When Russell Martin took over as Southampton manager last summer, he joined a club with a fractured relationship between the fans and the team. Southampton were fresh off the back of a season in which they came rock bottom of the Premier League and consequently suffered relegation to the second tier, ending an 11 year stay in the top flight. The Saints won just two league games at home last season, with the St Mary’s faithful seeing three different managers in the dugout across the course of a wretched campaign. The atmosphere at home games was understandably toxic, as club’s supporters had gr…
