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Ralph's first four games in charge: Cardiff 1 - 0 Southampton Southampton 3 - 2 Arsenal Huddersfield 1 - 3 Southampton Southampton 1 - 2 West Ham 50% win record in league games and definitely noticed an improved performance. Jones has been a disaster and I just can't see it improving.

This is the part I'm most confused about. We sign Man City kids, various staff from City and then we employ Nathan Jones in the most important job for the first team - the figurehead for the club doing interviews before and after each match, the most direct influence on tactics, training, formation and substitutions, etc. - someone that they wouldn't even trust to hand out the bibs 😕

Forest have played 8 away games this season, scored 1 goal and drawn twice. Unfortunately, we always seem to be willing hosts for teams to break these bad records, a player on a goalless streak etc. we all know what's going to happen.

As noted the club do not care about what the fans think so it doesn’t really matter but for me it’s a definite no. I just can’t see what would make anyone think that Nathan Jones has what it takes to be a top flight manager and appointing him would be a huge mistake. It’s sad to look at the quality of manager going to clubs such as Brighton and Wolves while we scratch around in the reduced prices section keeping our fingers crossed that he might be a bargain buy.

Everton on 1st October will be the last 3pm Saturday kick off at home for 2022.

Links to defenders - does this mean we haven't seen the end of the 3 at the back experiment?

Can anyone send a link to telegram please?

Yes in his book he says his agent told him Southampton were interested and he said: “What the f***! Southampton! Is that my level? Southampton!”

To be fair to Gunn, I remember him having a really good game away at Chelsea where he kept a clean sheet. I'm not sure Davis ever had a game as good as that in the PL. For me Forster at his best was our best PL keeper and then Boruc, not really sure there's much between the others.

We really were useless in 2017/18.

Remember him blasting in a free kick against Cardiff (?) at home. Went on to have a decent career after he left us as well.

Interesting analysis, probably better than what's been in the athletic this season.

It ranks us as 18th and puts West Ham first to save you the time of clicking the link.

I remember Derby away the same season, I think it was only a 1-0 win but we were superb that afternoon and I couldn't see what would go wrong...

Three very different goals from Le Tiss as well to show the variety of his skills.

We did beat them at home, I think in their first season up when Redmond scored and celebrated in front of their fans with some reference to Birmingham.

Relegated teams from the past few seasons (3rd from bottom): 2020/21: Fulham 28 2019/20: Bournemouth 34 2018/19: Cardiff 34 2017/18: Swansea 33 2016/17: Hull 34 2015/16: Newcastle 37 2014/15: Hull 35 2013/14: Norwich 33 2012/13: Wigan 36

We beat Newcastle last year on a Friday night to go top https://www.premierleague.com/match/58973

He left and Oxlade-Chamberlain stepped up. De Ridder was the season after.

Juanmi on the scoresheet again for Betis, that’s two in two for him this season.

Would they be capped at their ability while at Saints or what they went on to achieve after leaving?

Not unless we got new owners. The cost of a "free transfer" is just too much in terms of wages and lack of re-sale value, although, you could argue Theo Walcott is a high status player but I think that is the only circumstance that would allow it for the time being.

Looking at that article above, presumably it's because we gave him a 4 1/2 year contract on money that no other club was prepared to take him on for, hence we loaned him out, probably paying the vast majority of his wages. Tbf, if the club thought he was going to make it then it would have been justified giving him a long contract.

Well written article but depressing read: https://www.prostinternational.com/2021/05/24/meet-southampton-in-2021-the-team-that-became-bewildered-in-both-boxes/

Interesting comment in Guardian match report: : When Fulham almost certainly go down, they will sell off a number of players for a decent price. Burnley will stay up, however, and barely any of their players will attract interest. It’s a strange old world.