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Now that his master has been relieved of his duties, they are probably having long walks together on the beach, hand in hand, talking about how unfair it is that nobody understands them.

Sports Republic (think they) know best.

I don't believe anyone is saying we should have bought McBurnie per se. What people do seem to be saying is that we needed an experienced target man to lead and link the attacking play, much as Che Adams did in our last Championship campaign. McBurnie fits that profile but better options have been mentioned on this forum (Sergeant, Moore, Morris, Kone and others). What we actually got was a youth who has no experience in the Championship, no experience in this country and very little senior experience anywhere. So, I don't think it takes much imagination to expect any of the other players mentioned to have performed better than the one now languishing on the bench. Sure, people would have belly ached about McBurnie, Moore etc (probably not Sergeant or Morris). But, that would have subsided as soon as they saw how these players hit the ground running.

But that isn't what WE are paid to do. HE is, and he isn't doing a good job.

At least the team's use of grammar should improve

Floor? Luxury

True, but the main position in which we needed strengthening was central striker. He failed miserably on this.

Harsh. Ross Stewart was a figure of fun because of his fitness record ( the Loch Ness Drogba) not because he has no experience and no apparent football ability.

Those errors are so frustrating, I agree, but hopefully, those errors should reduce if someone has clear responsibility and with a stronger midfield, the defence should have to deal with fewer "exposed" situations. Many teams cope perfectly well with a back 4, as Saints have in the past. If the CBs really are that bad that they can't play in a back 4 then we need to sell them and get a CB who can, in my opinion.

Rubbish, in my opinion. Our best form in the Championship came when we had 2 centre-backs in a back 4 (Bednarek and THB). In fact, our problems started under RM when he tried to shoehorn Jack into a back 5 in January. We have 5 CBs at the club, one of whom starred in that long unbeaten run. If we can't get a decent pairing out of them, then the fault lies with the manager and coaching staff rather than the players, in my opinion. The other advantages of 4 at the back, which can make for a more solid setup, are that everyone clearly knows their role (which is abundantly not clear at the moment), and the team can play another defensive-minded midfielder to prevent us being cut open or outnumbered in midfield as currently happens

Presumably, he's not referring to these statistics.

The fans, especially those who travelled to the match

Or Sargent, or Morris, or Kone, or McBurnie or kept Onuachu .... .. But then none of these would have met the main criteria ... .. Potential resale value. Downs met this criterion but is inferior as a striker to all of these and probably most, if not all, central strikers in this league.

Get Gerrard, simply because I'd like to see him headbutt Lampard when we play Coventry.

I wish we had a decent manager like Nathan Jones

Is he MLG in disguise 🥸

Can't help thinking that the Scots saw through his chicanery and blag a lot sooner than we did or perhaps they are just more vocal and active?

I think the majority knew nothing about Downs and considered him a gamble. The main sentiment I recall is concern that we were gambling on an uknknown youngster, with hardly any games behind him with no experience in this country or league as a backup to a permanently injured Stewart. So, yes, because it was.a gamble on a vital role, it was a terrible call. in your recent posts, you have labelled the majority of Saints fans “feeble minded idiots” and suggested that someone has a grudge against you because they live in a PO postcode. Your comments suggest that a village somewhere is missing an idiot.

I assume you are on a windup here. If not, then you must be the "feeble minded idiot" that you brand a huge number of Saints fans as. Addressing, your first point, Downs is clearly not ready for the competitive and physical nature of the championship. His touch is poor, his positional sense is woeful. Any decent scout should have seen that he is not ready for this league, even as backup. Point 2, we didn't need a CF who scores lots of goals. What we needed was a strong, physical target man who can hold the ball up, link the play and create space for goalscorers such as Armstrong and Archer. This is what Che Adams did so well for us. Anyone can see Downs is not that player. Point 3, there are plenty of players that could have filled that role. Three teams that we have already played have shown this, Derby have bought Carlton Morris, Wrexham have bought Kieffer Moore, Hull have bought McBurnie. These are all players that SR would never buy because they only buy players with a view to resale value, not who might just do a job for a season and get us promotion. Point 4, it didn't require visionary skills to predict that someone| who has had a series of recurring injuries for two years, including hamstring, would breakdown again. Especially when, after not having many minutes this season we played him 3 times in 8 days. I don't normally respond to other posters in this way, but your post riled me with it's idiocy. Congratulations, if that was your aim. Although, it does feel too easy taking aim at your points, rather like attacking a dead sheep

Struggling to understand a manager that thinks the team will be better by taking off Scienza and replacing him with Downs.

He looks as if he is waiting for an invitation to touch the ball.

Puzzled by that substitution

RM did not drop Bazunu. He got injured.

We've scored then stopped playing again

Good free Kick