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And he wasn’t even at the club when Martin was here, so why the hell is he doing that? Needs to be a bollocking from the bench and stands when the players check back like that needlessly, snap them out of it through pure fear if nothing else works. Frustrated groans aren’t cutting it

You’d never find late middle aged white graduates of Dulwich College in Reform. Nor Eton or Radley Colleges. Or from Uppingham Public School in Surrey. Oh no. Nor studying at Oxbridge. Reform are being tagged the Black Panthers in the press due to their sheer spectrum of ethnic diversity and staggering rise from comprehensive education backgrounds.

Correct. Pity the ‘working class’ people who voted Reform (irony as many aren’t) didn’t understand that, just like they didn’t understand the Referendum.

Because he’s an idiot.

Hope Gubbins is left out of the squad for Surrey and goes back to Middlesex. Disgraceful decision-making, Neil was all over them. And Currie bowling wides and Abbott/Wheal short into that surface. Will Still-level stupidity.

Hampshire CCC just blew a second cup final within a week to cap it off as well. And this was blown by idiot tactics, Somerset won last week’s. Whoever took the left arm spinner Neil off deserves the same P45 as Still, Stephens and Bazunu.

Imagine if Soggy’s grandson got a login as well?

Needs shipping off to the MLS as soon as their transfer window opens, although it will probably the level below that realistically.

Kyle Abbott has had a nightmare there and whoever decided to take Neil off who had their batters on toast for Currie (who otherwise bowled superbly) needs putting into the bomb squad and told to find a new county tomorrow. Don’t want whoever that was anywhere near the squad for the Surrey game. Wheal bowling short as well as Abbott was brainless on that surface.

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We stopped even trying to stop crosses coming in under later Ralph onwards. Last week you saw it, Murphy delivering some peaches unopposed from good areas but Bishop was all over the show. The skates forced ours to be delivered from much further back by basic pressing. I said we’d concede heavily if the same happened today with better players on the end of them and we did.

A more considered article here, one of her better ones https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e7ny8n44jo As a Lib Dem voter, I agreed with quite a bit of it. @Lord Duckhunter - at least I didn’t vote to wipe off 6% off of our economy in 2016, and support alt right acne-stricken teenagers who can’t run a bath let alone a local authority. https://www.itv.com/news/2025-09-01/reform-uk-in-power-how-have-their-councils-performed Funny how it’s a bit harder governing in practice than cutting non-existent EDI Officer posts, defacing roundabouts and putting St George flags up everywhere.

I certainly did, sold to someone who squeaked through Skol-weak FAPP on the second or third attempt. And funnily enough Martin Semmens also in the picture when SR pitch up. Club has been pathetic for the last 8 years, and that’s being kind. Run by used car salesman and bullshitters. Don’t believe a word any of them say.

Sorry you and your son didn’t have a better experience today - hardly encouraging for our younger fans - but at least the fans gave them both barrels. In the real world if you don’t put the work rate and organisation in, customers and suppliers let you know, so no reason the wallflowers should escape.

And not appointing managers who actually have a higher profile than the club who insist on getting on with the job and won’t take any crazy bullshit from owners or Chairmen - Lawrie moved himself into that category and Ronald, WGS and Poch were already there. Imposed themselves from day one even if the results took a bit longer with WGS, but come they did. Until the club appoint a manager who will tell them what they don’t want to hear about Bazunu, Downs, Stephens, in public, and tackle the empty corporate soullessness and unwarranted complacency within the whole club environment, re-engaging our fanbase, it’s a one way trip potentially out of even the EFL or at best League 1/2 over the next decade.

Even if he did fuck dogshit, most of it would drop limply on the pavement. Gloves would be clean though.

Hope as Duck would say, the players and manager got some serious ‘clog’ from the away end in terms of pulling their fingers out.

I broadly agree on the club and SR - only prospect of any sustained improvement is them selling - but there’s no pattern of play whatsoever, Bazunu is still in goal and the defence looks every bit as bad as when Martin was here. Midfield doesn’t exist. There’s nothing to build on. Someone like Carrick knows the division and should stop the worst of the stupid goals. And stops the successive relegation we are on the way to.

It really isn’t counterproductive he’s been the worst ever goalkeeper at the club for the last 2 seasons and a bit. Our fans need to do the club’s job for them (yet again) so he can clog up someone else’s wage bill. At a loss as to who’s though at the wages we are paying him to be Tommy Forecast for the 2020s. SR and their fucking projects.

Which is why I appreciate your post about Will Still and agree that last season was bound to be damaging but I’m 100% certain Will Still is NOT the answer. And for the reasons you’ve put here. No DoF working with me makes those two decisions. Or they get a blast in public if they did it regardless. So he’s either a piss weak yes man (SR speciality) or as I suspect more, he has a dreadful lack of judgement. I cannot believe that Bazunu suddenly turns into Gordon Banks in training.

Sekou Mara is crap but still light years ahead of Downs. Downs is far worse than some Conference South strikers I’ve seen at Torquay Utd.

💯 sometimes a performance tells you all you need to know - Jones v Lincoln and Forest, Martin v Forest, Brentford and especially Bournemouth. Today was worse than any of those. However many games they want to give Still as a benchmark to improve, he isn’t going to.

Carrick or Rohl next please.

Still safely in possession of the keeper jersey in my worst ever Southampton XI for any division.

Probably about as effective in the air. Downs is a blend of Paul Moody and Jason Lee. Good work Johannes!