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15 Feb 2025 19:09:39
So, is it the players not being good enough OR the coaching staff not being good enough.
Today's performance lacked commitment, thought, pride and tactical awareness.
I'm lost for words!

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15 Feb 2025 20:37:27
Probably both, I expect a hard reset if we get relegated into the championship. A proved manager, a proved squad with capable players and a new philosophy. Ever since Ralph left transfers have been wayward. We really haven't had a stand out player in the prem apart from dibling and Rambo.

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15 Feb 2025 21:15:21
All of the above. Bournemouth outplayed, outrun and out thought our losers - they were better than us in every department. Their first thought is to get the ball forward quickly and they have runners busting a gut. Our lot don’t even jog.

I have news for all of us fans on this forum. We have absolutely no chance of bouncing back up.

Not only do we lack quality, we lack heart and spirit. Ee will not be able to compete with the top half of the Championship.

It will be a long time before we return. With the odd exception, there is nothing worth salvaging.

The club do not deserve the fans who turn up, pay good money and go home deflated week in week out .

The ironic chanting, “we’re effing rubbish” whilst true is still very embarrassing.

We really are at rock bottom physically and metaphorically.

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Rangers Can't Win Every Game

15 Feb 2025 07:39:16
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Ineos And The Glazers Are A disgrace?

14 Feb 2025 07:39:15
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Thoughts On Glasgow Rangers

13 Feb 2025 07:39:17
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12 Feb 2025 08:11:02
We are facing a transfer dilemma, what are your thoughts?

We need 120m+ to break-even and rebuild.

Do we fight to keep Armstrong, Downes, Bednarek and THB etc.? Top championship players, who could get us to the playoffs, but not prem level. Some bridges already burnt.

Or do we go all out for Sulemana, Fernandes, Wellington and Dibling, who could be exciting prem players but lack Championship experience?

Where do you stand?

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12 Feb 2025 11:48:28
To be honest as long as we've got the right manager and board in place it's all that matters, the rest will take care of itself. In just the waiting for whenever actually happens.

With that in place any team below premier league can do a football manager (PC/console) game approach .I e. The way wrexham is doing it now, you bring talented players in from divisions above you who aren't getting the game time to help you push forward.

Look at Adam Armstrong, looking like a headless chicken with us recently, goes to west brom and scores on his debut.

For us the majority of our players are decent championship players but I wouldn't fight to keep any of them who don't want to stay, simply because you can just rinse and repeat the procedure by picking up the same type of players. Only ones I would fight to keep are dibling/Ramsdale as decent goalkeepers and rare young talent are a rarity. Bazuna showed us before he's no good in the championship.

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12 Feb 2025 12:14:12
I think we have more than enough depth in the squad to do well in the championship. What must be learnt is that offensively a team must be far quicker in its play in the final third you cannot allow any premier league team to regain its defensive shape, time and time again Saints are guilty of that week in week out.
Ramsdale KWP THB ABK Downes Dibling AA Onaucha Brereton will definitely leave. I would move heaven and earth to keep Fernandez Wellington Archer Wood Sulemana . With Players who have 12 months left on their contracts such as Aribo should be properly assessed for contract renewal or sale. Players who are regularly injured likewise. Saints need to find a proper centre forward who can progress to the premier league, once they’ve sorted out early and quality delivery into the box.
Squad for next Season : Bazunu McCarthy Bree Wood bednarek Edwards Yuki Smallbone Fraser Sulemana Archer Stewart Stephens Juan Taylor Mayuki, 2 signings and 3 loans.

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12 Feb 2025 13:39:40
Forgot to add Charles and Fernandez making a 23 man squad plus maybe a few youngsters.

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12 Feb 2025 15:57:01
I think you are right with who will go @2408. Should bring us 140m if add Ameyaw and Larios to the mix.

Ultimately, we need a squad of 16 PL players. So retain 4 now, nurture 4 and buy 8 if get promoted.

4 PL quality is Sulemana, Fernandes, Wellington and Archer

4 to nurture: Wood, Edwards, Sanda, Sugawara, Charles, Edozie, Juan, Mayuki, Larios, Udoh

We have champ experience in Bednarek, Fraser, Manning, Bree, Smallbone, Aribo, Stewart, Stephens

Would spent 40m on a top striker, CM and GK.

Probably a squad similar to last time, so would predict 5th place

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12 Feb 2025 22:32:26
I also forgot Edozie. He hasn’t done well at Anderlecht and probably needs to rebuild his career elsewhere. 4-5 million fee but a huge percentage sell on clause is probably the way forward. Larios likewise unless he shows that his body can cope with premier league/ championship endeavours, such a shame really talented boy. Stewart the same I guess.

