LiberalCommunist

Stopping WBA using their long throws. Good tactic. Trying to get our parent company the blame for administration. Desperate, but worthwhile. This. Embarrassing. I'm glad you are happy with it. Good for you.

Totally embarrassing and inexcusable. Can't blame the media for the frenzy or Boro for the faux outrage. This is singlehandedly the biggest self sabotage in our history. We are lucky that that first half didn't ruin our chances of promotion. Whoever sanctioned this put our team under far more pressure, in a already massive game, and it nearly cost us big time. And for what? What could you possibly hope to learn from the Thursday training session? One thing, Hackney was not out on the training pitch. If that is what the concern was, then shame on us, its pretty pathetic. It ruined the build up to what usually is the most exciting version of a football competition. It spoiled the away day experience, for what should make exciting memories for fans following the Saints. The second half nearly was far better, but on another day you do not recover from that first 45 minutes. Relief was short lived for me, I was quickly back to anger and frustration. We handed them a gift, & because they failed to make the most of it on the day, does not make it any less expensive now. I hope lessons are learned from this, even without the bureaucratic EFL punishments that are now in the post.

Well said Hellberg. Clearly it had an effect on our players, who were caught up in a right shit show through no fault of themselves. Same for our travelling contingent, they did not deserve that shit today. Hope the roads are kind to them.

One more out of jail chance please, just so I can bare 72 hrs of spy gate updates.

Self sabotage. I look forward to finding out who destroyed our preparations.

Matsuki, Downes and Stephens back is massive. Feels like we are going into this with some good options.

The financial reward and status upgrade is the only reason I want promotion. Losing to the same teams, and seeing new ways that VAR ruins the spectacle will make it feel like we never left. But that's what we must aim for. Sadly.

I seemed to have skipped the excitement stage, and gone straight to being nervous.

Play off opposition is seemingly changing every 20 minutes. This is crazy exciting having such a tight shoot-out between creeping in and ending up on the outside. I'm not sure who I'd prefer. There's something about Boro that bothers me. Think I'd prefer to meet them after they do battle with someone else in the semi's.

Yeah, I agree. Rest Scienza and Azaz. Bench Larin. Don't think we can rest THB with Jack missing. But we are in a privileged spot compared to the rest of them. It will be interesting seeing how the rest do in their games.

Really like Tonda, and I'm looking forward to this relationship blossoming over the coming seasons. But. Does anyone else remember mid Dec- mid Jan. There was some absolutely crap performances and results over that time. Weird how he took over and immediately won five out of six, then descended into this dreadful run. Changing to a back four and employing a goalkeeper was crucial. But this season seems to be made up of four stages. 1 Will Still 2 Temp 3 Honeymoon 4 Perertz Hoping part five is just a continuation of four.

What a lovely analogy. Thank you for that.

The silence regarding Jack is deafening.

That was a painful podcast. How on earth did he get the Saints job. Overwhelmed by the amount of players in the squad. Unable to utilise his preferred tactic due to the Championships lack of press. Couldn't figure out multiple players best positions. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but how did he get through he interview stage. Can see why he couldn't get a reaction from the squad. 'Glad it worked out for them.' Yeah, me too. But you're kinda chucking yourself under the bus saying that Will. Maybe too honest.

That last twenty minutes, it was very apparent just how much we miss Jack. Hope he's back soon.