Will Still

[Lee On Solent Saint]

20 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Finally a bit of leadership from a player....

 

"Ship loads more out" doesn't sound good

Its needed. We have a squad of weak players with absolutely no leaders on the pitch. 

[The Kraken]

16 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Its needed. We have a squad of weak players with absolutely no leaders on the pitch. 

Or off it.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 hours ago, Convict Colony said:

The issue is that no manager in the world can make armstrong, archer score their 1 on 1's or fix Ross Stewart.

Downs was signed by Spors to try and support this but is too raw and needs time and the unlying issue at Forward/Goalkeeper is on Spors and therefore SR who gave him the budget.

He obvs thought in some area's we had bigger issues and had "enough" to get through the championship.

Wouldnt be a surprise if in not moving out aribo/edozie (who had about 3 clubs trying to buy him) also cost us our ability to bring in another forward etc, hopefully in Jan that is addressed.

 

 

Although Aribo played a number of games for Rangers in just that position. In European games too.

Perhaps instead of freezing him out, SR and Still could have actually dipped into the massive squad they complain about and found a stop gap solution there.

Aribo has also played in a number of the other positions we prefer to pick, then abandon for taxied kids, ill players for.

Unforgivable shambles.

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Holmes_and_Watson
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[Cuddles]

Squad seems pretty broken right now.

[trousers]

35 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Although Aribo played a number of games for Rangers in just that position. In European games too.

Perhaps instead of freezing him out, SR and Still could have actually dipped into the massive squad they complain about and found a stop gap solution there.

Aribo has also played in a number of the other positions we prefer to pick, then abandon for taxied kids, ill players for.

Unforgivable shambles.

 

Yep.... Pretty sure we started off playing Aribo as a forward when we first signed him too. 

[Badger]

5 minutes ago, trousers said:

Yep.... Pretty sure we started off playing Aribo as a forward when we first signed him too. 

Bizarre the way he and Edozie have remained at the club, possibly against their wishes, and have been frozen out. 
 

Edozie does have more competition but you’d have thought he may have had a place on the bench from time to time. Aribo, surely in contention. 

Edited 11 hours ago by Badger

[beatlesaint]

33 minutes ago, Cuddles said:

Squad seems pretty broken right now.

Can’t be, one reason Stephens got his new shiny contract was his leadership skills on and off the pitch. Surely he’s pulled the squad together and built up a strong one for all, all for one attitude.

🤦🏻

[BarberSaint]

2 hours ago, Saint NL said:

Finally a bit of leadership from a player....

 

"Ship loads more out" doesn't sound good

Well it does if we get rid of the dross, of which we still have rather a lot. It would sound good if we didn't know they'd given Stephens an extension; that kind of blows the rhetoric out of the water.

[Saint NL]

Brendan Rogers is available now 😂

 

Quite the damning statement from the board, they must have hated him:

https://www.celticfc.com/news/2025/october/27/statement-from-dermot-desmond-to-celtic-supporters/

 

[Mboto Gorge]

5 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Brendan Rogers is available now 😂

 

Quite the damning statement from the board, they must have hated him:

https://www.celticfc.com/news/2025/october/27/statement-from-dermot-desmond-to-celtic-supporters/

 

We’d probably end up appointing Buck Rogers

[Willo of Whiteley]

9 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Brendan Rogers is available now 😂

 

Quite the damning statement from the board, they must have hated him:

https://www.celticfc.com/news/2025/october/27/statement-from-dermot-desmond-to-celtic-supporters/

 

Wow! That’s one hell of a statement!

[Badger]

10 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Brendan Rogers is available now 😂

 

Quite the damning statement from the board, they must have hated him:

https://www.celticfc.com/news/2025/october/27/statement-from-dermot-desmond-to-celtic-supporters/

 

Yes it is pretty bitter isn’t it ?

