StrangelyBrown

I'm not sure the manager chose the formation though. Just Google "Rasmus Ankersen 3-5-2" and make your own mind up.

Not true of all fans. There were a lot of people complaining about "crab football", the lack of attacking intent etc etc both in st Mary's and on here even when we were on the famous unbeaten run. Some people are happy with results, others want entertainment - imagine a world where we get both!

Last thing we need is more turgid football. SR seem hellbent on making us a tedious team and removing any enjoyment from watching us. O'Neil would be the perfect continuation of this. The trouble is that as soon as we have an iffy spell everything will get toxic very quickly again and we'll go back to square one.

That's a very random list of names. If you filter down to SRs usual requirements: someone out of work, someone most of us don't know much about, tight chinos, plays 3 at the back, young enough to be a gamble, etc. what are we left with?

Time for the captain to step up..... Oh

My god this is fucking boring

Ha ha ha. Shoehorn, crisp packet hands and Hardwood Bellend in the side - Eckert doesn't fancy the job either

I can't wait for more tales of scar tissue, bravery, trusting the process and it all being everybody else's fault.

Likewise. I've got better things to do than watch wingers recycle the ball endlessly and our defence to gift goals away by playing football in the stupidest of places. Any one who thinks Stills football is worse has a very short memory.

What formation have the U21s been playing?

The clear out suggests they are preparing to bring someone in with their own team (and suggests they have someone in mind). Could this be the return of Ralph?

I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Unfortunately 4-4-2 would see us overrun in midfield most games and wouldn't help (just moves the spare player we currently have from the back to the front). We need to play 4-2-3-1 with the aggression you are talking about. Be hard to play against with the ball and ruthlessly fast in going forwards.

Trouble with our fan base is the majority can't even bring themselves to sing OWTS when we're winning let alone be vocal about our failings. Too many happy clappers happy to clap the team off for mediocre performances. It costs a fortune supporting saints and it's about time the weak minded entitled millionaires who make up our team felt some ire for another woefully pathetic performance.

We are doomed! Rat boy has less about him than passionless Still

Losing 2-0 at home to Preston. Unacceptable. Still has to go. Whatever cretinous wanker keeps insisting on 5 at the back should go too. Lallana, Martin and Trollope can fuck off too.

Says more about Solent and Blackmore than anything else.

Doom loop? You do understand what that actually means?

I'm not saying deliberately, just through sheer incompetence.

Reading between the lines; he can't play 4231 because our defense isn't good enough the suggestion being that our centre backs are crap - we could have all told him that! However, this is pretty damning on Spors and underlines what has been said a lot on here. He's brought in a very young CB and given one of our crappiest players a 3 year extension because he's a good bloke. No where near good enough. Seems like Still has been set up to fail to me by someone who is another charlatan.

Upfront?? Couldn't be worse than Downs???

I don't think I've ever seen it in any of the games I've coached and I've been coaching for 10 years... Maybe my players don't try hard enough or maybe the saints players don't know what their responsibilities are??

I like what he says, but sadly the players don't seem to be doing it for him. That isn't going to change and I think we'll lose again. I'd like someone who is less of a wet lettuce running the team. Unfortunately SR's profile for a manager seems to be wet as fuck and willing to needlessly play 5 at the back. Change won't make any difference. Doing the same thing over and over again when it isn't working is called stupity.

Was it as simple as it looks? captain shoehorn comes on and we concede 2 soft goals. I could see him marking the penalty spot for the first one, but thankfully didn't see the game...

Thats a very strong team for this division. Shame they play like strangers.

The scene is set for one of shoehorn's "if you think I'm shite as a centre back you ain't seen nothing yet" performances at right back...