Good point SanMarco, whilst yet another defeat you can only work with what you have got. Hughes may not be the greatest in the world, but our recruitment has been woeful over the last 2 and half years. All that money spent on players on loan or sat on the bench what is now Boufal, Carrillo, Vestergaard, Claisse, Mohammed nearly 80 million there. It’s going to take a miracle to get us of this with or without Hughes.

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Forgot, what has happened to Bednarek????

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We now have a team full of crap players that we have amassed over the last 3 years. These players would struggle to win a game in the Championship so the future does not look good. It looks like its down and down again no matter what manager we have the players are not good enough. The Board needs a major clear out and we need an owner who likes football with money to invest in the playing side of the club.

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My suggestions for Hughes/whoever replaces him:
- drop Cedric. When he first came I thought Cedric was ok, but he's plateaued for the last 2 years. He's actually getting worse now. In the past his defensive frailties were masked by good CBs, now we don't have the same quality centre backs. We don't have a lot of options at RB, but surely it's time to give Yan Valery a chance? Cedric could possibly fit in further up the pitch, but frankly I think he needs dropping altogether for a bit
- don't play Hoedt. Another one who is not getting better. He makes too many errors. As a CB pairing, I'd probably go for Stephens and Yoshi, or maybe Bednarek. Again, we're not spoilt for choice here, but I trust Hoedt the least out of all of them
- don't play Austin. I love the guy's passion, but he's offering nothing on the pitch now. I'd rather we bring through a young striker (Gallagher when fit or Obafemi)

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Dpeps.. Fancy putting your name forward as new manager. You have my vote

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I am sure DPeps is far too sensible to want the poison chalice that is the Saints job. I agree with his assessment, although I would probably try the giant Danish CB again and (despite yesterday's sitters) would stick with Gabby a bit longer. Obafemi is being talked up but he really should have scored himself yesterday. Even so, yes, , I would give him a run before Austin and Long. I would also put Redmond on a week of extensive crossing practice. He got to the same blade of grass that Fulham players got to (2 crosses and 2 goals) on numerous occasions and did nothing. Alright often he didn't have much to aim at but then you hold it up and wait for Charlie to eventually lumber into the area...

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Well what can i say, another game we should have won but didnt, getting fed up listening to the same old tosh dished out by Mr Hughes, yes we may have had the majority of possession but if you don’t put it in the onion bag what is the point of this tippy tappy football!!!. He continues to play the same players and expects a different result, why he keeps playing Charlie up front is beyond me, he offers nothing and more importantly wins nothing either, why does he play Hoedt he is a calamity and makes too many basic errors. Redmond yet again should stay on the right NOT the left and get some crossing practice in because it is pathetic to watch. Lamina and Armstrong in the first half were brilliant Lamina my MoM. Cedric is embarrassing as a full back gets beat too often and wanders all over the place getting caught on the wrong side to often.
We break too slowly which is partly down to the fact that Charlie has got no pace at all and the rest of the team are still back in the 18yrd line instead of pushing out as a unit to support. I feel for Gabbiadini he is a class player but spend most of his time covering for Cedric. There needs to be a change and quick. I think Stephens and Yoshida at CB’s Targett Left, not sure who RB, Keep the midfield the same but put Redmond on the right to allow Targett more room down the left, drop Charlie to the ‘A’ side and play Obafemi and gabby upfront. It was a disappointing showing on Saturday but i think we can get it of it but change is needed now. Tuesdays match against Leicester is the one to try it out on. I live in hope

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Struggled to get to grips with the pressure that Rotherham exerted with pressing and numerous dead balls played into the box.

Last twenty minutes or so got on top as they tired and could have easily won it in the end.

Referee absolutely ineffectual and inconsistent. Did nothing to speed up play and two yellows for us but nothing for them.

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Decent performance from Saints.
Solid in defence.
Offensively, at least we tried.
We hit the bar 2 times and were unlucky to see Davis´ good goal disallowed.
We were definitely better than Leicester.

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Shambolic as usual, no plan, no cohesion, no goals

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