Toussaint

Surely there is a thread for this crap in the lounge, where all you lot with too much time on your hands can talk about Covid, like it hasn’t been done enough

Queen of the South

Going to Stenhousemuir in Jan.

Poor old Chelsea, they'll be forced to draft in another world class superstar instead.

Impressive stats, but I can’t recall many world class saves or dramatic goal line clearances. A lot of very speculative shots from outside the box and fumbled scuffs inside the box, and conversely not shooting when we should. As an aside, I’m a big fan of jwp, but I can’t understand why he is so good at free kicks but can’t strike a moving ball.

Yes, he does not

Possibly an error of judgement, they are not football people running the club, they obviously have or had faith in Ralph, or have gone so far down the Raph road they hoping and praying it all works out? I had the impression clubs didn't run that way anymore, investing everything in the manager, who if he leaves, necessitates complete rebuilding, like the old days of the Harry Redknapp "my way or the highway" types. You'd also have to say they are all his players now, regardless of whether has signed them or not, as they are only still here because he wants them here?

I admit to being a bit agricultural tactically, but, when we play a team that is around our level, at home, why are we so worried about nullifying them and in the process nullifying ourselves? I'd have happily taken the risk with Peraud, I think he may have created a goal or two had he had the 3 or more chances to whip a ball in that KWP had and fluffed, given he is on hs wrong foot. It didn't have to be Djneppo in front of him, there is Diallo as an extra midfield option, there is Tella, there are probably other combos, or, there is Redmond who was picked. Why didn't we let Wolves worry about us?

A better manager? You wouldn’t have to be that exceptional a manager to play the best players in their best positions, and make the tight tactical and personnel changes when required. He massively over complicates things.

Knowing schizophrenic Saints we’ll probably do ok.

Ralph said something before that game about his application, then he had the good cameo against West Ham, apparently (according to Dan Sheldon), he looked poor against Sheffield United reserves last week.

If the vibes coming from Ralph are to be believed it sounds as though Broja doesn't give a crap about being here. (this weeks Total Saints Podcast)

We were absolutely toothless.

That may hint at a bigger problem, you see it with other teams and across all sports, they can get themselves up for rivals and big games but can't manage it consistently. I do wander what the players think of Ralph, the bizarre team selections, tactics and substitutions cannot be lost on them. I know Bertrand had a bit of a swipe when he left, didn't Ings hint at something also?

Win a cup? Did you see us against Leicester?

It’s really harsh to be down on our forwards, we don’t give them much of a chance, our approach play and final balls are terrible. The players we have that can cause problems going forward didn’t even start yesterday, Tella, Peraud (good crosses) and Djneppo. I think they both would be ok if the midfield was functioning

Right county 😉

Because this was considered a winnable game, it’s great taking points from City and Utd, but it’s games like these we have to pick up 3 points from. It was a game there for the taking, but the set up was wrong. Had we had a left footed left back that alone could have changed the whole outcome. Consider KWP RB, Peraud LB (radical thinking), and either Tella or Livramento instead of Redmond or Mo or both? We now have Chelsea, so potentially we will have netted 4 points from 21 available. Leeds and Burnley both have winnable games next week so unless we get a freak result against Chelsea then we could be in the bottom 3. Then there will be the inevitable draining of confidence. Forgive me for feeling a gloomy. Regarding the bigger picture question, the picture would have looked a lot different had we one today, I may have felt we were making progress, now it feels like a continuation of last season’s form.

It’s all them rainbows affecting things

Shit is the norm, it doesn’t just “happen”. 5 wins in 2021

It’s not one performance though, it’s dozens, this has been going on since last Christmas, the good performances are the exceptions.

The only team that is definitely worse than us is Norwich. The others are at least as good. Leeds will come back.

Me too

He did need to and didn’t

Be handy if we started the right players