Dark Munster

Without him (Cortese) Markus wouldn’t have bought us and taken us back up to the PL in 3 seasons, and instead we would’ve remained a skint club in L1 on the -15 points, looking forward to decades in the lower leagues or even liquidation.

I would say none of Ramsdale, KWP, THB, Suga, Bednarek, ABK, Downes, Aribo, Lallana, Fernandes, Fraser, Dibling, Archer, and Onuachu are awful, and most are lower PL quality at least. Awful applies to RM. F*cking awful applies to Rasmus Ankersen.

We aren’t crap. Our manager (and owners) are.

It's not about his view being impacted. The keeper was positioned in the centre in anticipation of an AA shot. If AA hadn't been there he would've focused 100% on Archer and moved to his left as the cross came in. So I don't blame the VAR for judging that AA interfered with play. The Arsenal goal against us should've been chalked off for the same reason.

I'm almost certain the same is true with the hiring of Russell Martin: Rasmus's genius choice with Wilcox being the front man extolling how wonderful and perfect a pick he was, giving plausible deniability for Rasmus "Mr. Football" Ankersen, who was hiding in the background after his Jones/Selles/relegation fiasco.

That’s no excuse for RM’s appalling tactics. Yesterday we may have played well for much of the second half (which incidentally shows we do have a squad that can compete if properly managed), but we were lucky Brighton didn’t punish us for a number of chances that AGAIN came from the insane tippy happy at the back while the opposition swarmed over us like flies over a turd.

With RM in charge I wouldn’t have been the least bit surprised either. With a semi decent manager in charge I would've been gobsmacked we'd have such an appalling total of 4 points after 12 matches. Our squad isn't that bad, no matter how much you try to dress it up that it is.

That's racist! Just kidding, I like it. I hope it catches on.

With him still here <shudder> we'll hit the ground walking sideways and backwards.

Which coincidentally also perfectly describes Rasmus W. Ankersen. An arrogant charlatan who is supporting another arrogant charlatan.

Yeah, I heard that too. I was wondering if he may have been @Lighthouse.

It’s a crap chant which we can do without. But the crowd gave him a standing ovation when he left the field. They all could recognise a good player, even if our dipshit of a manager can’t.

Yep. And on top of that he's only here because that Turkish club didn't want to pay our asking price. And imagine if we'd had Tall Paul last season, along with a semi-decent manager who would want and know how to use him and the rest of our squad. I reckon we'd have been right up there with Leicester. Instead we have a moron of a manger who is not only content to impose on us his boring, suicidal possession around the back football, but one who also thinks his pals Stephens, Smallbone, etc. are superior to decent players like Paul.

Most of us, but certainly not that idiot Martin.

Fair play to that Scouser, very insightful and he knows his history. Obviously he enjoyed the times when we beat Utd! This post on that thread caught my eye: You don't have to be patient mate, it'll happen very soon (and often) after kick off.

Not really. The jury returned sometime ago to give their verdict: Rasmus and his motley crew of SR muppets are guilty on all counts of the crimes of being frauds who know the square root of f*ck all about running a football club (yet alone three, FFS), and of squandering hundreds of millions of Dragan's money.

Not a chance to make the playoffs. But if we finish bottom we will get the first draft pick.

So Saints and Liverpool fans are in agreement!

Luggy’s record was 1.23 points per game. Comfortably mid table level. He was sacked in his second season after 2 matches, one win and one loss. Allegedly he lost the dressing room. Replaced by Wigley followed by Saggy.

My first choice is always a Saints win. I can’t decide what my second choice is: a plucky draw which otherwise would be a good result against the top team, but given the shit we’re in, is fairly useless point wise and buys RM more time, or a jolly good rogering 10-0 to force the muppets in charge to take action now. Definitely if we lose I want it to be a thrashing. Rip the plaster off.

I don’t hate him. We’ve had plenty of appalling managers over the decades. My ire is directed at the Danish charlatan responsible for choosing three of them, and refusing to sack his latest one.

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If Dragan buys Rasmus a one way ticket to Turkey he could then bring someone in who actually knows something about football.

Irrelevant. He’s played tedious, useless, recycle, sideways, backwards, sideways, backwards, boring, suicidal, ineffective, possession obsession football in our own third of the pitch in most of his matches. AKA Russball.

Yep. Offer him a contract for the season. If we go down the contract ends (unless both parties agree to extend it). If he keeps us up the contract automatically extends for a year or two, along with a massive end of season survival bonus thrown in.