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01 Oct 2024 09:35:04
Well, last night was a total embarrassment.
The rest of the Premier League must be laughing at us and calculating that 2 matches against Southampton this season will probably yield 6 points. I will be watching our away games at Arsenal and Man City from behind the sofa.
Hopefully RM will be sacked before November but he will be ok. In his world he is doing a great job.
Actually he is ruining our club and not helping a generally honest but uninspiring bunch of players.
He didn`t recognise the team last night. Well, if you play 2 of our brightest young talents out of position at the top of the team and 2 doubtful loanees out wide what can you expect? Over £65M worth of forwards on the bench.
Maybe I am a dinosaur but what is wrong with playing a wide player who can cross a ball/a tall centre forward/quick small striker alongside. OK Le Tissier/Beattie/Pahars not available but Dibling / Onachu / Armstrong are.
Oh and perhaps most important of all stop fiddling around at the back. Pleased to see Ramsdale is looking to play longer balls - just needs a centre forward to aim at.
Something has to change pretty quick otherwise we will make history as the worst PL team ever.
27 Apr 2024 19:02:14
I think Lesleee was assuming that we would beat Stoke this afternoon.
It is easy to be wise after the event but in view of our form over the last week that was not a given.
I think all we learnt from this afternoon is that we can`t rely on fringe players.
Brookes, Mara, Sulemana, Bree and Charles do not inspire confidence. Edozie and Fraser were almost OK today but rarely any end product.
It will take a miracle to win the playoffs and as I said previously, it is more likely that justice will be done and the top 3 all go up this year.
A season of missed opportunity (and clear cut chances).
We can wave goodbye to Downes, TBH and KWP.
Adams and Stu would be advised to get one last payday elsewhere.
I fear for next season as a result of how things have unfolded since Bristol City stood up to us.
1.) 27 Apr 2024 19:31:37
The reality is we are more likely to be involved in a relegation battle next season than a promotion battle.
When the players return to their parent clubs and others leave, we will have the look and feel of a League 1 outfit.
There is no leadership on the pitch, no bravery and no guile. Our possession based football is pointless and next season every other team will know how to set up against us.
We had a golden opportunity this season and unless there’s a miraculous turnaround, we’ve blown it.
To hear Right Moron claiming he’s tired and his mum is worried about him is incredulous. It’s totally embarrassing and if the board don’t take the logical step of sacking him, then shame on them.
Almost past caring now - how bad is that?
2.) 27 Apr 2024 22:40:48
Millertime .
Have you noticed that when something goes wrong, RM posts something that’s takes the attention towards himself .
the 0-5 loss . it’s all my fault I should have played stephens .
blah blah .
maybe his mum could phone him up and tell him to stop blagging . to stop the rhetoric nonsense.
I found it bizarre that in his whole playing career, not a single team paid a single penny for him .
umpteen loan’s etc ., god was he that irritating that they all wanted shot of him .
Google it .is RM the only player in history to never command a single transfer fee .
Well I’d pay 1p to send him to the school of ‘overinflated egos’!
The reality is (and I’ve posted it before) that there are many players who have not been allowed to play their natural game, have had their natural game quenched.
I would love to see some of our attacking players under a different manager .
I don’t think another manager would have loaned out Alcaraz, wouldn’t have given big paul a chance, would have loaned out Perraud (even worse! #^^€ $$€%% to give manning a starting place! )
Jones was ‘rather strange’ . but RM is deluded …
How can you think 60%+ possession against Leicester is good, while losing 5-0 while not registering a single shot on goal .
Stoke . half the possession, more shots, 3x the shots on target …
Even Billy bloggs managing the local pub team would think… I need to change this .
As per Ed001’s post earlier . imagine saints players allowed to do what they like!
I end my usual rants with the words of the weekend commentator .
I’ve seen more forward passes than a game of rugby!
I am expecting RM to be sacked when we don’t win promotion …
He will say, ‘but we had 69% possession, how can you sack me ., ‘
23 Apr 2024 22:00:29
Well that was embarrassing
The gulf between us and Leicester was immense.
9-0 again looked a possibility at one point.
67% possession. Not a shot at goal.
RM looked like a rabbit in headlights.
What is the point of Brookes? Does Edozie ever do anything when brought on?
Hardly good preparation for the playoffs.
Surely whoever finishes third will deservedly go up this year.
It is going to be grim next season.
1.) 24 Apr 2024 11:47:26
67% possession, 721 passes to Leicesters 361 and not a shot on target …
You can analyse as much as you like, But that is it in a nutshell. And as for Russell Martin to say that we were competing in the game… We had a good one minute spell after halftime, Other than that, I enjoyed watching Leicester play!
07 Oct 2023 22:19:58
Another reality check!
So after a reasonably sound performance at Stoke (hardly brilliant as RM stated), we mess up again and don`t get an easy 3 points today.
Good start but, as so often, the longer the game goes on the more we lose the initiative. All this possession football is supposed to tire the opposition out but they still looked full of running to me.
First substitutions added very little and inevitable mistake at back is punished. Waste of time (again) bringing on those game changers Mara and Aribo,
Shame we could not swap goalkeepers with Rotherham and as many are saying Manning HAS to go. Give Bree a chance and switch KWP as I suspect a 19 year old Larios if ever fit is not going to solve LB problem. Crying shame Perraud not kept.
Quarter of the season gone. we are 9 points above the bottom 3. we are 11 points behind the top 2.
If we can`t beat Rotherham we will need to look down the table rather than up. Difficult away games coming after international break.
