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Maybe I was getting yourself and gio1saint mixed up... Easily done...

Do you have to work long hours on perfecting your sarcastic/self-righteous tone or does it just come naturally? Either way, I'm very impressed....

Ok, regardless of what was discussed the Fans Forum, do you still think that SR won't "fuck around with a 2 year plan for promotion"?

Yep, I don't see the point of it in today's 24x7 media world

I don't believe anyone is suggesting that Saints player turnover rates are going to be hugely different to before, quite the opposite in fact - we all know a self-sustaining club requires certain levels of player turnover - but doesn't that underline the point that some people are making? i.e. it's going to be more difficult to deal with player turnover if the new philosophy is more dependant on player continuity than under previous systems / regimes?

Going off on a slight tangent but, based on what was divulged by JW and RM at this week's tactics forum, do you still believe that SR won't "fuck about with a 2 year plan for promotion" as things stand?

If it's definitely not 11, all you have to do to get close(r) to the "magic number" is add 1 to 11 several times until you feel you can't say "it's not x" any longer... For example, would you say "it's not 12" as categorically as you say "it's not 11"...? #logic

No chance of it being published if the pre-event blurb is anything to go by......They don't want other clubs to see how clever we are....

Stop moaning FFS!

I'm yet to be convinced but thanks for the feedback from those who went. The nagging question I have (along with a few fellow forum members above) is.... if these tactics are the best way to get out of this division then why has no other team succeeded with it (to my knowledge)? It all sounds very clever and sophisticated but if it's such a good way of playing why isn't anyone else doing it? Surely if its the best way of playing (in this league in particular) then we wouldn't be alone? #logic (sorry, make that 3 nagging questions, but all amounting to the same thing! )

Spot on...

Thanks; my hunch was that it was a quote from a while back 👍

Echo

Is this from a new interview this week? Link? Cheers 👍

Sorry, new to the thread.... Has anyone blamed the Romans yet? Personally, I'd give the land back to the Natufians or Canaanites.

Doesn't look like the Russell Martin tactical doctrine memo has reached the lower echelons of the academy yet...

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I would take that article with a pinch of salt... The fella being interviewed (from Hampshire Live) said this: "..unlike Onuachu, Stewart has bags of experience at this level"... not the best description of a player who has only made 13 appearances in the Championship...

Source? Can't see any mention of it on soshal meeja... Cheers 👍

Just watched the 1st episode of 'The Reckoning'. Dark stuff. Bafta winning performance from Coogan.

Would never have happened under Russ-ball. Wanyama had a much safer option passing back to our own keeper...

More importantly, where are we on the momentum curve...?

Maybe, maybe not. I just think there's more chance of our inconsistent strikers scoring a few semi-flukey goals from a plethora of half chances versus scoring from a smaller subset of chances that are put on a plate for them. Yes, sounds counter-intuative perhaps, but I've been watch Saints for far too long to know not to apply logic to such calculations Exhibit A - Che Adam's speculative shot from almost the half way line versus Man City the other season, yet give him a chance 5 yards out (after a build up of 25 tip-tappy passes) and he'll invariably fluff it...

Whilst we had a decent number of good opportunities, the trouble with Martin's tactics is that its all about quality of chances rather than quantity. When you have decent forwards who can capitalise on the decent chances then quality over quantity is a sound tactic, but when you have average strikers like we do, you need quantity over quality to stand the best chance of despatching the likes of Rotherham. I therefore conclude that Martin's tactics were a contributing factor in us not winning on Saturday.