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Who could replace Martinez ?

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BernieWright13 said:
Pardon my ignorance here but what was the problem with our preseason? I've heard this quoted a few times as a supposed cause of current problems.
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Started about about 10 days later than normal and after most of our rivals had gone back, only played 5 competitive games when the norm seems to be 8-10, some players didn't even take part in it at all..

It was a shambles cobbled together at the last minute and we've looked under cooked from the first game where McCarthy and Barry were blowing out of their backsides after 60 minutes (amongst others). I suppose it didn't help losing two of our main fitness coaches either during the summer.
 
PhilM said:
I agree that other teams have been on poor runs of form, so this offers some level of optimism. Hopefully we can start a good run.

However, our poor run has not been against the calibre of teams which Southampton faced, and Liverpool's was no where near as severe.

Our confidence and performances is very low. We've also got a fairly difficult run of games to come up when you consider new appointments etc.

I'm not saying we will not turn it round, as I am confident that eventually we shall, but being honest we have a much more difficult task.

I am trying to maintain my usually optimistic view on life and football, but the realism of the situation is casting a heavy shadow.
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Yeah I agree it won't be easy but the next league games against the champions and we've got a good record against them so it would be a great place to start!
 
Ah right yes. Think I remember RM was on ESPN for most of the World Cup. Not sure if any other employed PL managers did same though for the duration
 

Dithering Dougie said:
Started about about 10 days later than normal and after most of our rivals had gone back, only played 5 competitive games when the norm seems to be 8-10, some players didn't even take part in it at all..

It was a shambles cobbled together at the last minute and we've looked under cooked from the first game where McCarthy and Barry were blowing out of their backsides after 60 minutes (amongst others). I suppose it didn't help losing two of our main fitness coaches either during the summer.
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If the players really have downed tools as some say, I would speculate this is the reason, i.e. demotivation and confusion due to a poor pre-season.
 
Dithering Dougie said:
Started about about 10 days later than normal and after most of our rivals had gone back, only played 5 competitive games when the norm seems to be 8-10, some players didn't even take part in it at all..

It was a shambles cobbled together at the last minute and we've looked under cooked from the first game where McCarthy and Barry were blowing out of their backsides after 60 minutes (amongst others). I suppose it didn't help losing two of our main fitness coaches either during the summer.
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Didn't realise it was such a disaster. Might explain quite a lot then.
 

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lol not this guy but funny
 

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