Saint86

Players heads dropped, silly niggly arguments between players all afternoon, and an apathetic fanbase with no team bond. All this from a club on the up with great momentum, spirit, and identity. This board should take a bow.

The article is utter hogwash. Has Burnley near the top.... then describes them as sitting deep and playing direct long ball football to attack. Would probably rate a Pulis and BFS team in the top 4.

Honestly. If you think Austin should be allowed anywhere near a penalty shoot out... you are either delusional or betting on us losing.

Yoshi simply should be the first choice CB. He makes the rest better.

Whenever complaints against the club find some traction, you two are never too far away in abusing those responsible, and/or defending the club, board, and Leslie.

strange. Tory voters will never vote Corbyn or old McDonald into power. A lot of labour voters voted for Brexit. For me, its pretty much a dead cert that Boris or JRM would waltz a pre brexit GE in my book. Followed by a labour split. Also, as has been said... even after the last GE we still have Tories.

Not a chance. Free trade with the world (with an apparent *fear* story of worsening worker rights) or socialist / commy dreamland with unions running companies and sky high tax rates. And sod the companies, I never want to see that lot in power.

Sounds like more cock ups to be honest.

The Liverpool game should have no impact on Les Reed's tenure, and i would question any fan that wants to get that upset over that game. The club has no future with the current board/ownership structure. You only have to view the complete apathy and negativity on every saints thread to realise the cancer at the heart of this club needs drastic surgery.

If true, that makes a good joke of this thread.

I think he is good. When he finds his feet he will be a good player for us. Also does a lot of work defensively, which given how ****e Cedric is these days is a very important point. This place is miserable at the moment. All the fans who couldn't see where we were headed under Reed and Co are just moaning rather than accepting and supporting the players. No wonder we struggle at home...

Good - Ings, Hoj, Vest, Redmond, Bertrand, Ely.... Negatives: Subs bench is weak, shockingly so. We literally have nothing other than Gabbi who we don't know how to use. Cedric is looking worse by the game. Just not up to it on current form. Sloppy for the penalty. Two shocking goals to give away.

Cedric very poor recently. being targetted now by Brighton of all teams and it is working. Not winning aerially, and not winning on the deck. Plus he is being caught out positionally. What is up with him?

Sims is doing well in my oppinion. He should have a place at saints next year.

Not really sure Tadic deserves to be in the defectors thread...

We have no serious ambition. Which means the bar with which we judge ourselves is a fraction of what it was before. The result, when we underachieve it is to a dangerously low standard. We have a board that repeatedly lies and misleads the fanbase, and makes uninspiring decisions like its as easy as sipping a glass of water. The result, a terminally damaged fan bond with the club and team, and widespread supporter apathy. Hard to see how you arrest the decline without resolving these issues, and its hard to see us resolving these issues without dramatic and sudden change...

In all seriousness, Hughes is a massive improvement on the last two years and has a lot of rot to overturn. IMO, it is madness to call for him out after he kept us up last year and has made progress with the squad and performances this year. Surely?

A good Muslim shouldn't gamble. For that reason I back Danny Nothing to do with the fact that I want saints to do well... or Liverpool to do badly

Main Contenders: West Ham, Crystal Palace, Cardiff, Newcastle, Other contenders: Fulham Brighton

You are going to be a happy man at the end of the season then. No way are saints going down under Hughes.

I'd rather have him than Austin... Save a few Bob on wages as well!

A good 3 points. Did it the hard way in the end and rode our luck. But a clean sheet and 3 point was a worthwhile reward!

Fans moaning about this. But at the very least its a useful fixture against a good premier league side. Right now the team needs games to gell and work on tactics. Far more useful than a game against lower league opposition with a totally rotated side. And we will beat Everton at some point... may as well be a league cup 3rd round game that they might rest players for

That is not strictly true Le God, please see EFL Carabao Cup regulations section 6.3. They would be eligible if we gave written consent for them to play.

Fully deserved. Hopefully he gets a chance but somehow I doubt it. Would certainly have him as number 2 to Pickford at least.