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I enjoyed your post and agree it was a gamble but I see it as them prioritising the guy who nearly got us promoted and was best placed to do it this season , I've been firmly in the keep Tonda camp and I was pleasantly surprised when Dragan backed him , it was a bold / arrogant move , let's see , IF we get to keep him it will be the genius ballsy move from the owner if we don't then Tonda goes to Germany and gets the Bayern job by the time he's 40 and our club are punished again by losing their manager mid season

If we know anything from spygate and Tondas background as a video analyst it's that he's a hound for data and makes decisions based on it , but you reckon the data even though you don't have it would say playing out doesn't work but Tonda tells the team to do it anyway, nah doesn't make sense to me Swansea press high and hard to either win the ball back in a dangerous position or force the opposition to concede possession through going long , I thought we navigated it pretty well Come on Grandad be brave and trust the process!

Edozie shouldn't get minutes for having a tantrum on Instagram, should of been Dobbin I was positive about the window til today, Mubama looks way off it , surely we could of got a deal done with Stewart

And we just sold our only keeper that was good with his feet

Fair play to the club , it seemed obvious Stephens had to be replaced but clubs don't always do the obvious, early days but Schlotterbeck looks a bargain and just what we needed , I thought it was a great show of character that he remained composed after that early costly error and went on to have a very impressive debut I wasn't that convinced about re signing JWP but watching him yesterday I realised I'd underestimated that actually a player with that many top flight minutes behind him is a huge asset to a club in our position Couple more good signings and the autos are on COYR

I'd assumed it was the club not wanting him to play cos we don't wanna pay his wage rather than him not wanting to play, I'm not ITK but he seems to be well liked and he played for the 21s the other day , that doesn't seem like a big ego move to me, I hope it works out for him but his career has completely fallen apart since coming here , it's been mentioned on here about the modern keeper needing to be good with his feet and he's not that player, championship is probably his level now but his wage is going to prohibit that happening I guess, I've no idea what's next for him , maybe competition to Peretz is becoming more likely? Anyone know how much Peretz is earning?

It was Lazio I think , the one where Alcaraz nearly started a riot Great goal on his debut and that was it !

I've been so bored of all the " would you take JWP back " chat on here this summer cos I thought it was completely hypothetical, he'll never fucking come back I said !!! I've been wrong before and I'll be wrong again I'd love to see him back in a saints shirt ,for me a useful addition and if Jander stays we'll be just about ok but could still do with another box to box player ideally

My thoughts on yesterday I wasn't surprised the midfield didn't quite work again when I heard Jander was out , you can't have a match day squad without a number 8 but fair play to them they got it done Downes was great but I thought Matsuki ( the bloke behind me was calling him Matsui, wasn't that a cheap 80s hi-fi brand!) struggled, he was better than the Colchester game but it's not his position and it's knowing when to press ,when to drop etc he didn't seem to get it right at times, TBF to Tonda I can see why he started him as Bragg and Downes last week didn't work either but with Jander back and a Charles replacement in we'll be fine in the middle I was furious with Jack last week but TBF he did well , Wood makes me a bit nervous at times , he can look clumsy and off balance but actually I thought his positioning was good ,he knows when to attack the ball and he's a player who'll make those brave blocks , Are Stephens and Wood good enough for the season ahead? It's probably one of them with a new signing alongside but TBF they were solid yesterday Scienza was totally ineffective yesterday, they doubled up on him at times , we didn't have THB hitting him early, hopefully he hasn't been found out ! Oh well makes it more likely we'll keep him , was that Gallagher that cleaned him out btw I thought Azaz was a difference maker again, I love how he always scanning looking for.the killer pass and it was no suprise he played in Mubama form the winner YET the numpty behind me was slagging him off half the game So pleased for Mubama , City obviously rate him could be a great loan In the 2nd half what happened when Stoke had a chance that Peretz saved , where I was sat it looked weird like in slow mo and it trickled toward the net and I thought the stoke player was gonna tap it in but Peretz ended up with it ,it wasn't on the highlights either

I disagree, we have 2 very good no.6s in Bragg and Downes we don't need another , I thought we probably had the best midfield in the league last season

I'm really suprised there hasn't been more central midfielders linked ,I thought last season Tonda did a great job of rotating the 4 midfielders for the 2 spots , have to trust Spors can work his magic but it's the position I'm most worried about, could do with upgrades at CB but I reckon it'll be ok and I'm alright with Larin and Mubama but we'll need at least 1 new no.8 and if Jander does go I'm not confident we can find 2 no.8s anywhere near the quality of Shea and Caspar

Peretz Bree THB Wood Manning Downes Fellows Jander Scienza Azaz Larin

I used to like Jobi McAnuff, what a load of shit

Happy with the lineup, would of started Azaz personally but that's a strong side and I'm pleased to see Bragg and Downes together in the middle ,COYR

I don't disagree but I can forgive all that due to his fabulously 1950s name, his easy elegance on the ball and the Maldini hair band, TBF he was played as a right back and in a Will Still back 3