OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint

I like him. He basically uses youth to engage in the high press and harry the defence. And I don't blame him one bit for our relegation. He inherited a broken squad which needed dismantling and that couldn't be done in February, he gave us a fun day out at Stamford Bridge and he seems to have a down-to-earth demeanour which is very agreeable. But going to Hull? The Humber is the shithole of the UK and Hull is half way up it!

For the light show Jack, for the light show!!!

They made a complete balls up making him captain last year and then he got the shoehorn name because it was felt he had to play. Now is the perfect opportunity to change captains and put him way down the pecking order where he belongs.

Sulemana struts around as if he couldn't be arsed and still gets time on the pitch. Where does that put ABK? His head must be so far up his own arse that he gets a real funny taste! Charlie, I'm not so sure you've got it right with Diaz. I think he's trying, it's just he is so genuinely crap that he looks like he's not putting in the effort.

My pre match prediction came true thanks to Jack Stephens. Couldn't have foreseen that in a month of Sundays. Mind blowingly stupid. I hope they dock his pay for the length of time he's out and yes, drop him from his captaincy. He's not setting an example.

One of my best aways when the team was struggling under Ralph and we went to Villa just before Christmas and beat them 3-1. Remember the 'Can we play you every week? chant and the Christmas ode to Ralph. Great times. We weren't great then but there was always faith in Ralph that somehow we'd turn it around. Who knows, most players back, Shoehorn out, everyone ignores RM's instructions and just maybe....

With all the suspensions and injuries, expectations are at an all time low but we know they will still find a way to let us down.

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There's probably quicker ways out, I find parking in the Bedford Place car parks (multi story is never full) is a relatively quick way out to the M3 either via the Avenue or Hill Lane.

If they're his shooting boots, can you give them back to him!

You can still stay onside and make a nuisance of yourself. This guy is costing us points by being out of his depth in the premier league and not scoring and now by getting legitimate goals cancelled out. I'm sure someone else can take his penalties.

But did you see that showboating 'look away' pass? The bit where he fell over but the ball still came with him? His exaggerated stepovers? To be fair to him, I haven't seen many others in the squad raise the crowd's expectation like he did on Sunday. He's got more about him than a lot of us initially gave him credit for and hopefully he get a run in the side where he can be judged based on a number of performances.

Surely enough of the squad can get together and say we have to change - give us a chance to play the game the way we want to play it. They are not a bunch of nine year olds all wanting to play Centre Forward or Centre Mid, they know their best position and their strengths, so if enough of them say to Russ, we need to change, he will need to listen.

And then he places his fulcrum as centre back...more ridiculousness from RM. It's frustrating watching talented players not being given the licence to show what they can do. Suga doesn't come across as too talented but he does come across as a workhorse who likes to go forward - so if you put him in the team give him that licence.

For Forest I was waving the Japanese national flag for him but must admit, have put it away ever since. He really is quite average. Defending is woeful. Often out of position. But I do like his forward play and he has a reasonable cross. For that reason, I'm keeping the faith.

Yes he's been close and speaking to a couple of lads at work who know much more about football than me, they watched Sunday's game and asked why hasn't he played more for us. Ask RM. Must admit, never really thought TP is the answer but he did look good on Sunday and i'd like to see crosses pumped up to him.

Not interested in yo-yo either and I'm hoping his turning on the fans is the beginning of the end. That's a line not to be crossed. Interesting taking a glance back at the earliest comments on this thread. So many saw this coming. And I don't buy in to this "we can't afford to get rid of him" idea. Surely even SR have made a provision for the manager not working out. That Bulgarian fourth division manager is looking a better prospect than RM. SR, we have the players...come on do the right thing.

And he genuinely looked quite chuffed to be receiving the ovation. When he got the ball, there was a hum around the ground that something might happen. Indeed, I remember him taking the ball and laying off I great pass to the wing and there was a ball dribbling skill moment. One of our best players yesterday and hope he's fit for Friday. Didn't think I'd ever be saying that!

I don't mind Ralph's two 9-0s and our record defeat record because there was always the likelihood that a game or two later, Ralph would turn it around and we'd play better/different and win. The lowest ever points tally tells another story. It tells a story of incompetence, not learning from mistakes and apathy. And if/when we get relegated, I don't expect RM to get lucky twice and get us promoted again. We've got a squad good enough to stay up, but many of the better players will disappear. The only slight hope is that we scored twice last Sunday by going forward with purpose, so come on team, ignore RM's instructions and play your own game!

Their first was a complete nonsense. You'd think at some point the instinct of one of the players would kick in and they'd ignore what RM preaches and just boot the ball upfield. The way the players have been told to play lost us the game today just as it did at Newcastle, Brentford, Wolves... And unless ABK has lost a leg, there's no way he is worse than Stephens.

Normally think crap weather is a leveller but that's when the teams are a little mismatched. The gulf between us and them is so mismatched that the weather won't make much difference. They'll win 2/0 or 3/0.

Exactly. Now 4. Wins breed confidence but our clowns in management don't seem to understand. Squeeze a win against Everton and we could have got going. Wolves were crap but our style of play let them in. Now they'll go on a run

Sadly, there's many of us that agree with your sentiment. I guess most people are little compared to Tall Paul, but Archer is extremely fast. I can see Onachu challenging for a ball, getting a head/shoulder/back on to it with Archer being the first to the ricochet. In fact, I can see that being a route to goal more than any of our other ways we've tried this year.

ok, pass it 100 times up to the tall guy.......

Some of the summer signings were good, but this must go in the crap pile. Totally one footed (more so than Che); liked his antics at Newcastle but soon realised that was a disguise for his crapness, and while some were saying for £7m he was worth a punt, I don't want to see him in a Saints shirt again.