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Nice quiet start to the season. 8 goals conceded in 3 games. Hopefully that'll make the problems obvious.

Too early to start on the manager. More disappointing is the squad is still the same gutless bunch who got us relegated. The rot is still there.

Nathan Jones. Ruben Selles. Still confused? 😉

There is good reason to be negative and concerned. SR have a track record so far of getting it wrong. Failing to sign a decent striker last year and wasting money on substandard players. Contributing to relegation by faffing around with crap managers. Going back further Saints consistently seem to fail to sign the players the fans feel we need whether ifs a new centre back (when Fonte left), defensive midfielder (after Romeu left) or striker (After Ings/Broja left). I'd love it to be different. But history has left a lot of us feeling on edge and expecting the worst. Looking for signs of hope..

The great clear out, reshaping and rebuilding of the team into a proper football team again, hasn't happened. Still no goal scorers, no leaders, no one who can defend. Still time to sort it out, but does anyone really expect us to?

Bothered or not bothered. This is embrassing and concerning.

All the old problems resurfacing. Largely the same group of players. No real surprise?

Typical under estimating of opposition. Lesson to learn for RM.

Lull them into a false sense of security and unleash Diblard on them second half?

9 mins added? Can't see that rule lasting long. Ridiculous

Quite probably yes.

This could easily end 2-1 Wednesday. I pretty much expect it.

Nice from Edozie, trying something!

Too many of our players happy to just float around the pitch and keep the ball rolling and not taking the initiative to do something else.

I know we are all trying to be positive but I'm really not seeing much to be excited about... Barely creating.

Maybe I expect too much but all I've seen in the last 10 mins is basically the same as last year. Not much real threat. Slow, ponderous football.

It's a shame to lose such a bright spark but it's a good deal for us. And at least I won't have to spend the season fearing the worst every time he goes down!

Strange summer so far. None of our most valuable players have left. Will all be crammed at the end I guess. And we've failed to sign a goalscorer. I accept AA and Che have been prolific at this level before but their form has been so bad it may be unrecoverable. Feel like we still needed to freshen things up.

Based on the last few games I think Martin will have become aware of this issue also. Unless he's an idiot. If he thinks it's a problem the he'll surely raise it with Wilcox, who is also new to the club. Why would he not be replaced in that case? More chance now than there has ever been.

He would have been a positive force for us if he stayed last year. But we'd still have gone down as midfield wasn't the issue, it was utterly crap forwards. Hope he does well and plays there.

26 days till the season starts. Plenty of time left.. Right?

Schrödinger's football club. We exist both still in the Premier League (dead) and in the Championship (alive) until the season begins..

Hope we get on and appoint him tomorrow, if we are going to. No time for dawdling around getting ready for next season, we need to get on with it and set the tone for close season bulk changes.

Good to see Adam Armstrong get a goal, hopefully he can recapture his form next season. And Sulemana with two, again a confidence boost. Defence needs to be compete reworked though.. That first Liverpool goal sums us up this season.

If we start next season with the same strikers and play one up front, then we'll know the big change in philosophy amd style that is needed for the challenge ahead has not happened. We need a refresh up there and a clinical striker to change the current narrative. Tella coming back would help.