Lighthouse

Where are you getting any of this from? I've not seen any statements from the club saying we're too big to go down.

Yep, and all he needed was about 180 appearances over the course of six years to start looking decent.

It goes without saying that we’d be better with Ramsdale in the team, so the fact that he isn’t points to the fact that it wasn’t feasible to keep him. That’s probably a combination of having to pay Arsenal wages in the Championship and the likelihood that we had a gentleman’s agreement hat he could leave if we got relegated. In any case, it’s no excuse for our form at all. However you want to dress it up, Martin got promoted at the first attempt playing Bazunu and McCarthy. Unless you want to admit that he was an incomparable, god-like footballing genius, and I suspect that you don’t, Still should be able to match or better that achievement.

We would possibly have picked up a couple of points against Bristol City and Blackburn but that's not the root of our problems and I doubt we'd even be in the top half. Ramsdale's wages are enormous, we were never going to keep him in the Championship.

Incidentally, we beat Everton on November 2nd last year, so if we don’t win this one a 96th minute winner against Wrexham will be our only home win for a full, rolling year.

Personally, I’d go with: Bazunu Mads Wood THB Manning Downes Jander Armstrong Azaz Scienza Archer Of course, this won’t happen. It’ll be five at the back, we’ll start well, miss a bunch of chances, then score, immediately panic and concede, then make five subs from 60-75 mins, end up with Armstrong as the lone striker and a bunch of ball recyclers behind and lose to an 82nd minute defensive howler.

That would depend on whether or not he has some sort of underlying health issue, which we the public don’t now about.

That's a lot of words to say, "No, because he sold Sam Gallagher."

That’s a hell of a way to end a post telling me exactly how upset I should be and how I should react to it. SR haven’t had an easy ride. They’ve lost a significant portion of their income from failing to stay in the PL on two separate occasions. They care far more about that than a bunch of fans boycotting games, which will cost them peanuts in comparison. Like I said, stay away if you like, but unless you think we’re going to drive the club into administration with a boycott I’m not sure what you hope to achieve. Personally I think sacking the manager is a lot more likely, appropriate and sustainable.

Never should have been sacked but that being said, I wouldn't go back.

Boycotting is a massive over reaction, considering the amount of money our owners have just spent. The time to boycott is when you’re owned by the likes of Chansiri, SISU, Lowe or the Venkys. Don’t go if you don’t want to but expecting people to stay away on principle is wide of the mark.

They do, for as long as I think they’re still trying. I don’t wish ill on any of the players, or even the manager. I just think he’s hopelessly out of his depth. I’ll start booing during the game when we have another Spurs at home scenario from last season.

Which has never helped my team in the history of sports. Get behind the team during the game, let them know how we feel at FT, however that may be.

I wouldn’t have their strengths down as five subs every game and going with Armstrong as the loan striker from 60 mins onwards. Were never going to know what they’re capable of under Still.

I know who you’re getting at but Branfoot’s got to be in his eighties by now.

Thank you.

If the next manager can’t get us above 20th with one of the most expensive and talented squads in the league then Spors needs sacking too.

I’d be quite willing to give him half the season to improve…. If we were 6th - 10th and not really where we want to be. We’re 20th.

I’m convinced that many players, Downs, Archer and Azaz in particular, are nowhere near as bad as we are making them look.

You know that scene in Austin Powers when they’re playing blackjack and Austin sticks on 5. Yeah, that.

No way they’d take a coach that far north. We probably flew to East Midlands when we played Derby a couple of weeks back, knowing us.

Bamford, seriously? The guy's finished, spent last season making 15 min sub appearances for Leeds without troubling the back of the net.

Just goes to show how sh*te our squad was last season. Our two best players aren’t even starting for a really sh*te West Ham.

Yep, not true either, just a lazy go-to argument. Brentford just have better players than us, it’s really that simple. Our ‘soft as sh*te’ team got the third most bookings last season, Brentford had the second least. https://www.myfootballfacts.com/premier-league/all-time-premier-league/cards/premier-league-red-and-yellow-cards-2024-25/