beatlesaint

Some of the subs in the second half were questionable as Leeds were being given more and more space as we fell deeper and deeper but i guess with a game Tuesday it was sensible. We dont want to be making any changes to that starting lineup IMHO.

at least its an early kick off so we can get it out the way !

He's always been a bit of a strange one for me. When things are going well, as someone else has said, he finds things to criticise yet when its awful, like now, he'll stick up for the club !! He's still trying to be relevant among the fanbase but hes not getting it. His day has gone, he was ok with the McMillan/Chorley combo backing him when revolution was in the air but now ? His articles are long winded and say very little in a lot of words.

I think to a degree hoisting blame on the fans is an easy get out clause. Fans have witnessed basically 3 years of utter shite, ive got to the stage where, even though i renewed my season ticket in blind hope as much as anything, I'm looking for an excuse every week not to go and put myself through another 90 minutes of hell. The argument that the players feel more pressure at home kind of goes out the window when they conspire to let in 5 at Sunderland......you dont get much further away from St. Mary's than that then back it up with defeat at bottom club Middlesbro' I think a large element of the fanbase have been very patient, its a lot of money people pay out for no pleasure or reward.

The first thing I would say is stop the short intricate passing in the defensive third, we are shite at it and lose the ball regularly, this leads to conceding ridiculous goals. Get the keeper or defender to hit it long, get it down then play your passing/possession game in attack and around the half way line.

At the moment he’s taking money under false pretences cos if anything it’s got worse !

So he can’t be trusted but Aribo can? Fkin hell 😡

He’s captain, it’s like a protective shield around him !

He will drip on about being brave and courageous and holding our nerve. Ok Russ, fair enough but when are YOU gonna be brave and courageous with your team selection instead of picking shite like Holgate, Smallbone, Armstrong….

If he plays the right team, ie Charles as holding midfielder, Stuart Armstrong or Charly instead of effin Adam Arnstrong in midfield, we might just stand a chance.

He was. When Joe Aribo is the answer you don’t want to know what the question is.

Yeah, I don’t think Ralph was averse to treating players on the fringes poorly. Then there was Mark Hughes treatment of Romeu. There aren’t many managers that don’t no matter how unintentional

Interesting how Ipswich didn’t seem to have much problem playing out from the back, but then they looked for men that had space around them. I hope RM was watching them !!

I assume as he’s been made captain that Adam Armstrong is undroppable then?

Aribo? WTF ???

Watch it on the Sky Sports app then!

That’s so sad. I hope Dave’s faith guides him through this awful time.

I’m not sure, even for Saints managers, the honeymoon period has crashed and burned quite so quickly and alarmingly. From 10 points in 4 games, better than anyone could have expected, to the last two games ! Talk about flatter to deceive.

He’s a complete non entity.

Any midfield with Adam Armstrong and Will Smallbone in it are offering zero protection to the centre backs, it’s like an open invitation to run straight at them.

A couple of those goals he let in at Sunderland dont need much micro analysis, they were bloody obvious to anyone that they were his fault regardless of the role the defence played beforehand.

The biggest irony is all the fuss he made about Covid vaccinations - what are they putting into your body etc etc - yet he takes every opportunity he can to flog these CBD Oil and gummies things 🤣

To be honest he’s withdrawn himself from public life. Before his theory inspired tweets and comments he’d made himself a bit of a mainstream media celeb with appearances on quiz shows etc. Obviously not content with that he burnt all those bridges so his media work has been cut to the conspiracy theory circuit where other people who think nothing is as it seems can massage his ego and give him air time. He’ll never admit he lost the job on Sky himself, he could easily have carried on like Merson has but he couldn’t keep his trap shut. Shame really.

We must be the only team to sign a 6ft 7inch target man then never play him as a target man !! Unbeievable really. I wish him all the best, he was shafted here.

I’ve currently got Covid after avoiding it all this time. If he wants to come round my house spouting his bullshit about it being a conspiracy I’m more than happy to set him straight !