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Coaching. I think they’d both be good at it. You may disagree.

Not much to add. There wasn’t even much booing at the end. The style of football we play has sucked the passion out of the club. There was just so little to get excited about. Aribo has to score at the Northam in the first half, but of course he didn’t. And once Baz palmed it into the path of Eze everyone in St Marys knew it was game over. Come on Saints: give us something, anything, for the rest of the season - and we’ll get behind the team. We want to enjoy it, but by god the last three seasons have been grim. I’d take Vieira backed up by Walcott or Lallana in the summer. Has any team ever made two such disastrous managerial appointments in one season? Oh yes, Chelsea… just about the only thing in football that made me smile today.

The front four against West Ham was a fucking atrocious decision. No guts, no glory. But replacing Danny Ings, Shane Long and Armando Broja with Adam Armstrong, Sekou Mara and Tall Paul Too Late is IMO the reason we're sunk. I think Sekou will come good, and Tall might rip it up in the Championship. Arma already has. But for this season, nah.

Yeah, me too. Well almost. Che if he's fit, and we know Edozie's been consigned to the U12s so I'd settle for Theo or Moussa, and Baz in goal. But as someone said earlier in the thread, lightning doesn't strike twice. 1-4 but we still believe in the process post-match.

Meanwhile Nathan Redmond's had another stormer for Besiktas - 1 goal and three assists after they went down to ten men. But we've still got Adam Armstrong on the bench.

Going to Palace would be a Harry'n'Jim moment and probably wouldn't end well. If I was running the club I'd be on the phone to him. The worst he could do is say no. But I doubt they'll even try. It'll either be Selles next season or a hipster from the Danish third division.

Fraser Forster to pull off seven world class saves until beaten by an Eric Dier own goal in the 93rd minute. 1-0 Saints.

Exactly this - put up two banks of four at St Marys and we don't seem to know what to do. There was actually space behind their full backs in the first half last night but we couldn't exploit it because Moi is too slow to do so, and on the other side Sulemana appeared to have been instructed not to run into it. For all his faults, Stuey has the ability to ask questions against the block and so does Charley from what I've seen. I just wish we were a bit braver - if we're going down let's not wonder what might have been in the last 11 games.

That's not quite true. He was calling for it - but any crosses that did find their way into the box appeared to be aimed at that giant of a man Theo Walcott at the back post. More generally, it's inexplicable to me that Edozie isn't even on the bench. Sure, the end product isn't there but he can beat people and do something unexpected. And when you're one-nil down at home and rock bottom of the table doing something unexpected to ruffle a defence can't be a bad idea. I just don't understand how we hope to create chances when even someone like me standing in the Northam can predict what our next three or four passes are going to be.

Just got home after another fun packed evening at St Marys. Our next eight games are all against direct relegation rivals or teams competing for the top four, so I’d been hoping the players realised that this chance of getting off the bottom, out of the relegation places, and two points from twelfth was worth taking. Apparently not. We weren’t terrible, we were just flat, predictable and toothless. Seeing Moi and Diallo starting ahead of Stu/Theo and especially Lavia was like watching the air come out of a balloon. If Lavia can’t play three full games in a week then give him the first half tonight and on Saturday to at least give us a chance of getting a lead. Nope. Diallo. Tried hard but has the creativity of a bullfrog. What’s that you say - we had the fastest and slowest wingers in the league on the pitch? That must be why we kept asking Moi to chase the ball down the line, while Sulemana seemed allergic to the massive wad of space behind their right back. At least Charley tried to get things going, but Brentford never had to be more than fucking average. I’ve lost all hope again, and wonder how we’ll ever score more than one goal again this season, so we’ll probably beat Spurs 2-0 on Saturday.

Why does every team I see on here have JWP Lavia & Alcaraz running the midfield, but that never happens on the actual pitch? Just give it a go, it's what fans want, and it can't be worse than the shite we put out against Leeds, right? Those three plus three from Edozie, Tall, Sully, Stuey and Che further up. Get it done. If we're going down let's go down with a bit of fight and more than 8 touches in the opposition box.

It certainly suggests Ankersen didn't think he was quite ready, but events have forced his hand. He was laughably wrong about Jones. Let's hope he was initially wrong about Ruben too.

Whatever the final score is, I reckon that's the best half of football we've had in the league for many months. JWP a legend obviously. Love tall Paul. And more of the best bits of a so-far-shit season watching Lavia turn away from and glide past Premier League midfielders like they're not there.

The fact that he sounds more like Mikel Arteta than Nathan Jones can only be a good thing. Let's see how it translates on the pitch. Not exactly a free hit tomorrow - desperately need some points. But Leeds the following Saturday is a must-win. COYR

Omnishambles. Sack the board. I'm going to organise a march to the stadium, and then go to the pub. Let's face it, we deserve to go down. Just hope the people who own us have learnt some harsh lessons about being a bit fucking smarter.

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I would have thought the same about someone like Ismailia Sarr at Watford, so you never know. Tino will only just be back from injury too so will need to prove himself for half a season at least. Anyway, I’d advocate focusing on trying to stay in this league for a bit rather than worrying about the next one.

I like the team in the first post but would be tempted to try Edozie or Mara over Orsic unless the only reason he hasn’t been playing is that he fell out with Jones. He’s done nothing when he has appeared. Ruben Selles Red Army

Less of the rarebit comments please, moosefucker - you’ve made your anti-Welsh comments clear. Cheers mush.

So bad it’s funny. A Bednarek own goal followed by an opposition 87th minute winner after substitutions made at the wrong time is a full Saints Loss bingo card. Congrats to Nathan Tella on his hat trick though.

Don't panic, Captain Mainwaring... I don't disagree for a moment that he's brought most of it upon himself, and the rants have been ridiculous. I wouldn't have appointed him in the first place. But he inherited a squad desperately low on confidence and with a crap record throughout 2022. And it's pretty clear he's not going to be sacked any time soon. So the personal hate is all a bit small time IMO. And when I'm in the ground I'll support the team for 90 mins and boo afterwards if I feel like it.

Some of the online hysteria about this guy is absurd. His comments after the Brentford game suggested he couldn't really cope, but he's been given a job to do and he's been given another chance. Let's see if he can win some football matches.

Macca KWP if fit ABK/DCC Sali Perraud Lavia Charley Sulemana JWP Edozie/Orsic Tall It won’t be, but that’s what I’d do. Give the new boys a run, and maybe bring the regulars on with a point to prove after 70 mins. Can’t be worse than what we’ve seen already.

I’d go for an enormous Jones Out banner in the Northam as long as it’s accompanied by loud nonstop positive singing in support of our team and our club.

Either that, or organising-a-protest-march-from-the-5-rivers-to-the-ground-before-cutting-up-season-tickets-with-a-pair-of-scissors time