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Not the point though is it?

Man United couldn’t beat Hull. Is their season over if they lose the next game too?

Remind me where we were when Still was sacked last season and where we ended up finishing?

Perhaps his wife’s sister in law was cutting THB’s hair this morning?

All matches are important. We should be aiming to win every match we play. To call the second game in a “must win” match is a stretch, even for the usual bedwetters. What if we win this and lose the next, or is every game until we are in the top six going to be dubbed “must win?” I hate to burst your bubble, but we are not going to get to the end of the season and only lose 2 matches if we lose today. If by some miracle we do, will people look back at a loss today and still spit their dummies out? There is a very long way to go and there is still time in the transfer window to improve the squad. Call me old fashioned, but I am saving the wrist slitting until the situation actually calls for it. 😉

You know the bed is well and truly drenched when people talk about the second game of the season as a “must win” match!

Meanwhile Ballard had put Bristol City 2-1 up…

He is not in the squad

Exactly! He is a Southampton player until he isn’t. Very unprofessional.

Are we faffing about though? That is just an assumption because we haven’t signed a Charles replacement immediately. There are all kinds of reasons that hasn’t happened. Isn’t it more likely that other clubs are waiting to see what happens with their own targets before they release players? Or maybe the players themselves are waiting to see if better options come along? Sadly the nature of the transfer window means that the further down the food chain you are, the harder it is to do the business that you would like to do when you would like to do it. Yes, it is possible that Spors and his staff are sitting on their hands waiting for the last few days of the window to get busy. I think it is more likely that the phones are ringing off the hook and red hot with texts and emails while us and everyone else in the football world are trying to get their ducks in a row before the window slams shut.

Perhaps wait until the transfer window slams shut before you slag off the business in this window? Surely it is better to get the main target in, even if we have to wait a while?

Quite a big thing actually but this is a feather in the cap for the London mayor and other progressives who have fought for ULEZ. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/ulez-better-lung-size-function-london-children

Dating the wrong women??

My point wasn’t about the circumstances of Charles leaving. It was that some said that the Downes/Bragg pairing would be fine.

And yet many posters had no problem with Charles leaving and we more than happy with a Downes/Bragg starting pair? The problem today apart from the brain farts from Stephens and Manning was the lack of Jander…oh and the dreadful state of our crosses into the box.