Farmer Saint

Well, I think any manager would have to be doing amazing or superb to have us top, so I think my wording is about right.

I don't think it's a miracle - but I think he's doing a good job. Bit disingenuous the "bringing £25m players off the bench" - don't think anyone thinks Sulemana is worth anywhere near that much (Leeds and Leicester both had 2 players playing yesterday who cost that much or more). And Charles may have been the most expensive player, but he's been mostly shite. THB was good last year, but not deemed good enough by any PL team to sign (including the one he got promoted with) and Downes was a bit part player for Wet Spam.

Just a quick precis: - We were by far the worst team in the PL last season, both talent wise and performance wise. - We sold far more of our "good" players than both Leicester and Leeds, and brought in a mixture of Championship level loans and free transfers. - We had been poor for so many years that losing had become a habit. And yet, we are 4th in the table, 8 points off top. Personally, I think it's utterly ridiculous the abuse and criticism that RM and the team endure. Just my two pence worth, but I think we're doing alright.

Not sure if you're talking about Che Adams, but if you are I agree. His hold up play and release of the ball is very decent. If he could finish 2 in 5 more chances, he'd be a Premier League player, easily. But he doesn't, so he isn't.

I celebrated the win at home, not sure why I need to celebrate it online? I wasn't being condescending, I was calling out the sheer ridiculousness of some of the opinions. RM should be sacked, we're playing utter shite (which was never true), we'd be better off with Nathan fucking Jones. Embarrassing comments all the way through this thread. Yes, we're poor defensively, but where's everyone's adventure, and enjoyment of end to end games. People are massively over-reactionary, like children.

Issue is we have some shit defenders who are prone to mistakes. That's the issue. We knew that about Bednarek, hence why we all laughed when he went to Villa. We all know Manning is quite poor defensively, but not sure playing Meghoma would be an upgrade.

No because brining on Aribo can't be seen as a positive substitution from an RM pov.

RM back in? Is it still unforgivable? 🤣🤣 In all honesty guys, some of you are a fucking embarrassment.

Is it RM out again? I'm losing track.

FFS, useless, RM out.

That wasn't the question was it? Would you prefer to have Nathan Jones in charge now than RM?

Definitely not, but she's here if you'd like me turn her over and tell her you said "hi". True though - a lot of moaning fans seem to be saying this though.

But everyone on here is blaming the losses on RM over the last month, not on the fact we have injuries? That seems to be quite a secondary thing next to RMs "bizarre" selections.

You genuinely think that? Hand on heart you think we'd be better with Nathan Jones?

Not sure tbh, even in that scenario we should have been defending much better than we have been.

Nail on head, being undone by brainfarts and deflections. We looked good that half outside of that.

But we have been shit with Bednarek and THB in the centre over the last month, so what would you do? Hamstrung by shit players imo.

Why? What do you want more, Saints promoted and more of Martin's football and smugness, or him gone? Genuine question.

Absolutely, but we have 3 of 4 shit defenders in the field. You can only work with what you have.

Just out of interest, considering so many people want Martin gone as you don't believe in his football, surely you should be wanting us to lose this game, and the rest, because won't we just get absolutely battered in the Prem and come back down???

But we've had chances, I'm not sure what else we can do. Agree the defensive selection is not good, but how do we convert more chances?

And the other one is error prone.

And here-in lies the issue - we all remember Bednarek has always been prone to a huge number of blunders. If we put him next to someone good he can get by, but will always still be prone to them. Oh, and Stephens is wank as well. As is Manning. Teams do seem to be taking their chances as well, and we are suffering from a few deflections etc over the last few weeks. In conclusion, we have one good defender playing who doesn't seem prone to a brainfart. That's why our defending is a bit shit.

Leicester can't be losing - this league is a piece of piss and we should all be winning every game 4 or 5 nil. Don't forget the old adage, the Championship is shit, predictable and easy.

Do we sack him now?