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Good save I thought... Tried to push it away from danger When did we last score from a corner? We have a set piece specialist but seem useless at them...

I would think relegation wouldn't necessarily be considered a downer for a youth player on the fringes of the first team squad. He's more likely to get regular minutes in a lower division side than trying to break into a premier League team

I reckon we've got the record for most dodgy VAR decisions against us when playing Villa at home! Every cloud and all that

Ings now confirmed by West Ham.. £12m rising to £15m if WH stay up. Seems good business to me but apparently he wasn't high on our list of targets so hopefully we have a rabbit in our hat somewhere

Tbf the only strikers from the championship who have hit the ground running in the prem are those that were promoted with their clubs. Lambert, Vardy & Toney are the ones that spring to mind in recent years. You're lucky to get 8 goals a season out of them - which is what we tend to get from Che anyway

Not sure what Pickford was doing? It wasn't one of JWPs better freekicks but fcuk it who cares!!

Anyone know how Lemina has been for Nice? We all know there's a proper player there when he can be bothered. Looking on wiki he's played 36 times for Nice, which suggests he's spent time out of the team, albeit whether that injury or otherwise I don't know. I did laugh at his wiki page, which describes him as a dynamic, hard-working midfielder! Must have been written by his mum!!

JWP!!

Tbf it wasn’t just the fans who thought we had a great window. Pundits did too. I still think we had a very good window. Lavia and ABK have been undoubted successes. Edioze has been good, DCC & Aribo ok, Bazanu unfortunately is going downhill fast ala Gunn. The problem is the team tactically is sh*te. First under Ralph and now Jones is continuing in the same vein

I do think the reactions on here at OTT given Jones has only had 3 games in charge, and one of those was after 2 days and was Pool away, but this is undoubtedly a very concerning start. Let's hope Jones is finding his feet in the PL ala Mane and things quickly pickup

What I find interesting about Sheldon is that he supposedly covers the Manc clubs now, yet he still is involved in loads of Saints pieces. Indicates to me that he is the one with all of the contacts at the club and his replacement Tanswell doesn’t appear to be able to establish these himself.

He was sh*te here because we didn’t use him properly… same with Djenpo. We get flair players who can be magic on the ball and train them out of it by stopping them roaming and prioritising them helping the team defend rather than attack…. We shouldn’t buy these kinds of players unless we will actually try to play to their strengths. Anyway, he was also professional if unspectacular here so best of luck to him. Glad he was so successful at the WC

Good point! He is still available for selection but it looks like he was dropped earlier in the year due to a poor attitude in training. According to the below article he hasn’t been as effective in the last couple of years for them, but given he averages 23 at test level and Pakistan are missing Afridi it seems strange to leave him out. Might be good news for Hants though https://wisden.com/series-stories/pakistan-v-england-2022-23/why-have-pakistan-not-included-mohammad-abbas-for-their-test-series-against-england

I think Jones will do well for us, but then I always think that when we appoint someone from the lower leagues. Sports Republic have recruited well in players and coaches so far, so fully back them to have gotten the manager appointment right as well. The fact we appointed him so quickly shows he was the man they wanted

Tbf I do hate people reminding me how sh*t England are at penalties

Highest score on day 1 of a test ever it looks like https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283082.html

Not sure what the definition of best is in this instance, but for me it was Michael Swenson equalising deep into stoppage time to draw 2-2 with Fulham at Selhurst Park, mainly because Antti Niemi went up for the corner, chested the ball down, theN volleyed it against the bar for Svennson to nod in the rebound. Limbs everywhere. I was flaming stoned as well which helped the enjoyment

Two weeks off seems sensible. Give the players time to reflect and reenergise after a tough period. Come back (hopefully) raring to go. 4 weeks is a lot of time for the manager to work with them before our next game

Great news! Need to find an opener from somewhere though

We bid c£40m for Gakpo... So why wouldn't we be looking to spend that in Jan? I guess it may be a little less as we've had to pay off Ralph since then, but the money should still be there

Could be any team from 8th downwards I think…. It’s still quite early in the season and lots of time for the wheels to come off. You’d imagine we’d do everything we can to get a striker in early. But it’s always tough in January and esp for strikers.

Haven't voted, but will back the board. As has been mentioned, some of those involved in this decision picked Frank for Brentford, who is someone we would love here now

Surely it's most likely to be some ex players with an agenda? I haven't read the articles but I think if he was poor at man managing that should be called out, but if it's more gossip based then agreed there's no need

What players have posted any sort of goodbye and thanks message to Ralph so far? I've had a look at half a dozen accounts on twitter just now and not one has posted anything. I stand to be corrected but it suggests to me he had serious problems with the players as alluded to by the Athletic.

I’m Surprised Luton have commented on this so early. I was thinking Jones would be one of several candidates we’d be speaking to but maybe we’ve already made up our mind. I’ll trust the board on this one but he’s going to have to hit the ground running or it will go very sour very quickly. He’s got no pedigree to garner any patience from the fans or players like Ralph did