Definite red sadly because we were in it up to then. Despite the flak I can see why Ralph plays KWP at LB. He played well today and we don’t have a target man to sling cross at. He caused danger when he cut inside. We have played well against 4 quality sides and only lost to one of them. Now Stuey is back I expect us to start getting some wins.

5

Silver lining, at least three games to look forward to.

1

Played fairly well but rode our luck to only be one down at half time.

Almost pulled off the draw, which would have been a point against the run of play.

Tino again looked superb. Tella was good, although like all our attackers, makes a great run and then just doesn't release the ball.

Agree it was a red for JWP. Late and open studs.

Our attack still looks lightweight and badly organised. Armstrong playing almost as a centre forward just wasn't going to work, way too short.

Went to pieces a bit when JWP went off. Djenepo and KWP didn't mesh and our left hand side was targeted.

Sadly the right result in the end.

COYR

-1

What another pile of @#$%.. We will be relegated at this rate and the longer Ralph stays at the head of Saints, the more likely it is going to happen.

We are statistically the WORST team in the PM,.but Ralph supporters will always come to his defence, blame something else etc etc. Maybe they will be happy with championship footie

1

Abysmal officiating today as I’ve seen that red, and it’s never a red! (Also posted it on referee discussion groups and a majority agree), so how mike dean, nigel adkins and john moss keep their jobs is ridiculous!
On the basis of Ralph, well today I don’t think there was much more he could’ve done, and it wasn’t a game in which we expected much, but if we don’t get at least 5 points from our next 3 games (Leeds, Burnley and Watford) then I do think it’s time for change!
Still with the squad/investment we have, I very much doubt many other managers can do much better than Ralph has done.

-1

Abysmal officiating today as I’ve seen that red, and it’s never a red! (Also posted it on referee discussion groups and a majority agree), so how mike dean, nigel adkins and john moss keep their jobs is ridiculous!
On the basis of Ralph, well today I don’t think there was much more he could’ve done, and it wasn’t a game in which we expected much, but if we don’t get at least 5 points from our next 3 games (Leeds, Burnley and Watford) then I do think it’s time for change!
Still with the squad/investment we have, I very much doubt many other managers can do much better than Ralph has done.

1

Afraid with the line up we had today we were never going to score,how does Theo get a start, We are too lightweight up front never win anything from corners and JWP lately can’t deliver a decent cross.
We are stil guilty of giving the ball away to much thought we would of learned our lesson by now, right now can’t see where the goals will come from at the moment.

8

What another pile of @#$%.. We will be relegated at this rate and the longer Ralph stays at the head of Saints, the more likely it is going to happen.

We are statistically the WORST team in the PM,.but Ralph supporters will always come to his defence, blame something else etc etc. Maybe they will be happy with championship footie

-1

Thought we deserved a draw today. Sending off was harsh (Mike Dean again) but I guess their disallowed goal maybe was a bit tough on them. Good Saints performances from many players though Walcott was poor (contributed nothing) and Redmond wasn't much better. Thought KWP got caught out far too much. Still we were on top at the time of the sending off and it turned the game. The Saints support was fantastic today.

7

I can't understand why some Saints fans go along with the official decisions when, to me at least, the evidence is 'clear and obvious'. As someone that's played and watched football for more than 50 years I refuse to accept that going for a tackle and not connecting with the man can be deemed a bookable or sending off offence. OK, under the cover of pathetic modern day rules, bookable by an overthinking rule change but that doesn't make it any more sensible. They could easily change the rules by a rash, idiotic decision - the football authorities are quite capable of that. A rash attempt at a tackle should not be a sending-off offence to me. And this comes after a clear penalty and sending-off that were retracted against Saints two weeks ago. The refs made their decisions, which seemed sensible and fair, but were made to retract them in favour of two of the biggest teams in world football. Smell fishy? It does to me. That 4 points could well be decisive for Saints at the end of the year and I'm sick of this corporate mindset cheating, wrecking the futures of the less influential clubs.

4