Toussaint

You've hit on something, every time Saints play in future I'll watch a re run of Frasier, much better for the blood pressure and general sense of well being!

I've no idea if he would have saved the first one. I just responding to the point Fraser didn't do anything wrong with the reality that he didn't have to do anything, and has had very little to do in the games he has played. My view, just my view is McCarthy isn't the problem, if he was it's unlikely the Frasier would be the answer. Don't get me wrong, I respect Frasier and want him to do well, I'm just sceptical he will, and for whatever reason he gives me the jitters. Maybe a hangover from his last spell.

lost interest, no, if you said utterly demoralised you could forgive him, we've barely played a decent ball into the area since....... i can't remember.

If your a young pretty boy you probably could, just so you know we really appreciate you literally taking one for the team!

We don't know what he is like in the dressing room, he may already does that. The players may have had a gut full of the nutty tactics, team selections and unrealistic demands on their bodies. Maybe not, I don't have a clue what goes on behind the scenes.

Just let in 1 goal, let in a disallowed goal, saved an offside goal out of how many shots, 1 legitimately on target? He's no better than he was previously, he just hasn't been tested in his recent appearances.

Are you sure he wasn't taking up a position where he couldn't receive the ball where he would have to take some responsibility? Because he does that an awful lot, I can only assume his confidence is completely shot.

With the unfortunate side effect of angriness and sulkybrattishness

It might feel like that, but we shouldn’t go down. If we start next season with a fully fit squad we would be ok. Who knows, we may have an owner with some cash, we may sell Ings and spend the money well. It’s a terrible run, but it’s not terminal

Thought JWP and Moussa gave it everything. Hard to criticise the front two, they had nothing to work with.

you tell 'em!

Stocked with abject mediocrity outside our best 12 or 13 bonafide, proven premier league players.

I didn’t even know we signed Anthony Joshua, I agree we need to toughen up but I didn’t see that coming!

.... as Kung fu Panda

They don’t have big lumps, but they do have a lot of bigger far more athletic types, we’ve been physically small and lightweight for a long time. That’s one reason we struggled against teams like that, West Ham, Palace, Burnley... they just bully us. Against Chelsea I watched Redmond lose every foot race, and when he did get there he just bounced off the defender. We have no one who could win a race to a ball knocked through or down the channels, even if they did they’d struggle to hold it up while the plodders joined from midfield. We just need a big reset.

You normally need a traditional centre forward for this to be effective, I’m a bit of a dinosaur and miss my man-crush Grazziano, we’ve had no one like that since. I think Ings alongside a big no 9 could cause havoc. In short wouldn’t be averse to it but we don’t have the personnel.

Doesn't matter, because we are the record breakers, record breakers la la la la la (you have to be a certain age to get the reference...)

I don't think it has been that fast, it's just become increasingly noticeable to the point now where he is pretty awful. I used to love watching his wing play with Tadic and Redmond (whatever happened to him?), they used to create a lot of good delivery or runs into the box. Something we just don't do anymore.

I can't see it, I think he is cooked.

I see it exactly as you do, I'm Just not convinced with the idea he should be replaced at this stage. All the valid points you make in the first paragraph will exist for his replacement. It could get worse. I don't think we will go down, if I did I would say get him out now as we would have to do something, anything to stay in the prem. Saints need a reset,we are paying the price now for the moneyball strategy which started under the extremely arrogant Les Reeds tenure. I know he wanted a small squad, but that was his naivety in coming to the premier league. With or shoestring budget, good know what sort of calibre of players we could add to the squad anyway? We had that under the last few managers, a bloated squad full of mediocrity.

What, too much investment, plenty of quality competition and cover for all positions? Yeah sack Ralph. He had us punching way above our weight and couldn’t sustain it

We are paying the price for lack of investment, we have too many average players and no cover. I don’t know who could do better playing the same cards

That’s what I said

Knackered Bertrand couldn’t keep so wandered inside. You are free to leave you old crock

We no longer create chances in the area, it’s pot shots or it’s receiving the ball with your back to goal with nowhere to go