Lone ranger

What has happened. Why have reverted to Russball XL every time we have the ball at the back. It’s just a matter of time until they score.

Maybe one day someone will agree with me that we shoukd play THB as a central ron Davies style striker.

I feel very sorry for Will. He appears to be a decent bloke but who is not yet equipped for the job. In his post match interview he sounded broken like a young teacher who has just been dismantled by year ll louts and is now lost and hopeless. It’s not his fault. He has a mediocre team of largely disillusioned players and he doesn’t seem to know how to deploy them effectively. Trying to win anything without a decent striker is nigh impossible so that’s down to club policy not him. It’s a fair comment that we have been permanently damaged by one of our recent managers so that playing pedestrian aimless football is now in our DNA. Watched Wrexham last night. What a team. Everything we are not and a great striker. Amazing that we beat them many moons ago. How we have fallen! I wish Will but we need a new manager who has experience and the presence to get the players and fans on board , that will do it his way not the Board or anyone else and a nice all who is confident enthusiastic and talks sense. Must be someone out there who can turn this sound before attendances drop any further and our position becomes hopeless.

I think the saddest thing is how we have become a club without any stars or players that other clubs would love to have. I look back over the decades and think with affection of so many great players who graced the Dell and later St Mary’s. From Reeves to Osgood to Hollywood to Pahars to Mane to Shelton there hundreds of happy memories. Sadly I can’t think of a single current player whom I will remember in the future. Recruitment has been dire and selling our Crown Jewels criminal.

Two down and still playing slow ponderous pointless short passes across the back. Absolutely no ambition, no drive, no enthusiasm. Just watched P….y for a couple of minutes. They may be losing to the top team but far more energy and far more inspiring. Where did it all go wrong for SFC?

Is relegation now inevitable unless we buy a proven ( and expensive) goal scorer?

Offf the wall idea I know but why not give THB a go at centre forward. He seems to have lost the plot in defence but he’s big and strong and has headed a couple of goals. He wouldn’t be worse than the other CF options would he???

Perfect accurate summary. I really enjoyed watching us play for the first time in many many months. I agree about Downs who sadly seems completely ineffectual. However we do need a big string centre forward who can head well and disrupt defences. Am I alone in thinking HarwoodBellas could be made into that role? I don’t think we have anyone else on the books who might thanks to our policy of not recruiting a decent central striker with any of the £80+ million obtained from selling our best players.

Let’s face it Pompey have a good manager who knows how to get the best out of average players plus a couple of very good players. Of course we sold out good players.

Do we have any good players apart from the we man?

When he hasn’t fallen out with his manager Ryan F is a real asset. He busts a gut, harries and hassles, is strong and masses of experience. Let’s stop knocking him and try loving him.

To my view the Spaniards are all over us. We seem just as toothless as ever but worryingly seem to have reverted to pointless sideways and backward passing in our own half. Come on Saints.

The strangest thing is that 31000 rational human beings turn up game after game to experience misery. If we belonged to a trade union we would be out on strike until management offered better terms. Withdrawal of our labour would concentrate their minds. ( just watching the fabulously entertaining Notts Forest. Look how they are doing with an average attendance 2000 lower than us.)

Give him the job for the rest of the season. They really played for him.

Don’t knock Netley Central! Had some great wins against the Saints on Good Fridays in the 1960s