Baird of the land

I find it far easier to believe that Ralph prioritized pace further up the pitch than the board blocking him buying a center back and made him buy a winger.

Ralph clearly made a winger and a striker on top of the compulsory Ings purchases his priority. If ralph had of viewed a centre back as the immediate priority he could have prioriitised that instead. So in your bulldozer scenario blame the guy who told them the bulldozers were still serviceable.

Failing at such basics is pretty damning though. I'd be a lot more tolerant if he wasn't behaving like a rabbit caught in the headlights.

Yep that(saturday was beyond belief, won't play the right back that did well against city & puts the other right back at left back(then subbed him)) and the repeated times this season he's let the game get away rather than use substitutes have soured me to him. Coupled with Adkins is actually available as a replacement.

I'd argue we should be protesting at plans to spend 75m. Panic buying more dross in January to further weigh down the club in the championship should be resisted.

I wouldn't be about experimenting with stephens at centre mid. I'm not a huge fan of persisting with Cedric ahead of Valery either

The issue isn’t with moving on targett but it’s with not bringing in some sort of cover if as it seems he doesn’t want to utilize vokins in any scenario barring a one minute league cup cameo.

100% agree.

I did. I just think it's like saying wenger would be a great assistant to emery. I heard them talking about adkins as an actual idea on the totalsaints podcast and no one pointed out the obvious massive flaw.

I don't really think the perfect assistant is someone who is a threat to your job.

Them being out of contract makes a proper championship clearout easier in my eyes in the summer as long as we don't spunk more money away in Jan. If we are going over the top i'd prefer giving the games to Obafemi rather than thinking a one minute cameo is any use to him.

Not sure what you on about. Before Cedric got injured he was looking good. Valery has been inconsistent, poor against Chelsea, good against wolves, poor against Leicester but then good against City. That's what's completely nuts about it, it's not as if valery played badly last time, it was just an attempt to force others into the team at the expense of any sort of shape.

On the glass half full side not long before we're shot of Shane Long and Cedric

When the manager completely loses the plot, it's time for him to go.

Nigel would be my pick too.

What about poor Armstrong who has spent his entire career thinking he's a midfielder only to spend the last week realising that apparently according to the manager he's really a right back.

Look to Swansea. Complete clear out, young team, doing ok in championship. Wouldn’t want Sam. I’d have Adkins in a heartbeat.

Making sure Ralph's everton win came through on his accumulator?

As long as the overhaul gets rid of the guy who thinks fullbacks are optional

You obviously blinked & missed Ralph's fantastic decision to give Vokins a one minute cameo in the league cup. Sure he learned a lot in that minute.

Might be a relief that he isn't. Stands more chance of him staying in the championship if he's a very rough diamond.

That's not great but can understand him and valery being utterly annoyed that ralph would prefer to play a centre mid in their position rather than them and in cedric's place ask him to play out of position, when shock horror it doesn't work(like it didn't earlier in the season), rather than switch him to his natural position, would prefer to stick with no natural right back.

I think he's been incredibly lucky to have got the points he has got this season. Sending off versus brighton whilst we were being played off the park & then scraping a win against sheff utd when they found ways not to score. I don't think its crazy to think maybe we could have a manager who plays a right back at right back. Who doesn't set his team up to defend at home to a team one place above them. Who doesn't sit on his hands whilst the opposition manager makes changes to win the game.

Hopefully you are right. Needs to go pronto

Any manager who looks at a squad with 2 right backs and goes i'm going to pick a centre mid there deserves to be unemployed. Sack him now whilst its international break. Get in Adkins(experienced successful championship manager), plan on being in the championship & rebuilding from there(anything else is a bonus)