Sergei Gotsmanov

I would honestly say that I believe we would still be in the premier league were Ralph still in charge. He oozed professionalism.

I am in the same camp Trousers and would always back a manager. I like him as a person but its like having the team run by one of your mates. The defending has been shambolic yet no effort has been made to address it. Once again the club has been trying to be smart arses by appointing a young manager who we all know would either be no good and get sacked or would do well and leave anyway. Many of us knew we needed a big character at the helm, somebody who commanded respect and would have persuaded players to stay and fight for the cause. Somebody who had a point to prove and would not be head hunted by one of the big clubs if he did well. Dare I say it, in the Allardyce mould. The only encouraging factor is that I think the squad has enough ability to get promoted and if we did finally make the right appointment we would start winning.

Southgate has his favourites. He ignored Danny Ings when he was scoring 20 plus goals in an average team and he again chooses to ignore JWP.

I feel deeply uncomfortable about this possession football. We had 68% of the play yet lost 5-0. If we did get promoted we would be murdered in the premier league. The defence looks so vulnerable and yet we failed to score any goals. I think this is not about the quality of the defenders but more the strategy.

In fairness the warning signs were there against QPR and Norwich. Norwich looked like scoring every time they attacked. Probably a valuable wake up call.

On the Saintsweb forum even the pre-match band get told they are shit.

Last summer we should have thrown everything at keeping Broja. This summer we should have thrown everything at keeping JWP. He would have set an example for the other players and given us stability in choppy waters.

They are low end premier league and high end championship. What they add is intelligence and spirit to the dressing room.

Team morale is critical. Apart from the indicators that you mention do we get any feedback from ITK's as to how happy the dressing room is with the direction of the club? Has the mood shifted dramatically?

Why don't we come to terms with the fact that we have been relegated and accept that to get out of this division we need to build a team with spirit. Both Stephens and Bednarek at least seem to care.

9 goals and almost having broken Beckham's free kick record at just 28 years of age I would suggest is 'enough about him' for the premier league. We are going to really see how good he was when he is not with us.

Biased but spot on. I really do not buy into this leaving to win things. Being a local legend outweighs medals.

God I would get a bollocking if I woke my wife at 4.30am

I would suspect it was reward for being a good servant to the club. He wanted to return home and it might have soured the dressing room if they had not let him.

There is a milk product you can buy where they milk the cows at night when they have high levels of melatonin in their system. Its called night milk I think. Dietrich Mateschitz who founded Red Bull made his fortune on giving people a drink that gave them energy. Whoever can invent a drink that genuinely helps you fall asleep will make as much money.

My brother in law swears by CBD drops.

I am an amateur at appraising players and their contribution to the team but Stuart Armstrong is a class act. He takes the game to the opposition, he can score goals, is articulate, intelligent and a good role model within the club. The Celtic fans loved him and I think he could have a fantastic influence at this level. COVID may not have helped him but I bet Martin is delighted to have him about because he would always say something sensible. At some point we have to draw a line and say this is what we've got to work with lets go for it.

I thought it could have been the making of Diallo in the championship.

It will be a full house with a cup tie atmosphere and a team that won promotion in an extraordinary way. It will be a real test but a good learning curve!

Neil Parish was out on his ear for not meeting the standards of public life there was no legal process to undergo because he did not break the law.. Rosindell is being investigated by the police, no doubt when that is concluded he will be 'out on his ear'.

Its about perspectives, I think the story is about a very high profile figure at the BBC paying £35K to a crack addict and the when understandably his parents contact the BBC to get him to stop the BBC does not even bother to speak to him.

The BBC's investigation seems to have been to send an email and a phone call that 'did not connect'. They did not even speak to the presenter. Do you think that was thorough?

You don't think that there is a legal process before this happens?

If you assume that the complaint was the same in May as it was is in July why did it warrant Huw Edwards being suspended then and not in May - was it just because it was more high profile? The issue seems to be that it was not properly investigated when the initial complaint was made. Did anyone even bother to speak to Edwards?

Well as far as I understand it the BBC had a complaint in May and did nothing so the parents went to the Sun - of course the BBC said they tried to call the parents but could not get hold of them. If the BBC felt it was acceptable to suspend Huw Edwards when the story broke in the Sun in July then why did they not suspend him when the parents complained in May? Surely the bulk of the complaint was the same when they initially made contact. It would have been better for all parties if they had acted before it became high profile. I am very happy to be corrected if I have misunderstood this.