Ryan Manning

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

F) others teams know there are always  huge gaps between our 3 CBs and our 2 wing backs in this wonderful system we’re playing 

Exactly…the other side, Fellows is routinely caught out like this, but we all know he is never ever a wing back

Edited January 4 by AlexLaw76

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Turkish said:

And he changed things at half time when they were getting overrun unlike managers we have 

Yep, saw a fan film of the game from upper of Celtic areas and exactly what happened. 

[S-Clarke]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Exactly…the other side, Fellows is routinely caught out but like this, but we all know he is never ever a wing back

I feel sorry for Fellows as it's not his role, he's wasted having to run back all the time.

But Manning, well, you can't say any more than has already been said! He's bad in a 4, even worse as a wing back as part of a 3.

He's not quick, not strong, he panics under pressure, he can't mark, he doesn't sense danger. But he can pass with his left foot. You could wrap that description up and apply it to quite a few of our players tbf.

[Gloucester Saint]

5 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I feel sorry for Fellows as it's not his role, he's wasted having to run back all the time.

But Manning, well, you can't say any more than has already been said! He's bad in a 4, even worse as a wing back as part of a 3.

He's not quick, not strong, he panics under pressure, he can't mark, he doesn't sense danger. But he can pass with his left foot. You could wrap that description up and apply it to quite a few of our players tbf.

Plus the one injured and on loan at Millwall, another RoI chocolate fireguard. 

[stknowle]

He is the defender that does not defend. The perfect accompaniment to the goalkeeper that doesn’t make saves. Jesus Christ how has it come to this!? I find it genuinely astonishing.

[Osvaldorama]

38 minutes ago, stknowle said:

He is the defender that does not defend. The perfect accompaniment to the goalkeeper that doesn’t make saves. Jesus Christ how has it come to this!? I find it genuinely astonishing.

Throw in our strikers that don’t score and you have a true recipe for success 

[Hodgey]

2 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

It was the second goal where the ball was played long into no-mannings-land and then Baz failed to stop a shot in the middle of the goal.

No-manning-land !. That made me lol - brilliant (and sadly very true), I’m definitely using that one in future 

[Hamwic]

19 hours ago, stknowle said:

He is the defender that does not defend. The perfect accompaniment to the goalkeeper that doesn’t make saves. Jesus Christ how has it come to this!? I find it genuinely astonishing.

 

[Hamwic]

A wing back who will not try to go past an opponent, but instead plays the ball backwards. As for his defensive duties, I can only assume that he believes the Covid pandemic is still in full swing as he seems to hold to the instructions to stay at least 2 metres apart. 

[BarberSaint]

No Manning land. Cross that white line at your peril. 

 

There should be an award for that comment..

[Harry_SFC]

Is he the worst left back we've had?

Don't get me wrong we've had some shit ones but he is just lazy, wasteful, has terrible awareness, positioning is awful, can't tackle and can't head the ball as he constantly makes a back for attackers.

Thoughts? 

[AlexLaw76]

How bad is wellington in training if he never really gets a look in for meaningful games?

[tdmickey3]

Always been shite but occasionally is less shit

Edited Saturday at 16:19 by tdmickey3

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

4 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Is he the worst left back we've had?

Don't get me wrong we've had some shit ones but he is just lazy, wasteful, has terrible awareness, positioning is awful, can't tackle and can't head the ball as he constantly makes a back for attackers.

Thoughts? 

Yep, hes terrible all round. Wellington has to be better than him.

[Toadhall Saint]

Absolutely the worst LB to have pulled on the shirt.

[Sheaf Saint]

6 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Is he the worst left back we've had?

Don't get me wrong we've had some shit ones but he is just lazy, wasteful, has terrible awareness, positioning is awful, can't tackle and can't head the ball as he constantly makes a back for attackers.

Thoughts? 

Yep. Worst I can think of. Utterly useless defender. Might as well put a blancmange out there in a number 3 shirt - would probably block more crosses.

[Osvaldorama]

Horrific performance from a genuinely awful player 

[Gloucester Saint]

39 minutes ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Absolutely the worst LB to have pulled on the shirt.

Didn’t watch todays game as frankly Stroud market, the shops and Tesco held far more appeal, but in recent displays he’s slipped behind Lee Todd (such a smaller sample size of games) and incredibly behind Olivier Bernard which I didn’t think was possible.

