DT

Again. Why is Manning playing? He is hopeless at football. Which is key.

Smallbone rewarded for his last two dogshit performances with another selection. I suppose his failings might be not quite so highlighted by Downes’ presence. Manning’s selection (they must have compromising photos, surely) another conundrum.

Absolute shit

Very little belief. They know we’ve got to win right? So lackadaisical. Not going for it at all. Slow, ponderous, just waiting for the second or content to lose by one. Not brave.

What the actual fuck was that from Charles? And smallbone? Do we want to win or just pass it backwards all game and take the 1-0? Ffs

Had a crazy thought. We miss out on automatic by one place, ie come third. Everton get hit by more points deductions, as do Forest, and perhaps Chelsea, resulting in a shuffling of places beyond the season's end by an embarrassed FA. Resulting in the top two in the division - Leicester and Leeds, say, going up, along with the winners of the playoffs (Ipswich, say). But also, because of the madness and shifting around that is necessary, the third placed finishers (and not beaten finalists in the play-offs). Which might be us. Or Ipswich. Anyway, will go back to dreaming. Or lying down in a dark room. PS the stars might align for us to have either David Moyes after all if he decides to walk and/or Russell gets poached or we lose faith after not going up. Or Eddie Howe, come to that. Wouldn't be unhappy with either, and both linked before.

Think we should put out our youngest possible side just to piss on their media-love in bonfire. I suspect they will have injured players magically recover today. Blessed by the hand of Klopp, or something.

This is the bit where injuries to key players 'improve unexpectedly'. The Klopp love-in is insufferable. Somebody should remind the media of the illegal approach to VVD which was his foundation.

Very sad about this. I once saw and recognised Chris Nicholl after I had been playing football as a kid at Monksbrook. He was sitting having a drink - of coke or something - outside Sperrings. He saw that I saw him and was too shy to approach for an autograph. And that half of me didn’t want to intrude in his life. As he drove past he waved. I like to think he appreciated him not bothering him but I could have made all that up. Honourable man. Good player. Proper Saint. RIP

Bantz

Because I love Saints and always will. We will beat Millwall tomorrow and still be in the mix.

Proper team, Leeds. In a stadium with a proper atmosphere. Painful truth.

What the actual fuck are we doing. Bazunu giving it away time after time. No energy. Manning so shit it’s unbelievable. Slow. Ponderous. Moment movement. And taking ridiculous risks all the time. Bazunu more touches than anyone. All of them shit. This is a team that stands no chance of promotion. Utterly shit

We are absolutely atrocious tonight. Manning one of the worst left back performances I have ever seen

Bringing my daughter tonight. She's been loads of times before but has never seen Saints win...

Mason Holgate being shit for the Blades. Horror challenge and a red card. What a terrible footballer

That side looks very fragile when we need to firm up. Needs backbone not smallbone. Bloody hell

Charles. Holy crap

Isn't this what they used to call 'tapping up'? You know, the thing that the sainted Lord Klopp did illegally to get Van Dijk and set Liverpool off on their road to success. Or doesn't it apply to staff as it (used to, at least) to players? All seems a bit tawdry to just chuck it out into the press and hope everybody just accepts it (as they appear to be doing) because Man U are really big.

Here you are. https://theathletic.com/5277451/2024/02/15/jason-wilcox-manchester-united-news/

Uh oh. Wilcox to Man U. Big loss of if happens.

Why are we so poor tonight? Manning is such a shit defender

This. Worried about their intensity versus ours. Need to up this in the second half and glad Charles off for Stuey

It’s all a bit dull.

This, I’m afraid. Home atmosphere, lots of goals. Are we a play off team? Not sure. Think we need to be four clear of Leeds by the final game, which doesn’t look good at the moment