Saint Fan CaM

We’ll be getting a man sent off at this rate.

We’re being owned. The changes were too many away from home and so soon after the weekend. RM trying to be too damned clever.

It’s a dilemma - no Smallbone, fewer goals from midfield…that’s not in Charles gift, who is more of a spoiler but can pick a pass.

Superb goal from Fraser. Think our midfielders are better strikers than our strikers. Massive three points. We’re going to win the league. Russball forever. Or something like that. COYS!

Edozie blatantly pulled back - no card!

Settling for the big point. #russtylee

Should have booked Delap for the challenge on Bedders.

So fucking passive…just waiting for someone else to effect play. All of them.

Agree - I was about to post similar. They’re slightly edging the game with slicker passing, better pressing and more pace so I’m expecting them to capitalise in the second half. Watch Russ make the inevitable three subs at around 60 minutes which will help them.

I’ll say something about Smallbone, he’s a bit m h in midfield but he has the habit of being in the right place at the right time. But then dear Baz once again fails to keep hold of the ball. 1-1…classic Russball and now we’re looking as fragile as an egg.

Mmm, temper expectations indeed. Hull have all the attributes to play a low possession containment game and break quickly with clinical finishing. Not an easy game in the slightest.

If RM could get Sulemana or Alcarez to look up and pass accurately around the box, could get someone like Smallbone to lay off a ball accurately and get Mara to be in the right place at the right time to shoot, we might actually score a goal because Mara CAN shoot accurately when faced with a gifted opportunity. So many variables in this scenario that it’s highly unlikely to take place and that’s even if we manage to move the ball quickly enough forward to stop the opposition getting 11 men behind the ball (which we mostly don’t).

Not sure the international break will do us any good and looks like the emerging success for our two CB’s will be disrupted once again. Can’t see our team being up for it enough. 2-1 loss.

He’ll need to be given the service that suits his ability otherwise he’ll end up looking as lost as our other strikers. It will be very interesting to see how he adapts to RMball.

I wish him well there, unless they’re playing us of course. He’s certainly got a lot of work to do, but they can really only go upwards at the moment and not get too much worse. The big issue for him will be drilling his system into a squad that’s not really good enough to implement it. But like Martin at Saints then I suppose. 🧐😜🤣

I think the key thing I want to see from Ross is movement in the box, getting ahead of his marker…something Adams rarely seems capable of. If he can do this then I can see him being more successful than both Adams and Arma.

Leicester on 30 points - Saints on 17. Huge difference in managerial quality and not much to do with player quality in my book, with exception of Che Adams who is as impotent and mobile as a brick. He starts and we’re weaker somehow?!? Martin is not learning anything from past mistakes OR successes for that matter.

The measure of that game for me is that 80% possession and a great goal feels like a loss and definitely two points dropped.

Keeper saves at his near post…err, hang on is that a thing?

It’s ok Aribo on - 85th minute. We’ll be fine. Oh.

Rotherham got their tails up…we’re nervous…wait for it. It’s coming.

Triple sub for Rotherham - secret weapons. Yep, first shot on goal and they score. Revert to Russball.

Sweet Mary…Manning is really quite shit.

Brilliant save from their keeper!

WTF Manning??? Makes himself available in a forward position then completely goes flat footed.