SR has produced at least two starters for most people’s worst ever Saints XI - Manning and Bazunu. Nathan Wood is on the bench for it as well.

Did Gavin start for Stoke?

[LGTL]

Cunt. 

[bpsaint]

The amount of goals against us that he has played a part in is an absolute joke, yet some how he gets picked week in week out. He’s absolute dogshit, and always has been for us. 

[Sheaf Saint]

15 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Cunt. 

I thought that was unnecessary when you aimed it at Tonda.

Not so in this instance though.

[Zorba]

How far we have fallen since the heady days of Luke Shaw and Ryan Bertrand.

[Gloucester Saint]

4 minutes ago, Zorba said:

How far we have fallen since the heady days of Luke Shaw and Ryan Bertrand.

Derek Statham, Mark Dennis, David Peach. The worst ever Saints XI will be stacked full of SR’s Dog & Duck duds within a couple of seasons. 

A certain bloke who ended up at Real Madrid as well.

Edited Saturday at 17:28 by Gloucester Saint

[stknowle]

Remember this plank tripping over the ball to gift Norwich a goal in the 4-4 draw early in Martin season and it’s never really got any better from there bar a couple of nice free kicks. The bloke is supposed to be a DEFENDER ffs. I genuinely cannot recall him ever successfully tackling a winger baring down on him or even attempting to. Just backs off, ‘jockeys’ and allows the cross to come in. An absolute fraud of a defender, how the fuck he’s managed to have a career supposedly being one is just totally mind blowing.

[Mboto Gorge]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

How bad is wellington in training if he never really gets a look in for meaningful games?

Another stroke of genius signing when we were a premier league club, can’t even get a game in the league below when Ryan manning is his competition. Embarrassingly bad. But then we all Knew Wellington would be absolute crap and completely not what we needed 

[beatlesaint]

This player, and I use that word lightly, was a fkin disgrace today. 

[S-Clarke]

Prick.

[Gloucester Saint]

52 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Another stroke of genius signing when we were a premier league club, can’t even get a game in the league below when Ryan manning is his competition. Embarrassingly bad. But then we all Knew Wellington would be absolute crap and completely not what we needed 

Was free for a reason. More Ankerson Family transfer tavern AI nonsense.

[S-Clarke]

53 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Another stroke of genius signing when we were a premier league club, can’t even get a game in the league below when Ryan manning is his competition. Embarrassingly bad. But then we all Knew Wellington would be absolute crap and completely not what we needed 

I've never rated Wellington myself, I think he's been another shite pickup by our esteemed scouts. 

I remember the fans at Sao Paulo pulling him apart before he left them. We love picking up everyone else's crap.

[lambtiss]

5 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Was free for a reason. More Ankerson Family transfer tavern AI nonsense.

Ankerson must be pronounced with a silent W ...

[Mboto Gorge]

2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I've never rated Wellington myself, I think he's been another shite pickup by our esteemed scouts. 

I remember the fans at Sao Paulo pulling him apart before he left them. We love picking up everyone else's crap.

Exactly. I mean fancy thinking that some random Brazilian guy plucked from obscurity and mediocrity even over there, was going to come in and be able to adapt to the demands of the premier league and English football in general. Yet another clever bollocks signing with zero substance or realism about it. It was obvious he wouldn’t be up to it physically for a start. Pathetic signing to add to the never ending list. Who the fuck in our position signs players like this? 

[Mboto Gorge]

That lazy manning pass sums up everything about him.

Loose, lazy, ill disciplined, careless, and most importantly couldn’t give a shit, lacks discipline and is another who thinks he’s a lot better than he is. An absolute prick 

Edited Saturday at 18:52 by Mboto Gorge

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Exactly. I mean fancy thinking that some random Brazilian guy plucked from obscurity and mediocrity even over there, was going to come in and be able to adapt to the demands of the premier league and English football in general. Yet another clever bollocks signing with zero substance or realism about it. It was obvious he wouldn’t be up to it physically for a start. Pathetic signing to add to the never ending list. Who the fuck in our position signs players like this? 

Here’s a clue 🇩🇰 

[lambtiss]

On 04/01/2026 at 20:35, S-Clarke said:

I feel sorry for Fellows as it's not his role, he's wasted having to run back all the time.

