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The problem is at the very top on 17:44 - Jan 4 with 1588 views

grumpy

There is no point swapping managers if the owners go and get another poor one.

The problem is at the very top on 17:49 - Jan 4 with 1534 views

So if all the managers that we appoint are poor, even though they are much better elsewhere, that's still the owners fault.

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The problem is at the very top on 17:50 - Jan 4 with 1519 views

A1079

Why is there such a lack of resilience and fight in our players? You can blame the managers, the owners etc but look how easy Brentford scored early and continued to do so. Look how little we offered in midfield and going forward. Yes, the quality etc may not be there but you see lower league sides play against PL sides in the cups and show fight. Our players show none whatsoever - is that all the managers or is it that their morale is so low they just cannot lift themselves, or do they simply not care?

The problem is at the very top on 17:53 - Jan 4 with 1484 views

We are down. They have given up. In the odd game that we have played well, we still lost. So if you keep trying and you always fail, you give up. The players arnt good enough and they know it.

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The problem is at the very top on 17:55 - Jan 4 with 1455 views

grumpy

The owners keep appointing poor managers,who else is at fault?

The problem is at the very top on 18:02 - Jan 4 with 1395 views

I'm glad we can agree on where the problem lies. So hopefully we won't waste any more time in wanting managers out time and time again and instead put our. efforts towards blaming the real.culprits, who would in turn appoint good managers, once the owners change.

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The problem is at the very top on 18:10 - Jan 4 with 1317 views

Should of got Steve Cooper in.
An experienced manager in The Championship and PL .
I doubt he would of saved us but could plan for upcoming season(s) in The Championship.

The trouble is buying Championship players and expecting miracles in the PL.
Everything is done on the cheap with Sport Republic.
Juric was appointed as no compensation needed.
I wonder if the flats will be on the cement works by SMS?

I’m glad people are finally seeing the root cause of our demise.

SPORT REPUBLIC

We thought that we had the answers, It was the questions we had wrong.

The problem is at the very top on 18:12 - Jan 4 with 1306 views

I saw it when Ralph left.and they didn't buy him the striker he demanded

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The problem is at the very top on 18:12 - Jan 4 with 1303 views

I am not sure it is the current owners although sacking Ralph and getting in Jones was particularly stupid and getting promoted with no stand out attacking players has led us to where we are at the moment

We have been on a decline for several years nothing coming from the Academy and decent players not interested in joining us .

We managed to survive with home produced players but now Chelsea hover up the better young players in Berkshire and North Hampshire

The future is not bright but like Ipswich Town we will no doubt return to the PL one day

The problem is at the very top on 18:16 - Jan 4 with 1250 views

And when was the last time we recruited a decent PL Player apart from KWP

The problem is at the very top on 18:22 - Jan 4 with 1189 views

Needed more than a striker.
All the Crown Jewels were gone and Sport Republic bought a load of Man City kids in.

We thought that we had the answers, It was the questions we had wrong.

The problem is at the very top on 18:24 - Jan 4 with 1175 views

GRIM

Why do people keep on praising KWP.
He might not be one of our worst players but he's grossly overated.
Yes he's good on the ball but he carries it too far & there's very little end product.
As for his defending, he's rubbish.
But he flatters in a very poor team, I'm not convinced he'd get regular games for any other Premier Club.

The problem is at the very top on 18:24 - Jan 4 with 1170 views

Ramsdale and that was only because the £7m deal for Feyenoord’s keeper fell through as he failed the medical.

We thought that we had the answers, It was the questions we had wrong.

The problem is at the very top on 18:25 - Jan 4 with 1151 views

Sport Republic, under various managers and various directors of football have destroyed our club. We at least had Ings, Ward-prowse, Adams, Fraser Forster, a few others but they all got sold. We have brought in Carrillo, Tall Paul, Sulemana, Bree, Cornet, and so on. We don't have not even one, match winner. We couldn't score even if we played all night

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The problem is at the very top on 18:26 - Jan 4 with 1145 views

sledger

the common denominater is spineless work shy players,why are we playing 4 players who dont want to be here and in all probability will leave this month,if we can find clubs stupid enough to take them,(walker peters,lesley,tall paul and the joke that is kulmadeen).Not gonna bust there bodies for saints are they.

The problem is at the very top on 18:26 - Jan 4 with 1138 views

and Carrillo.

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The problem is at the very top on 18:42 - Jan 4 with 1013 views

Fraser Forster and Danny Ings left before SR I think Carillo was years ago but you are right SR bought a club with few decent players

The problem is at the very top on 18:44 - Jan 4 with 988 views

KWP has been a decent PL player for us no question

The problem is at the very top on 18:44 - Jan 4 with 988 views

If our new manager is a success, which club will he be managing in 2 years time?

It has to be asked why Bree is playing Right Wing Back.
Sulemana keeps getting chance after chance.
Onuachu ishould be nowhere near a PL start.

Manning LWB
KWP RWB

Aribo looks like he’s running through sand.
That Les bloke had one good game against WHU, was dropped for Palace, then started today and was absolutely shit.

Harwood-Bellis was a disgrace today too. All over the place.

We thought that we had the answers, It was the questions we had wrong.

The problem is at the very top on 18:56 - Jan 4 with 922 views

Capt_Koons

It's SR who have made mistake after mistake since their arrival. And Sport Republic comes in two parts. One part is the money which is Dragan Solak, the other part is the 'brains' which is Rasmus Ankerson ,and the other fella. Dragan Solak needs to off load the 'brains' before they loose him even more money.

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The problem is at the very top on 19:28 - Jan 4 with 779 views

saint22

I do not get playing KWP at LB time and time again
Play a LB there and a RB there
Missed Fernandez today too, our midfield was invisible
God knows where we go from here other than down

The problem is at the very top on 19:31 - Jan 4 with 758 views

1ASIN12

I ain’t convinced he did.

Seem strange that we went from spending £7 million on a keeper to £20 million when all of a sudden Ramsdale became available who we had been chasing for much of the summer.

The problem is at the very top on 19:35 - Jan 4 with 742 views

Flamingbankers

Agree with you there Grim, seems some 'fans' have never seen a good full back play for Saints try Ivan Golac or Mick Mills or Steve Mills or Mark Dennis or Peter Rodriques or Jason Dodd. KWP just isn't up to their level of consistent quality albeit that he's been OK for Saints and on occasions good to very good. Charging up the pitch and putting in the occasional good cross, and scoring the odd goal, doesn't make a consistently good full back. Being a consistently good defender, whose duty is primarily to defend, isn't KWP. Tottenham did get rid of him for a reason. The clue is in the direction of players Saints to Spurs eg. Chivers, Bale, Wanyana, Richards - good ( except F Forster but that was knowingly for a second stream keeper) but Spurs, which doesn't happen often, to Saints eg. Frank Saul, Jamie Redknapp and KWP - not so good.

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The problem is at the very top on 19:49 - Jan 4 with 665 views