Patrick Bateman

Photo from the official site ... I think we can all see Leo gets hacked around every match, but clear proof on that ankle!

This. I would be annoyed if we were NOT promoted, who wouldn't be? But the Championship is a brilliant league overall, much more entertaining than the Premier League circus, but the clubs needs the cash innit.

100% I'm sure IF we get promoted he'd be good to have around as club captain, but I would hope that lesson learnt from last time and that the club buy in a good, proven, Premier League centre back, or two.

He has definitely been much better. But then there are a few things, one of which you highlight: - Stable partnership with THB - Goalkeeper who is VOCAL and they may have more trust in (hypothetical) - Back 4 with proper fullbacks - Confidence! - Undisputed captaincy - no swapping around with Armstrong etc But yeah, he's been much more stable - in this division.

Agreed - put in a real shift, held the ball up, stood up, made space, brought others into play - definitely deserved a goal

Johnny Depp, with Dani Osvaldo as manager.

The way I see it is that Tonda was basically starting on minus points after such a dreadful start, under a dreadful manager, with a mix of new players finding their feet and some who had lost their feet and seemingly couldn't be arsed. When he took over, Saints were 21st (!!) after 13 matches and already 12 points off the play offs (Preston were 6th, Stoke were still 3rd). Stoke are now 5 places below Saints (and everyone was saying why didn't we have their manager etc etc) and we're now only 4 points off the play off places with 13 games to go. If Tonda can bridge that "minus point gap" from the first 13 matches, I'll give him a 9/10. So far it's a 7/10 - I think you can see he's still learning as he goes, which isn't a bad thing, but if Saints somehow go promoted, which I still think is a big ask right now, I'm pretty sure he's going to need help and guidance otherwise he's going to become a 2/10 and I feel we'll be wasting a potentially decent manager. Plenty of should have and could have moments in football, not hiring Still, hiring Rohl, even given Tonda the job from day 1 etc etc. I just see a vast improvement and the proof is there in the league table figures from after the 13th match of the season. Who knows though, just my opinion anyway.

It's under £10m. He should be snapped up, far better than any other options we have. Ramsdale won't be at Saints next season regardless.

Surely that can't actually be real??? Jesus wept.

I echo this - we were going to go, but my son's football training won't finish in time. Annoying. TV it is.

This is frightening - mainly for Leicester, they really are screwed. But how is Matt Target on £100k a week even in the Premier League? Madness.

I am assuming that many of these 60 mins subs ARE planned (especially for Steward, Edozie, Romeu) as the sports science behind it could be something like "come off on 70 mins and recovery time is x days, come off on 60 mins and recovery time is x days -1. But if you play less than 60 mins you don't build up much needed match fitness" ... that kind of thing, so yeah, they probably are being over-managed, but as long as they're kept fit and we keep winning, the planned subs are fine with me.

My thoughts too, time sucks.

Too many soft opinions. He is awful. Archer buck your ideas up and perform like you are paid to do, or ask the club to be moved on.

Is Archer a footballer? Is he well paid to do this? What a dopey tit.

Can't believe Blackburn are still owned by the VH Group and their fans are still hating them, how long has that been now? Must be nearly 2 decades!?!? They've done nothing in that time, from a 90s Premier League (or Premiership then) stable, to, well, bumbling around in division 2 and 3.

That's a great shout. I don't understand this latest "we need 3 goalkeepers" fad, isn't that exactly what the youth is for?? And yeah, if they are THAT bad, we (as a club) are doing something horrifically wrong. Mind you, I can't ever recall Saints producing a goalkeeper from the academy of any note, am I wrong?

Nothing like an out of breath stumbling rant

Up the football league we go

From managerial dunce to managerial genius in 2 halves ... right?? 🤣

LOL!! Fk me!! hahahahahahaha ... not sure what to say! hahahahaha

TBF to Tonda, he's done the right thing. He can't help if the players don't put a shift in, so he's hauled them, GOOD. Starting Archer, BAD.

And yes the NFL is rubbish and watched by oddballs (over here anyway, you're excused if you're actually an American)

Blasphemy, I love watching snooker - nothing beats that quiet time and calmness, it's my 'zen sport'. Darts can fk off though, noisy crap.

I'd forgotten he was there ... 😐