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My hope is that, because it's City, the higher powers are keeping him in with a view to sacking him either way afterwards. If we lose, a new manager hasn't come in and started with a thumping, and it gives them more excuse for getting rid of Ralph. If we draw or win, Ralph goes out on a high and we get a bit of confidence for a new manager to come in and start with a home tie against West Ham. Sort of win/win if you look at it in a weird way. If the board keep faith with Ralph for much longer, I really think we're going down this season. We can't keep losing games that we should be picking up points at - this is the strongest Premier League in years and keeping a manager who doesn't even know what his best formation is let alone his best first XI is is very worrying.

...and Tino, and possibly Bazunu too. I wouldn't be surprised if the likes of Edozie and Mara had takers too. The state of our potential Championship team doesn't bear thinking about, but we'd probably have a squad (without any signings of course) of: McCarthy/Lis, Payne, Stephens/Simeu/Lyanco/, Perraud/Larios/Small, Diallo/Smallbone/Chauke/Watts, Tella/Djenepo/Edwards/, Armstrong/N'Lundulu/Ballard/Pearce. Obviously there'd be signings and possibly one or two of the ones we've suggested leaving will still be here but it still looks weak. We need change to stay up and the manager is the one that has to go.

Not a surprise, let some decent players go in the summer in order to try and change their shape from the Espirito Santo days and it doesn't seem to have worked. Ralph next please.

I hate to say it but 3 at the back for me for this one - not defensive per se but something has to change. Even the 4 at the back isn't working now. I'd like to try... Bazunu (yes keeping faith for now) DCC/ABK/Salisu KWP/JWP/Diallo/Perraud Aribo Edozie Adams Whatever we put out we're probably going to get bummed. City are in rampant form.

Most managers would be better right now surely. The problem is those with Premier League experience are either rubbish, boring or wouldn't be seen dead adding us to their CV. As long as Ralph goes, Selles can take charge for now. A quick look at free agent managers... Dejan Stankovic? Did well with Red Star Belgrade, Serbian like our owner, wouldn't cost anything, was a tasty player back in the day...

Where's that vote thread, I would like to amend mine to OUT NOW. Who for? Well his assistant can step in for now. Surely there is a manager out there though that can come in, see our best formation and starting XI and just play it, without all this chopping and changing. Ralph has played GOD knows how many formations recently, he just hasn't got a clue what our best formation is let alone our strongest XI. City next and we should all be shitting our collective pants.

Well that was...

Back to 3 at the back I reckon, DCC, ABK and Salisu. KWP and Perraud wide, JWP, Diallo and AMN bossing City's midfield, Adams and Aribo leading the attack. Yeah we're probably screwed.

"I can't believe they keep failing to sack me, I need that Compo dammit"

I can't believe I'm praying for a point against a poor Everton side but we need to stop the rot. Come on Saints, finish on a high at least...

This one is pretty safe for work. Not sexy though, unless you like that sort of thing.

Pray it works...

Wolves, Villa, Everton. 3 teams we should be getting points from if we want to stay in this league. Ralph has to go but even a new manager would have a job on his hands with this squad. 9 games (10 if you include Brentford potentially) until the transfer window but we could well be bottom 3 by then.

Utter respect for any Saints fans at the ground.

This season continues to worry me...

I know we chuck points away from winning positions but that's ridiculous.

Goal for Everton? My mobile updates are going all over the place

Well there's me dissing him and...

re: Stream, I don't know if it helps anyone else but it works for me, those of you with an iPad download Live Player - media streaming, then search for Southampton or whatever the home team is when we're playing away. It's very adverty and buffers a lot (for me but then my iPad is about 9 years old) but it worked sporadically in that first half and some games are better than others.

I was excited by the signing of Aribo but he's done very little since he joined. Really hope he comes good soon.

Well, Ralph's amazing half time team talk is still yet to come...

Afternoon all, what have I missed? Oh.

He's on the bench. ...in a park, in Manchester, feeding some birds the crusts of his ham sandwich (no mayo), looking lonely and sad.

Names from a hat? Anyway he'd be in my starting line up for Iran with Kane and Foden up front. Sterling does well in tournaments but whenever I watch him he's so frustrating I scream at the TV and it gets tiring. FWIW my Iran XI is: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Dier, Shaw, Rice, Bellingham, Mount, Saka, Kane, Foden. 4-3-3.