11 May 2022 21:15:16
Well safety is now all but guaranteed. Can't see Leeds picking up another point let alone two wins and a 19 goal swing.

1.) 11 May 2022
11 May 2022 22:13:00
I’m intrigued what you think of the post below this re all of us wanting Ralph sacked and his only problem
Is lack of money

I think I can guess what you think!
Why are people, even commentators, blindsided by Ralph’s appalling football management

2.) 12 May 2022
12 May 2022 19:46:22
As is very Saints, it’s just quite bizarre. No-one I’ve spoken to who follows football and doesn’t support saints thinks he’s doing a bad job, but as a football club what even are we at the moment? Simultaneously thinking about the top half and just trying to survive.

Objectively, people have said we are not spending at the level of Brighton, Palace, even Brentford, due to our previous owners. Which lends me to believe if he is given backing this window and can make four or five quality signings in our price bracket of £12-18m, maybe we I’ll have a higher ceiling.

At the same time, he seems to lose the dressing room twice a season for about a month at a time in which we lose every game and play terribly. It’s just so weird. No other team can you tell the result within the first 4 minutes based on how up for it we look. We’ve had two spurts - in October (10 points in 4 games) and around Christmas (19 from 10 games) aside that we have one win in 22! That isn’t normal!

I love the bloke but his naivety does seem to be catching up to him. At the same time who reasonably is there we could bring in? He will be given the summer to recruit, that seems certain, but unless a good #2 is brought in, his mismanagement of players and tactical ineptitude will probably see us in the bottom 3 in November and firefighting with Dyche brought in to keep us safe.

Those that say survival is what we as a club should be aiming for - we were in Europe and challenging for the top four consistently less than 6 years ago and have only regressed since - we aren’t being greedy, we have been there and know we can do it. If Brighton and Wolves can be in the top half why can’t we?

3.) 12 May 2022
12 May 2022 22:43:43
SaintG
I remember when Saints were looking at upping the capacity. Cortese was even looking at buying up areas around the ground to give us a ‘village’ similar to other top PL clubs. Even knowing that waterfront opposite the stadium is covered by long standing covenants, was not enough to stop Cortese! After all this was the man that Italian clubs had turned to, to negotiate with the mafia!
It’s interesting the comments about lack of money. Many of us thought we had the best squad in years!
Tino . Salisu . Perraud . kwp . Broja . Adams .
Diallo.
plus Forster and Mo returned from loans .
these were all added to the squad under Ralph’s watch!
It is what he has done with them that raises serious questions about his abilities!

But you are right, he has and does lose the dressing room at regular intervals!
Bertrand was dropped after calling him something!
I honestly believe something has been going on with Stu too. not picked for weeks but was picked by Scotland!
Ings was dropped at one point and was clearly not happy; I honestly believe he would
Still be here now, playing his best got all of his career .

Enough of that .

Facts : there is absolutely nothing in Ralph’s makeup that makes him the manager we need.

I always sit at least row 20 so I can oversee the game
. everyone around me is watching the game, the substitutions, the pattern of play . and looking at each other like… and

God knows which of the games it was, but at some point I shouted out loud … are we going to f**** mark their winger … the old guy next to me said, ‘don’t be silly … ‘!

Bring back Ronald K . he loved it here!
When that man watched a game, you knew he was watching a game from the perspective of one of the greatest players .