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But better how? The job at Salzburg is probably no more impressive then gerrard at rangers really is it ..? he done poorly at Leipzig who are a very strong club and failed at leeds if he struggled with those two clubs who are both in better shape then us what makes it likely that he will do well with us ? also if we are honest he looks worse then Ralph pre saints .. and I wouldn’t wanna go back to a Ralph 2.0 style either

What’s good about him though? He’s failed at Leipzig and didn’t last until Xmas and then got sacked at our relegation rivals. Plus considering Salzburg have won the league 9 times in a row that’s not particularly impressive either tbh.. after pretty much failing at Leeds and Leipzig though I can’t really see the attraction ?

Find it hard to get excited about this one didnt last until Xmas at Leipzig ( so did a much worse job then Ralph ) then sacked at Leeds. Not sure what’s the selling point here ?

Wouldn’t mind nuno from that list.. he was cracking at wolves

Looks like a 442 diamond to mr with either lavia or amn holding ..

Bazunu Lyanco Jannie B. Salisu bree. Perraud Lavia/. Diallo Jwp Paul. Sula thats my guess how we line up this week.. sula playing off Paul could actually work quite well

Having the World Cup break wasn’t really gonna get rid of the flaws like turning che into a clinical striker or make our uncreative wingers creative suddenly.. let’s be honest this was the worse Southampton strikeforce we have had since we have been in the top flight.. we could have done with getting our business done early but we didn’t and have had to limp along as we were I don’t think there’s a magic wand for that

Pellegrino had a good 5-6 months in charge though. So it was really evident it was a lost cause.. personally I don’t think we are that stage with jones yet.. it’s only been a month Sure results have been poor so far but we all know we had glaring holes with no clinical strikers, lack of creativity in the side and a goalkeeper who cant save anything.. we all wanted a striker on the first of January but it didn’t happen until the end of the window. I think this squad pre transfers was worse then what pellegrino had to deal with actually… after his outburst last weekend he’s promised to do things his own way now, no more excuses.. two new signings let’s see what he can now

End of the day though we were shit under Ralph,and jones hasn’t managed to turn it around yet. The differance Being Ralph had four years to shape this squad and this is what jones has inherited.. I don’t think sports republic are the types that just looked at jones and brought him in to save us from relegation they probably viewed him as a long term project, liked his metrics, liked that he had little Luton punching above their weight. They probably see him as their next Thomas frank A lot of the reason that both Ralph and now jones struggled this season had to be down to the fact we didn’t have a goal scorer, etc it’s taken sports republic all of January to rectify this so they may as well at least back their man and see what he can do with the new weapons now

A mother buys her kids a pet dog for Xmas but instead of getting the Labrador they wanted instead she brings them a pug.. the kids don’t like the pug and think it’s ugly so they decide to poke it with sticks and throw stones at it until the dog bites one of them… they then cry for the dog to be put down ..

Gif of the year award right there 😂

Tbh I still feel for him a bit, fans have been on his back instantly from about the second game in charge.. in return he’s getting all defensive trying to shift blame whilst trying to point out his strengths.. the more he talks the more everyone rips his post match interviews apart ..couple that with we had massive issues with the squad both in attack and defense which in a way is a result of four years of Ralph ball where creativity isn’t as important as off the ball .. you can understand why it’s not easy just to come in and turn it around - dyche at least has solid defenders like tarkowski etc so it’s something to work with…. still hoping he can turn things myself although looks like I’m in the severe minority

Jones is probably more entertaining then the football has been if you don’t believe me ask the people in the village 🤣.. Hope he turns it around, he’s only trying to defend himself really and I quite wanna see the next episode now

Been defending jones a lot on here, but can’t really excuse that team selection for the first half, sulemana looked good in flashes good touch fast looks capable of making things happen.. we definitely needed some one like him.. edozie. I’m starting to think needs a rest now. He’s a bit of lightweight and bar being quite a good dribbler doesn’t seem to grab games and create things, messed up a good chance to play bree down the flank.. I think at the moment Id honestly rather play A/A wide then edozie A/A is more rapid and incisive pretty good pressing/ needs to be him or Orsic as the other side man imo onuachu hmmm, hardly won anything in the air which was a bit disapointing for a guy of his size.. but to be fair he does look fast for his size and also had a pretty good touch, so hopefully can be a quite well rounded signing.. made little impact today though

To be fair Orsic has looked very off the pace.. I think end product wise he will be the best winger/ten we have .. but looks a bit unfit and struggling to get into games so far

WOW now I’m excited watching this video of our kamaldinho in Denmark he looks one hell of a exciting player.. kinda cross between sterling Ronaldinho neymar type hybrid 😍.. end product might not be there but he’s a hell of a talent! Also exciting that Rennes fans prefer him to doku MUST WATCH!!

