Saint86

He blatantly is and so bringing him on is desperate stuff.

Another player better than archer.

Problem is, we always push up at attack teams... For all the faults and frustrations over Martin - saints stopping and walking the ball at the back made the other team step up and create space...

Lost to a basic defensive error and a deflection with abysmal keeping.

We really do get no luck Vs city.

Compare that to us trying to get a goal Vs Swansea. We're just not getting anything go out way this year.

Are you fucking kidding me.

Archer showing why he is a far worse player than AA there. Need to replace him in January. All the fans liking that post saying he should be starting over AA... 😂

We've been atrocious since city scored. Heads totally gone. Really worrying that the team is this fragile. Still needs to get right into them at half time. Also, for their goal, the defensive line is all over the shop - is that the issue with having no real leader at CB, and youngsters like Edwards and woods playing with a winger (Fraser) at rwb?

FFS. Why why why can we not defend. We've been in complete control all game... We scored... And we switch off. Still must be fucking livid with them.

If you're happy to pay, you can just get the matches via the club - although you do then have to listen to Blackmore and Tessem's commentary.

Rohl to rangers then...

Listening to blackmore and tessem currently is possibly the worst way imagineable. Agreed!

After that Jander post effort, blackmore exclaims, "how's it not gone in?!" I would struggle to think of a better phrase to describe our entire performance ffs. Strikers were given it on a plate time after time after time after time... shambolic finishing. Scienza though, what a player to have at this level - needs to start and have the attack build around him. The front 4 should be Scienza, Azaz, fellows, and AA up top - and keep doing it until they start firing.

Quite. Proper Lallana derangement syndrome amongst some of our fans. The bloke came back, and there are enough ex saints players that are on record saying he loves the club and regrets how it all went down. Was a joy to watch when he was here and probably many people's favourite player for a good few years.

Poch was recognised as a very promising up and coming manager who had been name dropped and praised by pep at barcelona.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-15203225/England-Liverpool-footballer-Adam-Lallana-Dorset-mansion-12million.html Looks like he's on the move...

Some people will scoff at this. But i want to see him in the matchday squad this weekend. He cannot have less impact that Downs... when downs plays we are worse than having a man down because he actively loses us possession and stops attacks, let alone the fact that he isn't aggressive against the ball and simply doesn't even present for duels and 50/50s. Give this kid a chance - we have until January without Stewart and we will need to dip into the transfer window if we can't find a solution from withing the squad.

Lost count of how many saints fans/pundits were saying this was a risk before we then played him in that 3rd game and he got injured. Apparently obvious to everyone bar the medical team and coaching setup.

Yeah it really is this. It's utterly delusional to think saints can stay in the champ and be competitive long term, let alone with sports republic running the show. Every year more clubs come down with better squads and more money, some get promoted out of league 1 every couple of years (Ipswich, Brum, Wrexham etc.)... Saints get promoted, or we do the championship equivalent of koeman to puel and Hughes. The fans that want us to stay down, or who don't see it as a bad thing, live in absolute fairy land. As an absolute minimum, we can afford a 2 season rebuild and get promoted next season - after that, we are turning into Stoke etc.

Lets be serious here, even if Charles is exhausted, a midfield pairing of Downes and Jander is far superior to anything Swansea can field. Ditto our wingers/attacking midfielders. A failure to beat Swansea will only come from tactical incompetence or poor player performances - turn up and get it right and we should comfortably beat them - and that is true of any 11 we will realistically field. We're at a point now where there can be no more hiding from these realities.

Who, or what, is the 15 brothers? Sounds like some kind of new portsmyth firm...

I think we might also be a 2 year project - the state of the squad (quality / fitness / morale) after last season's debacle shouldn't be overlooked. We're almost starting from scratch, and as I feared over the transfer window - we left it right until the very end to get most of our key business done, which means we didn't get a proper pre season and look very disjointed as a result.

January will have to be a striker and a GK... good luck affording that 😅 Or can we cancel Ramsdale's loan?

He's a much younger player and clearly something has happened to damage his confidence early doors - he played much better in pre season. But right now he lacks confidence, aggression against the ball, and any kind of touch... terrible for us recently. Its an issue now for still to utilise him somehow.