But Manning, well, you can't say any more than has already been said! He's bad in a 4, even worse as a wing back as part of a 3.

He's not quick, not strong, he panics under pressure, he can't mark, he doesn't sense danger. But he can pass with his left foot. You could wrap that description up and apply it to quite a few of our players tbf.

His passing isn't great either

Edited Saturday at 18:48 by lambtiss

[Mboto Gorge]

1 minute ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Here’s a clue 🇩🇰 

Probably also why we signed that absolutely dreadful Danish powderpuff midfielder Groenbak last season too. Even for these clowns, that signing beggared belief. Fucking embarrassing 

[S-Clarke]

1 minute ago, lambtiss said:

His passing isn't great either

It was a great through ball tbf.

[coalman]

He'll need another week of rest after the shift he put in today. Sorry, did I say "shift"?

[Baird of the land]

Agree that Welington was an odd signing for a premier league club.

I still feel he's a much better defender than Manning, which should be the starting point for a LB/LWB. 

 

[whelk]

Such a straightforward position to fill and somehow we have ended up with this clown as first choice. So so shit 

[Gloucester Saint]

26 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Probably also why we signed that absolutely dreadful Danish powderpuff midfielder Groenbak last season too. Even for these clowns, that signing beggared belief. Fucking embarrassing 

And a sick note from Brentford and an even more flaky one from Galatasaray.

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, Zorba said:

How far we have fallen since the heady days of Luke Shaw and Ryan Bertrand.

Who could forget Gareth Bale?

[Harry_SFC]

45 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

Agree that Welington was an odd signing for a premier league club.

I still feel he's a much better defender than Manning, which should be the starting point for a LB/LWB. 

 

He's quite the opposite to Manning in the fact he's actually probably too aggressive. But I'd prefer that to a player who constantly stands off like Manning does. Oh and he isn't lazy and doesn't always pass it backwards. 

So yes whilst he's not great he is certainly a better option in this division. 

[Osvaldorama]

As well as desperately needing a striker, CB and midfield we are also in dire need of a left back that can play football. 
 

Seriously, how have we ended up so poor in every position? 

[spyinthesky]

14 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Who could forget Gareth Bale?

Or Wayne Bridge

[beatlesaint]

A guy who sits a few seats away from me announced in a loud voice, as is his way quite often, that "I dont have any issue with Manning" which was a cue for the funniest moment of the afternoon as everyone around him kind of side glanced at each other, shook their heads and shuffled uncomfortably in their seats before someone said "not even after giving that first goal away like that?" to which the response came "well anyone could have made a mistake like that" 🤦‍♂️ 

Edited yesterday at 10:10 by beatlesaint

[Saint-Reece]

Never seen a player that clearly lacks brain cells quite like Manning. The amount of mistakes he makes is astounding, he also comes across as a completely unlikeable twat of a bloke too. 

[coalman]

1 hour ago, beatlesaint said:

A guy who sits a few seats away from me announced in a loud voice, as is his way quite often, that "I dont have any issue with Manning" which was a cue for the funniest moment of the afternoon as everyone around him kind of side glanced at each other, shook their heads and shuffled uncomfortably in their seats before someone said "not even after giving that first goal away like that?" to which the response came "well anyone could have made a mistake like that" 🤦‍♂️ 

There aren't many players who leave everything in the changing room in the same way.

[Bakovnetski]

He needs to be dropped and a replacement brought in this window if Welington or Bree aren't up to it. Funnily enough, I actually feel a bit sorry for him in that he tries and cares but just doesn't have the skills, apart from the odd dead-ball situation. It isn't his fault that he gets picked and played regularly. That said. He has to go.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, beatlesaint said:

A guy who sits a few seats away from me announced in a loud voice, as is his way quite often, that "I dont have any issue with Manning" which was a cue for the funniest moment of the afternoon as everyone around him kind of side glanced at each other, shook their heads and shuffled uncomfortably in their seats before someone said "not even after giving that first goal away like that?" to which the response came "well anyone could have made a mistake like that" 🤦‍♂️ 

Southampton’s schools haven’t improved since the 1990s then…

[bangkoksaint]

If we’re talking decent left backs that RM isn’t fit to lace the boots of then I raise you………Mark Dennis