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That feels unfair. Nobody deserves to watch another 7 minutes of us trying to play out a 0-0

THB knows how to slow the game down and take the heat out of it....

Let's just get as many wingers and attacking midfielders on the park as possible and hope for the best.

Or, if you go down for no reason and then continue playing then you have to stand there while the biggest bastard on the other team twats you as hard as they can.

How did we not score?!?

THB winding up to create the clear cut chance Swansea are going to win from.

Please god, make Edwards right back and switch to a back 4. Playing Fellows as a wingback is criminal

We no longer look like scoring. Swansea no longer look like not scoring.

Because taking off the winger causing all sorts of problems is how you do your sixty minute sub-fest right.

Yet, less prone to ball watching than our absent captain.

I honestly think if you're found guilty of that stupid a dive then you have to stand there while the biggest bastard in the other team gets to twat you as hard as they can

Christ. That's the worst piece of simulation ever

Reckon we'll see six or seven goals today.

We all have our coping strategies 😉

Maybe Stephens really was the EFL captain that went to complain about his manager to the board.

I sincerely hope he's managed to coach the Russball no look suicidal passes out of THB in the last couple of weeks. Great to see Wellington back. Though WTAF with a back five. Harsh on Fellows who has looked good since he joined.

If we play defenders who can defend (eg. Jelert for Manning) and get the ball quickly forward to our wide men and attackers we should be good. Hasn't clicked yet and we still look fragile. Luckily Swansea are also still trying to rid themselves of the curse of Russball and the cultural heritage contained therein. 3-1 Saints. Need to start seeing a settled team sooner rather than later though.

Another record falls to Martin. Now he's the shortest serving manager in Rangers' 153 year history.

I'm still hopeful that things will click for Still. The Liverpool performance gave me a lot of hope. Even if we've regressed since then in places.

True but given the unchanging nature of his system the tactics to beat a team he manages are. 1. Press defence and keeper for easy chances. 2. Then sit back and defend deep. Watch aimless passes as his attackers become static waiting for a through ball that's not coming. 3. Break into the acres of space down the wings when his team turns over the ball. I doubt he's repeating the feat ever again.

Saints is starting to remind me of this. We've taken Sport Republic directors and combined them with Sport Republic recruiters to bring in Sport Republic players under Sport Republic managers. Is it any wonder we've ended up with a hideous monstrosity?

I think the clue is in the usage of the word "rebranded". It was a branding exercise rather than a change in reality. More wishful thinking from our management.

I think he'll look back and get some good learnings about how he should have recruited players differently because he wasn't prepared for the physicality of the league. His fundamental problem is he "learns" it's not his fault. He talks a good game about learning and he's world class at platitudes but that's it. The trouble Martin now has is any future employers know what his system is but also know future opponents know what his system is. Against a Martin coached side you're only 1-2 passes away from being through on goal and any cross into the box is likely to result in a shot. Plus you're always getting plenty of time to get back into defensive shape.

The Rangers hierarchy need to take a good look at themselves over this. They took their sweet time appointing their outstanding candidate snatching him away from Leicester in the process. They showed the vision to appoint a manager for the long term and bravery to appoint someone who'd failed there as a player. Yet only three months on they've bottled it and abandoned him to the baying mob. Martin was right - Rangers have a mentality problem. Now us poor Saints fans are left without Martin managing a rival team in the Championship and with little joy on match weekends until United sack Amorim so Wilcox can reunite with Martin.