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Premier League basement membership Southampton on Sunday sacked supervisor Russell Martin after an embarrassing 5-0 house defeat to Tottenham. The membership stated in an announcement they’d taken the “tough choice to half methods” with Martin after only one win in 16 video games. Southampton, promoted final season, are rooted to the underside of the desk, 9 factors from security. “We will verify that we now have taken the tough choice to half methods with our males’s first crew supervisor Russell Martin,” the membership stated.
“Going into the beginning of the season, all of us knew the challenges that we might face this yr as we readjusted to life within the prime flight, competing in the perfect and best league on the earth.
“Nevertheless, the fact of our state of affairs is obvious. The board have supported Russell and his employees and been open and clear concerning our expectations. We’ve all been on the identical web page in recognising the urgency of needing outcomes to enhance.”
Present Beneath-21s boss Simon Rusk will take cost of the crew on an interim foundation till a everlasting substitute is introduced.
Southampton conceded 5 first-half objectives to Tottenham within the Sunday night kick-off.
“I used to be damage within the first half,” Martin informed TNT Sports activities after the match. “We didn’t reply very properly to the setbacks as a gaggle.
“We’ve seen that each one too typically this season. After the primary objective, our response was very poor.”
Talking about his future, the 38-year-old former Scotland worldwide stated: “We’ve no alternative however to maintain working and combating. It is what I’ve been doing on this job and I’ll proceed doing it till I’m informed to not.”
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