Could have condensed it: Brendan Rodgers has resigned. We’d like to place on record our thanks for his successes here. But all in all we think he’s a bit of a cunt 

[OneMrsWallace]

3 hours ago, Saint NL said:

Finally a bit of leadership from a player....

 

"Ship loads more out" doesn't sound good

Jesus, the club is an absolute cluster fuck basket case. They had the chance to sort it this out in the summer. I have zero confidence SR can improve things. They couldn't sort out a load of odd socks. 

[Breeny]

WS inherited a complete shit show of players . He probably had no idea how toxic it all was . Unfortunately the situation hasn’t improved much at all . A few of them don’t want to be at the club and don’t care less either . It will be the same situation for a new manager . We need to finish the complete overhaul of the playing staff in order to move on .

[Saint Fan CaM]

47 minutes ago, OneMrsWallace said:

Jesus, the club is an absolute cluster fuck basket case. They had the chance to sort it this out in the summer. I have zero confidence SR can improve things. They couldn't sort out a load of odd socks. 

The trouble is they didn’t get the opportunity to finish the job. Edozie and Aribo not getting sold is indicative of a wider clear out that was needed - we knew full well that Spors had a massive job to do in the summer to eradicate the rusty scars and allow Still a chance to re-build. Unfortunately the longer a recovery took to be evident, the less chance a recovery actually was - we’re in a seeming spiralling doom cycle. There are some positive signs such as Scienza’s performances, but it’s not nearly enough.

The appointment of Still was, in hindsight, a risk too far…not because he’s a bad Manager, but because he’s just not good enough to combat and arrest the severe decline we’re witnessing. A decline that started in its infancy from the time SR took control. A Still replacement will need to be experienced in the top two English leagues, a tactically superb coach and man-manager - who fits that criteria and realistically wants to commit to the poisoned chalice that is Saints right now? There can’t be too many, even if SR have the £’s and bollox to make a change (which they don’t). The indications are that Still could very well take us down into L1 - that’s the sickening reality of where we are.

Edited 8 hours ago by Saint Fan CaM

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Mboto Gorge said:

We’d probably end up appointing Buck Rogers

Awakening in the 25th century, Buck finds himself manager of a SR owned Saints side relegated so far, that they are beaten by local children on the piece of scrap land they call home. 

Can he return them to their glory years?

No. See the bit about SR still being in charge.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 hours ago, Saint NL said:

Finally a bit of leadership from a player....

 

"Ship loads more out" doesn't sound good

If they wanted even more out, just how bad has SR's recruitment been?

They knew not far into last season where we would be playing this season. Just how bad has their planning been?

Knowing the vast numbers of players they wanted rid of, surely all of their new picks would be ones they felt would rectify it? Little evidence of that.

 

[Dry Toast]

Sport Republics recruitment has been a scatter gun shit show and now they are finding out that, seemingly, a lot of them want out. What a surprise! Utter clowns in that department at the moment and not likely to change. Total amateurs that are going to reap what they sow. We the fans pay the price for pricks from outside the football sphere trying to be clever.

[The Wyvern]

Which players are the problem then? Which old players are consistently an issue? THB? Archer? 
 

Armstrong always puts a shift in. Stephens wouldn’t have got the contract extension if he had attitude problem. Have heard good a few positive bits about Manning. I’d expect Downes but he’s not even been involved much this past month or so. 

[Doctoroncall]

7 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

If they wanted even more out, just how bad has SR's recruitment been?

They knew not far into last season where we would be playing this season. Just how bad has their planning been?

Knowing the vast numbers of players they wanted rid of, surely all of their new picks would be ones they felt would rectify it? Little evidence of that.

 

If it’s that bad, why don’t I see the new lads plus some u21 players bar the essentials (goalie).  This is certainly on the management team. 
 

Will Still is a decent manager but this situation is beyond him to fix especially if it’s attitude and player/club issue. 
 

Would be interesting to know which players are having problems, Downes and THB most likely? What about Edozie and Aribo?

Too big a squad to deal with as well.