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Yes, commented on this on another thread. He did accept that the goal “was on him” , but no real humility in that. Interview got worse trotting out his usual mantra of being brave, and how if we continue to play like that “ they’ll be alright”.

And they used to say in one advert that “a finger of fudge is just enough..”

Were any of the ‘gang of three’ there yesterday to witness it first hand ?

True, but are you relying on our travelling support to provide that ? Probably a fair proportion of ‘noddy support’ in our allocation.

On the contrary, he’ll revel in being the centre of attention, especially if it brings a bit more publicity to hype the ‘brand’.

As we were told by Swansea fans.

He gave a smile when asked if their first goal 'encapsulated our season', and denied that it did. Then went on to say players working hard and are so brave. "If they carry on like that they'll be alright ". Does he seriously believe that shit ?

... and where he's been for the last 18 months under RM ?

Thought this might wake up the Woke lobby. But has there been a song on this topic at SMS/The Dell before ?

He's escaped the abuse and wrath of the fans to date. A little bit of booing after a poor performance at home to Rotherham last season, and a few cheers when McCartthy 'goes long'., then he gets prickly in interviews. Compare that to Jones who was subject to 'Nathan Jones, your football is shit' after about four games. Agree with the second part, should have gone after any of our earlier failings, Leicester, Bournemouth, Wolves.

I suspect it’s more that none of the preferred options want to go near the job.

Leicester fans didn’t like Enzo, didn’t like Cooper. Saints fans of course don’t make a habit of constantly disliking managers.

I felt genuinely sorry and embarrassed for Nathan Jones. He was clearly out of his depth and struggling with it. For that reason I was reluctant to join the abuse towards him in the stadium. Martin on the other hand has in my view enjoyed a charmed life at Saints, on the back of more articulate interviews and promotion. But he has brought the failures on himself with style of play, and deserves all the abuse coming his way for his refusal to adapt. Rasmus also - on par with Lowe when it comes to deserving the flak. Just a shame we don’t have the fan base to deliver it nowadays.

Not sure how you explain that to them in a fairly innocent way that they’d understand. But good luck with it when they repeat it when they get home in front of Mum, Gran or the vicar. You can probably expect a call from the ‘Woke Police’ soon as well.

Not sure on that. Especially if Rasmus has anything to do with the selection.

Second reference I’ve seen to it, but what is the relevance of Albanian flags ? Seems a tenuous one, but what am I missing ?

It seems he sees himself as some sort of crusading football evangelist. Billy Graham on the training ground and touchline.

A 2-0 win v Frank Lampard’s Coventry (if it happens)will then be held up to defend keeping RM in place until January. No matter where we are in the table

Clearly a thought out and articulate response Gio but sorry can’t resist:

Yes, it was Spurs. I remember the goal as was at the game. Had forgotten it was under Sturrock though. Had some good results under him. Thought at the time it was a shame how it fell apart for him. Perhaps it was doomed to fail, as his appointment was also shrouded in a bit of controversy on the back of the Hoddle debate. But a better manager than the history books seem to suggest.

Excellent penalty taker, only MLT and Lambert were more reliable in later years

Was that under Sturrock?

David Peach a really under appreciated player when we look back and select our teams. Close thing between him and Mark Dennis for me, Peach was outstanding throughout the 70’s really. Shame his best years were in Division 2, and wasn’t around for the Keegan years with us.

He got us winning away and scoring goals ! Winning 3-1 at Man City, and 4-1 at Wolves stick in the mind. I know Man City weren’t the team that they are now, but still impressive. We’d have done a lot better sticking with Luggy than going down the route we did that season.

Good point. But he was still a player at this stage. Think he might have matured a bit by the time he became a manager ( and I did say we’d had some knobs as managers before anyone points out some of his later other failings …)