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We were playing the same fundamental tactics then as we are now, we've simply lost the best combination of players to execute it during this injury 'crisis', coupled with the likes of Ings having a significant dip in form

The critics of the way we play were incredibly quiet during 2020. Can't for the life of me work out why.... Probably nothing to do with football fans being the most fickle creatures on planet Earth....

This is what happened in the aftermath of our previous 9-0. Perhaps something similar will happen this time? Perhaps it won't? Who knows?

The best thing about going through a bad patch is the excellent comedy value one gets from the Saintsweb Forum. It's a sure fire way of enticing the comedians out from under their rock.

That's pretty much how the script typically goes 👍🙂

Sometime between now and the end of the season. Just like we do after every dip in form we have. Anyway, enjoy the more frequent posting rate now that we're in a dip.

Same as last time? Don't panic / overreact and start playing better with the same players and manager again?

Bon nuit, pal

Soucek was clearly just lifting his arm up and made accidental contact. Surely Dean has to be suspended? As the song goes, he's not fit to referee. (Same goes for Mason given he thought it was worthy of further review). Something defo not right about those two

Yes, pal

Yes, we were

Something familiar about the post-match thread for the Everton game last season, (another loss in the aftermath of another 9-0 defeat )... Can't quite put my finger on why it's so familiar though.... #kneejerkreactions #dejavu I wonder if people's ability to predict the future has improved since then...? 😂

Yes. Only 4 or 5 teams scored more points than us in the whole of 2020 ergo we were the best 5th or 6th team in the calendar year that ended just over a month ago.

Because we were the 5th or 6th best premier League side in 2020?

Anyone want to place a bet that your post rate will go right back down again when we rediscover our form...?

When Newcastle went 2 nil up they threatened to run away with the game and I'd have happily thrown in the towel at that point... Going in 2-1 at half time would have been ok in the circumstances, but the McCarthy cock-up for 3-1 killed us. All that said, we should do much better against 10, and then 9 men. Yes, the dreadful conditions made it easier to dig in and defend than it did to attack, but no excuses really. All that said, you won't find me joining the doom-and-gloom brigade just yet. We had a fantastic 2020 and I'm convinced we can rediscover that form. With Armstrong and KWP we'd have got something from today (IMO). We can't underestimate how important those two players have been to us over the last 12 months. It took us a few weeks to regain our confidence after last season's 9-0 and it'll probably be the same this season. I still think we'll finish top half (just). #glassstillhalffull

Pitch not conducive to a player who likes to run with the ball and he's also injury prone (conditions won't help with that either)

Unlikely

Is this playing surface condusive to Djenepo at the moment? I'd be tempted to shove Vestergaard up front and lump the ball up to him

Good question

Why is my official BT stream about 45 seconds behind the 'live' updates on here?

Need to sub Ings (never thought I'd hear myself saying that)

"the skipper knocks one out to Redmond" Whatever floats your boat I guess...

We can always rely on the SWF knee-jerk brigade for a laugh

Newcastle down to 10 men... That means goals, goals, goals...