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09 Nov 2025 10:49:39
how much power do players seem to have these days?

08 Nov 2025 20:08:39
Well how pleasant to see 2 wins.

Not brilliant but a little bit of application and luck helped.

Hopefully SR won`t get carried away and appoint Tonda.

Let`s face it, strange decision to change goalkeepers and with 2-1 half time score today surely Joe Aribo should have come on rather than a debutant (albeit he did ok - bit risky with our ability to ship goals.

Take your time SR and make the right appointment for a change and no matter what it costs find a decent No 9 in January.

08 Nov 2025 20:50:05
I agree, I've said it before, don't dismiss the managerial bounce affect.

There's a chance tonda will come good, but he has to be assessed on the next few games and possibly any influence he has towards January signings if he's still doing the job by then.

The danger we have is if we win a few games with him it has potential to turn into another Selles situation.

Board need to be actively looking for the right man, of the right man is tonda, fine, but don't just give him the job because a few results go his way.

Whoever it is has to be the man to build something, a team/vision/identity that leads us on for the next few years.

09 Nov 2025 02:00:46
The WHEEL HAS BEGUN TO TURN (thank goodness) .With respect to future Managers’, as we are in such a precarious position right now as many others. have indicated would be a tad early to consider to do (despite his good work to date) .Assuming that Lampard, Robins and Rosenior have backheeled us maybe the potential appointment of Gary O’Neil could have ramifications with some supporters concerned about his previous Pompey links.With the current favoured pool of Candidates diminishing rather quickly and ( barring the capture of an ELITE COACH from ABROAD) I believe the safest pair of hands would easily be MICHAEL CARRICK followed by 3C’somigos CORBERAN, COOPER and CARSLEY all of whom could step up and hold their own in the PREMIER LEAGUE should we be afforded that opportunity. KOM,

07 Nov 2025 15:22:31
It doesn't matter who we get as the manager if the club doesn't spend some decent money one at least one but preferably two decent strikers and a better goalkeeper, the striker role has been a problem for far too long and Adam Armstrong will never be the solution , it was very short sighted to let Ramsdale go just to get his wages off the books

08 Nov 2025 10:37:25
I agree up to a point Norfolk, but I think a manager who has the conviction, leadership style and experience to convert negativity and defeatist attitude into a winning mentality would work wonders, even with the existing squad.

Sure, we have got too much dead wood which needs to be moved on, but the present team are underperforming big time.

They’ve forgotten how to play creative and attacking football. Instead, they look for the safe option.

We won at QPR thanks to two players taking on defenders and having a pop. Brilliant to see. Trouble is, it doesn’t happen often enough.

A win today, a decent managerial appointment and we can go into the mind numbing international break in a stronger position than the last one.

08 Nov 2025 13:44:54
AA Archer even BBD scored goals when playing with and around a big strong centre forward. Buy a proper number 9, irony is Onaucha was ready made for the championship, play striker off him with Scienza and Robinson wide, Romeu and Charles central, flat back 4 . Then we would see lots of goals. Azaz and Fellows Jander Downes Fraser Aribo as subs/ replacements for injuries.

08 Nov 2025 23:38:25
I was at the qpr game. I won’t pretend I attend every match, but i attend enough to know it was the worst Saints team I’ve seen. Nothing to suggest we have a style that we’re playing to, and therefore any individuel quality we arguably have seems to be lost in mediocrity.

Fortunately every opponent I have seen this season has been atrocious. The Stoke loss was frustrating, but i thought they were average, and they’re third. It feels like a much weaker league this year compared to the last time we were there, it’s a shame we are not taking advantage.

Do I think a better goalkeeper and striker would help? Probably. I suspect most championship teams would say the same thing. The truth is that our combined squad is under-performing.

In short, every team would ask for better players. I think we have more than enough to dominate this league. Our situation is partly a huge lack of confidence (losing breeds losing), and the wrong manager. Let’s hope we get it right this time.

07 Nov 2025 07:39:07
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05 Nov 2025 17:25:40
Ross Stewart didn't get injured and Will Still would still be here.

If fans could understand those fine margins, he'd still be here.

No, I'm not crying or necessarily care that he's gone, just that now the board have made another snap judgement call because they seem to bend to the boos/toxic percentage of our fan base.

They should have done this a few weeks earlier when there was a chance of getting Rohl as for I can see he is the only one with the credentials, alas that ship has sailed.

This all started with the sacking of Ralph and nearly went full circle if thoughts of him returning are to be believed. At the least it points to the fact I said all along, he shouldn't have gone. Even further to the point where you all called me mad about a possible Russel Martin return. Whilst its too late for RM I do believe my point where you thought I was bonkers was true .that he would have got us promotion. Some people are just good at certain things and awful at others. Like or not he got us promoted and most of that team is still here. and no I don't love him, it just is what it is.

Now though we're back on the clown carasosel to see where it takes us. I can only think of Carrick as a choice, just because of championship experience. But I maintain the board should always have been scouting the right man in the background for a long time and not some snap decision job.

I hope though as I always do that these things humble us fans, but I think we're cary on believing were top tier premier League quality forever.

06 Nov 2025 09:16:04
Carrick is probably the realistic, less divisive and experienced championship choice. But when did we ever go for that!

RM's style will only ever get us so far and players seem stuck in it. So, depends on our ambition.

I also suspect some players are running the show behind the scenes. Anybody who pushes for fitness or is no nonsense gets moved on. Then wonder why favourites get picked and we lose from winning positions.

06 Nov 2025 09:28:50
Still did not have a clue… he was simply the wrong man for the job.
His team selection, formation, tactics, substitutions. we’re not good enough.
And he wasn’t improving

08 Nov 2025 14:08:31
Leslee and everyone who thinks it’s midfield and attack which is hindering us . We need sort out centre half’s! Wry nearly the worst side in premiership history, last season Bellis and Stephans were a disgrace, it took boy Still half a dozen games to realise the issue and dropped them both for cup game at a field .

He played same defence at Sheffield Utd, ok Quasie prob at fault for goals in both games . But it takes 5 mins to see they (woods also ) are light years ahead of of stephans and Bellis . If we can’t keep a clean sheet then we can’t win 1-0.

To say Boy still wouldn’t loose job because of Ross Stewart is a fair mush point as he was our focal point with 2 nippy smaller players either side up top .then again the ball boys have more touches of ball than him during any season! Still played Bellis at Bristol and he was shocking!

A gutless and a disgrace of a performance, then next game at Blackburn drops him but brings on stephans on 65mins to hold onto a lead in a game where Blackburn posed no obvious threat . IMO this is why he lost his job, trusting defenders that nearly made us worst team in history.

Don’t think we ever had such a worse cb pairing! Traditionally when new managers come in they improve things from the back including gk, but he many managers now have we had recently that take this on board?

05 Nov 2025 07:39:05
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