Willo of Whiteley

All I’m saying is in any other career profession you’d be looking at his sickness absence percentage now and he would be on a warning. Ross Stewart despite being currently fit you’d be considering his fitness to continue in present role. 😂

He wanted a big pay day as a 17 year old. In no way, shape or form did he ever deserve such a lucrative contract for scoring a few goals at youth level. Good riddance. He will end up as a Ryan Seager, Jake Hesketh kind of player floating around Leagues One and Two. He didn’t do enough to justify his value then and he certainly hasn’t recently. Saints were great to tell him to shove it. His youth wage at Chelsea could be the most lucrative contract he gets in his career now. He certainly wasn’t going for his development, he went purely for a pay day.

Chris Wilder back at Sheffield United. They’ll finish top four.

I think the difficulty is is that no one knows what to expect. Martin had his stamp, yes it could be tedious and times and we were prone to stupid mistakes but you can’t argue it was effective at dominating the game and moving forward. All I’ve got from Will Still so far is “get the ball into the box”, well if that’s the case then buy a 6”4” striker that can actually hold the ball up.

It’s early days but that was shambolic today. We haven’t really had a good half of football since the season began. I don’t get today’s game plan, there’s getting rid of it in your penalty area, fair enough, but lumping it long every thirty seconds for the first half was madness. These players have been brought in because of their technical ability, but there was none of that on show today. Azaz was particularly disappointing, he didn’t strike me as someone that demands the ball and wants to drive forward. It’s too early to judge him but I’m far from convinced so far.

It’s difficult to get excited for something when you just lump it every thirty seconds up the field. That’s literally all we did for the first half.

Fellows put in a couple of crosses but aside from that he was very weak and slowed play down. Azaz was invisible. Roerslav looked nervy. Downes does what Downes does, gobby prick getting booked every game. Handed was miles better when he came on. The tactics looked so stagnant today, half the team looked knackered. We certainly won’t be winning at Fratton Park, so that’s a few points we’ve dropped to the blue few already.

Let’s not beat around the bush, that was absolutely bloody terrible. Tactics all over the place, no real attacking threat, Azaz invisible.

Azaz and Downes need to be subbed off. Ineffective and yellow carded.

Crap game, route one tactics…

Scrappy 1-1 incoming. I’ve seen nothing to suggest that we would batter Portsmouth. Although a lot of my Pompey supporting friends aren’t confident in them even getting a point.

2 mins 30 secs onwards is quite amusing in itself

At last, someone talking some common sense 🙌🏻

They should’ve never got rid of the previous manager, as much as he was a tossed, he was effective, unlike Ruben Selles. Sums up owners that treat a football club like a toy without any real knowledge of how they operate.

I think the whole “SR want tompkay five at the back” rumour is bollocks. Let’s can that now shall we 🤣 I reckon he’ll start with a back five tomorrow and maybe next week he’ll break into four at the back.

We could come first and it still wouldn’t be enough for DT. 😉 Jokes aside, there really is no excuse for us finishing anything less than second. On paper the best squad, a larger squad with a depth of talent and ability. I think it comes down to who wants it more, what formation we play etc. I would say there is no excuse for not being promoted this season, but early performances aren’t the most exciting. Hoping this will change the more into the season we go.

I’m pretty sure the majority of these players at rout of contract at the end of the season.

Aribo would be effective in this league, he was good two years ago, he was surprisingly refreshing when he came into the starting team and I remember most being disappointed when he had to go on international duty at AFCON. Sam Edozie strikes me as Bella-Kotchap MKII, maybe a selfish sense of entitlement, someone who thinks they’re bigger than they are. I could be wrong but that’s the impression given. He clearly doesn’t want to be here.

Started playing FM24 a few days ago, started a new save with Southampton, so far too by 15 points, still with about twenty games left mind so could still turn very Saintsy in that time. FM is a game I can play for a long time, and then I’ll have a few days off or go on holiday and not play it again for six months. It’s not a game that is worth forking out money for every year. It sounds like the features are significantly different this year to two years ago (the one I’m currently playing), but it still doesn’t warrant that £50 for me; it’s something I’d probably consider next year. I think in the last twenty years I played: Championship Manager 2005, Championship Manager 2007, FM12, FM16, FM18 and FM 24. CM7 was amazing because that was the first time it included National League’s North & South, and my old school teacher played part time for Eastleigh. 😂

Does that mean Levy has gone completely? Is he not still the owner?

There is no excuse for us not finishing top two. It’s very simple.

Probably a 7. A whole lot of changes, hopefully that will make their mark in a positive light. The only underwhelming thing is that players we’ve been looking to ship out for some time, some are either still here or only out on loan. It’s a shame we couldn’t have brought in a few more quid for some of these players, but wages were always going to be the stumbling block.

Now the international break. Just under two weeks to prepare for the must-win-at-all-costs. Hopefully we don’t do the “they’re only fit enough for the bench”, just play them. Too often you see new players make the debut from the bench; Azaz at the weekend I was pleasantly surprised. Imagine lining up against Pompey with the majority of our new signings starting and a four at the back formation.

Doubting it very much 😅