Osvaldorama

We swapped one of the best attacking players in the championship for a sulky brat who can’t cross or shoot. It was terrible business

Yeah he’s gash. 10000% should have kept tella and sold him. Said it at the time. Even more convinced now. What’s the point in an attacking winger who can’t cross or shoot?

We need a left back & a striker. And some creativity on the wings.

Our goal difference in the league is still 2, whilst all those around us are in double figures. We are stinking the top 6 out. Hopefully we can turn some of these grinds into solid victories soon.

he also absolutely loves Ryan Manning, so the jury is still out on his ability to spot a good player

Just making it up. Tella was player of the season in this league. Sulemana has done nothing except sulk. You guys have it backward about the physicality as well. Tella proved he could live with the championship aggression. Sulemana is lightweight and gets bullied out of games.

Insane opinion. Tella is miles ahead of Sulemana in almost every way

He’s doing OK, but it’s justified to think he could be doing better. As stated, goal difference is bad & we have lost or drew with some absolute dross. Very difficult to say whether we are winning because of him or in spite of him at this point considering our strong squad. I think there are fair arguments either way.

“Is this an internet cafe, is this an internet cafe” doesn’t have the same ring to it though

At least we didn’t lose Absolutely miles off it second half though. Should be winning that

Get it in the fucking mixer ffs!!

Bad signing. Don’t know what he offers.

I like him. Been solid so far for us. Don’t get the dislike really. Your guess that he’s not dynamic enough is probably a good one, he sometimes looks like he’s playing at walking pace. But I think it’s just the way he runs as he always puts in a shift.

Anyone know the result & scorers in the closed door friendly?

Footy’s back!!! Let’s fuckin’ av it. Up the saints. Flowing football and plenty of goals. And more importantly 96% possession. E I E I E I O

I remember when the PL said “it’s unfair to punish the fans” by giving the big six a points deduction. I hate Everton a lot, but I still can’t wrap my head around such a big punishment for such a minor crime, when we have seen way worse things go unpunished. It properly stinks tbh.

Funny seeing Everton docked points. But it’s a joke that the PL are willing to deduct points from lower clubs and not the money clubs.

Watford are playing well. That will be tough. QPR away is always tough as well.

Yep, all these smug posts are a fucking boring to be honest. He got off to a bad start but is now turning it around. We are winning - but even more importantly - we are defending well, with something to build on now. He has shown an adaptability and willing to change that none of us knew he had. On top of that he has done multiple interviews and revealed that he is a top bloke. Fans were justified to be worried at the start. We looked ragged and all signs pointed toward him being too stubborn to change. But he has adapted brilliantly. (Don’t get me wrong, there are still some worrying signs - we still haven’t put anyone to the sword and seem to give the opposition chances to get back into it instead of dominating a game fully.) But for now I really like what I see and am very happy to give him more time, as are most fans. All we asked is to see the club doing the basics well and give us a platform to build on - and we are now. Credit to him

Didn’t really get much of a chance, did some good defensive work and held the ball up a couple of times. He was playing weirdly deep as it was the end of the game.

Fucking brilliant. Most enjoyable win in ages. We actually have a spine again thanks to THB & Downes. Bree & Holgate are revived - both solid as fuck today. Just brilliant saints. Well done Martin. I doubted you but you’re building something here

Massively agree, much easier to support a fantastic bloke than a helmet like Nathan Jones. The fact we are starting to see results from his management is all the sweeter after reading that.

Please be good. The best times supporting saints are when we have a prolific number 9.. the type of player that you start to expect to score every week. Beattie, lambert, Pelle, ings. If he’s even half as good as those guys it will make games so much more entertaining.

GET IN!! Deserve that

Brilliant is massively stretching it. He’s done OK but still pretty poor. He is so unproductive and flatters to deceive. For all his pace he has only put one decent cross in all game. There is certainly potential there if he can sort his head out though. I would much prefer to have kept Tella over him.