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Fellows could be such a dangerous player if he can learn to shoot with his head over the ball, always seems to end up off balance leaning back and ball inevitably heads skywards

One more point on support, loads of season ticket holders decided to stay at home, understandable with our form on a cold damp January night , but felt to me that those who did make the effort to turn up made the most of it getting behind the team. Maybe it was a response to a better formation , more attacking play and desire from our team but also helped not having some of the usual moaners around us I think

How did Scienza not score with that 2nd half header , we had so many chances should really have been more comfortable

They don't matter when you're a football club without eyes and ears

Fair play to the nippers in the family corner who started waving their phone torches 2nd half, seemed to actually end with the atmosphere picking up , up the kids corner ultras

Agree on all points, plus for once the desire was there, players congratulating each other for making blocks or putting in the extra yards to make a challenge. And I think the fans responded to that and got behind the team well, just shows if the team is set up and apply themselves correctly the fans will respond.

Are they really? Seem to have had a good week picking up 4 points away from home, will be interesting to see if they made many changes in those games, they're certainly quite high in the "form table"

Red cards with his face on saying if its not broken, break it

He's a proper lunatic isn't he ffs , got to laugh really

Other clubs need experienced managers as their directors are clueless so need someone who knows the game to run the club The clever thing about Saints is we have all the football knowledge we need already within the ownership of Sports Republic so Rasmus can take on young apprentices and mentor them with his coaching badge qualifications, it's a wonderful project

New manager bounce well and truly past them by 😆 Ramsay has had two games , both at home, two defeats and EIGHT goals conceded

Going to be a close relegation battle I think

Norwich are definitely going to finish above us that's for sure , good management change for them

I don't think we got any money for Ballard did we?

There was no doubt in my mind at the Hull game that he wasn't playing at full effort, clearly had enough of the club whether it's his team mates, managers, non-existent coaching staff, fans, whatever if we've received a bid I can see him going

Anyone watch Tonda's press conference? What wisdom did he share with us today?

I still don't understand why we didn't get Rohl when he was available, not a huge amount of experience but had done enough with Sheffield Wednesday to be a worthy candidate

I know the 'official' attendance is tickets sold but you can be sure there will be at least a couple of thousand less actually there. Not many coming from Sheffield either, not surprisingly

Interesting perspective, is your approach to go to the match and act like everything is ok? Cheer the team , accept the defeats? Past generations of my family going back to pre-war used to say a true fan sticks with their team through thick and thin, they need you most when they are struggling, but it feels different in this era.

Some hilarious stuff there, but I really think this is the main problem for us. Ankerson truly believes this and sees himself as an elite individual in the sport. Solak clearly allows him to have huge influence across Sports Republic and I think this has been a barrier to the club recruiting leaders who may have a different view to the Dane. Would be interesting to know if Blackmore or Alfie House has ever requested an interview with him.

I agree. I think it's their arrogance making the same mistakes time and time again that has lost them the support of the fans, getting decisions wrong so often and so badly it's sometimes hard to believe they're not doing it on purpose

Looks like this thread has had over 650 views , I think 'Yorkshire Saint' might actually be a club employee responsible for selling Christmas parties. Raised awareness and got people talking about it. Very clever, very clever indeed

Is that for a particular game? Block 20? I've seen it before where they've taken seats off sale towards the back which are not in view of tv cameras to encourage people to buy further down making it look like fewer empty seats on TV

Can you imagine Tonda giving a reply like this, miss those days , Rasmus needs to look the man in the glass in the eye

Our best chance of seeing JWP will be on Sunday as the buses roll into Fratton he'll be with his Dad and the rest of the 657 crew welcoming committee