Tamesaint

Excellent ost. Worth the read .

Spent the last 2 days today in the "warzone" of Portland. Nothing unusual going on here. Has the feel of a European rather than American city. Some posh bits. Some scruffy. Lots of pride flags. Excellent beer (70 breweries 😋). People here seem quite laid back. If Trumpy boy thinks it needs the troops to keep order he is even more deluded than I previously thought.

Yeah. Lets sack another manager and appoint our 5th in 11 months. When he fails let's get another one in. Probably in February. And then another until the end of the season and then another for next season . Let's make Watford seem normal. Its clear to me that this team requires a decent centre forward. Not some rookie. It needs a leader with some experience. Probably at centre half but not Stephens. It did not need Azaz, Scienza and Fellows to join Robinson and Fraser in trying to play the same 2 positions in the team. It needs the academy to produce players ready for the first team ideally centre forwards who can act as target men. These needs are out of the control of the manager. Until they are sorted out by SR I do not think that any manager will succeed at Saints. Sack Still if we want to but I would not be holding my breath in expecting the new manager to improve things.

Perhaps not today as there will be the No Kings protest. 😁😁😁😁

Off to Portland today. 😁

I am currently in the USA. We tend to come over every year about this time. (convenient with the international break). Since we were here last year GBP has strengthened by over 6% yet I am astounded by how expensive things now cost here. Fuel, groceries and eating out are all more expensive than they were this time last year. No idea if this is due to tariffs, world events or internal factors. I am unsure of the official rate of inflation but the Donald's claims that US inflation is now dead is complete bs.

We would get our money back if we had aid with a credit card

Is there any news on Leicester's points deduction??? I suppose it has been on the agenda for a couple of years now so there is no great rush to sort it out. 🤨🤨

Classic Charlie!! Wouldn't you be happier at the Emirates supporting your first love?

Nearly half of those players have only been in the building for 5 weeks and several of them have been away for international breaks. No wonder we play like a bunch of individuals rather than a team. Last season we were unbelievably shite. Really shite. Whoever took us on had a heck of a task. We need to get better but I think we are improving. Lets give him time and not do a Watford and look for our 5th manager in less than 10 months.

No don't watch it. Just read this thread and then have a good laugh at the comments. 😁😁😁

Good team. Shoehorn doesnt make the bench.

I paraphrase Private Eye. There was outrage wIth the BBC when it interrupted its wall to wall coverage of the Reform party to show some interesting programmes.

Clearly the use of full stops ("periods") was another thing not taught to Donald.

At our current rate of managerial attrition if we sack Still we will be spending more on ex managers than on the first team! 😁😁😁

He never had a proper pre season and was rushed back into the team at the first opportunity. I am not sure if this explains his appalling performance yesterday but perhaps he needs time out of the team so he can do whatever he should have done in pre season. I do not want to see his name on the team sheet for the Boro match .

At the Preston match there will be 4 generations of Tamesaints. With my 93 year old father and 14 month old granddaughter we could have the youngest and oldest supporters in thr stadium.

Yes the adverts (the bloke who does many of them has the most annoying voice) and Steve Grant's "umms" are 2 of the downsides to an otherwise excellent podcast .

A good listen before the derby. The guest from Pompey sounded like a decent guy.

Don’t let any rays of sunshine pierce through Alex's world of gloom. He prefers it that way.

Jason Wilcox under pressure atm.

Excellent post. Have you ever read a match thread??

One of the things that I do like atm is the way that we have got rid of so many of last year's regulars. In addition to the 4 that you mention we won't be seeing Bednarek, TP, Sulemana, Big Les in the team. Add (Probably) BBD, Smallbone and Aribo to that list and the potential for "scar tissue" to blight this season is greatly reduced.

And with the profit from Dibling, Fernandes , Smallbone etc and the dropping of the 2022 transfer window we will be able to piss on PSR.

I went to Liverpool University just after he finished his degree. He was often still seen at the university. The story was his departmental football team got to the final of the university departmental cup. Fellow students wanted him to play for the department in the final but TD told him that he would be finished in football if he dared to play. In the end he compromised and played in goal. They won.