Pedantic Pete

It's funny that some people are suggesting Eddie Howe... If our possible 70 stat is a bad..In Bournemouth's best season in the prem they conceded 61 goals, the other seasons they conceded 65, 67 ,67 and 70 goals. Ironically it wasn't the year they conceded 70 that they went down!

Absolutely just like we try to get murders down to zero too!

I had something on in the background not really listening the other day, so for the life of me I can't remember what it was. However I took notice as they were arguing about someone who had said that you couldn't completely get rid of racism and they were slating the person. I must say that I agree, you can't eliminate anything completely. Look at murders..You'd think in all the years we have had laws people would have learned by now but there are still hundreds? or is it thousands of murders each year in the UK( as an side I think read there are 30,000 gun related deaths in the US per year? that's mental! ). So i tend to agree, you can do as much as you can do but ultimately some idiot will do what they want anyway be it racism, murder, nicking a car or dropping some litter!

Thomas Frank is interesting comparison when talking about replacements... Brentford P 137 W 64 D 33 L 40 W% 46.7% Ralph Saints P 105 W 40 D 22 L 43 W% 38.1% However arguably Ralph is in a more difficult league and at Leipzig he had a win% of 48% so stats wise is it much different? (not my figures they are from Wiki...so if they are wrong I apologise)

Back in the day it was awful in the stadiums but now people are less tolerant it has improved a lot, still work to do but it is less acceptable. I hope that now people are less tolerant on social media it might get better, as the first step is that awareness.

Or perhaps it's always been there but people are more aware of, or sensitive to it now?

TBF everyone knows we were never the top 4 side that that run suggested But what If we had spread the last two seasons results out better would people be happier with Ralph?.. So if we hadn't had this bad run currently but lost those 12 games or whatever it is over the two seasons more evenly especially during that 38 game run? What have we had? 88 points over the two seasons with 7 to play. Most people would probably accept that. For reference over the same period Palace have 81 points, Newcastle 76 points, Burnley 87 points, Brighton 74 points, Everton 97 points, Villa 79 points, West Ham 94 points, Sheffield 68 points, Wolves 97 points. I think the truth probably is Ralph isn't the world beater that run suggested but he isn't as bad as the run we are on now suggests.

No Saints fans attending may be a blessing looking at the negativity on here. It's a one off game so anything could happen, that's why the cup is so good, or was before everyone gave up on it and just want survival/top 4 instead. Personally I think we will win this but we might get hammered...so just like every game in the last 40 years then!

Yeah I do get that but there's no guarantee that the next manager will be better. Personally over the last two years we have shown enough form to suggest that he can keep us up- although often teams which finish really bad do start really bad the next year so I can see the risk. Hey and if the worst happens and we get another 9-0 defeat, at least no one will ever beat that record for the same manager!

I think (hope) the board stick with Ralph. If he goes the odds are we would churn through dross over and over like we have done previously. I think some people think we should be challenging at the top end of the table because we were top for one game but in reality we are roughly where we should be.

Klopp has also gone off the boil..is there some sort of conspiracy?

👏Well done you get it at last..just signing a petition won't do anything either!

Wouldn't it actually be 135 as the first game was November?

How does not condoning it make it any better for those suffering? that's my point..Do something about it..stop getting a TV licence and tell the BBC it's because they are going to show games from Qatar. Boycott any company that does business with them. But you won't it's all hand wringing and virtue signalling. Action is too hard.

Hold on why should they be different to anyone else?..You can't have a clear conscience these days unless you are doing the latest empty gesture to prove your wokeness?

That Russia had just used a nerve agent on British soil? We still went to that world cup! 🙂

Aren't the two linked? If they aren't suitable to hold the world cup because of their human rights record then surely they aren't suitable to do business with?

Do people realise we have trade with Qatar worth billions, I think we even make fighter jet's for them? Shouldn't we be picketing outside BAE if we are so set on making a stand against this "scummy country"?

Left to our scouting team we sign players like Boufal, Lemina, Casillas etc

Lol..the countries that are bidding isn't a secret..Everyone knew Qatar were bidding for it..Each round a bid is disqualified so you even get to see who still is in the running as they count down to the final few. They are currently looking at letting China bid for 2030..There you go 9 years notice for you to get out protesting!

But isn't the issue that people are happy to sign a form, maybe go for a walk on a protest but not really ready to change anything in their own life that would make a difference? Isn't it just a bit of virtue signalling really? Make people feel good that they signed a petition but will they still watch the world cup? Probably... if England do well they will be down the pub watching the games.. Will they boycott the TV companies that show the games? No..... they will still have a TV licence and watch corrie after its over. Will they boycott any company doing business with Qatar? Probably not. Did they really care? Probably not..a bit of faux outrage is all the rage these days... then carry on as normal. Why weren't they protesting before the decision, to make the decision to give it to them impossible? Why aren't they out in the streets protesting to ensure China don't get the 2030 world cup?

You are absolutely right, Change has to start with a single person. Personally though, I don't think it that people should try to use sport or football as the medium for that change. If we do boycott countries for everything that is wrong then we will never play another international again and probably shouldn't be turning up on a Saturday either as a protest to cheap labour being used to make the kits.

The problem IMO with this sort of thing is that there are so many issues in the world so why do people feel the need to bring politics into football? The fish we eat is often caught using slave labour, the kits we buy are stitched by kids, we do multi billion pound business deals with countries violating human rights laws everyday, we let the Chinese do whatever they like to the people of Hong Kong with no consequence as we are trying to get down to carbon neutral by getting anything that is polluting made in another country (China) so we feel good for lowering carbon but can carry on consuming at the same levels...but woah..we should boycott the world cup..that will fix everything?

But that's what I mean, he should have made a decision- red or yellow- then VAR checks it and says "you got that right"- "or wrong". Not go to see what the card colour should be. If he ended up at the monitor, surely it means that Mason has said- "that's a clear and obvious error".. So perhaps he said- "you got that wrong- you should have sent him off"

I haven't read this but I thought VAR was there to check clear and obvious errors not for refs to use to make decisions? So what was his original decision?- or are we entering a new era of the ref "popping" over to the monitor before every decision he has to make?