The Kraken

I played golf yesterday morning, as it goes Phil. A very nice stroll around it was too.

That part is correct.

38 games in a Premier League season, plus 3 this season = 41. What happened to the missing two games?

Either Cerrrrrrraig David or Pinder, I'd have thought.

There has always been a negative reaction on the forum after defeats. Always. There were doom laded threads in the old SaintsForever days, they're not any worse now on here.

And check out their forum, it makes this one look tame, pretty much every other thread bemoaning either the team selection, lack of signings or Moyes in general..

Yep; agreed. Kind of puts it in a bit more perspective.

Just for reference: MP has now been with Saints for 19 games. He has a record of W6 D8 L5. Over the course of a full season that would yield 52 points, typically enough to secure an 8th place finish. Quite clearly that is very good. Although I do share the concerns of the last few games and that the progress we have made under MP seems to have regressed somewhat.

Pretty much sums it up for me. At the back end of last season we beat Liverpool, Chelsea and reading in succession and MP's stock was sky high. Since then we've regressed and scored just 8 points in 9 games against West Ham, Swansea, West Brom, Tottenham, Sunderland, Stoke, West Brom, Sunderland and Norwich, while also becoming very predictable (as our low scoring record indicates).

Come on Benjob, you asked the question.

Benny! A genuine question other than following me around and just playing the child! I feel honoured, so I'll answer. Now, the quote that I answered in the first place was: Marco decided to question this. Now, if you could please just point out which goal Saints have scored from open play this year, we'll go from there.

Shurlock; as the northerners would say. Bob on, son. Bob on.

Well I'm fairly sure it's the direct result of the ball being played in from the dead ball, give or take a deflection or two.

Hurrah!! Benners has got his obsession back on again!! Welcome back Benny!!

Mac, the only crying I'm doing is of two sorts. The first is tears of desperation in your endeavours to follow me around like you have something to prove. The second is my tears of laughter at how painfully basic you must be to not recognise the difference between a goal scored from open play and a goal scored from a dead ball. Your attempts to diffuse your idiocy are desperate. Desperate. Pass the tissues, i'm still laughing you. :lol::lol:

Still laughing :lol::lol:

A free kick isn't a dead ball then? You're really not doing well here Mark :lol:

Glad to see it's only one idiot who doesn't know the difference between scoring from a dead ball and scoring from open play.

This is an internet forum. What are you expecting? Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola to log on and tell us where we could otherwise have got a better result today?

Poch seems to mostly leave him on the bench at the start of the game; so yes, I reckon the manager has got that part spot on.

So the "Guly contract" does exist after all? #turkishwasright

Again. No-one doubts that. Forums are for speculation and personal opinion, nothing on here will influence the manager's decision. We'll never know, will we?

I agree. But in the manager's eyes it clearly did need fixing, Cork got subbed off in a few games towards the end of the season. It was fairly clear that MP wasn't as enamoured with the partnership as fans were.

I think you're missing the point Charlie. It's not that he wouldn't have made the bench under MP. It's that some people think it would have been better if he did make the bench (and even the team). Speculating that MP maybe doesn't make all the right decisions all the time. Opinions, in other words.