Saint Fan CaM

I think there are too many disaffected fans now, too many late to the party ‘supporters’ and as Trousers said, with the bottom 12 clubs so close on points even with just 9 games left anything could happen, so people still think we have a chance of escaping the drop. I have it on good authority that MP has some great tactical and coaching ideas, however the players are not responding - they don’t get it. Reed believes MP can turn it round hence why he’s still here.

Two things I’m surprised about... 1. That Kat managed to sell to Goa given the background and then retained 20% for some reason. 2. That the Admin team on this site have allowed such a distasteful and defamatory title to this thread. In my view there was legacy of achievement left over from the Cortese era and it is the rising influence of dear old Les Reed that has seen the gradual decline of the clubs fortunes. He is responsible and therefore accountable for the footballing aspect of the business, but somehow will retire a rich and happy man when we get relegated.

Wasn’t there a story about Reeds son being the agent that gets the deals done between Liverpool and Saints? Looking after ones own might explain why we seem so tied to selling our top players to Liverpool and no other club.

This but Gabbi in the hole behind Guido and Tadic on the left. But the clown will not do that...watch him start with JWP and Redmond with just the lone striker again. Yup that always works. Oh.

Watched him off ball when we were in attack...his movement is poor, but then after 6 games with rubbish delivery he’s probably given up or at least become confused about how to affect the game. We have three strikers...all have exhibited the same goal drought...that is clear indicator that it’s a managerial and tactical problem.

What an absolute shambles of a game. Team set up incorrectly from the off. Redmond starting AND finishing the game...why? I’ll tell you why....because England management were there to watch him (although fook knows why...he is Shiiite). This was a clear indication that this manager has no idea how to coach an attacking side and no idea how to tactically out smart his opposition. I still maintain we will go down with this clown in place, but I also maintain that Krueger and Reed will not act...spineless, clueless muppets. Rant over.

Redmond and JWP start. We will lose this.

Keep the side consistent with perhaps Sims in for Redmond. It’s going to be a close, rough and scrappy game which we could very easily lose. 2-1 is likely, but we may pinch a 1-1 draw.

Kane.

LOL at those assuming we've beaten Wigan already. They have Manager who knows how to set out a side who want to smash boulders for him which is why they beat City. The way we're playing I can see another upset on the cards.

Redmond was a cheap Championship purchase by Reed who hoped he could be made better. It’s a little experiment that’s gone wrong unfortunately as he’s not good enough to play whatever system the “Southampton Way” is supposed to be. To be fair to Redmond, he started well but had any creative flair drilled out of him....same as Gabbi, Long and now probably Carrillo too. The only positive with Redmond is he’ll be ok next season in the Championship.

It's going to take a long while for him to look like a Prem player but I'm not confident he'll get there due to the coaching that looks wholly inadequate.

Sims is 10 times the player that Redmond is. Overall a lucky win even though we were the better team...what does that say?!?!

Can’t seem to get excited by this one...hope the players are more up for it.

What a complete joke...definite shades of the Lowe years with this and another indicator of looming relegation. Why? Because the Board has taken their collective eye off the things that really matter to supporters...namely the results on the pitch.

I want us to win this, however I find myself strangely ambivalent and not really excited by it. I guess it will be shown on tv or at least streamed...might watch it, but if I miss it I’ll not lose sleep. The worry is more over whether a loss will further erode any little confidence held in the squad - a real concern.

The problem is our form....it has been so poor....and the manner in which we play. There is little in our playing style, in the attacking guile, that gives me any cause to be optimistic. Based purely on these issues I think we’re dead certs for the drop. Addd to this the teams also in the mix are looking better value now and our fate is sealed. Hope I’m wrong...if we win the next two games on the bounce I might start to think differently, but unlike previous seasons I’ve no confidence in the team or the manager.

Expected a loss but the manner in which we play is a huge concern. You don’t win games without scoring and we don’t look like scoring. Very slow, pedestrian and predictable in all our build up play - that’s what you get from a forward line of Tadic and JWP with a target man type striker. The passing is poor, the shape is poor, the movement is poor. This has relegation written all over it and the only solution is in replacing the Manager...if we don’t we’re down. Blame lies squarely with Reed.

I’m sure The Board will welcome their mates from Liverpool with open arms and wonder whether there will be a menu of players for sale on the Directors dinner table? Can’t see anything other than a loss, but largely depends whether Salah can be restrained. Would put either PEH or Lemina on direct marking him out the game as best possible....limit his opportunities and we may scrape a draw. If we attempt to play defensively we’ll be beaten soundly. I’m predicting 0-3 and a return to the Manager out cries.

Anyone else think Long deliberately fluffed his header because he has an affinity with WBA still? With all the time in the world, he deliberately ignored every training book by not heading into the ground and across goal. Or perhaps he’s just a very ordinary L1 striker?

SFC Board : MoPe, please ensure you play your best players, or it's the door. MoPe: Who are my best players? SFC Board : WTF? Ask Kelvin. Lemina was fantastic - for a DM he has some great skills and moves forward with the ball with confidence. And the goal was sublime - if only we had some attacking players that could do that! Make no mistake - we may be 14th, but we are still heavily embroiled in a relegation struggle and with the next game anything but easy, we could very well find ourselves back in the drop zone again. Is now a good time to change the Manager? Probably not in the eyes of Reed.

OK so he's put our most expensive players in the side - the problem I foresee is that these players do not know each other's game well enough...that's why they look so clueless.

I had a feeling this will be a draw...1-1. However Pardew has reinforced the team and they are starting to look handy therefore this could very well be a significant loss. 3-0

We are going down with the clown. That performance was the clearest indicator of that.

4/10. Guido will be a good buy, but we needed more. Poor performance once again Reed.