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I think he knows it too, as he's looked at the first six and felt that we will be lucky to get three points. So cashing in his chips already by playing batshit crazy team selection to force the compensation. Or he is just shit.

Am told we have 5 points from the last 39 available, and a-24 goal difference. Where in the world would this not be enough to give him the push?

If you get your business done early and don't scrimp and save then you can hit the ground running and not have to play catch up for the potential 12 points you've dropped in the first month. We seem to never learn this. It also means you can only attract poorer players, given the league position. Of course, it doesn't help that even poor players can be given some kind of tactical base and formation by a manager who knows what he is doing. Which we don't have. We should have sacked him last season, and probably baulked at the compensation price, which is why we didn't do it. Now it looks like he is gagging for that compensation, or he really is clueless in terms of player selection. What a mess.

'His all round game is excellent', as opposed to Armstrong, who's all round game is terrible. But Ralph clearly has one of his 'issues' with Che and that's him out. Why not keep him as a foil? Not all strikers do all the scoring. Some do all the work to let others do that.

He is considerably less shit than Ralph

It’s called relegation year. I can’t help but think JWP has signed for Spurs to be with his mate Forster. Just a suspicion. Would be worst case scenario indeed. We have to get rid of Ralph. And not sell International strikers to our relegation rivals. As if Forest are that. (They’ll be fine) ps Brighton are so weak, aren’t they lads? The saints forum footie knowledge strikes again!

🚨 It’s understood that Southampton are ‘willing to move on’ striker Che Adams this summer #saintsfc @TheAthleticUK idiotic

Sauce?

Not much chance he’ll come to us. The foreign options and Leicester must be ahead of us, unless there’s a Chelsea link we can squeeze

The players all clearly think he’s a sham. Give him Leeds and then sack him if we don’t win. The cumulative performance has been appalling, and now he’s blaming everything and anyone but him for his cluelessness tactically and motivationally.

Quite. I was quoting him having a go at me for reporting a pundit suggesting we might be in trouble this season. And that Ralph wasn’t safe.

If he doesn’t fuck about with formations it exposes how bad a manager he is

Agreed. Ralph is the emperor’s new clothes

The happy clappies will be on your back, saying it’s too early. Despite it being glaringly obvious that he is tactically clueless for the entire season last time out. He picks wrong teams. Favours wrong players. Plays people out of position. Cannot time a substitute. Useless at man management. Can’t manage a game. Please give him a deadline. I hope the owners can see it too.

Just seen the Salisu OG. Embarrassing.

Ralph is the problem

Just seen snippet of JWP grinning and laughing with one of the Spurs players after the game. Doesn’t sit well, that.

TalkSPORT pundit not really off the mark really is he, shock

So negative

Strange selections. Tick. Dodgy tactics. Tick. Ralph slotting straight back into it.

‘Love the morning positivity’ 😂

Reporting what an ex pro says? Prick

“I think they’ll go down, Southampton’. Tony Cascarino on Talksport just mow, looking at the game today, saying the manager ‘isn’t safe’ and that changing the coaching team and not replacing Ings is going to present problems.

No, but I think they are a good, well run club with decent values and a manager who plays the game the ‘right’ way. And I think k many on here dismiss them as being nowhere near Saints’ level, when in reality they are probably a bit ahead of us, reflected in their finishing position last time out. It is possible to admire other clubs without being ‘secret fans’. Quite liked Barcelona of old as well….

They battered Espanyol in pre-season and have an excellent manager. They will be absolutely fine.