Mr X

Yes like others have said he is barely reactive in his management style let alone proactive! He has no idea how to manage a game as soon as the opposition comes to the table with something new. Other teams find us so easy to counteract. Nothing is going to change as he has a built in stubborn side & can't see his own mistakes

I don't think Ralph has any kind of plan for this season other than more of the same and hope it suddenly works! He's getting increasingly pissy at any criticism too., saying we actually played poorer when he bought the subs on at Everton like that's some excuse not to make any substitutions till the final ten minutes! The man has had more than his fair share of goodwill from the fans and club but can't provide any signs of paying back the faith on the pitch.

I think the question we will be asking at the end of the season is was the 30 million worth it 🤔

It's like we don't want to take a risk to stay in the Premier League and are already planning for the championship.

We should be spending every last penny of the vestergard money on getting a quality replacement that offers some Ariel threat... Not these cheap deals in the hope that they will come good over time.... We don't have time... I seriously think we are in danger of relegation this season...we have such a poor team on.paper

Shame the master will go with a totally different lineup probably pick it out of a hat on the day

It's going to be really tough for perraud who's trying to find his feet & get used to the pace of this league playing next to Salisu who's still trying to find his! not that we have much choice!

Wouldn't it be crazy if the team to end United's amazing undefeated away record was the team with the poorest home record ......... We can dream!

🤣 Whoops burnley even!

I really think its going to be tough, even out of the newly promoted sides its clear Watford are potentially stronger than us. Even if you take the next ten fixtures my predictions being optimistic is 7 points from a possible 30 Man United H 0 points Newcastle A 1 Point West Ham H 0 Points Man City A 0 Points Wolves H 1 Point Chelsea A 0 points Leeds H 1 Point Burley H 3 Points! Watford A 0 points Villa H - 1 point

I know we are only one game in but I really do fear for us this season, think maybe our luck of just about scraping by will run out. We have the same lack of mental strength as last season (why have we not erased this or at least improved), haven't sorted out our defence or keeper problems, sold our best and most consistent goal scorer, sold an experienced lump of a defender without an immediate replacement lined up, and our new signings will take some time to adapt to this league and how Ralph insists on playing. We don't have that one star player on our team sheet anymore that can make things happen! (Obviously AA has the potential to be but to early to say)

Yes this can be the only explanation for sticking with somone with such an appalling record over the last half or more of last season and what looks like to continue into this season with the early fixture list we have. Yes he did get us to the top for like a day and deserves credit for that but it is now clear that was just a case of other teams taking a while to work out what counter acts such a high press and an element of the top teams having their own bad run. The manner in which we totally crumbled from 1st place to losing every game is basically how we now crumble in the second half of pretty much every game! Ralph has lost his mojo or maybe he never had it to begin with? Like others I think he's a sound guy but is that enough, he seems totally one dimensional in terms of tactics

If the team crumbles the way it did at everton after just their equaliser then it's going to be a rough ride if we completely throw in the towel it could get embarrassing again, head says we will concede at least 4 heart says somehow we manage a miraculous 2-2 draw

Roy Keane anyone? 😜

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Puel is looking a master technician right now! How id love a "boring" one nil win from one long ball over the top. At least puel knew how to coach a defence and make us hard to beat.

No haven't seen that but agree we seem to have an inherent niceness in our coaching and management approach which can be a good thing in certain situations i.e giving confidence to our younger player. I'm not saying the hairdryer treatment is the answer but clearly some of the players need a reality check and a wake-up call including the manager, it's like they are all sleepwalking into a new season and are even happy with that!

This herein lies the problem those around RH and GAO seem to have the same mentality as you, keep somone on cos they are a "nice" person who cares if they are incompetent hey

Yes I'm not trying to say he isn't without fault but he kind of hinted that he isn't happy with RH game management how will that go down with Ralph?

Looks like Stephens has spoken out indirectly about the management of the game. https://www.hampshirelive.news/sport/football/football-news/jack-stephens-southampton-defeat-everton-5788469

It's almost worth spending some of the remaining money we got for ings and vestergard on paying him out of his contract... How much would that cost us?

Starting Walcott was a clear sign he has lost the plot.... He's been piss poor for ages and nowhere near a premier League player yet he started. Ralph must have had input in the signing of him too letting sentimentality take over, can see him sticking with him too as in Ralph's mafia club once your in your in!

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Oh so as much sense in his interview as he provided on the pitch

Haven't even watched Ralphs post match interview, assume he blamed it all on individual mistakes in the 2nd half and not anything to do with bad management of the game?