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Also threw in that he didn't bring his own staff. A shame noone reminded him that his previous assistant / brother has proven to be absolutely shite as well. Comfortably the worst manager we've had, pound for pound given resources, in many many years - if not ever.

yep, out of the 3, they have the easiest fixture. Which considering its Sheff Utd, is a pretty crazy thing to say.

Annoingly, this is now pretty much a must win for us if we want the home advantage in the play-offs. With that in mind, strongest side possible. I think all of April and Saturday will finally catch up with us and we'll get beat in this one.

It would be very, very 'saintsy' to lose a tuesday night game at home, against a mid-table side with nothing to play for.

Possibly not. WBA are due to face a points deduction which might keep it open until the very last game.

Piss poor, once again. I thought Albert done well and of course Lehmann carried the innings, again and the tail dug in (which is a sign of how good the pitch is). However, Gubbins isn't a 2, I'm not conviced Prest will ever make it in red ball, Brown isn't a 5, Yusuf is giving Brett Hampton a run for his money in the WTF overseas category. Destined the drop this season and deserve every part of it. Hopefully it see's off Giles White and Ben Brown.

I do also wonder if we will finally start to see the benefits of the 'multi-club model' In theory, Spors should have e2e remit now and can potentially spot players coming through the french leauges that might be of use to us in the future

For me, Larin starts more often than not. Not because I think hes the better player, but because playing stewart every week is incredibly high risk given his history. Both offer us something slightly different. Larin more physical, Stewart a bit better all round player. Exciting.

yeah update my orignal post

11 in all comps, 10 in the leauge both achieved in 2011. * We're currently on a 7 game winning run, 6 leauge 1 cup. *according to chatgpt **Looks like Mboto's answer was more accurate!

famous last words, but away from home ipswich are bang average.

They were all the chairmans fault, not his.

To be fair, I wouldn't disagree with any of those from a manager point of view, other than perhaps the fella at Boro - all punching above their weight being in the top 6. Nailed on for Lampard, but Neil and the geezer at Hull have done a brilliant job.

I don't disagree at all and tried to call that out in my final sentance. We were always going to fail in the PL under Martin which made the contract extension even werider (can only assume it was something previously agreed). With a couple of smart additions at LB, CB, right wing, CF - we'd have more than enough to compete to stay up.

Tough game. They're a decent, well coached side. As Blackburn will be on tuesday as well. However its worth pointing out that Derby have a few injuries, most recently confirmed Agyemang and will be without BBD, so it'll be a bit of a make shift forward line. That being said, we've played sides ravenged with injury before and it didn't work in our favour. The next 2 will be make or break if we want to make top 2.