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Pretty good point. Even if the game is on, is it actually worth the risk? How easy is it to detect these harmful substances? I assume they will monitor the air before they say the game could go ahead. But then again I can’t even trust the government to collect the bins on time these days so who knows anymore

One man’s ‘low’ is another man’s ‘Christmas wank bank’

Came here to get excited for the game. Instead all I get is images of roofs taken from google maps. A new low for saintsweb imo

This picture perfectly sums up Sport Republic’s tenure at the club.

Shoving THB to full back is absolutely criminal. It’s just Martin trying to be too clever tbh. Anyone with eyes can see that our best centre back by a country mile is TBH. Anyone with a brain knows you should put your best players in their best positions Same with not playing Charles as a DM when Downes was out. Cost us points because he’s trying to reinvent the wheel.

I personally think it’s mad to break up the THB/Bednarek pairing that was playing so well before 25 unbeaten when stephens was injured. Not saying he’s the reason we are losing, but we looked very solid and now Martin has messed with it all. if stephens has to play, I’d put him at LB again so we don’t have to watch manning stink the place out. Especially against a physical Preston side.

It bothers us because it’s constant. He has cost us a lot of points this season. Same as bazunu last season. He simply can’t tackle or position himself well. He gets beaten so, so easily.

Because he’s not correct. Manning playing like a headless chicken positionally isn’t some master stroke or genius hipster tactic. It’s because he genuinely has no idea how to defend or where he should be. The even worse part is, his attacking play isn’t even good enough to warrant the risk. At least with Danny Fox back in the day he actually was deadly with crosses. Manning can’t defend or cross, sadly. I honestly don’t want to scapegoat him but seriously he is costing us so many goals and points. It’s baffling that the coaching team can’t see it.

One of the worst defenders I’ve ever seen play for us. And that says a lot. Genuinely a horrendous, horrendous player. How does Martin keep playing him

Yeah right. Guy couldn’t score in a brothel

I’ve had a groundbreaking idea. Why don’t we try signing a striker who can run AND finish.

Take it you only watched the second half then

Drawn against United next round. May as well play the reserves tbf. We’re not going through both Liverpool & United.

Who fucking cares We have a manager that hates losing. Good.

Nah. We’re gonna do them. 3–1 saints, easy peasy. Arma 2, Che 1 with a reply from Curtis Jones. Klopp and the sky commentators to cry about how we’ve hurt their poor young kiddy’s

He’s been fairly crap when called upon, but he absolutely has to play when Downes is injured. Without someone to break up play and get in faces the entire team is a mess. I don’t know how everyone can see this except Martin. Why do we always seem to have managers that ignore the blindingly obvious? FFS

I agree with the above. It’s fucking ridiculous that he keeps trying smallbone as a DM. IT DOESNT FUCKING WORK RUSS. We are a team of pansies without Downes. We were so easy to bully and play against yesterday.

Behave 😂 Weve been good today, just been ridiculously unlucky with the pen and our naff goalkeeper. We can still win this

Fucking massive game now

Absolutely buzzing. league is wide open now. A lot of you are being pussies. We are right in this again. Downes back and turn our form around we can do it

He’s crap. Gives the ball away. Weak. Bad touch. Creates nothing. We are worse whenever he’s on the pitch imo

Lots of football to be played yet chaps. Downes back soon, a Leicester win on Friday and it will all look different again. But Martin has to take the blame for tonight. Shocking team selection.

This is an abysmal performance

Would rather sign Flynn Downes than take JWP back tbh. Proper DMs seem to be harder to find. But yes. I think they could compliment each other much like Romeu and Jwp did

That prediction went well Russell martins barmy army breathing down their necks