| Bollocks….. 07:17 - Nov 20 with 650 views | TripleNiemi |
Pep signed a new deal / contract extension at City. No chance of them steaming in to take Rylan then….. |  |
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| Bollocks….. on 07:34 - Nov 20 with 605 views | saintwizzler |
Yes.
Russell Martin’s style of play would probably work with Man City’s world class players.
It just doesn’t work with a team of 10 Championship standard players in the Premier League.
11 whilst Ramsdale is injured. |  |
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| Bollocks….. on 08:42 - Nov 20 with 551 views | SaintNick |
| Bollocks….. on 07:34 - Nov 20 by saintwizzler |
Yes.
Russell Martin’s style of play would probably work with Man City’s world class players.
It just doesn’t work with a team of 10 Championship standard players in the Premier League.
11 whilst Ramsdale is injured. |
Spot on, that is what I have been saying for a long while, Martin's problem is that he cannot accept this and adapt the style to suit his squad
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| Bollocks….. on 08:46 - Nov 20 with 541 views | TripleNiemi |
| Bollocks….. on 07:34 - Nov 20 by saintwizzler |
Yes.
Russell Martin’s style of play would probably work with Man City’s world class players.
It just doesn’t work with a team of 10 Championship standard players in the Premier League.
11 whilst Ramsdale is injured. |
Probably the only club he could do well at (alongside the likes of Barca back in the day) as playing tippy tappy with the best players is far easier than our mob. That said, whether the players at City would respect him would be another matter….. | |
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| Bollocks….. on 10:51 - Nov 20 with 466 views | Ifonly |
RM may do OK with City's players but he would be a severe downgrade on Pep. He is Pep lite at best. The biggest difference between them is that Pep is an innovative thinker who finds solutions. RM is just a blind follower who can't fit ideas that he's copied from Pep to the practical realities staring him in the face on the pitch.
If Pep were manager of Saints (ha ha), I doubt he would be playing these tactics, even though they are "his". Pep is not afraid to get the ball forward quickly or put crosses in to a big centre forward. If he was here he'd be adapting his tactics to the players he has available.
City probably have the nouse to understand that the next "Pep" will probably not be someone who plays exactly the same way as Pep. He will be his own man and capable of thinking for himself. If they understand that then they won't recruit RM. |  | | |
| Bollocks….. on 19:44 - Nov 20 with 317 views | InTimeAddedOn |
| Bollocks….. on 08:42 - Nov 20 by SaintNick |
Spot on, that is what I have been saying for a long while, Martin's problem is that he cannot accept this and adapt the style to suit his squad
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Agree 100% with both of you. I have always maintained that we got promoted last season despite RM not because of him. Because he is so stubborn I don’t think he is either capable of change or even willing to consider it so we are effectively relegated as possession football seems to have SR in some kind of induced hypnotic state and therefore they seem to have no intention of changing anything. What grieves me is how unnecessary this all is and what it will cost us going forwards, and I don’t just mean in terms of lost revenue but also our best / most promising young players. All for the flawed belief in a system of playing that was never fit for purpose. |  | | |
| Bollocks….. on 19:49 - Nov 20 with 311 views | grumpy |
When things go wrong on the pitch Martin has no idea how to change.
Look at his substitutions. |  | | |
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