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West Brom 4 points behind us as things stand

If only!

Leicester 1 up

Almost another defensive f*** up

The QI clip here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/iSvUcaHkmrDMLWai/

Football? War? There isn't a team braver than Saints right now, that much I know for sure.... (My facetiousness aside, good luck with the project!)

How come we seemingly didn't have "shit defensive players" during our c.25 game unbeaten run...? I'm inclined to agree with @S-Clarke... Rather than our defensive unit suddenly becoming "shit", other factors came into play at the turn of the year...

A name change for Katharina's appointed director... Make of that what you will...

Just spotted that Blackburn have only won twice in the league since 12th December... would therefore be very Saintsy to hand them back-to-back victories...

Or... # Devil's advocate klaxon # ...it highlights the management's (of which Martin is part) poor recruitment acumen in building a team that is so much more deficient than Adkins' team...?

Pick the best players and keep them on the park as long as possible. K.I.S.S.

Yeah, I know how you feel....

Nah... Couldn't see it mentioned anywhere before....

So, there we were at the turn of the year... Unbeaten run intact and slowly but surely reeling in those above us (to the point where we had reached 2nd place and automatic promotion was in our own hands)... and then a series of events that, on their own would have had little impact but, when combined, have led to our downfall...? - January transfer window... Decent acquisitions but gave Martin selection headaches leading to more squad rotation and less consistency - Stephens and Sulemana returning from long injury layoffs, which also added to the squad selection dilemma - Downes injury coinciding with 3 'unexpected' defeats in February versus Hull, Millwall and Bristol City - distraction of our FA Cup run... replay vs Watford and midweek away at Anfield leading to fixture congestion - Wilcox quitting... Must have caused some unrest behind the scenes, surely? - the unbeaten run becoming a millstone around our necks as we ended up being content with draws in order to achieve a new club record? February? The 'Perfect Storm'...? Or....in homage to Russell Martin, am I overthinking things here and all it really boils down to is not having a clinical striker nor a defence that can concentrate for 90 minutes....?! 🙂

Yep, starting to lose count of the games where we were the better team for the majority of the game yet come away with less than 3 points. I was really impressed with our first half performance but there's always that nagging doubt that it's not going to be enough cometh the end of the match.

That didn't help, of course, but we still had things in our own hands despite that. Dropping 4 points over easter is the final nail in the coffin.

That very dim candle has been snuffed out this evening

Season over

10 minutes to keep our slim automatic promotion hopes alive...

Here comes super sub Rothwell.... That means goals, goals, goals....

We made that far too easy... Zero marking and/or closing down on the edge of our own box. Schoolboy stuff.

Cock

3 Ipswich subs... Does Russ stick or twist...?