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Completely agree, we give the opposition so much time to set up their defence. We almost never catch teams on the break or create great chances which the strikers have to score. Our best chance in the last few games was the Jander one which was a pot shot and he followed it in. Hardly a glorious chance created… The system is flawed imo.

Seems like it will be 5 at the back against Blackburn again then. So much for “tactically flexible coach”. Just does the same shit every week hoping it will work.

Absolute bollocks. As proven by how shit the squad is. You end up with a mix and match of players all signed for different strategies with no coherent plan. We need a DoF to stay for a minimum of 3 years, preferably longer to give them a chance to implement a style and positive changes.

This is pretty bad, if true The downs signing was ridiculous but apart from that he seems to be doing ok. The main problem is not really losing him, it’s yet more upheaval.

It would have been 6-1 with bazunu in goal

Thing is, we can’t keep going through managers. We have to start building a cohesive team and strategy and chopping and changing won’t help. But if we lose to Blackburn, I don’t see how he can stay on. That would be a disaster. What a pickle.

We’ve slipped down another place as it stands. Currently in 18th so this is a real relegation six pointer now 😂

Wondering if solak is dodgy tbh. I don’t see how a supposedly successful business man can possibly be this thick and useless

Yeah there is a solid argument to just back Will Still to the maximum and just fuck off any players that don’t like it. Problem is that could make things worse in the short term. We really need a strong season so we don’t waste the parachute payments though….

Id argue it’s the formation. as usual the midfield leaves acres of space that exposes the CBs.

I’d really like him to clarify exactly what he means here. We’ve gone through so many managers now, I would like one to be honest with us about what’s actually causing the rot. Is it the culture? The attitude from the players?

Hes the worst player I’ve ever seen for us. He looks like he’s never played football before. He was not better than any of those players. He touched it twice and gave it away badly both times, same is in all of his prior appearances. Also, yes all those other players are shite too except Jander. But at least they look like they’ve played football before. There are levels to the game and downs signing is completely unacceptable. People should be fired - he’s really that bad.

For Blackburn

We are second in Opta’s expected points table. I guess the club will look at data like this and assume we are fine, just need to keep going and things will improve. I think this does work in Still’s favour. For me it points the finger at the recruitment. If we had competent players at both business ends of the pitch, we’d be up there

That is fucking awful. Jesus Christ

Cant believe there are people defending him. Unbelievably low standards from you

We are all basically saying that we really have 2 choices: 1) accept that Still was a terrible appointment and change the manager. 2) accept that the player recruitment was terrible and keep the manager on, hoping things improve. And this is why Still was such a bad appointment for me, and why I was desperate for someone with more experience. We needed a strong, experienced manager so we could say “for sure it’s the players, we have to stick with him and back the manager for now”. Instead we are up shit creek without a paddle. He has nothing on his CV to suggest he can fix this.

One thing I will say, his post match comments are actually aligned with reality in a way that some of the other lunatics in charge haven’t been: “We seem to have to climb a mountain every time to score a goal, and the opposition, we just gift it to them. Will Still asked if he thinks his players are questioning themselves enough: "I hope they are. I really hope they are. But when you hear them, when you listen to them, when you hear comments, I'm not sure that that's the case for the moment.”

Maybe in a counter attacking team he would do well as a poacher on the break. But he simply is nowhere near what we need. Baffling recruitment as usual

Seems unthinkable based on the quality in the squad on paper, but we are completely broken from top to bottom. 4 wins in 17 months is the sort of long term form that can be hard to turn around once the rot sets in. It’s very difficult to see how we will score enough goals until we can sign a striker in January.

Blackburn 2-1 The Player Trading Corporation Formerly Known as Southampton FC

IWhat’s Sam Allardyce up to these days? Reckon he’d fancy a rebuild job?

The Bristol players said it after the game. We started well, so the manager matches our formation and negates us completely. What did will still do? Absolutely fuck all

Like.. I also don’t want a new manager. We need stability. But wtf are we doing here, seriously?

You say this, but what the fuck else are we supposed to do? Clearly not working, clearly the formation is absolutely wrecking us. We were promised our new director of football would bring in the signings we needed, but he’s managed to sign Ali Dia and make us weaker at both business ends. Dunno where we go from here, really. Are we really going to lose each week until we can sign a striker?