The Kraken

So Starmer wants to end traditional Cabinet government by, erm, still needing Cabinet approval for stuff. Wow. What a monster he is.

Our points gained in August was excellent, three wins and a draw from 4 games. The performances were a bit iffy but the results were very good. September was the problem, 4 defeats in a row and shipped 12 goals. February was also a wobble, 3 defeats in 4. Unfortunately this season it’s just stacked at the top of the table and runs like that leave you playing catch up. Theres still every chance that the top two or even three could get 100+ points for the season which would be utterly ridiculous.

I thought Villa did one last week too? Disgraceful that Saints didn’t. Shame.

Nope, just that he thinks they’re all brilliant and they all deserve to play. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/24163995.southamptons-martin-explains-made-many-defence-changes/ Sounds like he’s trying to convince himself that playing a lineup with players out of position is absolutely the right thing to do.

It feels exactly like this, always has done this season. RM made a rod for his own back installing Stephens as skipper. Maybe his grand plan was that Janny B was moving on so the partnership would be Stephens and A.N.Other (we signed Holgate before Stephens got injured then THB after), who knows. In any case the goals against stats speak for themselves (although stats were only invented for Asian betting markets…) and we just don’t look as cohesive a unit when we fuck about with lineups and formations. In the Echo recently Martin again said his lineups are about trying to get all of Stephens, Bednarek and THB on the pitch. But that shoehorning players into positions isn’t the reason we’re now looking more porous.

You clearly do.

Never noticed before, we have three Joes on the bench.

If Bad Enoch gets the gig the Tories will be consigning themselves to a continued stint on the opposition bench.

I feel it does the opposite. It might appeal to a small fringe of their nuttier base but it seems like the majority of people will just see right through as yet another sound bite that will actually achieve next to nothing, and yet another feeble attempt at fighting an upcoming election on culture wars.

I think they must have been, yeah! And I can only think that the standings were printed out in full each week. Wouldn’t be able to do that with the amount of people playing these days.

Oh it’s a definite improvement, and I’m sure he’ll do well there.

Halcyon days those, and it was much earlier than the late 90s, I remember doing Telegraph FF in 1993/94 season. Buying the paper on a Monday to find out how you’d got on over the weekend, kids today with online minute to minute points updates don’t know they’re born.

7 points from his first 6 games. Not what I’d call “great” tbf.

Good lad 👍

Breezy left back KWP right back please. It’s about the most solid we looked all season when we did that.

Pathetic

Stevo playing the front sweeper role with aplomb 😎

Yep, would’ve been my preference too.

I’m not sure that’s true and I think the problem runs far deeper than blue or red. Conservatives controlled the council as recently as 2021 and before that had consistently held a decent representation of councillors up until they got massacred last year. It’s just a litany of terrible ideas coming out of council that is to blame. The latest one, the Portswood Broadway fucking abomination is just the latest scheme that hardly anyone wants, residents and shopkeepers vehemently oppose, but the council just plough on regardless because it shaves 2 minutes off the bus times from Southampton to Eastleigh (I wish I was joking, it’s genuinely a big reason they’re doing it).

HAVE ANOTHER BEER.

WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?

It’s interesting that you point out how many changes Saints made, but neglect to point out that Liverpool started out with only one player who would be in their first choice line up. Why is that?

Just a general class difference, their kids are better than our first team. Sulemana needs a massive kick up the arse, just thick as shit, never knows the right thing to do. Our knock it around at the back style will just get massacred against a decent team, never mind a team of teenagers. Edozie, see Sulemana above. Mara, you too. Meh. I expected to get done by a few by their reserve team. Nice enough display but the usual Russball failings. End story, we got undone by a side who had more than a few of their players made up from the under 21s. Oh, and Small boner is genuinely fucking dreadful. Get rid, an absolute nothing of a player.

It’s not just so much that you lie so very very much; it’s also that you’re so terribly bad at it. Utterly full of shit.