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Cummings seems to have a bit of a soft spot for Sunak and Raab.... promise of a job offer once Johnson has been forced out...? He's also given Gove an easy ride.

Cheers for the insight Craig - appreciated

Since when did Cummings go from an unreliable, deceitful charlatan to a trustworthy arbiter of honesty?

Oops...

I'm in the same camp but am fast running out of 'give him the benefit of doubt' cards. I'm still somewhat bemused how a team can go from "top 6 in calendar year 2020" to "worst team in 2021". I hear the cries of "because teams have got wise to his tactics and he doesn't have the managerial ability to adapt" and I'm still open to persuasion on that synopsis. But... there's still a small part of me that thinks Ralph can rekindle 'the spirit of 2020' and thus give us a decent 21/22 season. I'm basically an open-minded pragmatic kinda person, which is probably why I'm struggling to deduce which way things are likely to pan out if we stick with Ralph. Of course, none of us actually know how things will pan out whether we stick with him or not but, either way, the self-congratulatory "told you so" brigade will no doubt have their day in the sun in due course

Ah, yes, fair point. May be best if I keep my ponderings to myself in future

Yes, of course I'm aware that you never know how many points are going to be enough until looking back at the end of the season. But I'm geniunely interested if, looking back retrospectively across each season, which Saints managers have amassed enough points that ended up being enough to avoid relegation earlier in the season than Ralph 'achieved' this times around. (And, yes, I'm also blissfully aware its a meaningless 'achievement' but it was just something I was pondering upon, purely as a matter of curiosity)

Clutching at straws for some positives, who was the last Saints manager to secure premier league safety by 4th January (matchday 17)?

Because the Saintsweb intelligentsia will predict it for the 9th season running...?

You're so clever Lord D. Gotta be worth some kind of medal?

Best team on the South Coast. Happy days.

Getting quite aroused now

I love you Lord D. You make me moist

Please promise me you'll never stop entertaining us with your inciseive wit Lord D.

"The cult" 😂

Well, that's a load of old shite... I've got a pay-as-you-go 'sports' subscription with Now TV but they shove it on Sky One which isn't included. Twats.

What channel is the game on? Can't find it on Now TV (Sky)

Duffel

The more I watch the replays the more bizarre the 2nd goal appears. McCarthy seems to track the path of the ball well enough but then decides not to stick out an arm to try and save it and instead ushers the ball into the net.

Most number of home wins since Koeman...

Result flatters Leeds slightly but they probably deserve it overall

Too far out for a JWP special?

Ings should bury that!

Someone that bet on Bamford scoring but not from a penalty...?