28 Sep 2025 17:51:23
One thing to add about today, the omission of Dio today shows that if you as a player upset RM in anyway you won't be involved. Even if it is to the detriment of the team and results.
That is not the attitude of a manager with a winning mentality. That is the mentality of an insecure individual.
There is a great quote from Walter Smith saying just that.
"Do not enter unless you are ready to put yourself second – and that should be the one and only time second is good enough for you"
Martin is not in the same mould, he comes across as someone who has always been the centre of his own world for a very long time.
28 Sep 2025 18:03:07
I remember some from other clubs saying his man management was great. It's been absolutely shocking.
28 Sep 2025 18:03:42
Danilo not even getting any sort of mins. Certainly a better option than chermiti.
28 Sep 2025 18:06:42
I have backed Dio on here plenty of time but he has been garbage all season with only a couple of passable performances. He did not deserve to start today.
I also see none of our players putting themselves second. Far too many in self preservation mode for me. Martin is responsible in part for that but the players are equally culpable.
28 Sep 2025 18:26:44
Diomande has been awful this season so I don't agree with that.
28 Sep 2025 18:35:25
Did Diomande deserve to play today? He's been rotten this season. RM was right to drop him.
28 Sep 2025 18:39:01
Diomande was poor on thursday evening maybe that's why he was dropped, Paul why are you singling out chermitti and not a single mention for miovski who again was very poor.
28 Sep 2025 19:11:16
I agree Tommy he's been very poor, no qualms with him being left out today pity Aasgaard wasn't also.
28 Sep 2025 19:23:44
Don't think Diomandes performances merited a start today even without the sending off on Thursday night. He certainly wouldn't have been in my starting line up just because of how bad he has been.
28 Sep 2025 19:28:39
Fair enough, but he has done as much as aasgard … and don't even try to say he hasn't.
28 Sep 2025 19:37:56
Diomande was dropped and deservedly so below par performances and a stupid challenge that added to costing us points in Europe.
28 Sep 2025 19:57:51
Diomande hasn't been great so far this season but what players actually have, the answer is none so singling out one player surely isn't right, if players where dropped for being out of form or not playing well we wouldn't be able to field a team.
28 Sep 2025 20:08:49
Dio is garbage, £4m dud.
28 Sep 2025 20:29:55
Tav chermiti is our 2nd highest transfer ever. Not even sure he's had a shot at goal. Its a shockingly bad crazy signing.
28 Sep 2025 20:53:13
MD 4m dud tells me enough, we get more than 4m for him.
28 Sep 2025 21:01:51
Don't think he did an awful lot wrong today paul, miovski missed two big chances.
Are we going to give a 21 year old lad more than one start to prove himself or just keep slagging him off because you don't like thelwell. He's here now why don't you just try and give him a chance, seems like people are determined for him to fail.
28 Sep 2025 21:54:56
Dio has divided opinion on a weekly basis since he arrived, 2 years later people still wondering whether there is a player there or not, there isn't. Not at this level.
28 Sep 2025 22:36:45
Dio being poor isn't the point. The point is he's been a starter in every match and then suddenly doesn't get on - obviously because he was sent off midweek and put Martin under more pressure. Basically putting all the blame on one player.
We need Martin out the club asap.
Ps for all dio has been poor (which he has) he's still far better than Aasgaard.
29 Sep 2025 08:21:46
Zikos the team he picked along with the subs he made worked, we won the game. If diomande was dropped for one game who actually cares, thought barron had a good game.
i fail to believe all these people that want diomande out of the team are now all suddenly bothered when he his dropped after a poor performance and a red card, doesn't seem that unreasonable to me to give someone else a game ? people's dislike for russel martin is so extreme he can't actually do anything without it being wrong, he just needs to go.