HarvSFC

Inverted/central midfield wing backs works for City and Liverpool because they dominate possession. For us, it was just an exploitation that another team used against us.

Deleted all Instagram posts, which is the modern player's way of announcing they're transferring from one club to another, if there was any doubt. Seemed a bit of a prat on social media anyway, posing for pictures and showing off his riches like some egotistical Lemina.

It's a strange one. 2005, I was distraught after the Manchester United final day loss, but I was also ignorant of the Championship and thought we'd walk the league and come straight back up. Now, the relegation is obviously damaging and after attending recent matches in the last month or so I've felt gutted, but I've accepted relegation and don't feel as much negativity towards it as I did in 2005, while also knowing how unforgiving the Championship is and how easy it is to soon become a mid-table Championship team. The last few years, especially at home have been a chore for us all and it's almost nice to think that this part of the club's history is almost coming to an end and we're nearing a much needed reboot. How long it takes us to recover though, who knows.

Maitland-Niles moves in slow motion.

So that’s what happens when you counter a team out of position instead of recycling the ball around your defence and allowing the opposition to regroup. Damn.

Need a goal scorer, not somebody who contributed 5 goals in a team that ran away with the league. 9 league goals in his last three seasons. Need a Lambert, Sharp, Connolly strike force again, who all bagged more than Barnes did this season, despite Lambert being the clear main man and Sharp only playing after January. To put it into context, Jos Hooiveld scored two more in our promotion season than Barnes has this season, while Guly, who wasn't everybody's favourite bagged double.

I liked when Dan Sheldon joined the forum, posted "I am going to be using Saints Web to communicate more frequently with supporters. If you have any queries, topics you want me to explore or anything else, then feel free to leave a comment/post a question." Made 16 further posts and then left the role never to be seen again. Good times.

He’s good for youngsters, like Bazunu. Makes him feel confident all week in training with his piss poor shots, although he does add to the complacency on a match day.

Entering complete parody mode.

In an ideal/realistic world: New GK Livramento - Stephens - New CB - New LB Two new CM's (Expect JWP, Lavia and Diallo to leave) Sulemana - Alcaraz - Tella/Edozie New ST Have no idea who we should sign, mind. Hopefully players coming into their peak. Considering all the profit we made off players like Ings, Lambert, Lovren, Van Dijk.... The list goes on, it's strange how the club turned to youth to make profits.

Another example being Kompany, who was named Burnley manager on 14th June, three weeks after the season was completed. On a separate topic, I think we all know that Liam Delap will be our priority striker target again this summer after two pretty awful loans at Stoke and Preston. See if Wilcox has a fascination with Manchester City youth players like Shields did.

Lincoln City bullying Bazunu for their goal the early warning sign, expect to see more of it if we don't get someone more commanding in goal next season.

Money, probably. Ipswich have a 22 year transfer record - Matteo Sereni in 2001 for £4.75m. They don't spend a lot. Made a couple of £1m+ signings last summer and in January with Leif Davis and Nathan Broadhead, but their squad has been built on a tight budget. One thing and it is probably the only thing SR can't be criticised for is their spending, which we know does most of the talking in football. They also have a 26 goal ex-Skate in Conor Chaplin who might do alright here. Edit: Alex Neil made a similar move from Sunderland to Stoke last season after Sunderland's promotion.

