Doctoroncall

I really want to be surprised and just see a loss by three goals or less. out of interest what are the odds of a Saints win?

If he’s sacked now, probably, but a whole season of this? Doubt it, too much scar tissue.

I presume that is from expectation as I haven’t been miffed with the loses in this league as opposed to the championship. I thought we’d have a bit more fight but with the games played against the teams of various standard so far, it looks like records will be broken and RM’s career prospects as well after this gig is over if he stays in post this season.

Will be back at End of the month, after international break.

I’m crashing a wedding somewhere, should be fun.

Can he restructure SR or edify those within SR?

On my bingo card I have: 3-0 after 15 minutes. A new and exciting formation with different personnel starting from the last game. one shot on target. Bizarre comments post match. I'm quietly confident.

How has our one time target Delap played today?

A bit unfair to compare the two sets of players. It shows how difficult it is to rely on someone like Stephens and Bednarek to make it work on skill and nous.

I think that highlights the issue we have: 1 He was good enough for the support CB in lower PL side 2 Bournemouth could utilise him to the best of his abilities 3 Better players mitigate any risk of a fuck up 4 Raised his game/confidence playing with better players

Leicester manage to evade justice again! Points penalty rules were brought in as a result of their administration, now this loophole needs to be closed due to them.

I remember ABK having a couple of stinkers, but that was when nobody was willing to step up. Certainly showed his class early on.

No one being ‘brave’ in the attacking third. Do the players know what brave means? 🤔

The owners will not agree if it carries on without obtaining points. I wonder who they have on the succession plan if RM cannot get the team play winning possession football.

So if you think he’s crap in the Championship you think he’s a league one level player? That’s a bit harsh. If he could finish better he would a decent Championship player but as he cannot he’s your mid table performer to me.

Not worse, he’s just used to the Championship and hasn’t been able to kick on.

And with the nun outfit?

We were all young once. It passes, like innocence and a sense of fair play.

I get that mistakes will be made, the trouble is the players need to be 100% committed but McCarthy showed he wasn’t, panicked, did not move his feet and played a nothing ball.

Don’t tell me, McCarthy got injured 🙏

Yes and @trousers will show you how to correct it

Champions: Arsenal (recruited well to fill the gaps and don’t want City) CL: Man City, Liverpool, Man United Europe: Villa, Spurs, Brighton Saints: 17th (more in hope) Relegation: Leicester, Forest, Brentford Chelsea - first to sack their manager but too late to recover. Boehly employs puppet manager but is really in charge until fans find his HQ and force him out.

Signed by Danny Rohl for Sheffield Wednesday a few weeks ago.

A translation from Fermín de la Calle who reports in El Periódico (Spain). Seems an accurate interpretation of England’s performance so far: Seduced by the attacking exuberance of Jude Bellingham in La Liga, Spaniards had England down as one of the strongest candidates to win the European Championship. On top of the Real Madrid player, who has arrived in Germany looking mentally exhausted, there were other interesting ingredients such as Phil Foden, who shone for Manchester City, Harry Kane, who comes from a Bayern Munich team obliged to win every week, and the emergence of Cole Palmer. As the Spanish phrase goes, Gareth Southgate had plenty of wicker to weave a basket. But yet again England have proven to be a collection of football stickers, star players, with no footballing empathy among each other. It is jarring to see Trent Alexander-Arnold in the double pivot position in midfield, a vital role for which he does not have the knowhow. And although Bellingham thinks he can do everything well, he is not Toni Kroos. England lack a “quarterback”, a Rodri or Vitinha who can manage and make sense of the resources they have. It’s heartbreaking to see England play with no clear idea, no pattern, no mechanism. The antithesis of Luis de la Fuente’s Spain, they have too many pianists and no one to carry the piano on to the stage. Southgate’s tactical plans have made average players of stars. There’s still no sign of an England team.

That’s fair to a point but it would be hard to switch over to expansive football for the knockout stage. We’ll likely play trying to emulate the Greece success at euro 04 by playing a disciplined, safe way.