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Yep, he’s shit and has been deservedly punted after 4 months, which shows we can be fairly ruthless. Makes you wonder why Bazunu has been given 4 years and counting though, when he’s basically Downs in keeper form. Those nudes he’s got of Rasmus must be quite something.

I just worry it will be too little too late. There is a monumental amount of effort required not just to build a well-sized, effective squad and pick the correct manager, but to reform the culture of the club and build a resilient attitude within the squad. Given SR’s track record, I worry they will underestimate this task and think a new keeper and new striker is enough to arrest a fall that has been ongoing since year 1.

They have one last throw of the dice before we are doomed to spend years in the wilderness imo. Years where we will be waiting for another Marcus to swoop in and save us. The next manager and transfer window is the last chance saloon for them imo.

Pretty much agree with alfie tbh.

He looked like he won a competition with the Saints Foundatiuon to get on the pitch on matchday. Absolutely f'kin useless dollop.......and he probably voted for Trump as well !!

Its not a complete list in fairness to the spammers. Don't get me wrong, they've had a terrible record in recent years especially (the likes of Scamacca and Haller), but for example, that list is missing out on Payet, who scored 15goals for them (12 in 42 in the prem) from the wings/attacking midfield and was being talked up as player of the season (at one point) the year we finished 6th under Koeman (we somewhat stole west ham's thunder if i recall correctly). A lot of (understandable) negativity at west ham at the moment. I watched the Forest game last night and it reminded me very much of watching Saints - they were terrible at times, and even when they were winning you just knew something cruel would happen to give forest the win in the end. They are in deep deep trouble - and that stadium has the potential to be a millstone around the team's necks for many a year, they badly need a stadium move.

Sorry don't think I can as I am not paid up on here, the 3 post limit keeps me sane !

Very good article. Can be applied to many corporate settings, not just football. The technical experts with the knowledge and expertise and skills degraded and scapegoated while the Midwit executive and managerial class prosper.

Elyanoussi got to be up there. A truly awful player. Wasn't he meant to be the replacement for Tadic? Spent two seasons on loan and the only good thing i remember anyone saying about him was Ralph saying he was good against the ball.

That would be lovely. I can also see him scoring 2 goals in 20 and Saints deciding to build our front line around him.

Yep, no Chickens have been counted. However, the fact we've even managed to get that 10m option in there is still a win given how abject he's been for us. If the winds behind him, every fan in the crowd crosses their fingers, we do a little goal dance every Saturday, you never know, he may score a few goals and they end up signing him.

THAT Osvaldo goal was worth the transfer fee.....as i didn't have to pay it.

Exactly what we did under Cortese. I remember us being successful, too. Remarkable, isn’t it? How unlike us now! 😩

Although we had to sign Chala too to keep him company for some reason. Think he was an extra million.

I think the option to buy is wishful thinking rather than rooted in any possible future. In the same way Juventus were going to pay us £40m for Alcaraz.

Delgado wasn't more expensive. I think we paid about £3million for him.

Look, he's been an absolutely terrible signing, there should rightly be some accountability taken by the transfer committee on this abject failure. However, equally, some comfort should be taken that the situation was reversed at the very first opportunity, that there's the potential to make money and not lose money and we're not persisting with a player who is obviously not suited to this league. I'd be more worried if we were either loaning him out and ringing the "Long term prospect" bell or playing the "He has the quality to adjust long term" card

Agreed

Disruption and moonshots are phrases used by people with a high opinion of themselves who think the rules don't apply to them and want to take shortcuts. I remember reading a piece by the guy who built all of Google's infrastructure where he explained that all the stuff that looked like magic from the outside was the net result of relentless incremental improvement and hard work. https://web.archive.org/web/20230922113630/https:/rework.withgoogle.com/blog/the-roofshot-manifesto/

I’ll never forget that jog that he made.

Sad day when a potentially awesome leader of the offensive line is driven out of the franchise. He could be been a phenomenal head shot converter and a star performer on the roster. We will never get to see it.

We’ve spent way more on players who’ve been equally useless. £7m isn’t much of a transfer fee these days and we’ll probably get a reasonable chunk of it back eventually. Carrillo, Sully, Osvaldo and Delgado were all more expensive and did f**k all. Let’s not even get started on the cheaper players who were worse.

Don't disagree with the sentiment but was Carillo worse? He was fucking awful as well. I appreciate this is like arguing over whether horse shit or dog shit is better!

Lions Mane and Ashwaganda, always. More relaxed but also energised, sharper mind, and better sleep. I used Collagen and Turmeric in the months post neck surgery to help with inflammation and healing. I've (touch wood) recovered pretty well and they may have helped, but who knows. When I trained heavy I used all sorts, but pharmaceutical grade creatine shipped in from Germany was unreal. Alongside lots of protein I blew up, gained strength, recovered well, and felt great. My only suggestion is to take a spell off the stuff periodically if using very high doses. I've used growth hormones and testerone boosters when training as well. The benefits were clear, but the downsides and risks. put a stop to that.

30 years ago today we were stuffing the skates 3-0 at the Dell in the FA Cup. Other than TCWTB playing with his clanger their fans were by far the quietist bunch that visited that season. Trying to find some light relief from the shower of shit we call our football club these days. ….and good news about Brooks…… #tumbleweed