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Caretaker boss Andy Dawson was in charge here for the second and final time before Selles takes the reins for the visit of Watford on Wednesday.
And while the need to put the brakes on their current slide is becoming a pressing concern, the new Tigers boss will believe he has raw material to work with after his side came close to taking something from this game.
Rovers were ahead
Chief executive Phil Parsons led the transfer negotiations in the summer after director of football Jason Wilcox departed to become technical director at Manchester United.
Parsons’ previous experience was as an executive at appliance company Dyson, and Wilcox’s exit left a hole at St Mary’s.
Wilcox, who was instrumental in bringing Martin to the club from Swansea in 2023, has still not been replaced, with the likely scenario
It is also understood there is unlikely to be a vote on Thursday around new financial rules, which are due to link squad costs to anchoring around broadcast income received by the league’s lowest clubs.
Although hope was expressed in April that the league would be in a position to put a concrete proposal to their clubs at the annual meeting, it was always felt the timescale was tight.
Thursday’s
However, Martin’s brand of possession-based football has not been universally acclaimed at his previous clubs.
After winning 30 of his 80 games in charge at MK Dons to finish 19th and 13th in League One, he followed that up with 36 wins and 36 defeats at Swansea, while ending up 15th and 10th in the Championship.
Swans fans had got used to their side playing with a swagger in recent