Having looked in a bit more, I would be quite supportive of bringing in Kieran McKenna from Ipswich. When he took charge, they were a mess of a club in League One, recycling through three managers a season. Sound familiar? One year in charge and Ipswich have won promotion, would have won the league any other season and still can with one game to go, having only lost four league games all season, scoring 99 and conceding 33. Now, you could say Ipswich is his first job as a manager, he's never managed in the Championship, could the step up be too far for him, like Nathan Jones' was for the Premier League. But, I would say Ipswich and Luton have different pressures. Luton were always the underdog and were always overachieving in their promotion to the Championship and then successful seasons in the Championship. Whereas, McKenna has met the expectations of Ipswich. Ipswich being more similar to Stoke. Additionally, he has worked within the youth team and coaching staff of Tottenham and Manchester United. Working with the egos that Jones never got the grasp of as well as learning off Pochettino and Mourinho, which again Jones was never given the opportunity to do. Then, bringing me onto my next point. Having worked in the youth teams of these clubs, you would imagine McKenna knows how to develop and bring through young talent. Fits the club's ethos and this isn't wholly about Sports Republic's fetish of signing youngsters, but also developing and bringing in our own current talents from the B team, something we've been ignoring in recent years. Lastly from his Wikipedia page, it says this: "Following McKenna’s arrival as Manchester United's under-18s manager, Indy Boonen, who was a teenage player for United at the time, praised McKenna by stating, "He changed everything. The way we trained was how the opponent played on the Saturday. If you played against West Brom, you trained how they are and focused on their weaknesses." A manager who sets up a team to exploit the opposition's weakness. Revolutionary! Just from Thursday night we were all saying and it was known Bournemouth's weakness was in the air. So, we played short corners and our six foot eight striker was nowhere to be seen. Scrap the playbook rubbish. It worked for a bit getting us to the top of the league and then funnily enough, other clubs worked out it's weaknesses and have been beating us ever since, Hasenhuttl remained loyal to it, Jones played his "front footed and aggressive" mess every game and Selles plays Mr. Conservative. It would be nice to set up a team to exploit the oppositions weakness and look comfortable again. This appointment would of course make too much sense. So, scrap all this.

Lets see if the Leeds version has any impact: "The Leeds United Supporters Advisory Board have released the following statement after their 4-1 defeat to Bournemouth: "After the result and performance of the team today, the Leeds United Supporters Advisory Board (SAB) would like to place on record its lack of faith in the current management team at the club. "The SAB have been supportive of many decisions this year and will always work with the club to improve the way the club connects with its supporters and communities, so it is only right that we also address the current performances and the situation we are now faced with. "Leeds United fans have, and will always, support our club through its ‘ups and downs’, but with four games left this situation is no longer sustainable. "The narrow escape from relegation last season should have been the catalyst for a season of growth but this season has now turned into a humiliating disaster. "The appointment of Jesse Marsch, a style of play so different from that of Marcelo Bielsa, the sacking of Marcsh after the transfer window had closed, the hiring of a of a fifth-choice manager, the purchase of a £35m striker who has played hardly any minutes in a relegation dogfight, the costly and embarrassing mistakes made in the Jean Kevin Augustin case… there have been far too many questionable decisions and people must be made accountable. "The players must also take responsibility for their abject performances and lack of professional pride since half time against Crystal Palace. To pull on that famous white shirt is something that us fans can only dream of, yet it seems that some of the squad don’t have the fight for this battle. "We are therefore asking for immediate changes to be made to the first team coach and to those responsible for the recruitment of the managers and players who have been brought in over the last 14 months. "We would like to place on record our thanks and gratitude to the many staff, at both Thorp Arch and Elland Road, who worked tirelessly to make Leeds United a club that all of those who support it can be proud of. "The Supporters Advisory Board are due to meet with the club this coming week and hope that they are able to respond to this statement before the meeting takes place." Can pretty much replace Leeds with Southampton, just our frozen out striker cost a bit less than £35m. They get to have dialogue with their club. We get told to be grateful for fans forums where Semmens and Ankersen dismiss everything, say they know best, spout some nonsense about the women's team and call it a night.

Been saying it for months, play the inconsistent, yet unpredictable attackers and they will create at least a couple of chances a match, rather than the three consistently shit and predictable attackers (Walcott, Elyounoussi and A. Armstrong). Shame it's taken so long to work out.

Played for Liverpool.

7 of the 15 signings not in the matchday squad at this stage of the season. 3 of 5 of the January signings missing. Terrific business.

