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And another R - Wretched. Oh…

Start preparing - it’s unfortunately going to happen. We’re THAT bad…players don’t give a toss…Manager is beaten and fucking miserable. It’ll take a miracle.

I said some months ago that the team didn’t look capable of beating Derby’s record - not capable of winning another game. That was when Martin was still struggling to get a flicker of life from the players. Nothings changed with Juric in the driving seat…it’s still a shitshow with no chance of gaining even a point.

Wow, not bad. Just think of the superlatives that would be used if he wasn’t a shite player!

No he’s not…that’s daft and blinkered. He’s a decent footballer with some good assets who is however not good enough to secure a place in a Prem team that wants to remain outside the relegation zone. Just like 90% of the rest of the first team.

The outfit will likely use the simplest of AI routines to identify targets… Position required + <£10m + (<19 years old or >30 years old) + >70% pass accuracy = ACCEPT!

Let’s hope it’s not a fee based on first team appearances! 🤣

That’s an interesting point. How many of these players will feature in a Prem team after being an integral part of the worst side in Prem history? I mean, it’s pretty bleak isn’t it? Effort without skill will not be enough to get them a Prem contract if the buying club does it’s proper due diligence and is not desperate. KWP and Rambo…the only two players who have shown their true Prem credentials. Maybe Fernandes and Dibling might get their moves but they’ll likely be bench warmers or “ones for the future”. I’ll be flabbergasted if any of the others return to the Prem. Oh the score? Not sure I care - it’s very likely to be a drubbing, so let’s be optimistic and say 0-2.

It also raises the question about the nature of his parting of the ways with the club. Spors dug around and found a skeleton in the closet accompanied by a home shirt with the name Stewart on the back. 😉🤭

The price of relegation.

We will lose - reckon 3-0. No respite.

Someone had to be the fall guy I suppose, plus there’s a need to cut cloth. I don’t have any faith that SR/Spors will make an improvement.

£100m?! Take it and run! I’ve seen little to suggest the lad is worth half that. Of course he might develop further and improve in 2-3 years, but that’s less likely to happen at Saints, so it’s a big risk to hold on to him. I’ll be blown away if we get anywhere near that fee though.

Hopefully we’ll not have to find out because we’ll have an almost new 1st team and a decent Manager!

Yep, with Jay R scoring against his old club…what a story for the film-makers eh? 😕

Tell you what - this current team wouldn’t / couldn’t deliver a 4-0 win in the Championship if their lives depended on it. It wouldn’t surprise me if the first game of the season ended in a nervy loss. Let’s re-convene and compare notes after the first game shall we?

The issue is not that there are Championship level players, it’s that the construct of the team is flawed and many players will have developed a losing mentality that they cannot shake. The next Manager and his coaching team have a significant re-build to accomplish. There’s a reason Manning came on a free. He’s wedded to a certain style of system - one that allows him to be lazy in his decision making. He’s a very limited player.

Funny, I was thinking a couple of days ago about how the team that ‘arry and Jim managed actually looked liked warriors compared to the group of pussies we’ve been enduring for 3-4 seasons now.

It’s OK…I’ve forgotten now.🤣

Yeah, nothing on this thread about Utd’s ambition’s. 🤣😏

My bad, I forgot about the new stadium expansion in the last year or so. 🙄😉 Oh sorry, you mean the safe standing, the movement of away fans and the addition of extra pre-match entertainment areas (to compensate for the sub-standard match entertainment? OK, I guess that’s something, but obviously not enough to make a some on here swoon over Utd’s plans.

Although it’s pretty sad that a thread supposedly about SMS development gets taken over by news of Man Utd’s ambitious plans. Thanks to SR’s stunning failure at Saints it’ll be a long time before any further investment in SMS will happen - maybe never if we carry on the current trajectory.

Let’s hope it’s fanciful. Whatever the question, Ings is not the answer. Sure he’d score a hatful in the Championship, but only if he’s playing which would not be guaranteed. Plus I don’t think he’d come back anyway.

As a City, there’s so much to like in contrast to the shithole down the road. The football has been shite…SR incompetent. But if you love football then inevitably you pin your colours to one mast and ours is Saints…the red & white. Despite each successive failure, I start watching each next game with hope that something will go right. And I know that one day it will.

I just think he’s just flailing about trying random stuff just to be seen to trying new things. Some of his post match comments are so bereft of sense that it’s clear he’s not invested in the job - a caretaker who couldn’t care less.