austsaint

Has it ever happened? A Manager sacked and re-employed by a rival Club within a week or so?

Wtf!!!!! Get him in the door quick.

But who is going to make that call on Reed and Ralph? Gao?? Who would Gao have to advise him about how to get rid of them and who to replace them with.

Agree - but it also tells you there is quite a bit of mediocrity studded throughout the squad, along with the selection, tactics and substitution blunders. Was it Tadic, Long, Davis, Ward-Prowse starting as our front four last week?

Lemina's ankle injury aside, Pellegrino's "use" of ML and Boufal has angered me more than the rest of his incompetence.

Did you watch Norwich v Chelsea overnight? If you did, you wouldn't be making such a dull comment.

Yes, quite so. In cricket these days, most commentators say nothing, offer no opinion, while the review process goes on. I suppose one of the differences with the Football reviews in these early stages of use, is that the game is often continuing and the 'taters might think they have licence to do the expert stuff. Pity someone in London couldn't have picked up that late show handball goal for Watford the other day!

You've got to hand it to the referee; he's had the balls to call out the theatrics of Chelsea.

Yeah; I mean they are under the cosh in extra time and defending deep, but they do have a lot of pace and skill on the counter - Murphy and Maddison both look likely lads.

Norwich look every bit as good/effective as us judged on tonights performance. Different Manager for us, and 2-3 recruits and it might be a different story.

I mean it would have been the equaliser if not for the great save.

He's having a storming second half! Just created a turnover and set Maddison up for the equaliser. I like him.

I wish you were picking the team! I'd consider bringing Gabbiadini on depending on how Long was playing and the state of the game. Lemina can clearly play a more attacking midfield role if needed.

He's not wrong though - whatever credit Reed is given for two promotions and the signing of players like Mane, Toby, Vic, VVD etc he has ******ed the gloss right down the drain to the point where the Club is inexplicably in relegation trouble. Even if we squeak staying up, Reed's legacy for me will be appointing and maintaining the worst Manager in our history.

The thing is though, there aren't that many Mane's around - he was outstanding and it really sparked Saints for two seasons apart from the time that RK benched him for the lack of the late note. These days we have virtually no pace out wide and no one to head crosses in when Charlie's hurt. Yes, JWP was on hand to score a couple last week but how can you play someone like him out wide and expect pace and width? Or even expect the lad to deliver these highly rated crosses and frees into the box when we don't have anyone to head them in? A player like Walcott would have been ideal to provide the pace, width and skill and give the whole Club an injection of feel good confidence.

I'm uncomfortable with the way your posts have morphed from trolling nonsense to hard-to-argue-with provocation. Quite apart from the points you make Glasgow, I think he should be "let go" in the interests of renewal, fresh thinking and progressive ideas.

The Gabbiadini situation is one of many poor reflections on the Manager - his failure to play our best players regularly, and get the best out of them.

"Chubby little loser - funny little fat man who sold his soul, funny little fat man who sold his dream".

Fry...your Gloria Gaynor spoof was much better than this effort. Turkish...this is your finest hour; Ol' Blue Eyes surely penned this melancholy piece all those years ago with Saints in mind.

I don't think too many people are disputing your thesis and recommendations.

Yes, it probably is ...sorry; I am a Pom, but I've been living here a long time! You get my meaning though;)

Adrian, I don't think Shurlock is saying we have a rubbish squad - he's saying that it's been whittled down to a middle-of-the-road group now lacking the quality we had in crucial positions...ie CB, striker, attacking mid. Add in the two recent Managerial appointments, especially MP and you have the perfect storm for free fall.

Of course I hope I'm wrong, but Stoke now look a better prospect of staying up than we do! Somehow need Brighton or Huddersfield to drop their bundle.

Can't believe we were in for Wimmer at one stage. Doesn't look any better than Gardos, Forren or Bednarek.

This is yet another reason why Pellegrino should have been dumped weeks ago. You have to start your best players week in, week out, particularly given the absence of extra games - and Boufal, Lemina and Gabbiadini are in our best 11 every day of the week.