Saint Gifford

I would normally always back the players, regardless of the manager or ownership. But this lot have completely given up now. Some are nowhere near the level of Prem Football, and have managed to steal their way to a living. Others that should know better and can play at this level, are cheating a living and looking for the next mug that signs them. Just hope he has a brief and budget to clear the decks and start again.

This appears to have Dragans fingerprints all over it. That surely isn’t a bad thing. Could this be the end for the Nordic nonce.

Jeezzz, why haven’t we given the job to Ramus already. That clearly is SRs 5 year plan…………………

Their corrected for you, your welcome.

Joey Barton come on………….

Come on Joey Barton………….

Just got back in the car. Is it really 0-4 now. Virgin Radio on the way back to Bristol.

I’d take Mark Robbins in a heartbeat, over pretty much anyone else. Unless there is an unknown foreign coach with track record. But probably still give Robbins a shot, at least that would give us stability and half a chance of staying up.

As I jokingly said in the other manager thread, Joey Barton please……….. I am beginning to think that isn’t such a bad idea. Could do with upsetting the Apple cart, we are falling into oblivion as it is. We are, Snowflakes in every department. I can’t see that changing anywhere in our Club anytime soon.

Joey Barton please……………

I genuinely don’t want to get involved with this discussion, but comment schoolboy error and a picture of JS at St Mary’s is pure magic………… What the fcuk, has it come too. God bless ML, wouldn’t happen on his watch.

💯 % right. It’s within his gift to change it. It’s down to him why he is having to repeat the same boring crap. At least if you change direction catch a few teams out, and still lose. You will at least have something different to talk about in the end of game interview. I can’t remember who the quote comes from but “if you continue to do the same thing, you will continue to get the same results” Its some better yourself, coaching for success book I’ve got somewhere. Maybe I should lend it to RM.

Agree we haven’t got the best squad we have ever had. But there is enough here for a decent manager, that can get players playing. No jokes we even have a couple players a lot of teams in this league would want. It starts with a plan and blueprint. But is adaptable and fluid to suit the opposition and occasional. We keep repeating the same crap. Some of these players are top drawer otherwise they wouldn’t be playing at this level. It’s the Manager and structure. Give any top 4 manager in any league in Europe, and we would be mid table with this squad in this particular season.

I can’t wondering if he so far up his own arse with telling his players what he wants how to play. Believing that his system is he only one in the world. ect ect ect. He has completely forgotten to do any homework on the opposition team and players and how the opposition sets up. Any idiot could see how that third goal was going to be scored.

Players don’t look like they are playing for the management team. Discipline all over the place. They clearly don’t agree with the set up one bit. This is a decent group of pro football players, playing within themselves, angry and without any freedom, or voice by the looks of it. They are playing for themselves and tying to ignore the instructions, and I can’t blame them. They can see that RM isn’t going anywhere. Confidence in a group of players playing at this level is shocking. They are all looking for there next transfer. Why is RM still not being flexible. Other clubs will see right through him and he will be lucky to get another job in league football, due to his inability to read the game being played out in front of him. I’m not a football manager, but this isn’t rocket science to work out where it’s all going wrong for us.

I would love to know why the fuck we haven’t picked up the phone to Mark Robins.

Chopping and changing managers helps nobody, the manager the club or the players. You have to stick with a manager that shows he can develop, help improve, even move player positions for the benefit of club and player. Need to allow the manager to change, and work different styles of play against the particular opponents that they face that week. Work with DOF to identify what would fit a fluid changing style, but with a key ethos that is the cornerstone and heart of a winning flexible team that everyone buys into. We have Russell Martin and the DIC sorry DOF do that………………………………….

Beat me to it. The football gods were not looking down on us today. That goal should have stood and possibly, just possibly changed the game. We still cannot string a single forward pass into space for a forward player to touch once and ping a ball at the back of the net. It’s called there is the run from my attacking player, let’s just put the ball a few yards in front for him to run onto. Or play u8’s passing drills.

I admire him for sticking to his own plan and vision. Everton are hardly competition the last few seasons. For me a great manager is someone that has a belief and implements and sticks with it. But you really have to adapt and change to suit the environment. I have no idea who is next, but won’t stay up with RM. Then i guess look at the likes of West Ham, do we want that…….. t

Well done Russ. Fantastic job interview. Just need Pep to leave now……….

Chuck all our money on Jose, according to Talk Shite today he is looking for a Prem club at the bottom he can work his magic on for 2 years. Like that would ever happen. But watching the game tonight, how did Leicester do what they did against us. Forget 10 men that should make us stronger. Forrest ?????? Yes Wood perhaps but really can we not go and find someone. Academy, are we wrapping them up in cotton wool, surely it cannot be worse if we chuck a real superstar in and see what happens. If we have one. Yes I have had experience of academies, not Saints. It’s irrelevant at the moment who the manager or coaching staff is at the level we appear to be looking at. Jose does like to play up, call his bluff and say go on then. But seriously I’d like someone that has a plan A B and C, DURING the game. ***Talk Shite did play what appears to be Jose after last nights game. ***Disclaimer.

I wonder if he watched the first half of Barca, Bayer last night. I’m not saying we have the same players. But at least both tried something different. Not a fan of either team particularly, but wow what a first half. RM, you can try different things 🤷‍♂️

Wolves had it covered perfectly tbf. Well at least for the first 7 mins. Jokes to one side it had to take them to injury time to win it on Sunday. It will take a miracle, or RM to actually take the handbrake off, for us to get a result. Stranger things have happened 🥴🥴

I hate to say it, I really do. But time to move on from British coaches. Not the individuals fault just the corrupt FA making a fortune from their Pro licence badges. That’s unfortunately why we have ended up with a German in charge of the National team. Without exception all English managers can not adapt these days, precisely what the FA DNA and pathway are teaching them. It’s 10s of thousands of pounds to get a pro licence with the FA, and about a decent weekend away on the IOW with pretty much every other European nation. I am a very proud Englishman, but when it comes to football management and coaching we are F?!’ed.

Correct. I am struggling to think of a realistic alternative. Not the talk of Potter ect, just a genuine replacement. I’m guessing it would be someone that Dragan would have more of a say in. So are we going experienced unknown European. Probably now our best bet.