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I have just watched it and didnt really pick up on most of the negative things stated here like body language etc. The only thing that really annoyed me is MS statement about if the fans arent "on it" the players wont be either. Thats bullshit, im fed up of fans being made to feel like its their fault when the team are crap.

Jesus Christ what a load of tosh. We’ve had it if this pillock stays beyond the first 6-8 games

He’s gonna be near suicidal in a couple of months then

Yes but if you wanna hear a rowdy fan in the crowd shout out "Ralph you're a twat" listen live, they will cut that bit otherwise 🤣

Thing I don’t understand about Ralph is if building a team you buy players who fit the system you want to play. It’s now, bar two or three, his team, his signings. So you have to assume he gas been given the players he wants to carry out his way of playing………then he totally changes it to some horrendous half arsed occasional pressing while the rest of the time we play five at the back with a couple of mainly sitting midfielders in front of them.

Rejected by Southampton, signed by Liverpool........how will he ever recover ?

and for us ! 😂

I cant believe we have reached the 22/23 season, the club have spent more money this summer than in many a year yet we still have to talk about Jack Stephens. Should have got rid years ago, but no, we give him a new bloody contract which is hushed up out of total embarrassment by the club.

What always happens after a decent run. Ralph thinks he’s the cleverest man in the room, starts coming out with weird ideas, nobody knows what they’re doing and it all falls apart.

Just a minor thing but shouldn’t we be keeping Che until a/the new striker(s) sign on the dotted line?

Leicester City and Denmark defender Jannik Vestergaard, 30, has rejected a move to Fulham. (Football Insider) Fulham dodging a bullet there 😄

Not just that but the total reluctance of Ralph to even put him on the pitch most of the time, even when games had gone. Now he's getting in first. Just another one of Ralph's many many contradictory decisions.

I don’t think he’s a great goal scorer but there’s a lot more to his game, he’s the only striker who can hold the ball up and he is capable of some great finished. In a nutshell he’s the best striker we have, by a long way, so they better have something petty special up their sleeves cos if he goes we are still two strikers lite.

they will if we lose to Leeds next week.

Three of the four outfield players I never wanted to see in a Saints shirt again after last season made it onto the pitch today - Valery, Stephens and Redmond. The other one is injured. Depressing.

Hang on, hang on….dudnt he say mid week he likes the 5 subs cos you can change up both strikers? Fkin idiot makes it up as he goes

Depends what you are judging it on? If judging on the last 12 games of last season them no, we aren’t. There’s pressure on the young new signings to hit the ground running otherwise we are back to the dross of last season, and with them, we ain’t brilliant.

Not just pundits to be fair, the last time I was this pessimistic about a season was under that Portaloo Dutch bloke.

Wasn’t gonna bother this season but I’m getting that. That will outsell that blue wavey away kit by a mile.

Match Of The Day are gonna be gutted, every highlights package showed the taking of the knee at the start of every single game. Might have to show a few more seconds football instead now !

no, just before the first and last games of the seasons and special occasions......whatever that constitutes ?

With the exception of Romeu summer 2023 will be a time of celebration getting rid of this lot of no hopers.

Yeah exactly, it’s not the bloody Eurovision Song Contest ffs

Striker and full back cover. Unless we can shift one or two to bring extra funds in I’m relatively happy with what we’ve bought in. It’s largely down to Ralph playing them in their best positions and a system that works after that.

Has Mara been involved very much?