InvictaSaint

I think that’s the point he was making. We’re so shit at recruitment we’ll bring in a crocked striker.

A few thoughts on Jones’s start to his Saints tenure from a Luton forum here for consideration.

You know exactly what I meant you self-righteous prick.

Anyway, after a 120 mile drive I’m walking down to SMS to support my team. Have fun behind your keyboard @niceandfriendly.

Where did I say ‘not allowed to comment’? I’m simply saying not a single second of the game has been played, so why not just see how it goes? If it’s shit it’s shit - but we don’t know yet. Not such a big ask is it.

Other than Stu….which of the bench would you prefer to have in the starting 11?! Everyone moaned at AMN and AA; they’re out. 5 at the back is out. Yet still people moan. How about we give them a chance ffs?!

Think it has to be. There’s no 3rd CB in that line up. If so, that’s lesson learnt from the Lincoln game.

Worth a listen. He’s clearly keeping his powder dry to an extent which is understandable but there is absolute recognition that there were things which very much need to improve. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dqlj35

That would be horribly counterintuitive- not least because Jones abandoned that system 60 odd minutes in.

They'll be in a lot more financial trouble if we don't invest and then go down.....

True. But then we've not had a WC in December before. I can't recall seeing anything major or even minor for any club to be honest...am sure, as always, it will crank up once the clock ticks round to 1st Jan.....

Hat trick for Ballard. He’s got to be knocking on the door sometime soon….

Where did you find that DT? I’ve looked everywhere including on BCFC site….but nothing. We lost 2-0 there 27.11.11….but can’t see a dickie bird about a friendly result this weekend.

From my favourite (and statistically reliable) predictions website (https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/premier-league/). Even though we are currently 19th we only have a 33% chance of relegation.....

He earned more from the ‘kiss and tell’ interview with Porky Morgan than he’d earn with us…..

3-1.

2-1.

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Good info, freako.

Someone reported that Blackmore had mentioned this chap’s name in a Solent piece a week or so back. I can’t find the post but am sure somebody can.

I think the increasing difficulty SR face is that of fan discontent and dissatisfaction. There may or may not be a plan to do X, Y or Z. That’s open to conjecture and discussion. What is *beyond* dispute is that what we have had to watch over the last 18 months has been turgid, insipid, fearful football resulting in - lest we forget - not even a handful of wins in 30 odd league games. Shameful. Like it or not, that will have an effect, whether it be reduced numbers through turnstiles, reduced merchandise sales, audible dissatisfaction / protest at SMS. SR would do well to read the runes and see where this is heading. If they have a plan to buy big in January and give RH the attacking player(s) he so needs, then OK - let that play out. However, any other pathway will see things get ugly pretty quickly in my view.

Sorry to be the one to point this out….but you somewhat contradict yourself in this post. At the top of this page you state - in capitals - ‘Ralph isn’t going anywhere’. So which is it?

It’s interesting - watching him yesterday from the Arthur Wait stand among the palace fans (long story!) it’s incredible how many times he jumps early - way too early - and ends up coming back to earth at the same time as the ball. He doesn’t meet it - he sort of joins it. That’s precisely what happened at Wolves and many times since. Not sure that’s a coaching thing - his sense of time and space are off. Might explain other failings too…..

Agree. He’s neither fish nor foul at present. When AMN came on you could see him push higher and start influencing our forward play more. But with Diallo next to him he can’t risk that. He has to be on the cover all the time. But notwithstanding he hasn’t the pace or the physicality to be an influence in the centre without a Romeu type alongside him.