I think Ralph had more then his fair share of excuses. He had four years or whatever to shape his own side. And let’s be honest by the time he left we had gone backwards excuse after excuse for him even losing 9-0 and taking absolute maulings the fanbase still stuck with him. Our form under him was terrible for nearly two years running.. but he’ was the one who shaped the squad into what it is now, he built a squad full of players caring only for off the ball movement and workrate, he ditched off players like gabbi and boufal etc etc in favour of workhorses like long elyounoussi redmond etc.. by the time he left we now have zero composure or creativity in the team that he built .. he had four years of excuses whilst jones gets shit from his second game in charge. point is jones hasn’t had four years to shape the team like Ralph did but he’s expected to just snap his fingers and change the complete bunch of crap he’s been saddled with.. also I’m not sure how you can suggest jones is losing the midfield battle more then Ralph did as we now are playing three in the middle instead of the two Ralph did.

It does mean it’s close though. Actual score line is more important then whether you think we are playing some Barcelona football or if you think the other side had the better of the game. we are usually losing matches after che missed a sitter.. and then some bazunu error at the other end.. don’t know what you expect nj to do about that. He can’t turn bazunu into Peter schmeichal and che into shearer suddenly.. we are in with a chance in most matches at least let’s see if the new additions can now do their jobs and turn these tight games into points

Not so much celebrating losing games by one, but it is a valid point. We have been close and competitive in most games. But when you have no clinical striker,and bazunu who lets most shots in even if they are are streight at him .. im sure you acknowledge we are at a disadvantage in 50/50 games where chances are few and far between, hate to think what would happen if jones took a 9-0 spanking like Ralph 😆 burn him at the stake Re formation, yeah like said above I think 433 is the best for us by far at the moment. But the 532 also allows us the 3 in midfield whilst also having two up top.. it’s possible to keep che in the line up or even play sulemana off onuachu personally I’m a bit sick of 442 and having no protection in midfield after years of Ralphball so maybe I’m just happy it’s a change

The mob come out for every loss here don’t they.. we have only lost by one goal every loss since Brighton-FACT. No one is battering us unlike they did under the forum favourite Ralph. Now we have a hopefully decent striker hopefully that extra bit of potency can turn these close games into points .. im not totally against the 5 at the back either although I do prefer the 4-3-3. 5 at the back still gives us 3 cms though which I think suits us. Otherwise we tend to lose the midfield battle ….interesting to see how we line up with new signings I’d go 4-3-3 and drop che but if he wants to keep him in we could see more 5-3-2.. personalky I’m more optimistic under jones then I was Ralph over his last year or more.. I’m backing jones to turn the corner think it will click soon

Was reading quite a bit of French comments on twitter regarding sulemana.. a lot of comparisons with doku both meant to be frustrating as hell.. Rennes fans seemed to prefer sulemana, tbh couple of times I saw doku he looked breathtaking so I’m kinda excited by the two being compared so much.. expect him to be raw as hell and did read he had a bad attitude and very individual in his play but think he’s gonna be exciting.. onuachu: seems to be able to finish from watching the vids and not just good in the air.read a report about him which suggests he’s also actually pretty damn fast and one of his strengths is his pace, all sounds pretty good on paper but we gotta hope he can make the step up now.. overall though at least we actually got a striker in the door and sulemana is a nice bonus. All our signings this window look pretty good on paper. being fussy I still think we could have done with upgrading bazunu he’s not ready and is costing us way to much but overall pretty happy with our business.. https://breakingthelines.com/player-stories/paul-onuachus-rise-to-super-eagle-stardom/

Isn’t it funny how the last two transfer windows are comically going exact same way,a lot of us predicted we wouldn’t go for striker till the last day.. we could have activated vitinha’s release clause on the 1st of jan if we wanted him but just like gakpo wait until right until the end., it’s also looking totally weird the way most of the window has us penny pinching for cheap players.. we were even lowballing on Orsic for about 5 mil when he looked a total bargain anyway .. but then we seem to get the 30 m links at end of the window just like last time that never happen.. it’s all a bit fishy really 😵‍💫 how can you just keep making same mistakes and not rectifying the problems

What do you mean buy a striker that doesn’t exist???there’s tons of strikers out there.. don’t be fooled by the clubs lack of ability to seal a deal. we are in the shit it’s not about players who will want to join or not,we have to make that happen by paying the price the club are happy to sell at,and paying wages high enough and maybe better then our competition to seal the fucking deals. It’s not rocket science pay the price they will come.. Unless we change this and stop our we won’t be held to ransom ways we will continue to get gazumped by every other club in the league over to you sports republic get one of these Vitinha dembele onuahu types and we may have a shot it’s that or relegation

It’s difficult because we seem to get a nosebleed at the thought of paying over 20million or the thought of paying out decent wages like West Ham did ings.. I see they are going for ener Valencia now. surely at this stage instead of buying 3 or four players like we seem to have tried for this window including Alcaraz and Orsic etc. wouldn’t you be better clubbing the money together for that one player (a striker ) then it is to be signing two players like hjulmand and sulemana? the board need to stop being little boys trying to play in a mens league and pay what it needs to get the striker if that means signing less players why not do that then ?

My money is on sulemana hjulmand and another kid from city