OldNick

I dont disagree, I do believe that and its hard for anybody to say the fans werent on him from the first minute or at best the first game. We believed we were above NJ and in many cases before

I felt the board lost credibility when they held onto Ralph so long. I had supported him early in his tenure but got bored of his poor subs and for some reason stopped the pressing. It is sad tha NJ family are Saints fans and must feel a bit of dislike to so many of our fans as they never gave him a chance. You probably are right that he is not good enough but I dont think he has beenhelped

Dont be so ridiculous, it is of course not down to the fans, they have contributed. The manager, the board, the players have all got their place in this. The fans not welcoming him is also a factor. He has done little to help his cause by saying things in his attempt to defend himself but of course it has gone to make things worse. Brentford and his treatment of Lavia and thinking Theo could save the day showed he is floundering and I then turned that he should go.

100% agree with those comments. He has no chance, he had no chance and it is amazing that the board do not understand that. As I stated earlier, he could win 5 in a row and then lose one and the fans would be on his back. That does not help with performances as the players will be edgy. I doubt they look forward to playing at SMS and apart from a small period under Ralph it has been like it for a long time, since Koeman I would say. There were of course some good days when we got to the League cup final beating Liverpool but you again could sense that the fans were waiting to snap as Puel was not mr personality. Even under Koeman there were times when we were complaining, but that is the football fan, always knows better than those at the top (I'm sure i'm included in that)

Deary me, I was originally replying giving an illustration how the fan base were down on him before he started. If you believe that having the fans against you from the first minute is not a problem then Iam surprised but thats what he was up against

well the first thread does with the 48% vote ffs

That was just one of the threads

Self propelling prophecy though. You were not right without giving the man a chance. You were determined that you were right, and so gave him not an inch to try and get it right. Dont come back tell me fans have no influence as that is nonsense. To have to firefight from the first minute made a difficult job impossible.

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A lot of us yes, but read the posts as he arrived

Ive tried to be supportive of NJ as I felt he wasnt given a fair crack from first minute. Even if he goes on a 5 game winning streak and the 6th he loses the fans will be back again calling for him to be gone. He has no chance. Fans once they have made their mind up rarely change their minds. If we win Saturday it wont be because of him and his tactics, it will be because Wolves are deemed to be crap, and we should beat them. As I say from the first minute we were down on him, I myself was incredulous but reasoned that the people choosing him must have known something us fans do not. Most of the questions were good, to mention Lawrie Mac was a joke as he took us down the first season and was hated as much as NJ. Then the why dont you go out shaking hands like the Hollywood filmstars lol, I couldnt care less about that, it means nothing

No doubt there are Pompey fans making things up to stir the pot. If a person posts as Saints4life, isnt 100% he's a Saints fan, the type of name if you want to look a fan.

Can you please tell me when Ralph ball was in play this year, as to mymind that went out of the window last year

This is what it will be

I dont, I didnt say that

Phew I thought you were talking about me! Ive been a Saints fan for 55 years and when are you going to provide a blanket and a flask on a matchday'

I expect the percentage is higher than that.

Well had they brought Gakpo, we'd still be in the same position. Frankly, all fans are susceptible of 'he's foreign and ripping it up, we must go for xyz' most of them are average. Personally I think we should have targetted UK based players who now their way around already. Ive seen Orsic play twice and nether time has he looked ready for the English game, but there is a clamour for him. Yes an international but unless he improves dramatically Theo is better placed to start ahead of him!!!

Just seen on SSN that Manchester City's owners, and senior management, have been given the PL's most severe punishment the authorities can dish out!! All have been given Season Tickets as SMS and have to attend ever game

could be read like that, but I doubt it to be the case if so

Behave Turks

who is going to take the job and risk the failure? From the outside a middle range manager may think that 'they dont think manager of the season is good enough, will they welcome me' (personally I dont think that would be an issue) Its a bit of a risk, yes a hero is they magically keep us up but go down and the fans/club will look dimly on it, no doubt Selles is not keen.

Was it 6th or 8th then. As you well know, had we gone in front the result may well have been different. We still were a lot better than 95% of the time since

Not by 9 they didnt. They were also winning a lot of games in the Championship. As we did under Adkins

Only as they are backing against us.