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Players at their disposal has been poor. But the blame is with the twats responsible for the recruitment and selection of the manager. That said, the selections are highly questionable. Why bring Aribo back today ?

Yes. I watched the YouTube clip of it earlier. A bloke called Aaron Davies scored twice for Yeovil. Think he was on our books once as well

Blindingly obvious to all but the clever fuckers at the club.

Board over last couple of years, and Rasmus over the last year

Just seen a jockey coming out for the Grand National in red and white stripes. Previous years in might have thought that’s an omen for a flutter. This year, no chance of him winning but I can’t wait to see if he either falls off or the horse runs in the wrong direction.

Start of a run perhaps. He might become Micky Evans MkII

I’m not a fan of Ely by any means, but to his credit you do at least see someone who puts a bit of effort in, tracking back etc. No end product of course, I agree, but there is some honest endeavour there, albeit with limited ability. Compare that with say, Aribo, where he seems to just casually saunter around without any sense of urgency.

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve spent 2hours driving to Southampton, and then ask myself ‘why did I bother ?’ on seeing the line up.

Take it you weren’t at West Ham then ?

God willing there was no injury sustained

Random fact of the day and of interest to Saints fans is that the bloke on the receiving end of his second yellow,Yeovil No 3,was our mate

Prutton was considered a bit of a coup when we signed him (same day as Higginbottom I think) at the end of a January window. Unfortunately didn’t really fulfil the potential hoped for. Was pretty reckless at times throughout his career. Got sent sent off at an important stage of a play off SF whilst on loan at Forest. Having come on after 60 minutes he had two yellow cards to be off just as they were heading into Extra Time. Forest had been 2-0 up from the first leg and lost the second leg at home 5-2.

That ended a pretty shit week for Prutton and Saints. Although we all remember the sending off, Pruttons most significant contribution to our relegation that season was not taking a chance to score at West Brom earlier in the week. Ended0-0 as I recall. Critical result at the end of the season

Good work. But you have to be a Python enthusiast of a certain vintage to appreciate it. No one expects the comfy chair …

Often promoted ‘out of the way’ where they can do less harm. I expect most of us can relate to that and how ‘Teflon coated’ they are. In the case of Wilson I’ve no idea what his record was for Reed to recruit him. But it again seems he’ll leave his current club with reputation intact, possibly even enhanced by the fact Rangers are a ‘big club’.

Didn’t Ulrich Van Gobel also have a run in with the Police in the Netherlands?

Beg to differ, with the greatest of respect (of course). I think some of the goals he’s conceded are the worst part of his game.

I’m not sure I’d give those involved with credit for such ‘joined up’ thinking to be honest. Fact was we needed a striker, had done for over season. I imagine the order from on high was simply to sign a striker, and that soon became any striker. We were meant to be in for Vitinha from Braga who from what I’ve seen and read is a pretty mobile and skilful striker about 6’ tall. Only when that failed to materialise did the 6’7” Tall Paul link emerge. Seems all too similar to wanting a midfielder with physical presence (Sangarre) then opting for Diallo.

Seems more of an elephant in the room from what we’ve seen to date.

With Willcox coming in, this might be the critical link, assuming their time there overlapped. That said, Viera's track record as a manager isn't great, and like Lampard and Gerrard is probably still talked up because of his playing career.

Is finishing with “ , pal?” no longer the go to for a more confrontational style ?

Of the up and comings you mention, Rowett has been round a few clubs now and doesn’t seem anything special. Think he’s meant to be defensive in his set ups. Also did nothing of note at Stoke. ( Ring any alarm bells?).

Good.Not before time. Begs the questions 1) how they got tickets in the first place, and 2) if the stewards would have been so insistent if it were a group of five burly blokes.

Wow! I thought they’d picked up under him a bit, been a bit better organised and got a few draws as well. Glad they’re struggling. Just a shame we don’t seem to be able to take advantage.