Ex Lion Tamer

If you libel someone then the burden of proof is on you (and Saintsweb) as the publishers, not him

Players are clearly still playing for him

There's no way he could have generated any pace on the ball from that cross. It would have been powderpuff into the goalie's arms and pelters from saintsweb

Potential club legend if he can keep on playing like that

You have to say that the players are still playing for Ralph. Terrific pressing

It's less that Ralph doesn't have a clue and more that he cares less about winning the Carabao cup than he does resting players and giving others a run out

Leach has backpedaled on this

Quite hard to pick the weeds on this one but as I understand it, Lowe was executive chairman and had identified Wotte a number of years earlier. Wilde backed the appointment of Poortvliet and was somewhat responsible as football chairman but I wouldn't assume he was the driving force behind it simply because he gave the press quote. http://www.prostinternational.com/2021/03/09/mark-wotte-ruperts-message-was-clear-from-day-one-there-is-no-budget/ Wilde certainly didn't get his way when replacing Poortvliet: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/4357374.wilde-i-wanted-british-boss-for-saints/

Until the current regime make managerial choices equivalent to Wigley, Gray, Poortvliet, then they're not comparable. Also Lowe thought he knew it all whereas Gao has the humility to stay out of the football side

I like to think it will be different if we're struggling in the relegation zone

He probably had help but "gentle" is such an odd choice that it feels like a genuine sentiment

Semmens just said on a podcast that we have money to spend in Jan

He was definitely getting pelters on here but it's hard to dig out the exact threads

A lot depends on how much Moi is earning and what he'll accept to stay. I'd keep him if he takes the right wage

It would be AP Saints, for Amazon Prime

Not going well for Claude at St Etienne https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/oct/18/claude-puel-clinging-on-job-ligue-1-saint-etienne

Yeah but apart from that, why hasn't Ralph been starting him?

Yep, surprised it has passed without more comment really (or maybe I just missed it). It feels good to break the managerial merry-go-round we've been on, even if results have been up and down (to say the least)

2 more games and Ralph will have overtaken Adkins for number of games managed. 6 more games and he'll overtake Branfoot, becoming our longest serving manager since Chris Nicholl

I just came on here to say what a brilliant pass that was. Perfect weighting

Good stuff. Once again our opponents have had an off day, funny that

Why not? I mean, I don't think you can confidently predict it will happen, but I don't see why it can't either. If you get girls playing in schools then the rest will follow

Graeme Jones must have been slacking off this season because they're back in the relegation zone

There was also the dodgy sponsorship deal. But I basically agree with you. Imagine if Gao gave Alan Pardew an eight-year contract! Or tried to rename the stadium. Or got us relegated twice. Or hired Joe Kinnear. Etc etc

Exactly, it has a lot more to do with an emotional desire for a "regular guy" at the top, ideally English, who will speak to the fans and seem nice. Ok Gao doesn't do that, but all that stuff is window dressing. He's overseeing the club well enough, he just can't invest unfortunately