SaintNewForest

Hardly got any better without him has it? The way our fans celebrated his suspension, you'd have thought all our problems were down to him. Clearly not.

Still on track to beat Derbys record

Fuck the Leicester game ... if Potters interested, get him in. What if we stuff Leicester 9-0? Do we stick with Martin? If the decisions made, get it done... particularly if the alternative is an upgrade.

It's the ones on Twitter who buy a ticket, and then mysteriously 2 hours later, suddenly can't go and are selling it on, that make me laugh... Just hoarding up the credit for more decent looking aways and preventing others from getting their foot in the door.

A lot of them don't even go. Buy the tickets, get the credit and sell them on.

There's a difference between the championship being shite in 2007-2009, and the championship being shite for us between 2007-2009. It's the same as the Premier League; we could do really well and finish 6th again, that would be great for us as a club. But the PL as a brand, and as a product and as a whole would still be shite. The 2 things aren't the same, and I still maintain that the championship (and the EFL) is much more entertaining and enjoyable than the PL. Speaking as a football fan, not as a Saints fan.

Another reason to dislike the whole PL product ... 🚨The PL are set to introduce the following rules next season: 🎙️ HT interview with player or coach. 🎙️ Interviews for players who are subbed off. 🎥 Dressing room broadcasts. ✅ Clubs have to choose one of the three options listed above, every week. #SaintsFC @SamC_reports https://x.com/JustSaints_/status/1844787832096805334?t=cl2N-F9m2i94K_Si0etiNg&s=19

I agree with you, but insists on playing his favourites? Really? Mannings been out the team all season. Adam Armstrong's been dropped. Aribo has been dropped. KWP has been dropped. Downes hasn't done anything deserving to be dropped. Nathan Wood doesn't even make the matchday squad. Who are his favourites that you speak of? Because from where I'm stood, that's clearly not true.

Went on general sale a day early still at ST prices. Few tickets bought at the cheaper rate, happy days.

It's not just Saints though. It's the whole PL "product" and culture I find so dull and uninspiring. Honestly, I follow what's going on in the football league more than I do the PL.

And yet we were still surviving, so I'd argue we were doing OK. SR ruined it all and down the drain we went.

Smallbones injured, but yeah ...

Premier League is awful. It's beyond shite for so many reasons. Promotion was great, but I had 0 feelings of excitement for this season compared to last season (and next!) Championship is, for me, the best league in the world.

Derby County, we're coming for you.

5 strikers on the bench and one defender is an interesting move.

My post was made before his loan move was made, by the way. At the time of posting, he hadn't been given a chance in their 1st team in preseason.

Working in bournemouth, I speak to a lot of Bournemouth fans. They all loved him, couldn't believe we loaned him out whilst we were struggling.

My point is, regardless of formation, we'll still be pissing around with it at the back & we'll still be toothless in attack. Our style of play (which is the main issue) will still remain

What, like we did for United?

Moving the away fans has been a real killer for the clubs atmosphere, I think. The Northam/Itchen/Away fans banter was the only thing keeping the atmosphere going at times, and now that's gone, you're left with a stand full of people who don't really know what to do. The club have wanted that gone for years to aid their hospitality packages, and used safe standing as a way to cleanse that area of the stadium to improve their hospitality packages. Can't wait for the champagne bar, proper football heritage that.

Still on course to beat Derbys record then, that's something to sing about.

Didn't you know? It's Stephens fault that he gets picked. It's Stephens fault that our attack are toothless. It's Stephens fault we play the way we do. It's Stephens fault Archer missed a penalty. Etc etc.

Except it didn't though, did it? He were trounced 5-0 by Sunderland, and 4-0 be Leicester before losing to Ipswich and Middlesbrough in the first 4 games of his injury ...

"stephens is the root of all our problems" Your words, not mine.

To say he is the "root of our problems" is just ignorance, plain and simple. We have a lot of problems right now, not all of them the fault of Jack Stephens. Fine, if you don't rate him, we all have our opinions on players, don't have a problem with that; but hating on him unnecessarily by saying he's the root of all our problems is just scapegoating a player for no reason. Is he the reason why we can't score, or why our strikers are so toothless? Is he the reason Martin plays the way he does? Is he the reason our midfield has been weak as piss?