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Ashley Williams has always come across as pretty level-headed and honest IMO. Alongside what we have witnessed and heard recently, I have no difficulty believing every word of this.

There's a very strong, and recent, body of evidence which demonstrates that he very much doesn't get the best out of a squad of players. No thanks.

Great (but depressing) write up in the Indy... Nathan Jones: How ludicrous manager dragged Southampton towards disaster | The Independent

Well we've already beaten them once this season, and they're in worse form now than they were then, soooo......

Have you just completely forgotten about Alcaraz or do you just not like him?

Let's just take a little time to reflect on this from 3 months ago... So what was this clear identity that you promised us Nathan? Because at no point during your tenure did I see anything remotely resembling one on the pitch.

The only Saints manager ever to not achieve a single league point on home turf. Even Steve Wigley managed one home win (and it was against Pompey as well so should count double in his favour).

"It was only ever a fool's hope" Gandalf the White, at some other point in the trilogy that I can't quite remember right now.

If that's an accidental typo/autocorrect, it's the most appropriate one of all time.

We Marsch On.

Trying to think of a positive thing to say... All I can think of is that, unlike with Pellegrino, we didn't have to break our transfer record sign 'his' man shortly before sacking him. We could even end up making a profit on Bree when he inevitably leaves to go to wherever Jones ends up managing next.

Exactly. Imagine sitting down and trying to write a list of pros and cons of keeping him. What the actual fuck would you put in the pros column? I can't think of a single one. I don't give a fuck about the stuff on the training ground we don't see that Rasmus talked about. All that matters is what happens on the pitch, and the game management in the second half today was indefesnsibly shite. He won't get a better chance to get 3 points than he did from there but he still completely fucked it up. He's an incompetent fraud, and an embarrassment to SFC. The best time to sack him was weeks ago when it became obvious to anybody with any football knowledge that he's not the man to keep us up and take us forward. The next best time is now.

Beginning to think we might have been better off getting the guy from Soul 2 Soul instead. Honestly, how does he waltz straight back into the starting lineup? I thought he was being recalled purely for backup? Did Jones seriously not watch any videos that would have shown him unequivocally why we packed him off on loan in the first place? That OG today was hilariously bad, even by his standards.

Yep. DCC, ABK and Orsic were left out entirely. Not even on the bench. And after they went down to 10 we persisted with 3 CBs. Utterly clueless.

Calling @The Cat to the forum please.

Jones disappears straight down the tunnel. Hopefully to collect his P45.

Yes, but I take no pleasure in cashing it out.

Oh my days. By bye Nate.

Pissing this away in the manner we have is as bad as a loss IMO.

Only he knows the answer to that.

No.

Not really. Half decent for 25 minutes against 10 men and then being dominated by them in the second half is surely not enough.