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17 Jan 2026 20:10:44
Eckert `We did enough to win the game`
Totally deluded.
We actually didn`t Tonda - they scored 2 clinical goals. We didn`t.
They played fast counter attacking football. We played ponderous sideways and backwards russball.
Just can`t see how we get out of this downward spiral.
1.) 17 Jan 2026 20:50:32
Solution is get rid of all ideology around it. Anyone who had that indoctrinated into them needs to go. All players, all coaches, chefs, coach drivers. And start again.
Football isn’t a hard game. We just like making it incredibly difficult. All United really did today was defend in a solid shape, press at the right times and counter attack clinically. When you do that against a team passing it around and not creating good chances, you will only lose if you make a bad error. They didn’t, Hull didn’t.
What’s really worrying is the years and years of people within the club saying ‘we did enough to win the game’, ‘we were the better side’, ‘we were unlucky’, ‘we just need to take our chances’. We’ve been told that for the best part of five years and know it’s absolute bulls**t.
We’ve haven’t been doing the basics right for a long time. Buying journeymen hasn’t done it, buying expensive primadonnas hasn’t done it, the best bet is to focus on the academy again and grow kids into what we want as Ralph was trying to do.
Fed up. Upset. Less than a decade ago we beat Inter Milan and were in a cup final. So sad.
17 Jan 2026 19:54:01
6 points above the bottom 3 after another dismal day. Absolute rubbish.
Almost done with this now. No joy since the covid interupted season where we finished ok but had Ings/Adams/Armstrong/JWP. Promotion under Martin was frustrating and probably not deserved.
Sports Republic have ruined us. Said despite 6 wins out of 7 start appointing Tonda was the wrong decision. He now looks like a rabbit staring at the headlights like every manager since Ralph.
We MUST stop russball at the back and start winning the ball between the penalty D and the centre circle.
A centre half and a centre forward are needed to stop the slide to League 1
04 Jan 2026 19:46:02
Well well. I said that despite that start of 6 wins in 7 games, Tonda had been lucky and more experience and know how was needed. Point dropped at Milwall imo.
Baffling substitutions/failure to adapt in game as others seem to manage.
The last 6 games have been awful. Should not have lost at Norwich or Oxford. Should have beaten Coventry and Milwall. OK today was going to be difficult (like Birmingham) but a draw was possible.
So at least 7 points lost. But even that would not get us in the play off positions. Fact is we are mid table mediocrity (or worse).
The second half today was coming - teams know we like to play the ball up to half way between the penalty D and the centre circle AND now they all dispossess us there.
We are not progressing but maybe another managerial change now would cause more instability?
SR/Spor - if you are serious about returning this once proud club to the PL, please spend wisely this window. This season is another car crash but it`s not too early to start preparing for next season.
01 Dec 2025 07:55:48
Difficult game Saturday (How on earth did that 96th minute goal squeeze in?).
We didn`t really deserve to get a point.
Felt we were physically and tactically second best. A strong opponent with an experienced Manager.
Don`t appoint Tonda yet. More experience needed at the helm. Some tough games before Xmas will tell us more about Tonda so please SR don`t rush in.
23 Nov 2025 11:21:47
What just happened?
4 goals in 8 minutes. I thought I was dreaming.
This result could be significant because unlike QPR and Wednesday, Charlton seemed to have done quite well this year.
Is it the Manager or have the players sorted themselves out?
Still think Tonda is a huge risk. How sound is his starting eleven and substitution decision making?
Putting in youngsters for the odd game or two can work but often fails if they play week in week out. Yesterday`s second half substitutions were obvious bearing in mind the score and Leicester Tuesday.
His previous games did show some odd starters and substitutions. McCarthy did not deserve to be dropped and is Bazunu really good with his feet? Williams instead of Aribo at half time when only 2-1 up?
Nevertheless, great to see 3 wins on the bounce and some optimism!
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03 Mar 2024 15:24:53
Option 2 for me.
Looking at it another way. 11 games to play. 6 Wins/2 Draws/3 Defeats would mean 20 more points and 90 overall. Probably not enough for automatic promotion.
Only thing that is going to change that is stop conceding so many goals (open door at LB) and hitting the net not the woodwork.
Oh and the little matter of not actually suffering the 3 defeats (Away at Ipswich/Leicester/Leeds) .
Those 3 games will surely decide the final placings this season.
27 Dec 2023 10:05:30
Well. Last posted after the Coventry game and was still not entirely happy.
I go away. Miss 3 games. What has happened?
Brilliant results. Goal difference improves by 10. Even Mara scores.
Top 2 not so far away.
Well done Saints. Feeling much more positive suddenly for 2024
COYR
14 Dec 2023 17:29:04
south_hants_rich, teejaysaint, 2408, millertime and others in agreement.
We can`t all be wrong and are basically voicing the opinions of many, many proper Saints Fans. It is unlikely this season is going to end well and next summer will again probably be chaos.
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23 Sep 2023 21:35:27
Agree. RM is clearly deluded and stubborn.
Definition of madness - keep on doing the same thing but expect a different outcome. He has to go next international break. Graham Potter please come here not Everton?
Would love to see us in training. Surely Martin must have seen AA/Fraser and Sulemana running at Bernard Manning and fellow comedians. Oh sorry forgot Manning wouldn`t be anywhere near the LB berth. And probably the forwards would not trouble Baz with a shot on target. It`s only opposition forwards who continually trouble him with goalbound efforts.