Russell Speaks

[Darran]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/russell-martin-addresses-stoke-city-26298150

 

[Darran]

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"It was to bring back the Swansea Way that people spoke about, it was to promote young players from within or to find young talent at a good price that we can help develop and turn into assets, and I think those two boxes are ticked.

 

[Skippyjack]

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"It was to bring back the Swansea Way that people spoke about, it was to promote young players from within or to find young talent at a good price that we can help develop and turn into assets, and I think those two boxes are ticked.

The Swansea way was to get the ball wide and attack players and commit, we would have midfielders who would carry the ball forward and only pass backwards in extreme circumstances, and we never deployed that stupid goalkick routine..

We had pace
We didn't have Grimes only look one way, which was back, and Grimes is getting more negative game by game.. and that's our captain FFS

 

[CurtessECarr]

Tell you what when he finishes Managing. There's bound to be an opening for stand up comedy for him.
I'd go and watch him He certainly makes me laugh.

 

[Itchysphincter]

The Swansea Way doesn’t include having three centre back that are not comfortable in possession of a football and without an ounce of vision between them and insist on giving them the ball at every opportunity.

 

[ARQS]

Tell you what when he finishes Managing. There's bound to be an opening for stand up comedy for him.
I'd go and watch him He certainly makes me laugh.

I don't think you'll be waiting long

 

[Cooperman]

Russ also said:
“You have to earn territory”
and
“We gave them energy”

Does he create this nonsense himself?

 

[Skippyjack]

Russ also said:
“You have to earn territory”
and
“We gave them energy”

Does he create this nonsense himself?

I think he thinks that he's a football intellectual and "knows" his stuff, but he's sounding more like a tw*t each week.. football is a simple game, complicated by idiots.. and Russ is an idiot

 

[Cooperman]

I think he thinks that he's a football intellectual and "knows" his stuff, but he's sounding more like a tw*t each week.. football is a simple game, complicated by idiots.. and Russ is an idiot

You’ve summed that up perfectly.

 

[Taffpop]

Sorry Russ you’ve lost me there. There’s a whole lot more we understand than that. Be aware my son that before you we had Martinez, Rodgers, laudrup and Bobbley. We understand a lot more than you boyo from the stands here. “The Swansea way that they talk about” ????? They??? Talk about???

Go away Russ please. You weren’t here when we were and it obviously means nothing to you. You want to piss around getting a cv together. Desist here there’s a good boy.

 

[sainthelens]

A while back I actually thought he was a decent guy ( manager aside) but now I dislike him intensely. He's just mugging the fans off in a way that's really insulting and its pointed.

 

[Risc]

A while back I actually thought he was a decent guy ( manager aside) but now I dislike him intensely. He's just mugging the fans off in a way that's really insulting and its pointed.

There's nothing to dislike about the bloke, he's a nice fella, in his mid 30s trying to run a clustef*ck of a football club.

That game was probably it for him yesterday, the defending is getting worse and I can't see him being able to turn it around, but this club is heading one way regardless.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

There's nothing to dislike about the bloke, he's a nice fella, in his mid 30s trying to run a clustef*ck of a football club.

That game was probably it for him yesterday, the defending is getting worse and I can't see him being able to turn it around, but this club is heading one way regardless.

Nice fella yeah right. I think you mean total narcissist. His mask slipped during his post match interview when questioned about his methods, nothing to dislike he's only taking us to league 1

 

[Dr. Winston]

he's a nice fella

Nice fellas rarely end up falling out with as many players as he has. To be honest Russy comes across as an arrogant, blame everyone but himself, thin skinned pillock to me. Must be related to Garry Monk somewhere down the line.

 

[3swan]

I posted about a week ago that surely he can’t believe all he says, and was he trying to convince himself.
Well I’ve just listened to his post match press conference.

Where do you start?

He was brought in to.
Return to the Swansea way of possession football
Develop and find younger players
Get close to the play offs.
He says 2 out of 3 have been achieved.
How?

Possession football.
Stat say maybe, but all in the wrong area of the pitch with no purpose. So my answer is no.
Develop young players.

Who? Cooper has broken into the team but came back off loan. Money wise Downes? But he already had what it took. Obafemi, one club has taken a chance, but again he didn’t improve while here, still a raw player. Whittaker could have made a profit if he had been sold, but that was on the back of his time at Plymouth.

So no I disagree with his points.

He then says fans want results and can’t see the bigger picture and he gets it.
Well my open reply to him is please don’t insult the intelligence of the majority of the fan base. Many have seen the club nearly fold either once or twice in their time.

There is so much wrong in other things that he said, but I’ll give a brief comment.
We are playing chess based robotic football with very little flare and individualism.
It isn’t a given that players will learn from all the mistakes, as players aren’t playing to their natural strengths.
It’s a team game so do players understand team mates strengths and weaknesses, or blindly play to the detail.

If he can't see it then concerning is a major understatement.