On the addition of Lawrence Shamieh earlier in the season to his coaching staff…
Martin: “He’s outstanding. Probably one of the most knowledgeable and dedicated people I’ve worked with. United will definitely feel his loss given what he contributed there. I was delighted Lawrence decided to leave a team competing for the title and in the latter stages of the Champions League to come to Spurs, where he sees an ambitious project. He wants to grow, develop and help us achieve our ambitions.”
A win on Sunday will see our best ever start in the WSL after 11 games…
Martin: “But honestly, my focus is on what we can do for the playing group - how we evolve, develop and get better every week, every session, every game. We’ve had a good start but we want to continue evolving as a club. I don’t think about stats for myself, it’s about the players and staff around me. If we get the points and it becomes something written in the books, brilliant.”
On the progress made against the top four sides this season in terms of result…
Martin: “Any of the so-called ‘big four’ games, we go in wanting to win. There’s no game we ‘should’ win - you must earn it. Sometimes we’ve been dominant, sometimes we haven’t. But we’re building a winning culture. Going into Manchester United, as I said, they’re a world class team competing for the title. We need to control what we can control. If we perform to the levels, we know we can, with and without the ball, we can match anyone. If you look at the progress from our games against Man City, Chelsea, and Arsenal, we had progress in those games, understanding what those mean, the feelings, the experience and going in with a different mentality. We now go into these big games with a different mentality.”