SaintNewForest

Christ, all this hipster business corporate bullshit is doing my head in. Technical directors dictating styles of play with no accountability as well. Managers nothing more than a glorified cone and bib man. Chelsea and Man Utd (and us!) are everything wrong with modern football.

We've accepted a permanent bid for him from an unknown European club, apparently

Sounds like you have faith in SR to go ahead and sign the correct type of goalkeeper? 🤣

No. We switched to a back 5 at 3-2.

Another failed SR transfer, clearly.

Dreadful 2nd half. Again.

Not saying Stephens is perfect, nor is he absolutely quality and a top defender, but there is a narrative here (and amongst saints fans in general) that he is the root cause of everything. See also; the people who think our unbeaten run started and ended with his injury a couple of seasons back.

The grief about Long was simply about the fact rhat we loaned in a 3rd choice keeper, rather than signing a new number 1 at thw time when we all knew we needed one. What should've happened, is we sign a new number 1 last summer, and then Baz and McCarthy got bumped down the pecking order. Instead, we signed aomeone on the cheap who provides no competition.

His Mrs has posted pics of them in Dubai with their child. Stephens is in Cornwall with his partner and kids. Imagine being given a holiday after being trounced 4-0 away from home. Everything wrong with the club right there.

Manning is out in fucking Dubai. Tonda is taking an u21 squad up for this, isn't he?

Sounds like our utter cunt of a DOF as well; he only raised his head above the parapet once we went on a good run of form.

In the eyes of the club, cos it got in the way of their precious dell pub, increased corporate offering and fan zones. The atmosphere has really suffered by moving them away from our vocal support.

If that's their feeling, then I can assure them that the feeling is perfectly mutual. Off they all fuck.

Would that be when we start the greatest era in our history?

Of course they have; Ben Reeves once came on in a PL game against Norwich for a few minutes. He's played at the highest level, what more do you need?

Another SR mandated 3 centre back amazing performance coming up. 4 year anniversary of their takeover today, as well.

Hey hey, give him some slack; squad planning is an art that only becomes clear at the end. Quite how you get to the end, with so much shit in the middle, is questionable. Honestly, Spors is as much of a twat as the rest of them.

Right back.

Didn't he have a nasty injury around that time as well? I remember him getting a few games after that, then just disappeared. Wasn't there rumours he fell out with Ralph that preseason (would've been 2019?) about coming back overweight, and was bunged off with Austin and co, rather than going on the preseason tour?

Probably mcCarthy or Long replacement more than a Bazunu replacement, knowing SR.

2 ideas? I wouldn't even say he gets 1 out of 10, right.

Let's not reinvent history again. We started the season unbeaten in 4/5. Stephens played in all of them. Stephens got injured, and we then lost 4/5 on the bounce, before that Leeds game kicked it off. Stephens then got fit again mid-december time, and we were still unbeaten going into mid-february. So, no, our unbeaten run didn't start with Stephens getting injured, and nor did it end with him coming back.

Eckert is a joke. Subbing Leo early to protect him for this match, only to bench him anyway 🤣

I love Oriol, but its so obvious his signing was just a PR move by our glorious overlords at Sport Republic to try and calm the fans unrest after the heat started turning on them. Cunts.

For all the whilst SR are here, the back 5 is going nowhere.