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Yep, that would be my choice too. I would be quite happy to never see Downes play for us again. His booking yesterday was bizarre. Do they have an ongoing bet among the players on who can pick up the stupidest booking? Or are they all just thick as shit?

I remember that. Something within the club 'unclicked' prior to that game. We went there fairly confident of being able to get a result, having recently drawn at OT and won at Spurs. But suddenly we looked like a completely different team and Villa carved us open with ease. We then capitulated for the rest of the season. Whatever it was that happened, we've never recovered from it. Up until that point we were looking on course for a steady mid-table finish. The two wins prior to it against Everton and Norwich were probably the last time we ever looked like a competitive PL team - less than two months into the SR era.

I didn't say that was the only reason we might not be hiring Frank. I agree with you that he wouldn't be taking this job now regardless.

Just saw this in the Doncaster match thread. That's it. I'm done. Whatever tiny amount of goodwill I still had left towards Dragan and co is gone now after this. I'm not spending another penny on Saints until they have sold up and fucked off. Absolute cunts.

Telling players not to give away their shirt to young fans so they can fleece them in the club shop instead is a shameful new low for this bunch of despicable cunts running our club.

Or perhaps Frank already knows full well what a bullshitting charlatan Rasmus is from their days at Brentford, and would never decide to work for/with him again anyway. Probably more likely.

On a more light-hearted note, you do have to love the humour of football fans sometimes... PXL_20260110_160452307.TS.mp4

This was very evident yesterday. Even before our second half collapse, some pockets of fans were singing "Sideways and backwards, everywhere we go". The general apathy and cynicism towards the team was the most palpable I've ever experienced in an away end. We had a 3-0 lead against a lower league team. From there we should have been able to comfortably see out the second half and bring some of the youngsters off the bench for some experience, but instead we had to wheel out the big guns to take the pressure off us as we were desperately hanging on after they scored their second. And the ire from the fans when Tonda inevitably shit the bed and reverted to his favourite back 3 was a massive turning point and a number started chants of "Sport Republic, get out of our club". I predict that apathy and cynicism will very soon turn to toxicity with the way things are going.

Well that was a strange game. We looked so comfortable in the first half - Donny offered nothing. Then we just didn't turn up after half time and the most interesting bit of the second half was the huge murmuration of starlings that was flying about in the sunset above the stadium.

No, we reverted to 3/5 after conceding the two goals.

That was very noticeable in the first half. Even when we were up the other end of the pitch. Couldn't see much of the goals from where we were, but his save from the FK in the first half was decent without being outstanding, and it looked like he pulled off a great double save at the end but I'd like to see a replay of that.

True, but they didn't have a 3-0 lead to fuck up.

I wish we were Macclesfield.

Edit: double post

That would require a degree of flexibility that Eckert has not yet shown that he possesses. Today's cup tie at Donny is the perfect opportunity for him to try something different. Let's see shall we. If he sticks with 3/5 and we get knocked out then whatever remaining goodwill he has from the fans will quickly evaporate.