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13 Feb 2025 19:41:43
Looks like we could be about to lose a lot of attacking players then: Dibling, Edozie, Diaz, Armstrong, Onuachu, Ameyaw. Plus could easily lose Sulemana, Fernandes and Archer.

I would have gone with a front 3 of Ameyaw, Archer/AA and Sulemana in the Championship personally, with Edozie, Fraser, Stewart and a big signing as competition.

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14 Feb 2025 06:52:10
If Juric stays, sticks to his 3 5 2 and favourites, would you predict something like the below (some new signings to start and 3 up top if chasing a result)

Bazunu
Suga Bree Bed. Wood. Wellington
Charles. Aribo Fernandes
Archer. Sulemana

SQUAD
McCarthy
Lumley/New GK
Edwards
Sanda/Fry
Stephens
New RB Cover (5m/Loan)
Manning/Taylor
Smallbone
Matsuki/Loan
New CM/Gronbaek (15m)
Stewart
Fraser/Loan
Juan/Udoi
New RW (15m)
New ST (15m)

SELL 150m
Ramsdale 20
THB 20
ABK 8
Larios? 5
Downes 12
Dibling 40
Edozie 5
Ameyaw 8
Diaz 8
Onuachu 8
Armstrong 15

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Liverpool FC Need Better Backup Players

12 Feb 2025 07:39:16
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Jarrad Branthwaite

11 Feb 2025 17:13:51
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Liverpool Player Ratings v Plymouth

11 Feb 2025 07:39:16
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09 Feb 2025 12:34:49
2 points from the next 2 games BigRedArmy? Have to say I'm feeling confident, as much as one can in finding the positives of us losing games 🥲

Next two games are South coast derbies and whilst they're both home games and not true/heated ones like Pompey .both Brighton and Bournemouth have been in our shadows for many years. The opportunity to push us a league lower, rub salt in the wound and command presence as the main team on the south coast will not be lost on them/their fans and I think they will be baying for blood.

After that it's away games against top teams, so I can't see us performing any escape miracles, the best we can hope for is to not go down as the worst points team in history.in honesty I think that's going to be a close push to avoid.

No more redo's after these next two though Red 😎

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Manchester United Fans should Back The Manager

09 Feb 2025 07:39:16
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08 Feb 2025 23:40:02
Losing to Burnley really does show even if we do go down to the Championship it's not going to be a quick bounce back.


Cmon guys we are better than this?

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09 Feb 2025 05:52:00
Scott Parker coaching shone through especially in. defence with c/b Joe Worrall and his organised defence showing unity.We have a similar opportunity next season to emulate this (with correct Coaching and of course retaining players like Wood, Edwards, Charles, Sugawara, Charlie Taylor and Welington.Disappointed at failure to start Gronbaek (one lost opportunity considering the possibility of retaining him at season’s end) Regarding Juric- I was amazed at the questionable choice of substitutes and very late introduction and previously referring to Jack Stephens as a “quality player”and yesterday post match saying ‘we played a good game’.After weeks of being on the. fence I’m beginning to waiver a bit and question whether or not he ( Juric) would be the best choice Manager/Trainer to.lead us into next season. Saints v Burnley resembled a practice match rather than an FA CUP TIE! KOM.

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10 Feb 2025 13:21:03
I hope not I thought his contract ends at the end of the season I need Rohl. He looks like he's one of the only managers that would lead us to somewhere we will be proud off

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08 Feb 2025 18:10:19
Dismal - 4 full backs - what's that about?

Subs - Dibling and Sulemana replaced - enter Smallbone. Has he ever had an impact?

McCarthy played like McCarthy - we don't need to give him game time, we know how bad he is.

So our wining run comes to an end. One in a row.

As I said, dismal.

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08 Feb 2025 21:02:00
Agreed Millertime.

I think we should go 4-2-3-1 to play to our strengths and get our best players on the pitch.

2 wing backs not 4 - KWP and Wellington. Perhaps sub Sugawara on with Onuachu, as he can put a decent ball in.

Fernandes, Sulemana and Dibling are excellent at driving the ball forward but are not finishers, so we need Onuachu or Archer up top to actually score.

Would also like to see an attacking 3 5 2 when chasing a game. Archer and Onuachu up top. Sulemana and Dibling on the wings.

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Liverpool FC Player Reviews v Spurs

08 Feb 2025 07:39:17
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07 Feb 2025 10:12:29
I didn't know that we missed on Sylla. Makes the loss of Sam-Amo a lot worse. I thought we'd get Sylla as a return but clearly not.

Transfers are still not great

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07 Feb 2025 20:28:45
Spot on Jash - we have Championship level negotiators at best!

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Wolverhampton Wanderers Still Have Problems

05 Feb 2025 07:39:22
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