A Will Still and Russell Martin meeting could be a near-miss tale for Southampton fans, with one Championship club throwing scepticism at this idea.
It's in the football fans' nature to keep eyeing where a coach-dismissing club goes further. Lesser sympathies fall on what the removed manager will be onto and Southampton fanbase is also displaying they are part of these widespread fan practices.
Makes it wonder why Will Still is arriving more in fans' concerned thoughts than Russell Martin who was made to wash his hands off a pretty summer gig.
Do you come to a why not scenario? Well, if it involves Martin and Southampton in any way than better abandon it.
The club is already finding difficulties paddling through the Championship, with Martin and a disoriented roster, you know Southampton may bottle it in no time.
Norwich City fanbase opposes Will Still Vs Russell Martin battle
If you hold any doubts or disagreements, then one marquee Championship afternoon had the moment of truth within it. But come Norwich City fans poking the Saints excitement, and a reasonable Will Still Russell Martin showdown is now crying for support.
Football League World conveyed Norwich fan pundit Zeke Downes' viewpoint: "Russell Martin seems like a bit of a red flag."
Holding out scepticism is okay but Martin must be getting easy evaluations there for serving the Canaries as a defender. On the opposite, he is untrusted by those who saw his much finer than failing side of leadership and work ethic as an everyday starter.
If these animous feelings for Martin get sweetened in Norwich then a Carrow Road trip could get a manager's derby flavour. Martin rallying his Norwich bunch at their fortress, and Still assembling Southampton's eleven for another game that tastes a virtual knockout for the promotion zone.
Luck backing this hypothetical matchup, 2025 can handover a game of the year to Southampton fans before running out.