like.
21 Aug 2025 17:37:39
Sounds about right???.
21 Aug 2025 17:45:21
We were told what to expect before he joined, yet bizarrely the club gave him the job.
21 Aug 2025 17:48:14
That's spot on!
21 Aug 2025 18:12:51
I think that was on his power point and the board got a chubby at the thought of this.
21 Aug 2025 18:16:46
Even if told you all mark and I haven't played at any level other than for fun.
21 Aug 2025 18:19:59
And as a balance. here is the opinion of the former MK Dons chairman. so just perhaps this is why the new owners hired him.
"I'm a massive fan of Russ, " he said. "I gave him his first job in management straight from playing.
"And it's one of the best decisions I've ever made. I wasn't scared of giving guys their first job. I did it with Roberto and it was the same with Russ.
"I always took risks with managers but it was a really good risk appointing Russ because he reinvented our club. He didn't just make us play better, he affected the culture of the club.
"He got us back on track with what I've always believed our club should be about. His philosophy guides everything, which means there's a continuity of purpose there. ".
{Ed001's Note - do you mean that knobber music guy who knows so little about footie he thought he would get 30k+ in the stadium simply by moving the team there? MK Dons, remind me what division they are in now with Martin's guidance overall? Oh yes, dropped down to League 2! Is the philosophy absolute mediocrity and incompetence?}
21 Aug 2025 18:34:14
Really Angus, I know uou like to try bring balance but that is the worst example you could've used. Try find a fan to compensate that another fan said. Good luck finding one.
21 Aug 2025 18:39:01
Big difference between MK Dons and Rangers Angus.
21 Aug 2025 18:40:22
Angus what did Martin achieve at MK dons?
21 Aug 2025 18:56:00
Angus, That argument lasted about 2 mins ???.
21 Aug 2025 19:09:33
So we choose one random Southampton fans opinion because it suits the agenda. I can't be bothered hunting any other fan site to do that and a fans opinion is totally worthless.
whether Ed you think he is a knobber or not it is what he said. That knobber as it happens seems to have done okay for himself with a net worth of £170M. the Southampton fan could equally be a knobber but we accept that opinion willingly.
the point was that the chairman said what it was he took from Martin's appointment and it read like the ask from our owners for what our club need.
{Ed001's Note - so the owners want to drop down a division? As for being rich, not sure how that is relevant.}
21 Aug 2025 19:15:30
That was a good laugh Angus??.
21 Aug 2025 19:52:12
Angus mate stop digging and no one is going out the way to find these they pop up on the Twitter feed and it's a lot more than one. I have not seeen one Southampton fan say anything good about him. Not saying there isn't tho.
You are having a mare tonight.
21 Aug 2025 19:58:16
So back again as a bit of a masochist. found some positives from Saints fans (hope that is relevant) when asked on Reddit by a Leicester fan when he was linked to them. we have mental fragility, factions in the club and low confidence is the points I see. said before don't care personally just like to see balance and the manager, whoever that is given time. answer away s not coming back to this thread
"His style takes time to bed in. You might be in for a rough first 10 games. At times you might wonder what it is their supposed to be doing.
After that things will start to click and the next 10 games will see things falling in place, although there will still be the odd duff performance. "
'Echoing the others I was impressed by how he turned around the team spirit and the culture when he joined saints. '
and
'superb man manager. Walked into our squad with confidence at rock bottom and lots of media buzz around fractions internally with lots of players downing tools and wanting to leave.
He fairly quickly got the group together and they seemed to genuinely love him.
He's also really good at coaching players how to pass and keep possession, our squad wasn't known for that and nearly every player improved in that one facet. '
{Ed001's Note - they were obviously trying to get rid of him because I have never seen a Southampton fan with anything good to say about him. Not one word of that sounds anything like the words any Saints fan I have spoken to. They wanted him gone even when they got promoted under him. Saints were known for conceding sloppy goals under him after making suicidal passes around the backside.}
21 Aug 2025 20:02:03
Angus are you on the drink today my good friend ??.
21 Aug 2025 20:07:23
Angus. You sound ragin ed ripped ye. Are ye ok ?
Loads more as mark said above pre warned us. I have seen at least 10 pop up on Rangers you tube content and said their piece. But you " can't be bothered" looking into it yet ye seem to look everything else up.
21 Aug 2025 20:09:30
It absolutely astounds me that some fans still defend this imposter. Everyone entitled to an opinion but only a Tim would us to keep him. He should have been sacked after the Alloa game.
21 Aug 2025 20:32:07
Bang on Ed, some of our fans are absolutely delusional. Same people argued the same points with Beale and PC, now arguing the same point with our latest failure of a manager.
21 Aug 2025 20:38:39
Well said Ed. Most Rangers fans did their research on Martin before he was appointed Rangers manager and most did not want him. The comment from the Southampton fan is nothing new, we were all aware of him. He has talked his way into Rangers and by his stubborn and over complicated style of football will be his downfall . He relegated Southampton resulting in the sack. I can imagine the 49rs not being overly impressed by his football.
21 Aug 2025 21:08:07
I get the impression we won't sack him till our season is over.
Going by performances so far, that should be sooner than later.
21 Aug 2025 21:42:39
I know Dado, you'd think they would learn but they don't.
21 Aug 2025 22:10:16
You hit oz yet Angus as that hole yer digging is massive. I salute your persistence but please stop Reddit ??? that's utter brilliant.
21 Aug 2025 22:22:15
FB no not been drinking just fed up of the Martin hate club, which will just change into the I hate which ever manager doesn't win the next few games club. any post which doesn't support that thought process is ridiculed. good news I think is that the board will decide without any of the emotion which fans have. as a fan if that is to remove Martin I will still support the club. If it is to remove the next manager when he isn't successful after 9 games I will go on supporting the club. But I understand if we keep doing that we will never ever win a league again. so if it isn't Martin at some point it has to be someone. fans have so far chased the last 3-4 out and the time periods for doing that are becoming shorter and shorter. so ridicule me all you want I know I am right in that thought.
21 Aug 2025 23:28:13
A bit like those who called for Gio's head that are now bleating on about we should have kept him …
Even read similar about PC.
Yes RM has to turn this around or he's out but it's laughable to be accused of being a Tim if you don't want him sacked now.
Club could do with less of that keech Sandy Row.