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And there it is. Worst defensive record in the FL. 4 defeats on the bounce and not even the slightest hint of being able to arrest the slide. Too many players seemingly not giving a shit. There is something seriously rotten inside this club right now.

Yet another golden chance on the break. Utterly fucking woeful.

They should be down to nine. That's two nailed on second yellows they've got away with now. But as you say, it's not like it would actually make any difference to the result.

Jesus fucking CHRIST Saints! Piss about with the ball and give them a 4 on 1. Fuck the fuck off Martin, you useless prick.

Yep. The body language of the players is seriously concerning.

Charles and Adams off for Edozie and Stu. That will definitely shore up our midfield then.

No. He's out of his depth. There is no way that this squad of players should be underperforming so badly. We're staring at 4 consecutive defeats and he doesn't appear to have the slightest clue what to do about it.

Boro take the lead in a game for the first time this season. Fuck off Saints, you utterly useless bunch of fucking pricks.

Penalty Boro

Not surprised in the slightest at Holgate's fuck up for their goal. It's his speciality. Saw it so many times with him at Everton. I had hoped the drop down a level might mean they won't be punished so often but apparently not. As for Bazunu - he's got to be saving that FFS. It was a decent hit but nowhere near the corner. The amount of times he gets a hand to a shot but can't keep it out is very worrying. It isn't just bad luck.

This is another fucking dreadful performance. Boro are bottom of the table and they are much the better team.

And just jogged back when they broke upfield. And there's the equaliser to nobody's surprise.

Surprise surprise - oppo go on a decent break from our own corner. How many more times FFS.

We've been utter shit since the goal.

Don't know how they didn't score there. That all came from us pissing about with it on the half way line. Always the architects of our own downfall.

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Lovely ball in from Che. Nice control and finish from Arma. Sweet.

This is very interesting, and something that I can personally relate to. When I was 6 years old, my dad who worked in shipping went off go sea one day and never came home. Took my mum 7 years to find out he had decided he couldn't cope with family life and had fucked off to live in Spain. I didn't see him face to face again until I was 24. As a teenager in the 90s, I got massively into the rave scene. I liked nothing more at weekends than to go out to a club (the Rhino was a favourite haunt) and get off my face on speed, pills, acid... whatever. It was my way of escaping my 'normal' life for a few hours. I didn't realise it at the time, of course, but looking back now it's pretty obvious I did that to fill the void left by my absent dad. I spent years and years trying to find ways to replicate the highs I experienced during those times, until finally realising I was never going to achieve that and that I had to find other things in my life to derive joy from. I've never scored a goal in front of 40,000 fans, obviously, but I can totally relate to Merse on this. If you have an addictive personality then trying to find ways to satisfy that craving can become all pervasive in your mind and seriously impact on your day to day life if you don't have the ability to control it. As much as I dislike Russell Brand, if he had/has a genuine sex addiction then I do have a small degree of sympathy because it would have a big detrimental effect on his ability to make rational choices. It's just a shame that his particular addiction has direct consequences on other people who then become victims of his mental health problems. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in terms of criminal cases etc...

Well at least it wasn't a hammering, but it was still truly fucking awful to watch. Teams really don't have to work too hard to beat us at the moment. Wait long enough and we will hand them a chance or two on a silver plate through our own fucking stupidity. I could almost - almost - forgive the dodgy defending if we were actually looking threatening ourselves and scoring goals, but we're just not. It's the same old turgid, pedestrian bollocks in attack that it was last season; a bunch of nothing players looking like they have never played together before. Just 1 goal scored in our last 3 games now, and very few decent chances created. If this carries on we'll be lucky to finish in the top half. We can kiss goodbye to any promotion hopes already.

All mine gone down as well. Probably for the best really.

Wouldn't bet against another Ipswich goal before HT. Christ, we tried to give them another one with more fucking suicidal pissing around with it at the back. I'm sure Martin will come out and say he's proud of the players and they did everything he told them to. Fuck off.

Are we ever going to get a clean sheet ever again? For all that we looked in control, yet again we manage to concede from our first mistake.

Dare I say it - Aribo having a decent game so far?

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Charles at CB with two actual CBs on the bench, with Smallbone and Aribo in midfield. I don't think I'm even going to bother watching. That team is going to get murdered on the break.