Saint Fan CaM

I wonder if there’s any panic in the SR/Spors office? 15th Jan…tick tock.

Yeah, big fish, small pond. Makes SR look better. I like the thinking and I’m sure SR do too.

We’ll soon see, but my money is on Peretz being no better than Baz, even as flawed as he is. SR don’t do squad building and strengthening - they do squad diluting and weakening…it’s in their DNA to break things.

Obviously disappointed, however that’s not what has happened is it? They’ve gone for a keeper who may be equally poor or worse - the fact is SR’s past performance time and again has been to dilute the quality of the squad, with the notable exception of Scienza, Fellows and Jander (which has been undermined by duds remaining in place). 4 seasons now without a decent CF and millions spent also taints SR and indicates how terrible they are at squad building. Yes Ramsdale was a good move albeit too late, but of course that still didn’t fully address the core issues at play in the squad.

I’ve a nasty feeling we’ll see the standard failure from SR - lose a player that’s been hung out to dry and replace them with someone worse. That’s how much I trust SR to get any decision right. Peretz will be watched carefully in terms of him actually looking like a keeper.

Bump. sticky Mods?

The fuss is not worth it until some kid is stabbed by a cretinous in-bred. Then the police and clubs will be roundly criticised for not segregating the fans. Catch 22…damned if you do…

I maintain that the newer players that have come in are of the right stuff. The problem is they’re encumbered by the old guard of Baz, Manning, Stephens, THB, Downes, Fraser, Archer and to a lesser extent AA. That’s far too many sub-standard players that are getting starts and that’s why we’re where we are.

Get a decent striker in and we’ll thrash ‘em 9-0. Or something like that. Err…

Feel good factor evaporated the summer after we got promoted and the squad was not significantly overhauled. It was blatantly obvious then that we’d struggle in the EPL, particularly when it was clear RM’s tactical shitshow was still being employed with a sub-standard squad. It has been in steady decline since then with little respite until Tonda’s two games where it seemed we’d turned a corner and a glimmer of enjoyment re-appeared. But no - so encumbered by tactical and personnel dogma is the club now, that I can’t see anything like a sustained period of joy returning. Not until the club upgrades the squad to 70-80% of players who are at a similar level as Scienza. A massive hurdle.

Perhaps JWP for Bragg? Not sure he’s still got what it takes. Romeu is not the answer. Perhaps Charles for Bragg? Doesn’t make much difference IMO…think Bragg has shown he can battle. Don’t think we’ll be forking out for another DCM.

It’s one of those games where you go into it thinking it’s another soft, roll over performance where we get bullied out of all three points, even though the other team is not all that. My preferred choice to start would be… Peretz Jelert. New CB. Quarshie. Welington. Jander. Bragg. Fellows/AA. Azaz. Scienza. New CF. The above is never going to happen…Tonda will revert to SR favoured tactics and personnel. We will lose 1-3.

We’re not great, but making a prediction like this just reveals you as a bit daft. And I’m not saying that out of local rivalry - the fish fookers are not exactly ripping up the Championship are they? 😏

You don’t need sense to manage Saints - just a hipster qualification of some kind and a desire to get rich quick.

Thought it would interesting to compare notes at the end of another seemingly failed campaign under SR’s leadership. Mods: perhaps this could be a sticky until end Feb?