It was always a struggle to keep Southampton in the Premier League, even before the negative transfer window.
The departure of coach Jason Wilkox, a senior international lawyer in Scotland Martin, left Manchester United last year, former coach without a decisive ally and biological support.
Southampton returned to the Premier League without replacing Wilkox enough, which left them without a major situation and experience.
There was frustration with ownership as CEO Phil Parsons – who joined Dyson in July 2023 – was limited experience in the game and struggled to move quickly enough to complete deals last summer.
The goal of this season was to avoid decline and build the value of the team, which they did with the emergence of Tyler Deleng – even if it was unlikely that its evaluation, which was reported at 100 million pounds, would be achieved.
Martin had a patient -based playing style, something he had implemented since he became the MK Dons manager in 2019 and continued in Swansea.
It was something that appealed to Southampton and why they were determined to take it from swallowing after landing in 2023, a step that turned into an intensity when Swansea Martin was transferred to court.
He said after losing to wolves in November: “All our team looked similar, but we had to find a different way,” he said after losing to the wolves in November.
“In MK Dons, we had two powerful and strong center forward, so we played two attackers and found a way to score goals. In Swansea we had no wing, so we had to play defenders or midfielders.
“Last season, we had a lot of the attacking power of the tournament that we scored a lot.
“Now men are doing what we have been told that we have not been able to get a lot of ball in the Premier League, but there must be the same mentality that was there last year.
“Whatever the gameplay you have, the game revolves around overcoming your opponent and dominates your opponent, and we do not do it enough yet.”
The elegance criticism came when the saints have struggled and a poisonous atmosphere in Saint -Marie in recent weeks – including Tottenham scored four goals in 25 minutes in Martin's final match – unconnected.
The errors often occurred. The tone was determined by goalkeeper Alex McCarthy, the winner of the winner of Newcastle winning 1-0 in August – and it may be exciting to believe that Southampton would have remained this season.
But if Martin had come out of the storm – it is difficult in a football culture that requires everything yesterday – perhaps the best person to challenge the promotion.
Perhaps it is about how the team and the club are psychologically to relegate, which is an imaginary proposal, but the lineage was present.
