Galway saint

Read an article in an Irish paper last weekend and Bazanu sounds some way off a return so I doubt a loan in January is realistic.

Maybe an experienced hand like steve mclaren or tony pulis

At the current rate of accumulation we will have 13 points by the end of the season so will fall a little short of the worst ever, total but should be close.

What’s not to like… The recruitment has been poor and so the players aren’t great but we are so uncompetitive it’s untrue. We have had teams in the past with ordinary players but I cannot recall another season where we have looked so far out of our depth.

I don’t know how much say RM had in the summer transfers but the attack we had today was very poor and when you combine that with ponderous build up we aren’t going to be scoring many. I can’t see any half decent manager taking the job as the club is clearly dysfunctional at the moment and relegation nailed on. I can’t think of another season like this in 40 years of supporting the club. Yes we have had difficult seasons but we are so uncompetitive this season it’s untrue.

let’s keep the ball from this freekick

according to the bbc we have had 4 shots but none were either on or off target…..

we really are a joke of a side

we are missing ross stewart - not been the same team since his injury

will we have another shot ?

I’m all for not winning football matches and with 2 wins in 28 or so in the PL we are adept at that but I would like to know from the club what the plan is for the next few seasons. It’s great to be a part of this footballing experiment but I’d like to win a game or two along the way. I hear a lot about the players liking this style of football and why wouldn’t they ? It’s a style which likely means you will have been part of one of the worst sides in PL history and who wouldn’t want that on their CV. No doubt we will sell all our decent players at the end of the season and buy Patrick Bamford to join Ross on the injury list ( we miss his goals) so that’s something to look forward to and Baz will be back so that’s another positive. However I can’t help feeling that a couple more wins this season would give us some real momentum for the boys to take into next season, so hopefully Russ and the board recognise it’s not all about playing great football, making defensive gaffs and not scoring many goals - us fans do like the odd win.

I think we’ll bounce back from the defeat on Wednesday and continue our improvement securing a 3-1 defeat with a first goal of the season for BBD and only one horrendous gaff at the back Russell martins red and white army……

I think that’s a lot to do with why we are so uncompetitive. Without those we would still be struggling given player quality but we’d be in the game so to speak. Giving the ball to players in tight areas under pressure means we make lots of mistakes but that’s a hallmark of the RM approach. Its a pretty depressing state of affairs really if we are intending to persevere with this crap

Another defeat and that was dire but I still remain hopeful of at least one more win this season in the league. First half hour thought we went toe to toe albeit the second goal was a disaster and I see we now top the most goals conceded from total fuck ups stat. Thought it could have been more in the end but Lumley did ok apart from the first and second goals…. Stephens as our Captain sums up the amateurish set up. Sent off for pulling hair ! Been supporting Saints for over 40 years and cannot recall a time when we have been less competitive and as a premier league club we are not at the races. RM at the end in the interview seemed quite serene and relaxed despite the defeat and having now won only 1 game in 14. You’d have thought he would be embarrassed but seemed to be enjoying it. Nothing to be done but wait for relegation to be confirmed and people will presumably stop going soon this season. What a dreadful season. Russell Martins red and white army……

I agree it’s not the result that matters anymore as by my reckoning we have won two games out of the last 27 in the PL. We won’t win tomorrow but am hopeful we will see another win before the season is out and we head back down again. I was reading an article in an Irish paper that Bazanu is still some way off a return so that’s something at least. Russell Martin’s red and white army (repeat)…..

no he’s a poor coach

Thought it was a good second half on Friday. Am increasingly hopeful we will get a second win before the end of the season to give us something to cheer

Wonder what random changes we will see tonight Will go for Manning in place of Fraser, Archer for Armstrong and Sugawara for KWP

I’d say there have been multiple points of failure where recruitment is concerned Larios, Stewart, Bazunu, Orsic, Edozie, BBD, Sulemana etc etc

We’ve missed his goals in recent weeks

Imagine next season if RM is still here, we are still passing it from side to side and back again and Baz is back between the sticks Don’t think I could face it

agreed the season is effectively over. feels like we are now in a holding pattern until he loses so many games he is sacked.

We were better today but still conceded three against an off form liverpool I can’t see him being here at the end of the season whatever crap SR come out with about ten year plans, but it will be interesting to see how many games will we lose before he is sacked because we are going to lose a lot between now and the end of the season if he stays

Thought we were competitive, but still conceded 3 and another defeat. We will concede far too many and that’s always typified RM teams so not sure what the club is looking to achieve by persevering

good half apart form the usual balls up multiple subs at 60 mins to ruin the rhythm seems crazy it’s taken until this game for TP to start