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I still think the biggest mistake SR has made was letting him go.

I think we need more than a pretty decent Championship side to finish in the top 2. We only managed 4th last time and that was with Adams, Bednarek, Walker Peters and Brooks. Downs was a big player for us that season but has had a poor season, patchy health to say the least and a falling out which saw him looking for a transfer. I think we are several players short of competing for top 2. In particular, creative midfielders, good wingers and a reliable goalkeeper.

I think it's going to be very entertaining watching Russell's progress at Rangers. I just feel sorry for the Rangers fans. Somehow, I can't see them being quite as reserved as the Saints fans in their criticism of Englishman Martin.

Nobody thinks that, obviously. But, it would have bbeen more useful to see young promising players such as Robinson, Wellington and Edwards starting the last warm up match, ahead of the likes of Fraser, Manning and Bree.

To be fair, I thought he looked better than Manning in his few cameos last season before he was inexplicably dropped.

Because you would think that with a week to go, he would start with his best 11, perhaps?

Can't understand why both aren't starters. Wellington looks better than Manning to me.

Ermmm, why wasn't Robinson on from the start?

I hope you're right

We've just proved we're not very good at it

Terrible bit of possession from Saints. Back, sideways, back, back, back to the keeper. Hoooof

Should be 2-0

Fans are more knowledgeable than you make out. The frustration is that in this window we are leaving it very late to fix some glaring deficiencies ( goalkeeper, winger, creative midfielder). If we just needed one player then most fans would be more relaxed. The other frustration is that by bringing players in earlier they can be integrated before the season gets underway.

And on the wing

I don't think it's that simple. At the moment I feel we need to buy a number 1 goalkeeper, a creative midfielder and a winger who can beat players and deliver a decent cross, regardless of what happens to Dibling and Fernandes.

Brilliant work Sir 😂

Looking for positives, which is difficult when so many players are leaving, I am pleased that we seem to be doing a lot of player selling with a few weeks of the window left, i.e. leaving time to get replacements in before the season starts. The next few weeks will be a big test of the new SR setup and their resolve to return to the Premiership. Some of the areas that are now looking weak and where we need to strengthen are the goalkeeper, creative midfielder(s) and winger(s) (who can beat a man and can cross the ball).

Spertsyan looks exactly like what we need as a creative midfielder in videos, and from his stats in a decent league. My only concern would be his commitment to coming to the 2nd league in England when he has been linked with much higher profile clubs than us in the past and has apparently, rejected us just a few weeks ago.

Some posts make you wonder whether the poster has ever watched Saints play. Time and time again, Bazunu would let in goals that you would expect him to save. His positioning was poor, his hands weak, he didn't command his area and for someone whose alleged special talent was with the ball at his feet, well he wasn't especially good at that either. And to suggest, the minor errors that he was pilloried for were the same as the errors Ramsdale made but not criticised for. Well, you must be smoking something very strong.

Error, so deleted

Is there a time limit on this?

I just ignored your sarcasm and answered the original point. Clearly lost on you.

Indeed, but that just increased the probability of a howler. It didn't introduce them into his game.

Why did you think that? Stephen's has always had a ricket or 3 in him, regardless of the manager