Saint Fan CaM

Has he gone yet?

In my experience managerial control freaks are essentially workplace bullies, particularly when they like to be ‘best mates’ with hugs. Then, when a mistake is made that plays right into their hands because it’s an excuse to control and manipulate even further. It’s demoralising and non-empowering. It’s not clever or brave. Ask any forward thinking modern successful manager how to get the best from staff and the answer will be good coaching followed by clear objective setting and empowerment to do the best job possible. Iterative learning happens because individuals know instinctively when they’ve not performed - not because their pseudo-Dad tells them they’ve not followed his rules.

The lad is worth upwards of £50m plus sell-on. Anything less will demonstrate once again the incompetence of the SFC Board / SR.

On the 1st day of Christmas, my true love gave to me - a thumping loss nil to three. On the 2nd day of Christmas my true love gave to me - 60% possession and a thumping loss nil to three. On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love gave to me - brave passing backwards, 60% possession and a thumping loss nil to three. On the 4th day of Christmas my true love gave to me - Capt’n Jack shoehorned, brave passing backwards, 60% possession and a thumping loss nil to three. On the 5th day of Christmas my true love gave to me - five sold Diblings. Capt’n Jack shoehorned, brave passing backwards, 60% possession and a thumping loss nil to three. ☺️😎 (Feel free to embellish!)

Best yet…would love to hear this bellowing out from the Northam or better still the entire stadium with the lyrics displayed on the big screens!

Rafa? To Saints? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣……no wait….🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😏

It’s absurdly obvious that Russ is not getting the sack anytime soon. With the results and performances delivered to date, with no indication of future improvement, it’s amazing he’s still in place. He’ll be taking us down and I suspect SR want that shit to stick to him as much as it will the club. As for the game, we’d struggle to beat Spurs when firing on all cylinders - now, a convincing defeat is inevitable. 0-4…if we’re lucky.

Villa didn’t play long?!? Their one goal started from a long ball…put pressure on a defence in disarray and it won them 3 points. Other examples are to be found. Also, our press is not effective. The team are so scared of being caught upfield with lack of pace, we don’t press hard as a unit and so it’s easy for the opposing team to find route out. You could say a ‘soft’ press, with 2-3 forwards running about aimlessly trying largely unsuccessfully to cut out passing lines. One reason why Russ claiming the players are brave is so ridiculous.

Complete waste of time for the club, the players, the supporters. It’s all Russ, Russ, Russ. Just put the twat out to gardening leave and give it to Lallana.

Another brilliant block by Woods - perfect positioning.

Kamara chops down Aribo - no card.

Wood did brilliantly there. Fair play to the lad.

Foul on Manning - no card.

Incredible - so many fouls from Villa and no card. Soft card for Downes. Corrupt.

Don’t think there’s any belief left in the players now. Sibling is a shadow of his former self. Fitness is poor. The life has been sucked outta if the club in so many ways.

And here comes Watkins - bets for him to score? Odds on.

Aribo on for Bree at half-time. A blunt admission of a selection fuckup Russ?

Well to be fair, they’ve not worked in our favour for 10 or 11 games! There’s a pattern beginning to form don’t you think?!?

I think you’re hyping up whatever Russ does with the team midweek - I wouldn’t characterise it by calling it coaching…there’s little or no resemblance of that out on the pitch. What I see is 11 strangers struggling to understand a system that weeks ago failed to produce a positive result.

My word it’s getting worse. I want Martin out more than any other manager and that’s saying something. I’d rather watch us lose games playing decent football - this is fucking terminally boring shit.

We win back possession high up and guess what…we lose it or wait until they’ve got 11 players behind the ball. Just sauntering to a loss.

Bunch of morons lead by a complete arsehole of a manager. Where the hell was the defense? All over the show.

Another fuck up at the back - utter, utter madness.

This is looking like a brave effort where we’ll be very competitive until we switch off or make a stupid error near our box. It’s the usual script.

Amazing that despite 5 at the back our defence still looks lightweight