Miltonaggro

Spot on. This is squarely on Spors & Co.

Noticed this first game of the season, so easily bullied and outflanked by journeyman defenders I had to question what I was seeing for a bloke his size. Like a heavyweight being pushed around by middleweights. Age on his side but that's also linked to commitment a la Bella Kotchap!

To be honest I would have bought in a new skipper, clean slate and all that. If that didn't come off perhaps tried harder to tempt Romeu back on a free, with a bumper one to two year deal.

Yes, as GS said, the problem is Sport Republic, who seem completely incapable of learning despite repeated kicks in the bollocks. From their first day at the club, if they had tried to walk before they learned to run we would likely still be a stable and established top flight club.

100% this. I genuinely think a lot of Saints fans in June could have identified the right players in the Championship to target to get us competitive and challenging for promotion having seen what worked over a decade ago. Most would have gone straight for keeper, centre back, combative midfielder and centre forward at a fraction of the price of the Sporswave.

Wherever he is, Cortese is fucking furious at having to do his own dry cleaning.

In his early years at the club the senior pros identified him as the resident wet behind the ears dinlo, and gave him the nickname 'Trigger'. I have seen no evidence that this early psychological evaluation requires reassessment.

He is typically rooted to his line when there is any oppo attacking play close to goal, and you can feel / see the thought process and hesitation from the stands. When he is forced to come off his line a catch is rare and the ball is more often punched, parried or kicked back into play. Really basic stuff.

It’s not the most important thing, but perhaps key if other areas are lacking, think Forster for us in the Prem. Shilton mentioned by GS above was built like a brick shithouse and incredibly strong, you sensed that presence when watching him, and Neimi was a total athlete. Baz hasn’t got that either.

Kinky!

And very different times GS. Remember watching Phil Parkes in late 70s early 80s era and thinking he was a giant, whilst 5ft 8ins in platform heels Laurie Sivell at Ipswich played something like 150 odd games for that great ipswich side as paul cooper’s understudy.

#Dogshitball

I know that we were in for Rohl prior to appointing Juric, and that there was an agreement to revisit at the end of the season, so you have to assume that Spors had a big hand in the decision to appoint Will Still. My first reaction was negative, but on looking at his solid if not spectacular record at Lens and the amount of interest elsewhere managed to convince myself he was worth a chance. The thing that has worried me since is that ever since appointment the bloke has looked like a rabbit in the headlights, very little presence or confidence, whether it's on club media, press conferences, or the videos of training. I get that it's a big job for a 32 year old without any playing pedigree or managerial experience in the English leagues, but it's also a job that needs someone who can enthuse, galvanise and build confidence. I like the bloke and it's a great story, but I hope that the posts above mentioning that he has a limited number of games to click is correct. You have to admire Sheffield United in this regard, as soon as it's clear that the experiment hasn't worked they opt for surety in this league. If we do pull the trigger on Still in the coming weeks we need to do the same - Rohl or Carrick the most obvious replacements.

That's one statistical value where Whitey is spot on. My eldest is a shade over 6ft and was obviously taller then Bazunu when we bumped into him outside SMS last Championship season. Very diminutive for a football league level keeper this days. McCarthy is 6'4 but looks at least a dormant Tall Paul over Gavin here:

Further evidence that Still and Co. either haven’t got a fucking clue or are taking instructions from the suits!

More of a ginger durex.

Yep!

There isnt one, but likely more competent than Still in this league at this point.

He’s not Badger! Way worse!

Willy Fuck!

After that shitshow, if I were Dragan, I might be seeing if i still had Danny Rohl’s phone number this evening.

No way William has the minerals to do that.

He could could have just asked on here under a code name. Stealing a Living Saint, perhaps.