Dark Munster

Blatant penalty! Where's their VAR?

I wouldn’t want either, but I’d rather us be stinking up the PL than stinking up the Championship, which is what will happen in a few years if we don’t go up. As for the unbeaten run, I like the vastly improved defense part of it, with Bednarek, THB, KWP, Bree and Downes excellent, and Baz greatly improved. But at the end of the day it’s just a statistic. 13 wins with a loss in the middle for example is better for points on the board (not that I’d expect that return). And please spare us the tired old meme “I cannot believe the number of people who seem to want Saints to fail”. We all want RM and the team to succeed.

Nice straw man argument there. I’m not expecting us to win every match. It’s quite simple, we want to play to our strengths, like we do occasionally like against Leeds in the first half and Blackburn second half last Saturday. The previous match against Coventry is the norm, possession for possession’s sake without creating more chances than the weaker opposition.

In case you haven't noticed, we're playing in the Championship not the PL, and most teams are dross. In terms of finances, we're the Man City of this league, with players that individually cost more than the whole squad of most other teams. We're 10 points behind one of those teams.

Rubbish. We all want him, and our club, to succeed. 80% of the matches have been propaganda, possession-obsession "Russball", which he carried over from Swansea. Coventry last week just being the most recent example. If he abandons that and has the team playing like they did in a handful of matches (Leeds first half, Cardiff, Blackburn second half) then the criticism will end.

My favourite too. His ability and attitude is first class. Yes, the main reason why promotion this season is vital.

He seems to be much better since shaving off his hair. Maybe it makes him more aerodynamic?

I heard the 31st of Neverember for Stewart.

I don't recall anyone who did. Incidentally, what are your thoughts on the Ipswich manager?

WE GOT MARTIN WHO ? RUSSELL MARTIN I JUST DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND BUILDS WITHOUT AGGRESSION POSSESSION AND POSSESSION WE GOT RUSSELL MARTIN

That's exactly what I was thinking as it sailed over. Let's hope RM has them all practising penalties well before the playoffs. But I'm delighted he got that late goal though, it will help with his confidence, and help lessen the embarrassment of that awful penalty.

Not when rating the whole season, it's not. Today was good, make no mistake, but it shows (1) we have a more than capable squad if utilised properly, and (2) should be happening regularly, not propaganda, pedestrian, crab football most of the time.

In fairness, that part is working. For the other team.

2022-2023: We were playing like shit, but in the PL against some of the best club teams in the world. 2023-2024: We're playing well below the squad's capabilities against Championship dross.

It’s been established that @notnowcato is Russell’s hairdresser, so you must be his Dad.

That's against Championship dross, with a squad containing players that cost more than the whole squad of others. RM: 4/10. Rasmus Ankersen: 0/10.

Are you Russell’s Dad?

https://thegentleclass.com/wske-10/

Anyone with a working stream?

I don't think Chelsea are the best choice to criticise as a club who've spent a fortune and are underperforming. Over the last two decades they've literally won everything, and their trophy cabinet is bulging. They are in a lull at the moment, but they'll probably be back sooner rather than later. Of course it doesn't help that they currently have the world's most overrated manager who, apart from a couple of one horse races in France with the help of the likes of Messi and Neymar, has won sod all.

Unless he's a Trojan horse, and they tell him to play shit for us (with a couple of "unlucky" own goals thrown in).

Rashford is a real Jekyll and Hyde player. Sometimes he's excellent, other times absolute gash.

I think you'll be saying the opposite in a few years if we don't go up and sell our best players, becoming Championship (or lower) dross the likes of Stoke and Millwall.

RM and the coaches need to have the squad practicing penalties every week, from now until the playoffs.

Both are to blame.