We're saying the same things again already

Atlanta United needs to show as much urgency as possible this summer.

“It is a terrible situation to be in, but there is nowhere to hide and I don’t hide from it,” Tata Martino said after Saturday’s loss to Nashville. “For me, I’ve never been through this before in my career, but I feel that we are weak. All the time. I feel that something will happen and it does, and I don’t see reactions. I see many wants, but I don’t see power, personality, and that is what I want to see.”

That’s a truly shocking statement from Martino that…actually…hold on a second…………….ok, whoops, I apologize, that’s actually a quote from Ronny Deila from May of last season. Here’s the Martino quote from Saturday.

“I’m not feeling good, but I’m not thinking anything strange,” Martino said through a translator after Saturday’s loss to Nashville. “I’m just totally focused and thinking how we can get out of this situation. But of course, yeah, I feel anger, frustration, but this isn’t something that I’ve ever gone through in my career.”

It says a lot that we’ve reached “I’ve never been through this in my career” a month earlier than last year. It says even more that we’re hearing it from two different managers.