| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer 08:36 - Jan 3 with 2772 views | KeithHaynes |
Who was it ? | |
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 10:33 - Jan 3 with 2687 views | onehunglow |
Wasn’t me Guv.
I’ve seen my legal team and they tell me to no comment  | |
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 14:12 - Jan 3 with 2573 views | Lorax |
Lower league manager mun  | | | |
| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 14:15 - Jan 3 with 2562 views | KeithHaynes |
Multiple usernames 😂 | |
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 14:56 - Jan 3 with 2509 views | Lorax |
Yeah and don't ask me how! I only cast one Poty vote though  | | | |
| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 18:10 - Jan 3 with 2429 views | Catullus |
See how does this happen? Same password, I swear I pu cat in the username but it jumped to Lorax and nwo it's jumped back! | |
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 20:44 - Jan 3 with 2358 views | Dr_Parnassus |
Sounds like a Resolven thing? | |
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 21:16 - Jan 3 with 2326 views | Dr_Parnassus |
Just had a quick check and it wouldn’t be all that inaccurate to be fair, seems a pretty even split in his career between seasons in the top 2 and bottom 2 divisions, edging more toward the lower leagues.
8 in the bottom 2 leagues of England and 7 from the top 2 leagues from a quick count, but may have missed one somewhere. But he looks to have played maybe more games in the top 2 divisions, by about 80 at a guess.
15 seasons as a pro
5 seasons in League 2
3 seasons in League 1
3 seasons in the Championship
4 seasons in the Premier League
(1 season in Scotland)
Some seasons he’s technically been in the Championship like 09/10 season (10 games) but quickly dropped to the league below and played more in league 1 that season (29). So on that one I have counted the season as a league 1 season due to the bulk of the games being played there.
So in short, don’t know what he would be described as. A journeyman defender maybe? [Post edited 4 Jan 2023 12:02]
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 11:02 - Jan 4 with 2168 views | GixerJack |
Are you blaming your machine??
I often do the same but deep down I know it’s all about the little buttons on my phone and fat fingers on my hands 😉 | | | |
| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 11:06 - Jan 4 with 2162 views | Dr_Parnassus |
So you just happen to sign into your other username around the time of the POTY…
Sound familiar? | |
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 11:08 - Jan 4 with 2161 views | NotLoyal |
So a gradual rise from the start of his career to the premier league then ? | |
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 11:16 - Jan 4 with 2144 views | Dr_Parnassus |
Well it was only a small fraction of his career as a Premier League player so doesn’t feel like an accurate way to describe his career as a whole, no.
So in short, your sentence is accurate in terms of how he got to play in the Premier League, but it’s not a sentence representative of his overall career. | |
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 11:17 - Jan 4 with 2148 views | GixerJack |
When was he diagnosed with colitis (I think)?, this would have affected his development and progress as a player I would have thought. I can’t imagine many teams in the top two divisions taking a punt on a player with a debilitating disease until they know it’s being controlled.
I may be wrong though | | | |
| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 11:22 - Jan 4 with 2140 views | Dr_Parnassus |
No idea, just commenting on what divisions he played in rather than making any conclusions as to why.
Makes no difference to me.
Gary Neville won Champions Leagues and Premier Leagues and he appears to be an awful manager. | |
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 12:20 - Jan 4 with 2086 views | heatwave |
What is the significance if he was a lower league player?
There's a guy managing in the Prem who only played Welsh league football!
Brendon only played non league as far as I'm aware. | | | |
| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 12:25 - Jan 4 with 2077 views | KeithHaynes |
Used as another stick to beat the manager with.
I’ll find the poster 😂 | |
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 12:29 - Jan 4 with 2061 views | Dr_Parnassus |
Mourinho was a lower league player, plenty of good managers have had poor footballing careers and plenty of awful ones have had outstanding careers as footballers.
I would say the ability to manage and ability to play is extremely far apart. It’s closer linked to coaching than managing. | |
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| Somebody on here said Martin was a lower league footballer on 16:45 - Jan 4 with 1988 views | STID2017 |
It was I - Spartacus  | |
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