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I enjoyed watching us win games in the Premier League for many years, when we used to actually attack teams. We didn't win all the time, but at least we looked like we tried to win, not knocking it around to prove a point (and await the inevitable).

I hope Welington is the best left back in the world.

An awful result (lost 3-1). Wealdstone even had 4 trialists playing...!

The fact that this thread has reached 254 pages (maybe a record?!) in less than 18 months probably tells us that most people are continually baffled with whatever he's doing. I doubt we'd get thousands of posts if he was regularly just choosing logical teams, not shoehorning in random lower ability players, or setting us up in a regular way which seems best placed to win us matches.

Needs to go but please not another clever mid table “play the right way” appointment from the championship who “could do better with better players”

Russ is probably on the phone to Carsley asking why Captain Jack hasn't been selected.

Sugawara's fairly good at crossing isnt he? Or at least getting to the edge of the box and getting a ball in. Noting he has decreased doing this since he's been trained into our ways...

Any actual working streams?

Scored a decent goal in his first(?) match in preseason, and has since had any good attributes rapidly coached out of him. I thought he'd be pretty good for us considering how he did in a terrible Sheffield United team, but like a good few others, has gone rapidly downhill after adapting to the Saints way...

What's pretty embarassing is that Edozie (although his end product was sometimes a bit suspect) has been loaned out but I'd say is better and offers more than any of Cornet, Sulemana, Fraser, Brereton-Diaz and Manning (did he play left wing?). Really a weak point in a team full of weak points.

Exactly. We have signed multiple players who are good at this (see also SAA and potentially the now ditched Edozie) and then coached them to play slow and sideways, and probably getting told off if they ever dare take someone on or use a bit of skill to beat someone (rather than pass it 10 yards to an opposing player).

and potentially Edwards and (Russ's least favourite), the direct, pacey attacking hopeful, Sam Amo-Ameyaw (unless he's injured?)

Dont know why Taylor is suddenly out of favour, has looked pretty decent whenever he's played. Certainly not the worst player!

Rest of the premier league is praying that Pep has learnt that losing every game is fine and the ultimate aim of football is just possession and “the (mysterious) plan”

If a new manager comes in, surely Wood will go out on loan. Hasn't looked anywhere near good enough, and would much rather have Edwards on the bench in case of emergencies. Problem is whether anyone will take him! If we get rid of him and ABK, that's at least two centre backs who are likely to never play either way, but taking up a decent chunk of salary.

Especially when it's for one of our best players

He'll only turn things around if he actually changes the way we play, which he kind of did, for a half (which we were the better team) on Saturday. The issue is, he's repeatedly said he won't change how he sets us up, and as soon as we fall back into his style, we concede tonnes of goals, and any good the team have done is quickly wiped out. If he wont change the way we play, and we stick with him, the same thing will happen against Everton and Wolves (and Man City) and we'll be rock bottom and even further from hope. At the moment we're 3 points from safety, when we're suddenly 9 points from safety, any prospective manager looks at things a very different way.

One of our few players with genuine strength (just as he's so much bigger than everyone else)! He'll make things happen, a Onuachu / Archer partnership could be interesting.

Why has he not been sacked? Throwing players under the bus, when he has already shown he has (quite limited) favourites is only going to make things worse and it won’t be long until half the squad hates him (along with 90% of the fanbase). Get rid ASAP

Was some hope that Amo-Ameyaw might make the bench after not playing last night but must be injured?

As opposed to people who post nearly 10,000 times on a football forum?! 🙄

I think they must've wrongly got the "goals scored" and "shots missed" columns mixed up when checking his stats.

Amazed he's still here. The tactics, which he's stated he won't change, has cost us in every single match this season.

Ramsdale hasn't fixed anything (i.e. got us winning) but has made our scorelines only 3 against rather than 5 or 6 against which they would've been with any of our other keepers in goal! I guess if that had happened, we might have a new manager now!

This is crazy. ABK probably said something like “I’m not even making the bench and you’re starting Stephens”… Hopefully someone new will reintegrate him, too good to not be even in the squad