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And Trent (TM) who was a big part of their attacking impetus. But yeah, this is the first season they're struggling where they can't point the finger at the other big clubs and say "look at how much you spent", when they've spunked so much themselves. VVD, Alison, Salah and Robertson are old too, lots more changes to come for them. It goes to show how one bad transfer window can make all the difference. They're not going to start dropping down the league but it has opened the door for Arsenal, City and even Chelsea to start competing for the title again.

It's possible he could be a confidence player, hit one in and he starts a run. But then I'm one of the idiots that thought the same of Sekou Mara.

Incidentally 10 points separate 3rd from 20th. League is still wide open.

Love the Ceefax app. Old school.

As in a pre-season promotion contender.

They've scored 7 goals in 10 games. We've scored 10 in 3. Keep our goal rate up and we should be ok. Reading Foxestalk they say there were more positive signs for them today though, Begovic in goal was one. We have history with him.

After QPR, Wednesday and Charlton, Leicester is Tonda's first real test. Win this and he must be a shoe in for the job, whether it's the right decision or not. Good to see today that the summer signings (Post Downs and Quarshie) are really making their mark. Some more of that transfer decision making in January and it will be a wonderful second half of the season.

If we do appoint Tonda i hope he's not the Saganowski of managers but you can't deny he's done his chances of the job the world of good with that performance. Players are playing for him. The most annoying thing is that this is the same set of players that Still barely got a tune out of for a third of a season. We're playing catch up for the rest of the the campaign but keep putting in performances like this and there is no reason we can't at least get into a play off spot, especially if we bring in the right players in January (GK and striker).

Walking round John Lewis and I can feel my phone repeatedly vibrate in my pocket. I picked the wrong day not be watching Sky. Poxy wife. Anyway pleasantly surprised! More goals for Saints please and we're back baby.

Still have mine on DVD. Deserves a rewatch. I saw that - my mate lives in Devizes so I was thinking about heading to Calne to see it and then crash at hers but now I have other plans. Pretty random though.

Playing as Arsenal on FM22 and Mika Biereth and Folarin Balogun are banging them in for me. In the real world both play for Monaco and score a fair amount and are still a good age. That's my scouting done. Make it happen Saints. 😝

RIP Andy

Coventry will take some stopping. Funny, I didn't see a runaway team this year but then they could hit poor form at some point. Two more wins in quick succession and we're slam back in the play off hunt. For now I think we're probably playing like a mid-table team, even though we probably have players better than that. 31 games to go, not unheard of for a team to power through the League. Get the next manager right, make the right January signings and we'll slam up that league. We just need to keep in touch.

I think the 4 you've listed are probably about as good as it gets. Carrick would be a bit 'meh' but he wouldn't have the antagony (is that a word? I feel like it should be) with the fans that Martin, Tonda or O'Neill would have. Heck I'd take Mowbray over having Martin back (Tony, not his brother!)

It was... ok. Trees were not pulled up but we definitely played better today than we did against QPR although they were better than Wednesday were. Some of attacking moves were decent in the first half but then we conceded to a decent goal (and poor keeping) and suddenly you could see the nerves creep back in. Half time came, Barnaby came on and suddenly I worried about how it would turn out, but the Armstrong goal pretty much killed the game. To be fair to Wednesday, they did try, they just lack the quality which isn't a surprise bearing in mind their predicament. They'll go down but will probably be better for it in the long run. I CBA to do a player ratings but Scienza, Fellows and Jander were the stand outs (summer signings working well), and I thought AA and even Manning had decent games. Pleased for Azaz to get his first goal, more please. THB was a bit better too. Williams was tidy but didn't blow me away. I can't say it enough though... drop the 3CBs but I guess with injuries we're stuck with it as we have numbers in that position. 2 wins from 2 from Tonda but I'm with others, we need a more experienced manager going forwards. Not Martin (whatever the players want) and not O'Neill as neither will get the fan base onside. Carrick might be dull but he'd probably do for the short term. Either that or stick with Tonda for a few more games then see who becomes available. Anyway a nice day out with my daughter who has now seen 7 Saints goals in 2 games in her life time. I should take her more.