Kermitzasaint

Surely a decent coach chooses a formation and tactics based on the players he has at his disposal? It never ceases to amaze me how some fans bend over backwards to avoid placing blame on Ralph .

The most surprising thing about the game is how many fans thought Ralph would suddenly become a competent coach after 3 years of being hopeless. Slow, predictable , unable to defend or threaten.

While your point is fair about incoming players, I always had faith in Koemans ability to improve inexperienced players. I don't have any faith in Ralph whatsoever.

Well Tino, Salisu, Stu Armstrong and Romeu all went backwards this season. JWP also reverted back to his sideways and backwards football. Broja went backwards, Redmond is Redmond. Who has Ralph improved exactly?

I think this is the season we go down. Ralph hasn't learnt anything in his time with us and other teams have worked him out already. Potentially better players may improve us temporarily until Ralph ruins them. Hopefully the board move quickly so the team can recover in time.

So why did he score for fun before us? Ralph can't set up our midfield to provide him with the service he needs. That's a Ralph problem, not an AA problem.

Our attacking is pitiful though.

I see it written that Ralph is a great coach but no one ever provides evidence for that.

From what I see Ralph doesn't know a single thing about scoring prowess

If you're on his wages then yes, it's a reward.

A good coach tunes his formation, tactics etc to suit his squad. Ralph has never done this. That's why he needs to go.

If Ralph stays the way he has been since he joined then I am pleased to hear he is planning to move on. Personally I would prefer he left sooner. If we are planning to move on and upwards then we need a better class of coach and coaching staff. Yes he may improve but that's a big If. So far with his record I think we need a better manager

But KWP is better than Livramento though when played in his proper position. Perraud doesn't play as I suspect Ralph knows KWP will leave if he doesn't get game time

But we are patently not better at going forward are we. The Ralph fans obsess about how we have improved defensively this season although that is laughable. Ralph is flawed at every part of coaching.

Sad thing here is that you're serious. A high quality manager chooses the best squad, formation and tactics to suit his team. Ralph's doesn't do any of those things.

Standard Saints. We scrape a few wins against the worst teams in the league. We perform well in the first half yet can't achieve anything. We play players out of position. Second half we get random substitutions and completely fail to counter the opposition . Ralph seems confused how we lose again. Ralph is the problem. Fans biting at each other on here just makes it more amusing.

3 wins against the worst teams in the league. A little perspective

Another two points dropped and the blame as usual is on Ralph. Baffling squad and substitutions again. Our squad isn't great but a decent coach would do better than this. Reading that Ralph wasn't unhappy with the result really sums it all up. He is absolutely clueless

Is Ralph deliberately weakening our team as he feels sorry for Leeds and their injury issues?

Both of them in the team responsible for supplying our forwards is a terrifying thought. I really feel for Armstrong .

I've said it before. We could be a decent side if not for Ralph being soo God damned inept. Ralph is incapable of setting up the team in any attacking sense. Yet you guys are getting excited over a few draws.

The good play only came once Armstrong was replaced.

So why does Ralph pick those players then? The team wasn't set up to provide Armstrong the service he needs. The whole team was disjointed and was never going to work.

Can't help but think we could be a decent side if not for Ralph. We have some decent options yet we are continually hamstrung by Ralph's complete inability to coach the side.

Reckon it's a master-stroke by Ralph. Get the 9 nil loss out of the way early in the season so the rest of the season doesn't seem so bad.