E_H_Saints

Keeps the run going, shows we are going in the right direction. Let's go!!!!

Half glass empty feel about the club is the reason players want to leave. Fans have the same mentality. Last year we couldn't buy a win this year people thought we would storm the league. Mental.... I think the window is about as good as you are going to get for a club that is middle of the table, 5 players on the team who actually mean it when they kiss the badge. Others have one eye on getting out in the summer. We always said that the team needed a revamp which needs to start somewhere. Changes that need to happen to ensure big changes happen later which has happened. If this loan striker doesn't work out than they will need to put their hands in their wallets if they are going to show ambition to buy a new striker. They also got rid of more players off the wage bill. No buys were ever going to secure a play off spot however a new keeper was about as good as you could get as ATM most goals are coming from other players not arma.

I think it's crazy people have written this guy off already. He may be more strength than technical which is exactly what we need. How often do we buy technical players who then struggle because they fall over each time they are touched. I also think people clearly have no clue how the club look ATM. Why would anyone come to a mid table club at this point in the season.. you aren't going to get a big name striker in. In the summer maybe as the club will be selling it's ambition to go up a league but it's hard to say that now with our current form.

You never know, he could be the next Michu. Nobody heard of him then look what he did. If he's physically strong in the box that alone will help us.

I agree, however I think teams called our bluff for the first few games. Then we proved we could be dangerous running at players so now teams sit back which means the game is less expansive. We pass backwards and sideways as there is no space. Our players are predictable in no space situations, other teams let us pass around knowing there is a mistake coming. Manning for example only looks good when he is running forward into space otherwise he can't take anyone on. What does confuse me is HTB has stopped dribbling into space so that someone has to shut him down which causes space and confusion for the other team. He has reverted to sitting still with the ball under his feet and passing sideways to Woods or Stephens. No spark or unpredictable play other than Scienza which isn't our biggest downfall.

After attending; 1: keeper shouldn't be a priority, another attacker needed. Made a crucial save and didn't put a foot wrong really. 2: Manning is useless. Hugs the line so he can't take players on, predictable to defend against and gives the ball away too many times.

Anyone expecting an easy win today is delusional. Three games in a week, they have a new manager, one of our best attackers is out. You can see the difference, fellows goes forwards today everything is backwards. They have a good keeper. Good test of resilience needed for the second half. They will get tired but our defence has a tendency to fall asleep.

I love how judgemental people are when they couldn't do any better. I have seen way worse, you see keepers miss that due to pace. Just judged exactly right, slightly lower or higher it's a goal.

Looking like we have our first test of playing well in both halves as this isn't going to be won in the first half as we have been doing. Proving Fellows might be just as important as Scienza.

My only concern and hope to be proven wrong. Is that I like a manger has a fine balance between fight, motivation and desire to improve when speaking to the media and hopefully to the players. Maybe because he thinks the players are too fragile but I need to hear his passion to get clean sheets. Desire for his players to improve these situations but ATM it's all positive and we are all working hard etc. Lampard has a team winning who still expects more even after wins. If it's not a clean sheet thats what he desires. Obviously coming back from being behind is different but leading by 2 or 3 goals means we have it in is to close the game anything else is lack of concentration or shutting off at the wrong times. Don't get me wrong, I love the direction but would like to start to see signs of his passion for more. This isn't U21, this is a team that things could get harder if we have the chance for promotion so start hitting them with high expectations as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, we don't have the depth to see games off. He subs off our scorers to save them for the next match but they track back so much that they help keep our defence in check. The ones we bring back are pace behind the other, no game awareness , no leaders and make us look fragile. Aribo must go, Romeu shouldn't play again until he is ready, Manning needs to come off with someone better defensively and the manager needs to prioritise to the players and fans that scoring more goals is great but leaking goals must improve. Otherwise, when our attackers have a dry spell and we need to win games 1-0 or settle for a draw those will be the games we get hammered.

I have been saying all along that we need a leader in defence. They need someone who can organise and lay into the lazy defending. Most teams feel good at 2-0 whereas we are all thinking we will need a third and that alone says it all.

Agreed, against a good attacking team I think we would have conceded some of these chances WBA created. I'll still take the positives but against this team we should look significant superior in defence yet we don't. Love the score line though!!

He must have a chance at manager of the month for November which would be great as he wasn't the manager technically. Azaz must have a shout at player of the month.