Daft Kerplunk

Superb

Not a great way to play in the second half, far too passive, acceptable away to a top team but at home?

Uncanny likeness, and country of origin 🤣

Good job we didn't sign Bukkake

He's a tricky one to read. He seems like he might not have the personality to deal with the big characters of an allegedly ambitous football club but then he also doesn't give much away, which might be very helpful to deal with that pressure. We are still pretty dull at times and that period after we scored last night was mostly crap, but second half was a big improvement. The game is pretty much the same (stats say nothing more than anyone who has watched the game for years can see with their own eyes) but the way it is coached is obviously changing, and if he is able to coax performances out of players who lack the self-motivation of top players, and remain calm under pressure and not lose it, he could be well-suited to make good progress.

It's because a forward loses posession when he shoots. Devastating for stats. Best to not sign them at all.

The black box was a glorified excel spreadsheet, and relied on the data input of Paul Mitchell. There was a little bit of time after he left where the data set was decent but without that input, it went kaput.

I mean, they are all top quality at this level...apparently. Stats down the pub says so.

Female co-commentator is a difficult listen, just so dull in the delivery. Shite.

Unfortunately we have players who are good on paper, but absolutely lack the type of character needed to succeed. SR, in continuing the work of the previous administration, believe that it's only physical and technical data that counts but attitude is vital for success. On this season's showing, only Scienza has anything like the sort of character needed to succeed. Unless in the transfer window we sign 2-3 players with the sort of leadership skills that could drag us higher, we will likely be mid-table. This, for this football club (and fans), should be utterly unacceptable. We should unquestionably be a mid-level Premier League team consistently over time with occasional highs and perhaps the odd flirt with relegation that we comfortably avoid. It's frankly pathetic that we aren't, and worse that some seem to think it's okay not to be. Crazy.

There's air at the training ground and on matchdays so that's an ample replacement for what we'd be missing

Looks like SR are continuing the 'potential into excellence' false drivel of the Les/Semmens era. The first team should not be an experiment, it should be the pinnacle of the club where the people operating there are at the highest standard possible, even if that means they go to bigger clubs. SR are having an absolute shocker.

Too little too late really. Defenders passing it between each other at the end says it all.

So they are down to 10 men, and we are 0-1 down, and he continues with 3 at the back. Odd

I would suggest that women's football will never reach the level of the men's game, and nothing to do with anything other than that it's highly unlikely that as many women (let alone men) will follow women's football in the same way that men (and many women) follow men's football. Men get paid so much for playing football because there is a market that is willing to pay to watch it, to engage with it, to buy the associated products etc. As it stands, the women who play are probably overpaid if you looked at it from a purely commercial perspective. In a way, the international women's football team is like rugby where England draw good crowds but the club game is comparatively small. That's why male rugby players get paid a fraction of male footballers. Men's football is many times more popular than men's rugby. No need to knock women's football but some acceptance of the reality of the number of people who watch it, follow it religiously and base their lives around it compared to the men's game may help.

Thank goodness we are a great second half team

Tonda test time

This shit Russell Martin style of passing along the goal line puts us under so much pressure because it has to be so precise when progressing to the midfield.

When our injured midfielders and defenders come back, we should be better in the second half so really, our lack of players to continue the work of Scienza and Fellows is the thing we are crying out for. Those are top of the championship level players so we won't get that good but that's the most important area for me.

at some point they will prove the doubting Thomases to be wrong

The challenge for the manager is how to win without Leo.

He's certainly getting things right, be nice to see us go after teams in the second half after we've taken the piss in the first 😎

We may win but fuck me, we are ABSOLUTELY SHITE

This article (like Tony Pulis or not) shows how difficult it will be for a new manager/head coach in a set up like Saints, which is a fairly embeded set-up like the one he talks about. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c781v7zz0w2o It all has to be aligned for it to work well and that is something we have spectacularly failed at so far.

More likely to be Heir Flick