StrangelyBrown

Tells an interesting story. If footballers are as coin operated as they seem to be these days our strategy is all wrong. Perhaps we should pay much less in wages and much more in performance bonuses? Our players don't seem to have the chops to motivate themselves...

Why? We're not going up this season and we're unlikely to go down. What do they need our support for? The players attitude hasn't been good enough - why should we cheer them on? Ekhert isn't good enough why does he deserve support? I've supported this club through everything for a very long time, but I've never felt so detached from the team, manager and owners as I do now.

I'm wondering why Eckhart has again singled out defending set pieces as being the problem.... Just part of a bigger problem that our centre backs don't take responsibility for defending balls im the box (especially high balls) - this is exacerbated when we play with 3 at the back as each player is looking to the other 2 to do something rather than putting themselves on the line. Presumably set pieces show up on Eckhart's magic spreadsheet, but shite defending doesn't.

Having looked at the points required to either make the playoffs or the top 2 over the last 5 years... Top 2: winning all our remaining games wouldn't be enough for the last 2 years to get the points required historically to match 2nd place (100 and 96), and we would only be able to drop 2 points for 2 of the other seasons (91 and 91) and 4 points for the other. In other words we aren't making the autos. Playoffs: slightly better chances, but we are going to need something like 2 points per game - which we're not achieving at the moment so they're a very long shot. We would need between 68 and 77 points based on previous years. Now obviously this doesn't reflect him this season will go with so many teams fighting it out, but anyone looking at this statistically (i.e. SR) would already say the playoffs is unachievable without some kind of very significant change/miracle.

A bit more like it. He's been a feeble excuse for a journo until recently

SR signings back on track after a brief intermission of hope. "If it ain't broke break it and if it's broke break it better."

To be fair you did mention Zoltan liptak so I bit... But I don't disagree with what you are trying to say - he's definitely the worst player I've seen that has had a significant run in the team. What makes it worse is despite being young he's not improved one bit.

Worse than Tommy Fourpast? Anthony Pulis?

The same academy that made Sulemana the talent he is today....

Just what we need - another relative unknown without the requisite experience to help balance Tonda's inexperience. Well done Saints - another chronically underwhelming gamble.

The football was just as tedious to watch (regardless of whether he won a few more games with a better squad in this division before making a complete arse of himself in the premier league...)

I'm with you... Not many options at CB. I'm tired of watching repeats of Baz to Stephens to Manning to Stephens to Manning to Downes to Stephens.... (or variations of the same) At least THB plays a decent ball forward once in a while and Wood can defend a bit.

Start with our best team and without the russball boys ... McCarthy Jelert THB Wood Welington Bragg Jander Fellows Azaz Scienza Armstrong

Tonda desperately needs a really strong experienced number 2 - someone who has been around the game for a long time and who has a different / contrasting view of how to set teams up. Last time we appointed someone to fit that profile somehow we ended up with Paul Trollope so I'm not hopeful we'll get the right man...

2 good saves shouldn't make 2 motm performances - just shows how bad the rest were. Things I'd like to see as a start is him command his box and get something on a cross for once.