austsaint

Ale

understandable

Doubter

Nah, he’s had enough Football since returning to have replaced the out-of-sorts Jander before h/t. One thing we can all probably agree on, quite apart from that sublime goal, Charles played an immaculate half of Football. Thought he was the catalyst, along with Stewart for the turn around.

21 years ago wasn’t it? It might be 21 years before we see a comeback like tonight again. Got to savour it. That Charles’ goal!!

While all of that is true, what Tonda didn’t appreciate, or act on, was the need to make changes on the half-hour after Leicester’s third goal goes in. He should have replaced Jander who was having an out-of-character shocker; he should have replaced Archer for reasons which don’t need explaining, and he could have taken Fellows off who couldn’t get into the game and whose head had dropped after the awful back pass. It took a miracle and a touch of class from Shea Charles to rescue three points, and save Tonda’s blushes. Yes, they are playing for him, yes he made several good tactical changes, but the Archer experiment and the delayed substitutions invite justified criticism.

I wish I hadn’t been, watching it.

That’s the decision he has to be held to account for.

An astute Manager would have replaced Jander and Archer by now.

Bacteria

Famished

Opposition

Cabinet

Jog

Forgotten

Couple

Object.

Vanilla

Hope the Club takes up the option on Peretz. He’s a keeper!

Gender

Carefree

Sensible

Hook

I see your point. Tessem’s probably better suited to TV co-commentary rather than Radio where you really depend on the clarity and immediacy of every word. It’s primarily Blackmore though who describes the game to the listener…. or viewer. Tessem’s job surely is to add the special comments; analyse what’s happened and give the been there/done that expert ex-players viewpoint. English is not his first language and his voice is not easy on the ear….but, what he does say is often on the money and his analysis usually accurate. He certainly doesn’t have the golden tonsils of a Martin Tyler or a Jonathan Agnew, but he’s formed a good partnership with Blackmore and as an unlikely duo, they deliver a decent commentary without sounding like a couple of one eyed supporters at the Pub.

Agree. Once you get used to Jo’s shouty, passionate style of co-commentary you realise his words are quite astute. He’s a decent analyst and while he obviously wants Saints to win he’s got an objectivity many ex-player commentators do not.