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Great shout. See if his brother The Undertaker fancies a run out at centre back too.

Not working is it? Clearly this club needs a strong, experienced leader in charge to stamp out a few clearly hard held and misguided beliefs in terms of club philosophy. if Solak is in any way concerned about getting any kind of return from his investment in the club he needs to drop SR like a bad habit. Start making some straight forward common sense decisions and accept that whatever approach SR have been trying to impose of the club/group is patently not working.

More likely get picked up in the summer by one of the promoted sides. That’s our level now. Selling to those types of clubs. It’ll be a long time before the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool etc are on the phone enquiring after our players again I’d say…

Depressing, turgid, uninspired, boring, plodding, mediocre, mid-table Championship football. I’m actually excited for the game to end so I can stop watching.

Pretty sure Matsuki is Japanese mate.

Not entirely sure what is wrong with letting a young lad sample the atmosphere of a travelling support in a respectable away fan friendly pub if there was one. As it happens we went into the ground earlier and a friendly PR lady from Southampton FC asked if he would like to be our mascot today and walk out with the team. One happy (but tired!) chappy with memories he’ll carry with him for years.

Any away friendly pubs near the ground? Taking my 6 year old lad to his first away game. Curious if anywhere nearby for away fans or is best bet the concourse?

In fairness I noticed who I was replying to after I posted it and thought he must have been on a wind up.

Pretty sure that was the 3-1 game.

Jim Branning immediately comes to mind. Wasn’t even a Saints fan was he?

No way we are seeing this out.

They just said you’ve got to feel for the travelling Baggies fans too. What, all 7 of them? we are in playoff spots 😂

In the words of Duncan Bannantyne, “and for that reason, I’m out.”

Agreed although Armstrong seems to have bucked his ideas up recently so they may gamble on him maintaining that form. Hopefully by now they know they cannot afford to do the same with Bazunu. I have my doubts however.

In the same way that a broken clock is right twice a day, if you persist with Bazunu for enough games, it stands to reason he’ll pull off the occasional decent save. It was a good save though, granted. He is still not the answer and the club needs to start the search for a replacement, if it hasn’t already.

Pretty sure we’ve already done it this season ourselves. Wasn’t it Bragg?

And it’ll most likely be another total shitshow of a decision.

This is Sports Republic we are talking about here. Anything is possible.

Maybe so but it’s surprising he’s not been given a crack by anybody. Are you telling me the likes of Jack Stephens and Harwood-Bellis wouldn’t sit up and take notice when he tries showing them a thing or two? By all accounts he was a popular figure at Villa as assistant under Smith.

Still surprises me John Terry has never been given a crack at management. One of the best and most decorated Premier League centre backs and captains of all time must have something to offer in management.

So the club doesn’t need a shift in approach? Let’s keep on keepin’ on then? Righty-ho, pal… 👍🏻

If we are going to judge candidates of the next manager purely by performance in their most recent role, we are going to be picking from an extremely limited pool. Who do you suggest? Guardiola? Howe? Maybe see if Klopp fancies a crack at the Championship? The club needs a complete shift in approach. It needs to get back to basics. The players clearly need a good boot up their arse. Football is a pretty simple game which has been massively over complicated by footballing hipsters the past few years. Not least by Russell Martin with his ridiculous commitment to his “style” at all costs or our present incumbent who made a name for himself by being half decent at Championship Manager. A Pulis or Allardyce type would set us up to be more difficult to beat almost overnight. He would also most likely sack off this 5 at the back insanity we keep reverting back to.

Why are we laughing about bring in a Pulis, Allardyce or Warnock? It’s exactly what the club needs. Especially the first two.

This c*nt has got to go. Complete rabbit in the headlights. One of the worse sides I’ve ever seen to beat us by 2 clear goals.

If you are mid-table in January, you have every chance of breaking the top six. We aren't competing against Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea, Villa and Newcastle here...