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Hang on.. where's the VAR check?

OK this might not be a popular post, but here goes... What the fuck is wrong with our fanbase? Seriously. How the fuck can a stadium full of Saints fans sit and watch that total clusterfuck of a first half performance and just sit in absolute silence when the HT whistle goes? Sports republic have turned out club into a fucking laughing stock. They've lurched from disaster to disaster, and the SMS faithful are so fucking passive they just sit and politely clap. I respect the dedication of many fans, still bothering to turn up and watch 11 losers kick the ball around with the grit and desire of a fucking sloth, but why even bother if you're just going to sit in silence? Where is the ire and vitriol towards these hopeless fucking clowns in charge of the club? Why are you letting them off so fucking lightly? They've gutted the very heart of this once proud club through their total incompetence, and yet the fans in the ground seemingly give them a free ride every fucking week. How the actual fuck have we allowed this to happen?

We've not had a single touch in the Brighton box. Not one.

Dunno what's going on with my IPTV today but the channels are all messed up and most of them are showing the Arsenal v WH game. The one channel I did find that was showing Saints has now switched to Bournemouth v Wolves (which it should have been). Should I even bother trying to find a stream?

I would imagine Fernandes would actually be more central, ahead of Les, with Sully in his place on the left. But yeah, not far off by the look of it.

What the fuck is that MF all about though? Is it just Les as a single holding player behind a front 4?

Unlikely, given the order that they appear on the team sheet. Looks like a bog standard Juric 3 at the back lineup to me. With only one recognised CB in that 3, and 3 FBs on the pitch, of course.

Yeah I thought that too. Was surprised we didn't have to wait 5 mins for a check because it looked quite close to me.

It was tongue in cheek mate. Chill.

I wish we were Bournemouth. Is something I never, ever thought I would find myself typing.

Sorry for your loss mate. You're right, it's shit.

Great, that will really shore up our midfield.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/24930355.tributes-paid-saints-fan-died-cancer-battle/ Top top bloke. A very sad loss

Just watching the highlights of other recent games on my stream, and I find myself resigned to the fact that not a single one of our players is capable of the kind of goal scoring feats that other PL teams manage.

It's pathetic isn't it. What on Earth do the players do in training all week? How can a PL team be so utterly abject and devoid of any semblance of attacking patterns. We literally just win the ball then hoof it forwards either straight to an opponent or out of play. I've seen better teams on my local park on a Sunday morning.

The Bournemouth fans are singing "You're fucking shit" and all I can do is agree with them. This is where we are now. This is what the useless fuckers at SR have done to our club.

I'm really really looking forward to the day I never have to see Bednarek in a Saints shirt ever again. I'm so fucking sick of seeing him utterly fail to mark attacking players and then waving his arms and blaming everyone else when we concede. Cunt. And there's the second.

I can't think of a worse starting midfield put out by any team in PL history.

It genuinely baffles me what it is you see in him that nobody else does. Having watched the majority of his games for us over two seasons, what I see is a weak and indecisive keeper, who has very poor positioning (forever being excused for not saving something due to being 'unsighted'), has no command of his area whatsoever, constantly flaps when he does decide to come out for a cross, and rarely saves anything that isn't straight at him. Never once have I seen him put in a MOTM performance or make an outstanding save to keep us in a game or secure us a point or more. How on Earth does that qualify as being a "perfectly decent Championship keeper"?

Aw man, that's devastating. I knew him too - went on a stag do in Ibiza with him in the mid-noughties. He truly was the life and soul of the party, and his wife Jo is an absolute diamond too. Really sad news 😢 I won't be able to go to SMS tomorrow, but I'll join in the applause from home while watching on a stream. RIP Ian.

I'm not sure about that. The way we just stood off them and let them walk into our box unmarked to score their goal was so bad that I can't even think of a strong enough adjective to describe it.

A final chance to put the ball in the mixer and Bree just kicks it straight out of play. Sums up the overall performance really. Did we even create a single chance in the second half?

Well at least with Ugochukwu going off we don't have to listen to the commentator sounding like he's sneezing when he tries to pronounce his name. Oh and here comes Redmond who is guaranteed to score isn't he.

That's fucking pathetic defending.