Micky

One of your very best sir, brilliant.

This.

Great player, nearly scored in his half a game. Which is much better than our strike force at present. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Last time I went to Stoke, we won and Crouch got sent off, I'm going to this one. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

That's what I'd do. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

I would have scribed it slightly more eloquently, but I have to say that this is how I saw him in the Watford game. I'm really not convinced that he offers very much. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Not optimistic about this one. Would be delighted if we are last on MOTD tonight. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Agree - apart from I'd put him in, give him the challenge. Also agree - a plucky defeat, unfortunately.

Or not as the case maybe. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

There is no logic in what I write - just blind optimism. I would love a win obviously, but so long as we don't under-perform (as we did last week) then I'll look upon that as progress.

Yep - I'm even less optimistic than that - I'd just take an improvement in performance over last week (which really shouldn't be too difficult it was that bad!). Palace have to win / score at some point and I can see it being tomorrow. So long as we don't get our asses kicked bad, Ill take it for now. Small steps.

^ I just googled that to see if it was real, I thought it was a joke...! Leave ours alone.

Ahhh, right on cue, the old 'victims' post.

Exactly this. And please don't quote the old ambition thing - we are, and always have been ambitious, however ambition has to be measured in context with what we can afford as a club. Since ML / KL took control of the club we have shown nothing but ambition and life has been very good being a Saints supporter. However it's not quite as simple as progressing in terms of position year on year, football unfortunately does not work like that.

Is there anything positive with the club where we didn't get 'very, very lucky?' Perhaps now, when things are not so bright we've just got very, very unlucky?

Having seen Sunderland this season, that would be very worrying, they look like a side that could go again this year. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Youth teams are there to learn, they are apprentices, they will make mistakes and lose matches. The coaching staff are not the common denominator. The teams have different coaching staff and are at different stages of their footballing development and learning. Results at any youth level are not the be all and end all, its performance and progression that are important. Yes there are problems with the first team at the moment but it's a bit simplistic to point purely at the coaching staff, and stupid to cite the youth in such a negative post. Moron. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Yep let's not reserve venting our anger just for the first team, let's give some of the youth lads a taste of what's to come as well. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Right - so perhaps fire him after the first loss then, yeah great idea. Tell you what - let's not bother with any games at all - just fire him a day before the opener - don't wanna be draggin' this one on. You really are a prize a divot, a top troll, but a complete and utter divot.

Losing wasn't the issue.

What like he did against the other center backs in his last 4 premiership games...?

Yeah, I'm thinking we should sack him today, and then get a new manager on Tuesday. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Well in that case somebody's 'Fans Mile O'meter' is knackered because I live 9 miles north of Wem - so either way I win...!!!

Having had time to sleep on it without posting or venting, and being a happy clapper, I'm going to put this one down to a bad day at the office. We were dire from start to finish and Watford deservedly won - not that it was much of a contest though. Our midfield was absolutely shocking for the full 90 minutes and Watford had the freedom of St Marys, we hardly won a tackle - they were much bigger and much more physical and wiped the floor with us. I'm a JWP fan, but yesterday he was a passenger and really never got going at all and just seemed to cut a frustrated figure, it was no surprise that he never reappeared for the second half. That said though, what on earth is Boufal meant to be bringing to the game, he can't track, can't tackle and can't block - my granny would walk straight through him. He is meant to bring skill and creativity - but it's all too sporadic - absolute waste of a shirt. As for Redmond and Tadic - again all to lightweight, which is ok if you can deliver consistent telling passes or balls into the box, which I don't think we did all afternoon. Thought Davis and Romelu tried hard but neither had good games - why oh why was Lemina left out, had he been out there it's arguable that we may have covered both the shots that led to goals and come away with a point and much undeserved home draw. Gabbi tried to work hard up front but really just isn't getting any service and fair play to him that he keeps going. Oh for the days when we had Pelle who was great at holding up, or laying it off, or more crucially scoring. Long tried hard when he came on, chased down lost causes and tried to stretch them but by then it was pretty much game over. As for Austin, I'm sorry but I just don't get it - he maybe a great finisher, but we don't have the players to serve him. Outside of that he looks cumbersome, slow and awkward - looked awful yesterday. Fraser - doesn't inspire confidence at all in any way shape or form, needs to be rested / dropped. I personally didn't hear any booing during the game (there was at the end), but the players hopefully noted the sarcastic cheers, when on 92 minutes we eventually managed a strike on goal - (which the goalkeeper easily saved tbf), but that will have told them what the majority thought of that performance. As I said - being a happy clapper - I'm going for a bad day at the office (more in hope than anything else), because if that's the level of performance that we are going to produce over the course of the season, we will be down by Christmas. It's no good saying we should have bought this player or that player, we have what we have, and it's up to the manager to sort it out and get this squad performing. Oh and while we're on the 'fans mileage meter' - 392 miles round trip for that. Not happy.

Yep - that's pretty much where I'm at, if they're on the pitch wearing the shirt they have my support. I'll be there with my boy on Saturday and will be going mental if we get a result - support the team - simple.