Sunglasses Ron

Alan Ball 🙂

I was very fond of the last manager we had who won the World Cup as a player, so would be happy to give him a shot (especially over Gerrard or Lampard).

I see that Leeds fan is being charged with assault and ‘entering the field of play’. To be fair, I think we had 11 people at our game yesterday who you could apply the latter to.

Not sure I agree. We were clear favourites for relegation when they signed so it would have been suicide to sign them on huge wages. I suspect they were either signed with the 40% reduction clause, or on modest wages but with a bonus if we stayed up.

The light show?

Haha good lad!

Merry Relegation everyone!

Yup, each to their own I guess but an empty stadium would have sent a powerful message to all involved.

Fraid so pal, but that’s not to say he’d be any worse than some of our players.

Fucking hell, let the poor bugger rest in peace.

Useless fucking fucks, only thing they’re good at it taking the first opportunity to go down with flying colours.

I’m personally really looking forward to the end of season spectacular against Liverpool. I wonder how we’ll chose to bow out of the Premier League?

Thank Gawd for that, and there was me thinking this season was a complete disaster. I suspect in the not-too-distant future, they might introduce 'green difference' into the actual league table!

If the rumours are true then he's an absolute dick. Bordering on acting like a mini VVD, only with about 50% less talent.

I personally don't see Potter as being unattainable and would definitely like to see him come here. There's probably more chance of someone like Vieira though I reckon.

It's a shambolic state of affairs. That said, SMS was a fantastic fortress for us for most of the 2010's. You know, when we had a committed team that played great football...

Bloody hell that's bad, an average of about 5 wins a season. I think we've only won two this season, which explains why we're finally going down.

I have to say, whilst we obviously had Rickie Lambert and a host of other really good players during that period, the one I think who was most pivotal was Adam Lallana. I really hate how he left us, but my word what a player he was for us. We really need characters like him to galvanise us once again.

Yeah, 2005 was a proper punch in the stomach feeling. Those two 9-0 defeats were similar, albeit not as damaging long-term. This time round, I think we've all had plenty of time to come to the realisation that we're going down, and for this reason, it's not the same for me. There's definitely an underlying feeling of anger at just how badly we've cocked things up though. This relegation has been totally self-inflicted and I really worry that the main culprits are currently still with us. I have no faith in their ability to turn this around sadly.

That’s literally been the case since January. Fact is, we’re fucking shite.

Only we could score three in three separate games and only get two points from them.

Not forgetting the other 21 (FFS!) games we’ve lost.

Yup, jack of all trades, master of none (except at being bloody awful).

On the bright side… … just 20 days until the season is over. Saints could make some dosh here and do some kind of countdown advent calendar. Every day could have an image of Che Adams missing an open goal or something.

Looks like it, absolutely chucking it down!