Lee On Solent Saint

Just want someone who can make us difficult to beat and competitive, of which we are neither at the moment. This squad is more than capable of staying up, we just need to give ourselves the best possible chance.

Again, when we sold to Gao, how come we weren't attractive to the likes of the guy who brought them? Was it because the asking price was too high? Other factors at play?

That's the most depressing thing I've read on here for some time. Absolutely true though. How the fuck have we let Bournemouth overtake us? It's embarrasing.

The Stewart sub was pointless. Archer was putting himself about and was giving the Ipswich defence something to think about.

He can boot it into row z everytime for all I care, the difference between him and Baz is day and night.

There's no doubting Ramsdale is a huge improvement on Baz and McCarthy, however there were kicks yesterday that went straight to Ipswich players around the midfield area. I'm not sure Ramsdale is all that with his feet, but I'd rather have him in goal than the afore mentioned. He can actually save shots and that is what we have been lacking for the past few seasons, Typical that we finally get a decent keeper in, but we still end up getting relegated dur to our other shortfalls.

The trouble is, those shit sides will probably still beat us when we play them. I really can't see Wolves still being down there, they will definitely get rid of O'Neil before we get shot of Martin. Everton will find a way to get points too. I think it's going to be us and Ipswich relegated for definite, with the third spot between another four or five clubs.

To do that we must not be cut adrift at the bottom come January.

Really not sure how we are winning this. No control in midfield at all. Downes can't do it all on his own.

I think Meghoma will end up being the one that the club will regret. Obviously we don't know goes on behind the scenes, but was surprising that he wasn't integrated into the team more in pre-season. Could we have not bothered with Taylor and given Meghoma more of a chance? I know KWP staying made things even more difficult, but maybe in hindsight signing Taylor was an unnecessary move.

I didn't say we end up losing loads of games from winning positions, I said there were plenty of examples, just maybe that could include draws as well? But if you want to pedantic, Cardiff away, Rotherham home, Watford away, probably a few more I would say. And before you mention it, i know Rotherham and Watford were draws.

How about both games against Leicester last season? The five nil at their place was an embarrasment. There were plenty of examples of us not being able to see out games comfortably last season, or ending up losing from winning positions. A decent manager who can implent in game management does not allow that to happen on such a regular basis.

Just take a look at what gets served up on the pitch. That should give you a decent clue.

From a simplistic viewpoint, wouldn't you want the club to give itself the best chance of avoiding relegation?

The shortfall between quality and quantity is obvioulsy stark, and you do get exposed for it in the PL. However, Martin is not helping us to become a coherent or competitive team. He's reactive to situations in the main. No subs against Forest until they scored, four subs in one hit against Uniited. Am not sure how you can make four subs in one go and still be expected to know what you are doing. It just causes issues all over the pitch with players unsure what they are supposed to be doing. The only real time he has been proactive with subs was against Brentford, which again was probably forced as Armstrong's confidence after that miss would have been on the floor. We need to really focus on making the games as difficult as we can for opponents, be solid, be hard to break down and make opposing players work for goals instead of just gifting them chances. We are far too easy to play against, and that is a direct result of Martin and his obession with his brand of football. SR need to give this squad a chance of avoiding relegation. In my opinion the only chance we have is ditching Martin.

Not disagreeing that we lack a bit of quality, but when a squad lacks that, a manager finds other ways to compensate for that lack of quality. Martin does not have that in his locker.

I can't understand why some of our fans are just accepting relegation as a certainity. You would think we are a tinpot club after our first promotion to the big leagues judging by the comments on here, sort of thing I would have expected to hear on the Luton boards last season. I'm nearly 51, and the majority of those years have seen us as a Division One or Premier League club. We aren't a bad squad, I believe with a manager who knows what he was doing in terms of organisation and in game management we would be at least competitive. SR have options, they just need to give us the best chance of avoiding relegation. At the moment that doesn't seem likely with Martin in charge.

Should have played last night instead of Wood.

Don't forget how brave we were too.

The thought of him playing in the PL absolutely terrifies me.

Pretty sure we got "unlocked" quite a few times last night. The Swedish winger they have missed two good one on ones with McCarthy,

He must be right, he's in the COT.

Hate that shit. Too Klopp like for me. Let the players take the credit.

A goal!! From a set piece too!!

Pathetic, yet again