{"id":63294,"date":"2022-04-30T18:20:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T17:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=63294"},"modified":"2022-04-30T18:23:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T17:23:34","slug":"martin-our-run-has-ended-in-an-embarrassing-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2022\/04\/30\/martin-our-run-has-ended-in-an-embarrassing-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin: &#8220;Our run has ended in an embarrassing way&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russell Martin was disappointed to see the Swans unbeaten run ended by a rampant Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The nine game run was ended abruptly thanks to Sam Surridge&#8217;s hat-trick but the game could have been over by half time although the Swans boss admitted he was happy with what he saw in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The second half was poor viewing all round with four unanswered goals to make it a 5-1 scoreline in favour of Steve Cooper&#8217;s men to also give them a 9-2 aggregate score over the two games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Last season under Cooper the Swans took 6 points from Forest without conceding but these are two clearly very different teams on show this season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='yF51JqS0TIh-bzkUBGU8ng' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1240349335' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'yF51JqS0TIh-bzkUBGU8ng',sig:'_4m-K0QZnkEcPxIkK-IhH5WeGCJ0WvVDkkPOnkm7h_0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1240349335',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur unbeaten run has ended in an embarrassing way,\u201d Martin told the Official Site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am really disappointed for the supporters who have been incredible all season and did not deserve that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am also disappointed for the players and staff who did not deserve that after the hard work we put in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really liked us in the first half, they had a few chances from set-pieces which has been our undoing again today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have a big team at this moment in time and in the second half against Bournemouth and again here today it has shown what we lack in terms of height, power and athleticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were really brave in the first half, we took the atmosphere out of the game and we responded brilliantly to going behind after having some good moments ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe made a mistake for their goal, it should just be cleared, but the response was fantastic and then at half-time we spoke about the importance of set-pieces with the aerial power they have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe said our mentality had to be really high, and it wasn\u2019t at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone drifts off the goalkeeper and scores from a corner and all of a sudden the atmosphere is back up, it makes it difficult for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got anxious and started crossing the ball way too early, which led to the counter-attack and a goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we have undone all our good work within 10 minutes of the second half starting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe made some changes, but in that last half an hour we just didn\u2019t look after each other enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all a little bit meek and mild from Martin after that show &#8211; to lose nine goals against a single team in one season, let alone one managed by your old boss, is not acceptable and let&#8217;s not get started on the defending!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russell Martin was disappointed to see the Swans unbeaten run ended by a rampant Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday. 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