On reflection, Ralph has to go. He isn’t tactically astute, doesn’t seem to have good man-management skills, and is completely devoid of ideas.
He is still only a portion of the problem though.
Trouble is, we do this, it works and we find ourselves back in the Premier League and we still have the same parasites in charge.
It is a romantic proposition, but we really need to get rid of Kat and Gao to really move on.
Certainly seems that way.
Most of the blame to Kat and Gao. What a dog’s breakfast they’ve made of the club.
As bad as Rupert Lowe.
We won’t improve while those two parasites are still at the club.
Ask yourself how Leicester kept Vardy, Bournemouth keep Ake or Villa keep Grealish. If any one of those players were at Saints, we would have cashed in on them and bought the sub-standard sh*te we have to replace them.
I was told last week that Ralph had lost the dressing room and senior players ‘weren’t having him’. Chose to keep it to myself, but Bertrand’s ridiculous tackle suggests there may be some truth in it.
Sh*te.
Was in the car park at a school in Netley, where the all-conquering Ludlow Middle School team were about to give yet another team a lesson in football. A few of us were in Mr Jolly’s car and the news came through on his car radio.
Just watched the analysis of the Everton game on MOTD. They were talking about their 2 midfielders and how they were passing the ball forward rather than square/backwards. Exactly what we should be doing.
He is garbage. Awful decision making coming off his line led to a goal (similar to Bournemouth). He also has the uncanny ability of letting the ball go through him.
If his old man wasn’t a former Premier League keeper with contacts, his son would be lucky to get a game in the Wessex League. And we paid £11m for him, what a joke.
Keeper is low on confidence. Should have saved the first with ease.
Our decision making up front is poor as well. Too many greedy players and quite a few poor passes in forward areas.
Bit baffled by Ralph today.
Brighton doing a decent job pressing. We have to have wide men playing on the lines to open up space and wear them down.
At the moment we are slow, ponderous and predictable. Think JWP should make way.