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Actually, yes. If we’re going down anyway (as all the experts on here tell me is a 100% guarantee), I’d have rather given a new guy a fresh start, untainted by failure, in the summer. The real culprits are Sports Republic. Four years of abysmal recruitment, no centre forward worth the name, big outgoing transfer fees wasted on players who can’t get a game. Martin was just doing what Jason Wilcox (remember him?) asked him to do. I was at SMS and it wasn’t Martin’s fault that they scored right in front of me after 37 seconds with no challenge of any kind. Remember the brief surge of hope when Selles came in last time we got relegated? Lasted about two games, and by the end he was broken and in no fit state to plan a promotion campaign. Apologies for not following the herd. And I hope I’m wrong.

Well done everyone. Trebles all round. I remember when the same usual suspects were saying thank fuck Ralph has gone. We got Nathan Jones and Reuben Selles.

Starting: Lumley Macca Baz Rambo Forster Niemi Boruc Turner Shilton Davis Forecast Subs: Bialkowski Stekelenberg Jones Flowers Grobbelaar Beasant Wells Harsh on Terry Gennoe and the great Eric Martin, but it’s a squad game these days.

Russ has asked me if I can step in at centre mid. If anyone else fancies lining up alongside the Cornish Maldini to shore up the defence, please bring your boots.

Yeah me too. We should probably both have left at half time against Leicester and gone home happy. Big day next Saturday, no doubt - and St Marys needs to make a big effort to feel a bit less anxious. Anyone from the club who’s reading btw, enough of the big banner thing covering the whole of the Northam. I’ve paid my money and I’d like to see the team come out onto the pitch - don’t give a feck what the banner looks like on the telly.

Agree with every word. I also think Russ will still be with us in January, and he should be. And I’m not that arsed if we get relegated again - last season was fun. But hey let’s all soil our pants on the internet.

OMFG this thread. And I thought the footie was bad. Embarrassing stuff.

Agree 100%. I would only add that it is early days and we have lots of new players to integrate. And it was like someone switched the light on when Dibling came on and said ‘fuck this passing backwards shite, I’m running at these…” Even Russ rightly recognised he was our biggest attacking threat and he was only in for fifteen mins. Better days ahead!

I’m sure he’d love to play for a Serbian owner. The old double headed eagle goal celebration would have him training with the U11s.

I’m sure Everton fans said the same about a 16 year old Wayne Rooney. Was it Alan Hansen who said you’ll never stay up with kids?

I think plan C should be Tyler Dibling. I know I know… he’s only twelve and we’ve had plenty of false dawns before (paging Alex Jankewitz - please report to the transfer window thread). But he looks like the real deal to me - if him and Charlie mean we can keep our AM money in our pocket we can spend on a keeper and a number 9, as well as Wee Man and the Dortmund wonderkid. Let’s go.

The shirt’s ok but the sponsor’s logo is once again fucking awful and slightly embarrassing. Why do they do this?

Typical, as soon as we start to get the song right he’s offski

Home and thoroughly hosed. Unforgettable day, unforgettable month…! Elland Road “Where’s your famous atmosphere?” The Hawthorns “Oh, Alex McCarthy” St Mary’s “Will Smallbone, he’s one of our own” Wembley “I wanna be…” Great memories. Thank you Saints.

Honestly mush, kids today eh? No respect for tradition. Why can’t they just go down the Painted Wagon, have a few beers, fight the ICF down by the station, go to the game, have a few more beers, go down Top Rank, have another fight, throw up, have more beers and then go home? Anything else is just embarrassing.

I’m assuming it’s going to be everyone standing everywhere, especially behind the goal, even up in the Gods. Bloody hope so anyway.

Good day out - great atmosphere, especially the nonstop OWTS from 50-60mins. I thought Downes and Bednarek were our best players and I’d quite like a keeper with Macca’s hands and Baz’s feet. Definitely not the best game but a decent result away from home. Glad all the negative shite on here doesn’t actually get reflected in the stadium.

Zero.

Ipswich have now got Hull and Cov City away and I’d be amazed if they get six points from those two. Win both and they deserve to go up imo

Great win - three points. Winner right in front of us - place went mental. Was it perfect or even composed? Of course it fucking wasn’t. Some of it was terrible. There’s something called pressure at this time of the season - anyone notice that Leicester and Leeds lost winnable games? Some of the criticism on here is fucking ridiculous, but I suppose that’s what football forums are all about.

I think you’ve gotta hope Ipswich play Norwich in a brutal Old Farm play off semi and whoever wins collapses exhausted in the final against Saints.

Of the other three in the top four, who would you most/least like to face in the playoff final? I think Leicester will be shattered if they don’t go up autos… Leeds would be tense. Ipswich meh.

Genuinely looking forward to the playoffs 🫣. Would love a day out at Wembley if we get there. After that, who knows.

FWIW I thought Jack ‘Der Kornish Kaiser’ Stephens did ok in the role Russ asked him to play. But FFS play KWP at RB and THB at CB and don’t fuck about with our two best defenders. Need to get back to clean sheets, and if we can do it at the Hawthorns we should be able to do it pretty much anywhere.

I’m already getting strong Gregorz Rasiak Derby playoff flashback nightmares