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I fail to understand why every single free kick or corner has to be taken by Manning - he is pants!

Another absolute howler from Manning.

I just hope it doesn’t take a Plymouth goal for Russ to make the changes necessary to break their defensive wall down. At the moment there’s not enough balls going I over the top for runners.

Drags the quality of the team down by some shocking margin. And Adams is so poor in front of goal.

If only we had a decent corner taker. Edozie saves Mannings blushes.

Lino is getting a lot of off side decisions very wrong. Tosser.

Manning putting in another great impersonation as a footballer.

So many wasted chances already! Get one, we’ll have a hatful!

Moivski would be a great signing - think we’ll not be seeing a great deal of our crocked CF.

Plymouth may well be a hard working side, but they’re going to need that with our passing/possession game. Providing there’s no panic and no complacency, we should win although not by a large margin…they will limit our chances. Saints 2-1.

Thanks for the mention - he really must be bless him. That was as complete a game of football as I’ve seen from Saints since the Koeman days. Thoroughly enjoyable and spent watching with my Son and Grandson (20 months old) too. Thank you Saints for two uplifting wins and what’s more, thank you to everyone on here that sent their best wishes on my Dads passing…it meant a great deal.

Ref is incredibly biased with the cards - someone needs to be making a noise in the officials dressing room in the break.

Russ has completely over thought himself and reverted to tinkerman to get Stephens into the team at RB. Terrible decision. Manning usual rubbish. As I type, Aribo scores… 1-0 … brilliant!

Merry Christmas to you all wherever in the World you’re celebrating. Come on you Saints!

Unfortunately my Dad passed away 4 hours after the last game, so I’ll be watching this on my own, although I like to think he’ll be there with me in spirit. 😔 Should be a win. Needs to be a win, as we can’t let space develop between us and Leeds now Ipswich are starting to falter. Think we’ll not find it easy with some key injuries. Could RM go three CB’s with Stephens available? Don’t want Che anywhere near the starting 11 and would rather see a youngster off the bench, but I guess that'll not happen unless we’re three up with 10 minutes left. Hope Bree and Downes are fit. 2-1 Saints.

A great win for my Dad who is still holding on…well done Saints. RM subs were good choices. Honourable mentions… Adams and Manning - both make the team look worse. If Adams thinks he’s getting a better contract than the one at Saints he’s a sandwich short of a picnic….terrible player that’s a waste of shirt. Manning tries hard but just doesn’t have a brain. KWP, Downes and Fraser - outstanding as usual. I like Charles…he’ll be a great player one day, but he didn’t need to take the 2nd yellow.

Today I watch the Saints game with my 91 year old Dad for the last time - he will sadly not know anything of the game as he is on end of life care. I’m hoping Saints will do him proud.

I’d be extremely surprised to see Saints sign a £30m player in any window. However, the market must still be nuts given we spent £12m on a crocked striker who it seems is unlikely to feature this season in any sustained fashion. I reckon Che goes for £15m and if there’s business to be done then that’ll be the limit of our spending…probably nearer £10m actually.

Absolutely this. While JS has his own attributes, the established pairing we’ve enjoyed for a good number of games should be retained except maybe for cup games.

Agreed - we’ll see I guess, but I wouldn’t put it past RM as Jack S is the senior player and will have his ear.

Always enjoy our ‘chats’ Trousers…you’re one of my fav posters to be honest. Hope you and yours have a great Christmas and we share a few more wins/goals etc.

Agreed, but RM couldn’t wait to get Stephens on the pitch on Saturday and we know who made way.

Not exciting reading really and he’s not appeared since May ‘23? But yeah let’s sign him for daft money - what could go wrong? 😏

Interesting that for my money THB has transformed his performances so well that he’s now close to being our no.1 CB. Not so sure RM sees it that way though and I suspect it will be THB that makes way for the return of Stephens unfortunately because he’s Captain and both he and Bedders are very vocal on the pitch.

In how many minutes of game time? But sure, he might not get injured. #forgetpastmistakes 😉