The Wyvern

That’s not the question I asked you.

Surely it’s far worse news that they’re “UK nationals” from London?

Agreed, of all the managers they just happened to interview one with the most extreme of opinions.

It’s an interesting legal argument isn’t it and could certainly help Tonda’s case if presented in the right way.

The sort of quality journalism we’ve come to expect from the bbc these days. Trash.

God knows what Azaz makes of it all being half Israeli,half Irish!

Of course it doesn’t. You telling me it’s just the same as playing Bolton at home? Pubs in town full at 9am on a Sunday if we were playing Norwich? God knows what circles some of you mix in. 🤣

Nah, not having this. Regardless of the restrictions, it’s still the game that gets the juices flowing more than any other by a long, long way. Always an extra buzz about the game/town when we play them no matter what. Can’t wait.

Great effort for such a journey midweek and a ground most have done before. Not many Championship sides would take as many.

Dobbin and Mubama definitely disappointments from the window, club would have been expecting more from both. And I doubt the plan over the summer was to have Wood as one of our first choice CBs, so something went wrong there too.

Thanks, good points. Normally I’d suggest swapping out Wood for Abbot, see how that improves things, but not sure of having the skates at home is a good debut option for a CB.

Why are we unable to keep a clean sheet? What’s letting us down here? I don’t think Wood is good enough, but it can’t just be him.

Some clubs seem to clearly be better at selling and then buying quality again than others and the three examples you give definitely have been excellent. The question is what have they been able to do that others can’t? Better scouting networks?

If we don’t like the Fa’s punishment, is there anything we can actually do? Independent sports arbitration? One thing that has been clear throughout all this is no-one has a clue, as fans we’re completely guessing at random.

If we have appealed, does that suggest the punishment is quite severe? No point appealing otherwise.

Also worth bearing in mind we haven’t actually felt the -4 punishment yet. Not until the end of the season will we actually know what the-4 punishment actually is. We finish 3rd, missing 2nd by a couple of points for example, it’s a completely different punishment to a team that finishes mid table this year. Or we miss out on the play off due to -4, that’s two years on the trot the punishment would have kicked us out of the playoffs, whole thing incredibly disproportionate the more I think about it.

Agreed re mixing it up. Is there also the argument that for playing it around at the back to work, the defensive team needs to lose the ball to the attackers occasionally. Part of the point is to draw the opposition out and if they never think they’ve got a chance of getting it back they’ll just sit deep. Bit like bookmakers always wanting you to win occasionally so you keep coming back.

Could there be an argument that as there are so many strong teams this year everyone will regularly take points off each other and no-one runs away with a high points total?

Whilst unlikely, do goalkeepers have a few more options to move due to emergency loans etc?

Nothing to really add on the game except to say I thought Lincoln was a cracking city for a day out, loads of good pubs, definitely one of the better away days of the season.

That’s actually a reasonable and fairly representative selection of our support.

Not Saints specific, but anyone else think the whole transfer window in the Premier League looks absolutely bonkers? Probably some sort of really complicated accounting trickery and god knows what else, just a load of really strange deals. Also long gone are the days of a couple of signings, it seems a big overhaul becoming the norm. Manchester City and Chelsea the ultimate player trading clubs.

That’s what I mean. Just stands out from our approach to all other transfers this summer. Looks odd. Guess there’ll always be an outlier somewhere.

The £9m spent on Dobbin stands out there as a strange bit of business.

No-way the club want to be paying Ramsdale to sit on the bench or has been the case so far, not even in the match day squad. That’s £ that could well be put to use on bringing in a player that will actually make a regular contribution.