Everything Russell Martin said after losing to Middlesbrough
Russell Martin isn’t convinced that Jay Fulton’s goal in the second half was offside when his team could have gone 2-0 up at the swansea.com stadium. Within minutes though the Swans were 2-1 down and lose again at home leaving them with just one win on home turf this year.
Martin believes his side didn’t manage the game well enough in the second half especially when the visitors scored - "So close, but we can’t manage a game "
Everything Russell Martin said in his post match press conference after the 3-1 loss to Middlesbrough is below.
There’s little more Martin can say despite the drums beating in the background. "Its hard to take, the lads gave everything, if they carry on showing that we’ll be fine”
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