PRESS CONFERENCE: Martin previews Preston | Championship

Watch as manager Russell Martin speaks to the media ahead of Tuesday night's Sky Bet Championship meeting with Preston.
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[@stevekingswell9143]

Consistent as usual Russell

[@user-vn9kn8cj5w]

Could the social media team please make a WhatsApp channel?

[@sersgant]

better Telegram

[@pmarsh3700]

We look good in attack, creating chances and scoring goals. Our defence leaking in too many goals and too much emphasis in playing out from the back. Very risky as we put our own players under pressure and sometimes lose possession unnecessarily. We need to vary this style of play and quicken our tempo when in possession at the back. I think the majority of saints fans are frustrated by this style of play. Keep going saints, you have a chance to get automatic promotion. Win all your remaining games which is a tall order, but achievable. COYR!

[@Nick-66]

Alfie asks the sensible questions.

[@peteroconnor8812]

It maybe my imagination but I don’t think RM likes Adam Blackmore… his reaction to his questions looks almost sneering at times…

[@markdavis5949]

Agree, bit of attitude in there for a while now, much warmer with Alfie than Adam too.

[@xRaiderz]

can see us rotting in this league if we don’t get promoted this season. next season will be just as hard, maybe even harder.

[@garywarwick32]

Totally agree... We will lose 10 to 12 players and a rebuild will need to take place! Part of me thinks it could be good for us, as we need to rebuild to stay in the Premier league as this team will struggle to survive. I'd rather win in the championship than lose every week in the Premier league league. league league

[@hjgunn_26]

the positive aspect of that is we have maybe the best crop of talent coming through in the club's history - Amo-Ameyaw, Dibbling, Meghoma are all future England internationals. Ballard and Bragg not far behind. And then a bunch of 17/16 yo England youth internationals like Gomes-Rodriguez, Jay Robinson, Harrison Miles who are some of the best in their age group in Europe. I'd love to see them given a chance to come through together as that always creates generationally strong teams, and that realistically won't happen if we go up.

[@garywarwick32]

We need to stop trying to defending a lead for 45 minutes... Stop passing it around the back and inviting pressure, why do we start the second half so slow? Why can't we put games to bed?

[@matthill3293]

Apart from all those games we HAVE put to bed...?

[@garywarwick32]

@@matthill3293 we are struggling recently to do that and look fragile after conceding.

[@matthill3293]

@@garywarwick32 How many times did Fergie's United have similar comments? How many games did they win by the skin of their teeth with late goals?

[@tirtoananda4348]

Prediction Sky Bet EFL Championship Season 2023-2024 : Southampton 3-0 Preston North End.

[@CDLANK72]

Not a chance mate 😭

[@user-vn9kn8cj5w]

Well if we want to get automatics we need to believe

[@colingeddes2172]

Nothing less than 3 points will suffice.