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Hilarious. Makes the decision to leave Toney behind look even more foolish from Southgate

Never understood the fascination so many people have with Bielsa. Pretty average managerial record, got Leeds up at the second go after bottling the first attempt then nearly got them relegated in the second season because he didn’t know how to set a team up to defend, and spent all his time on the sidelines sat on a bucket looking like a miserable twat.

Slab head has been shocking for a while now, even in his England appearances of late.

No, because it’s pretty obvious that the sway the big 6 and sponsors have over the England team is behind some of his squad selections. Remember when he used to claim that he wouldn’t pick out of form players, maybe that was his original intention, until the powers that be had their say. Gareth for me is the future of what the FA want as a manager. No big personality, good in front of the cameras, can be influenced, and wouldn’t get near a top 6 Premier League management job for love nor money. Theres no way that Maguire. Phillips, Henderson or Gallagher get into that squad based on current form if they weren’t still at their respective clubs.

Potentially yes this World Cup could be the last we see of Gareth in charge in England. That being said the FA seem quite happy with a non confrontational yes man at the helm so I also wouldn’t be surprised if they offered him a new deal. I guess the decision might also factor in who is available to replace him and when.

We’ll be sticking these up in the home end soon for all the away fans sat amongst us.

Just watching the Southgate press conference, he states one of the reasons he picked Maddison is that he likes the fact he always looks up for a forward pass, and not enough players do it in the modern game. Could be a subliminal nod in the direction of JWP who has often been criticised on here for that.

Missing out on the Euro 2020 squad was harsher on JWP for me when he was a lot more involved in the squad in the run up. It’s probably not in his nature but if Southgate comes calling again for some pointless friendly I hope Prowsr tells him to shove it

Right decision on JWP, he’s offered next to nothing this season and Rice is clearly ahead of him. Wouldn’t he surprised if he’s known from the summer he wouldn’t be going hence apathy in his performances.

Talking of back up coaches I’d love to know what Kelvin, Dave Watson and the other scapegoats that got sacked in the summer make of all the recent goings on.

You’d hope we’ve got a compensation clause in there somewhere otherwise that’s going to cost us a fortune come April when he gets sacked.

Bloody hell I’d argue Cowley is a bigger name than Jones. THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE SOUTHAMPTON,THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE POOR, WE HAD POCH AND KOEMAN, NOW ITS FUCKING NATHAN JONES, NATHAN JONES

It is rather disgusting that the EFL have the power in this situation to blackout coverage of a Premier League club.

No bbc aren’t allowed to have it live due to the ifollow deal Sheff Wednesday have. You can listen on their website for £2.50 😂

Voted no, purely because I don’t think this is the time to be fucking about with a gamble like this. A third of the season has gone already and we’re clearly in big trouble as it is. Perhaps if he’d been bought in during the summer and had some transfers behind him then it would be worth the risk, but by the time we find out if he’s the man for us it’ll either be safety or relegation, there won’t be another chance to make a change and keep us up.

Christ. This really is a weird fucking gamble, I sure hope SR know what they’re doing. Suddenly the thought of Sean Dyche, a man that constantly over achieved on a shoestring budget doesn’t sound so bad.

Nice big name signing to get all the players on board then. Fucking hell how underwhelming. A decision based on having one eye on requiring promotion next season it seems.

At least 4 months later than it should have been in fairness.

Exactly this, after our atrocious end to the season it should have been thanks very much for all you’ve done, golden handshake and a whole new coaching team bought in with a summer of transfer activity for them to build a squad. Instead we’ve allowed this to fester for far too long, and in the meanwhile thrown away very good opportunities to get more points on the board from some kind fixtures. Allowing it to drag on is just reminding me of 2004/05 all over again when Lowe persisted with Wigley for 14 or so games after sacking Luggy and gambled with our Premier League status claiming that it was worth giving young coaches a chance before the board forced his hand into a decision. It’s poor in SR that they’ve put Ralph in this position, I’m sure he’d love to walk away but it won’t be of his own choice as it’ll cost him a huge severance package. Don’t wait around until after the Liverpool game, just fucking sort it now and give the new boss the whole World Cup break, and some decent time with the squad.

With Ralph at the helm and no decent striker yes we absolutely are. There’s still time to save the season but SR need to act quickly.

Some line up that. Probably still get battered. With fairness we should be giving the bench players more game time in the B team, as football used to be back in the reserve team days when it was a good chance to see a mixture of first teamers returning from injury, bench players and youth team.

We haven’t played that differently in our last 3 games, we’ve just been lucky the opposition haven’t been on their A game. Those 5 points just paper over the same fucking cracks that are always there with Ralph in charge. Just fucking get rid of him please Saints for fuck sake!!

Easiest £50 I’ve ever won thanks to Lyanco. He needs to be hooked IMO, he’s a red card waiting to happen today.

Diving prick, where’s the yellow for the dive

What are we playing at!