They tried to run before they could walk. After purchasing Southampton, they then went out and purchased Goztepe soon after and were linked with the purchase of a number of other clubs, I particularly recall one from France. However, they needed to put all their resources into establishing their supposed "anchor club" before looking to branch out elsewhere. We're copying the Man City group model and despite their unlimited wealth, they didn't start branching out until 2013, following their 2008 takeover. 5 years, an FA Cup and a Premier League title before they started expanding to other clubs. But, given what we've learned of Rasmus Ankersen in the last year and his ego, you can tell why he's moving at 2000mph. He has that crappy little book and believes everything he touches turns to gold. He believed he cracked life and cracked football in particular. He spent a lot of Solak's money with little care, know how, or diligence, because he believed his own hype and believed he could not make any mistakes. The Premier League ended up being an entirely different level to what he expected, hopefully it's humbled him a bit, although I doubt it. We spent approximately £140m across 13 players over both windows. We could've spent £28m on five individuals for the problem positions - Goalkeeper, centre-back, centre-midfield, number 10 and striker and we'd have looked a much better team while spending the same money. But, again, Rasmus thought he knew it all and a £12m kid from Man City was going to sort all our goalkeeping issues, while splashing the rest of the money on squad fillers, only striking some gold in Lavia and ABK. The worrying thing is, that given all the mistakes and wrong personnel Ankersen has appointed this season, there's nothing to say that Jason Wilcox won't be completely out of his depth here either.

After creating a one man shortlist which consisted of Jesse Marsch and nobody else, we've somehow managed to employ someone worse than Nathan Jones and title them as manager. At least Jones gave us the City win and never played that team again. Our two wins under Selles were scrappy and can't remember us putting in a good performance under him. Managing us to a loss against League Two Grimsby being the particular highlight. There were already alarm bells regarding him following the draw against League One Sheffield Wednesday in his one game in November. He's the players best mate, which you can tell in his interviews when he refuses to give any truths and just gives wishy washy answers saying we're going to keep fighting when we've been down and out of fight for months.

I can tell you what Bournemouth didn't do tonight, pass it around their centre-backs and goalkeeper, which we did right up until the 95th minute. They were direct and cut through our midfield and defence on numerous occasions. We got schooled by Bournemouth and Gary O'Neil. Selles just isn't cut out for management. Been here all season and still doesn't know our best eleven. Every line-up it's like one previously frozen out player is being selected via a tombola. Absolutely no consistency in the selections, other than they're consistently shite. Aribo, Caleta-Car and A. Armstrong all in recent weeks coming in and out of the team having not played for weeks. Who's it going to be against Newcastle? Bringing Lyanco on for JWP was a particular masterstroke. Gave up the midfield. The only positive is that Selles won't be here next season. Think that's the last time I'll be using my ST this season. Be back next season when it's hopefully a bit better, but this football is miserable. Edit: Forgot McCarthy also started tonight, to add to the tombola selections.

27 points after 32 games, the Allardyce season. They finished with 39. But, they were also 18th with their 27 points. They were competing with Villa, who had 16 points after 32 matches and Newcastle who had 25. A lot has been said about the low quality of this season, but everyone's picking up points. There's usually a Villa, Norwich every other year, Sheffield United, or Huddersfield who barely break the early 20s. Norwich and Watford only got 22 and 23 points last season after a full 38. The season, before Sheffield United, West Brom and Fulham all got relegated with 23, 26 and 28. The season we turn to crap is the season you need to break 30 to stay up, of course.

Not Saints, but Caicedo at Brighton is continuing to look very impressive. Harry Kane for Spurs when he wanted out a couple of summers back.

Not for me. Doesn’t really seem to have the heart for football when on the pitch, too casual. In the Football League a bit of fight is needed, and is probably down to why he had such a shocker on the pitch against League Two Grimsby. When we were last down, we had two grafters who weren’t the best technically in Richardson and Butterfield. I haven’t really seen anything of him that makes me think stick him on the wage bill and sign him permanently. Before us he had an Everton/West Ham singing written all over him.

This is my view. You have to be an extreme talent to go straight from the academy into the Premier League and not look out of place. Only Shaw, Livramento and Lavia have really managed it here in recent years and we signed two of those from other elite clubs. Shaw has reached the top, Lavia is a full Belgium international and is going to the top, while Livramento has been pushed back through injury. Can add Jankewitz to your list. A player raved about in the academy, came out and said he wanted first team football. Got the first team football, was sent off within the first couple of minutes and now at 21 and two years later he is being loaned out to the Swiss second division. Nobody actually knows how good Doyle/Ballard are, bar the coaches. They get good numbers in youth football and the highlights are really all we get to see of them. Professional mens football is just a big leap from the level they're playing at, when watching those highlights. Think blooding them in next season when we're a level lower will be the best for them, like we saw with Lallana.