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Losing Blooms is a massive blow , if he does go I am sure that the leadership team have got plans in motion , I am sure that there will be clauses in place that our players cannot go to Luton for a period of time , also Kone is far too good for that club , and playing and living in Luton...well let's says it's got to be one of the worst places to live in England !!!

I thought being an ex player would have him top of the list!

After reading so much about how hopeless Martin is as a manager I thought I must have imagined the promotion to the Premier League.... Not sure I'd want him, or that he'd be an option, but people do easily dismiss the fact he got Southampton to the Premier League, and hasn't been that well backed for this season.

For context, Martin took over a club receiving parachute payments, and finished behind the other two (Leicester and Leeds) and also Ipswich. So yes, he won the playoffs, but with a much bigger budget than anyone else but Leeds of the four. He still gets credit for that, but it is a long way from GA taking us into the Champo as far as success against the odds.

I don't want to hang our future on a three game run of success with spending power above 21 other clubs in the division.

Would have no problem at all with Russell Martin. Implements a playing style very quickly.

I would never wish the England job on him. I like him too much for that.

I don't think for a moment that we'd get him, but have we become so entitled that we'd turn our noses up at Russell Martin? Oh dear.

Kone can do better than Luton as his next step imo

He got a side promoted to the Premier League - I'd call that success. A bit stubborn, yes, but I don't think Southampton recruited well enough to have a good chance of staying up whoever they have in the dugout.

Didn't a commentator once pronounce JJ's last name as though it were scandi?

Sounded like 'Yakobsen'.

We could dig that out the archives and persuade the hierarchy he's actually Danish.