Martin hanging on to Southampton role after Spurs hammer them 5-0
15/12/2024
St Mary's Stadium, southampton, UK
15/12/2024
St Mary's Stadium, southampton, UK
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00:00At the moment, you've got eight days to work the plan and you're thinking that you need to rip it up and start again?
00:06Well, we did need to, yeah. We did need to. I think the game is really encapsulated with a moment where we have a chance to foul Jed Spence.
00:15He shouldn't get that side of us because we come up with a game plan together as a group of players and staff that everyone really agrees is the best way to be aggressive against Spurs and try and steal the ball
00:26and to stop them getting in the flow where they're running and to press high.
00:32And we don't do it with anywhere near enough physicality or aggression within 30-odd seconds of the game.
00:40So then Jed Spence wriggles, we don't foul and they score. Flynn down wriggles and gets away from James Madison in the second half and he fouls.
00:50I think moments like that are so big and we don't manage them well enough.
00:54And when we have a setback, it's been the story of the season so far, we don't deal with it anywhere near well enough.
00:58Anywhere near well enough to take a breath and get back to the plan, stick together, ride out the tough moment.
01:06And it's game over after 14 minutes.
01:09You looked pretty furious when it came off and obviously it would be a disfrustrating thing and it was also pretty fast.
01:15Yeah. Yeah, I feel for Cameron Dean, but we're three-nil down in 14 minutes.
01:21Could take anyone off, but at that point, in fact, we needed a defender to plug the gaps.
01:27No, Cameron Dean's not going to last more than 50, 55 minutes because he hasn't had many minutes anyway.
01:31So it was the obvious choice for me.
01:33It's not about his performance and I feel bad for him that it's him, but we had to do something.
01:38You've had a lot of chance to win a game today, it's probably the first time you've had a lot of chance to win a game, if we want right now, which I'm pretty used to, a few minutes ago.
01:47How's your response to that?
01:48I have no response, really.
01:49The fans have been amazing for us since we've been here from day one.
01:52I understand the frustration.
01:53I also understand the modern world and football and what it is and what it's about.
01:57So, yeah, apart from that, I have no real response to that.
02:01Do you think you'll get that much from the fans?
02:04Not a clue, mate. Not a clue.
02:06You're speaking to the wrong man.
02:08I know at the end of the game, as I was straight down to the final, you didn't come out to impress those fans.
02:12Was that just your frustration?
02:13I don't think I win at that point in any way.
02:16So, yeah, I went straight down the tunnel to get myself ready to talk to you guys.
02:21What's it like to talk to Tyler and Yannick over the phone?
02:27No, they're fine, mate.
02:28I thought they were actually two of our best performers.
02:30Tyler's an amazing player.
02:32You've always maintained that sort of high degree of players, you've given it everything you've got in the States, do you still feel they are?
02:40Well, I asked them at half-time to show some care for us and for each other and for what they're doing and some pride.
02:45Resilience, I thought they did that in the second half.
02:48I thought they did that.
02:49It's just the game's over at that point.
02:51So, everyone is trying.
02:55They've trained so hard this week.
02:56They tried so hard tonight.
02:57But the mentality of the team in the first half is a problem.
03:00Can you just talk about the first half, when you go down to the wheel, why did you decide to do that?
03:09I actually thought it was three minutes held up, not four.
03:11So I thought he was about to blow the whistle.
03:13But it was just a mistake.
03:14As a person, not very much.
03:26But when I put my ego into it as a manager, it hurts a lot because you work so hard every single day.
03:30But it's not personal.
03:33I don't know them, they don't know me.
03:34So it's a criticism of the job I'm doing, I understand.
03:37So, yeah, I don't think you can criticise a person when you don't know them.
03:42So it's a criticism of the job I'm doing.
03:44Of course, that hurts because you work so hard.
03:45But I think you have to accept it's part and parcel of football and it is what it is.
03:50Do you want to fight on it?
03:55Yeah, I've done nothing but that in my life and my career.
03:58So we'll keep working and keep fighting until I'm told I'm not going to anymore.
04:03All good?
04:04Cheers.
04:12Cheers.