Lee On Solent Saint

If only we showed the same grit, passion and determination against Forest. Would have made the table look so much healthier

Why can't we have a left back at left back? Obviously doesn't really rate Perraud

Only my opinion! Lack of quality is the main issue!

Sorry Chez, have you not noticed were are much worse.

Lack of quality is hugely evident. We aren't staying up.

Fuckin goal from a corner again

Either that or first goal wins this.

Man Utd and Reading? What a waste of time that is

Not impressed to be honest. Watched the Japan games at the World Cup. Another hard worker with not much of a goal touch.

I get what you are saying, and we as a club are fractured and disjointed. I guess when the club finally had the balls to sack Ralph, I was expecting a new guy to absolutely hit the ground running with the new ideas and a fresh approach. What I didn't expect was Nathan Jones. It's customary to replace one outgoing manager with someone who is better than the previous incumbent. Am very unsure if we have actually done that in this instance.

By that rationale, the worse will be relegation. We simply had to have a new boss that could have made an instant impact. We don't have time to go through a period of change, we need results. The non performances against Brighton and Forest were not what was reqiuired. He had 6 weeks during the break to sort out a formation and a team that could at least show some fight and battle. The two home games produced neither.

I get what you are saying about the Forest game, but we were still a complete clusterfuck of a team even at 0-0.

I don't need a stat to understand that our forward players regularly under perform. Answer is every week out on the pitch.

Jesus Christ. The only stat that makes any difference to me is the one that says Saints got more balls in the back of the net than the other team

I used the Forest game as an example. We were poor enough in the other games, but that game was a whole new level of shite. Not even having a shot on target against a team that had only scored one away goal all season was just laughable. Jones didn't display any tactical nous in that game, yet a win against City yesterday and all the previous shit displays are forgotten.

Can't imagine the media wank fest if those success starved Newcastle fans actually make the final and win it. We have to beat them for that reason alone.

That might be the case, but it still doesn't excuse the absolutely pathetic display against a piss poor Forest team. Had we won that, then Jones would not have got the grief he is getting now.

I think my main issue was that he had six weeks during the World Cup break to sort out some sort of plan and style of play. When we got back to action we looked even worse than we did before the break. To my mind he wasted such a unique opportunity to reset formations and tactics. If it took a rant from JWP to sort that out, then fair play to him.

I would love us to win a cup, seen us fail in a few finals, and too young to remember 76. But the stark reality is that we have to remain in the Premier League.

This is the acid test of a fabulous result. Can the team maintain the intensity and work rate for a league game. I have a horrible feeling that after JWP's comment about cup games being a welcome distraction, we will slip back into the horrible displays we have produced in the league. As much as I enjoyed last night, there is no question I would swap it for the points on Saturday

Didn't look too bad when he was celebrating on the pitch at the end of the game.

We looked like a team again. We had a plan and executed it perfectly. Where that performance came from I have no idea. Just hope it wasn't a one off.

Credit to Jones, but really should have been working on this kind of performance during the world cup break.

Just got to say, counts for nothing if we don't get a decent result on Saturday

Jones going to cry?!