Saint86

I mean, sod it, why not... We've changed the scouting setup (twice), the academy coaching, the first team coaching setup (twice), and the manager (twice) this season. Let alone the utter farce of in terms of player recruitment/churn/bloated squad that we now have... May as well get the assistant manager out for good eh!! I don't know if any department at the club has actually escaped harm so far, but at that point it would basically be impossible to argue we haven't had a "complete reset" over the last 12months summer-summer dictatorial ownership by Rasmus 🤣😂. But i agree with what i think is your point. Rasmus has destroyed the entire club's identity. We do now need a strong managerial figure to come in and stamp a new identify on us - an up and coming manager with a good attacking style of football, and someone who quite blatantly does it whilst utilising kids. But there is no point just making more changes for the sake of it - the identity of the next manager is key. And someone seriously needs to wrestle the controls out of Rasmus' hands - whatever he's touched has turned to utter ruin. Also, an aside - if SR decided to walk away now, essentially they'd lose whatever they purchased the club for minus whatever they can sell it for.... but the club is left with the debt from our horrific player recruitment this past year... plus the MS Dell loan? We best hope they are in it for the long run, and that they miraculously start making some good decisions.

If Che is back, he starts. Otherwise its that team but with Bazunu.

No need to start talking to people like that mate!

Hopefully we are straight on the phone to him.

No zorba, not true, haven't you heard? We can go down and magically the team will become top class, carry a threat, and win the title...

I know we have injuries, but that doesn't fully exclude that line up. If Selles starts another game without Alcaraz and Sulemana he shouldn't make it back home again as manager. He's not ready to deliver with this squad, if indeed ever.

Ofc, the other alternative was we had just kept Ralph and SR actually got us a good striker and some CDM cover in the summer. Its a very long way back from here now. Many years before we see players like Lavia playing for saints again. Get to watch our kids knicked off us in the lower leagues now.

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You have to laugh, bring tall paul on this half and now play only to his feet 🤣

70minutes to line up with the team that should have started. so poor. Edozie as well should be in the matchday squads.

This one is on selles, lined us up with a 9 man side for 50odd minutes.

Utter shit so far.

I wouldn't start him over Adams, but he carries a threat in the air which sets him apart, mara carries no specific threats and has been in poor form.

A first half where it genuinely looks like we've got 8-9 players on the pitch all playing with the belief that we're already relegated and who are just waiting for the end of the season and their summer moves. Have to come out second half and go for it. Must not lose. Theo, Ely, Mara off immediatley for Paul, Carlos, Sulemana.

Selles has a lot to answer for for this one i'm afraid. Paul, Carlos, and Sulemana should have all started this one. And given we're now in a position where we have to score, all 3 should be on immediately at half time. Mara should have been kept until 60ish minutes when Paul gets tired.

Playing like we have absolutely no belief in the final 3rd.

Mara utterly shite this game. Head's not in it at all.

tbf, West Ham are shite, so this may actually suit us.

4 players offside, two holding back defenders. Not offside and interfering in play.

We aren't beating weat ham away. So best not plan on being on here tomorrow afternoon.

I reckon 34-35 points will be enough. It may even be lower given how many teams are down there and the fact they'll take points of each other. 3wins and 2 draws takes us to 34 points. Just don't give any points to our direct rivals and I have a sneaky feeling that will be enough, albeit squeaky bum time.

Agree with all of that!

Agree except on VAR - its the officials that are the problem not the tech. I don't miss incidents like the nongoal that triggered Charlie Austin's rant, Gabbi's offside goal at Wembley (that may well have stolen only our 2nd ever cup win), or things like that Doucoure handball goal (that could well have sent us down in another season). To name but a few purely saints related shockers. I hate that the officials make terrible mistakes even with VAR - Mike Dean's VAR red card/penalty decision in the United 9-0 should never have happened, nor should villa have got away with the matty cash diving save vs saints in the 1-0 loss. But those are far smaller errors compared to the ones detailed above - and they remain fundamentally officiating errors, not the fault of the tech. Also, its surely only a matter of time until VAR is in the championship.

Not specifically aimed at you robo so i hope you don't take it that way, but i actually hate these particular fan fantasies about being relegated to so we can win. Not only do i not get it, but i also massively disagree with it. It just reads like a big fish / small pond idealism to me.... However, if you follow it to its other quite likely outcome - I.e. we fail to get promoted, the teams quality declines, and we eventually start to struggle in the championship (vs the parachute payment teams and those with owners/momentum)... what will we get? I'd guess that we'd start to lose more fans/atmosphere as the same fair weather romantic ideals resurface in line with the team struggling - this time going on about being relegated to league 1 so we can start to win again. Alternatively, we get promoted and the same fans will be moaning that we're struggling in the prem. I just can't agree with it at all. What is even the point of competing or progressing as a club if we're just going to down tools and look forward to relegation to an easier level? Notably no one was saying this when we were challenging for europe. Equally, the tougher times make the good times more memorable - even if saints' good times are more modest than those of richer clubs. Its true of nearly all fanbases bar a select lucky few (because success is relative), but if all you want to see is a successful football club all the time, i hate to break it to you but you've fallen for the wrong bloody club 😆 - a reality everyone trying to get their kids into saints must surely have considered at some point... I want to see saints at the highest level they can be at - if that means scrapping away at the bottom of the prem so be it. I enjoyed the times when we had Ostenstadt, Tessem, Kachoul, Berkovich, Tissier etc. and were constantly under pressure fighting away as underdogs 🤷‍♂️. The championship was utterly grim in comparison. The only merit i can see to ever being relegated, is a chance to rebuild, blood a new team/youngsters, reset a losing mentality, and come back stronger.

If we drew our remaining 10games we'd finish on 33 points and be in with a shout of staying up - and certainly in with a shout on the final day. Giving points to direct relegation rivals will only move the required points total upwards. Its still more important not to lose these games (away) than it is to win them. What we have to do is win the home ones - those are our must wins. Beat Palace, Bournemouth, Fulham (the absolute must win home games). That's 32 points. Then get a couple of draws out of west ham, Forrest, Brighton, Arsenal, City, Newcastle, and Liverpool. That would get us to circa 34-35 points and likely stay up. The people saying we have to beat Bournemouth, Forest, West Ham, Palace, Fulham etc. (38points), or even 6 wins (41points) to survive... Eh?!?! I don't see it. Its so tight down there, the teams will take points of each other and its quite unlikely to be that high.