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Thread | “New manager bounce”
at 13:07 4 Feb 2023
Watching Everton in the first half against Arsenal, the impact dyche has had there in less than a week is clear. They look bang up for it. What a marked difference to jones who of course had 8 weeks with us. And this is a team that have been plying even worse than us for most of the last year…
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Thread | Mara
at 04:29 12 Jan 2023
Can anyone imagine che scoring a goal like Mara did yesterday?
The movement and finish was outstanding. If we can get him firing, he could have something about him. |
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Thread | The only question left to consider
at 04:02 5 Jan 2023
In my opinion, the only question worth considering at this point is whether or not Ankersen / SR have the humility and dignity to admit they have made a monumental mistake in appointing Jones. Sadly, I can't see a willingness to ho,d themselves to account at boardroom level being part of the SR play book.
To me the appointment smacks of "look at us, we do things in a quirky, left-field way that no one else could possibly ever think of because we are so clever...look at all my TED talks, books about being great at football administration etc".
There is absolutely zero chance Jones will improve things; as others have said the evidence on the pitch speaks for itself.
On another note, is it just coincidence that there have been no pre-match press conferences put up on the club website for the last few games? Have the club realised how much of a communications disaster this guy is and are trying to limit his exposure to the media?! Because currently everything he says seems designed to further enrage and inflame an already highly toxic situation. Things like "They" instead of "we", "with the greatest respect" followed by deeply disrespectful comments etc etc |
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Thread | Tone deaf Saints players
at 05:11 16 Apr 2021
On the back of one of the most spineless performances by a Saints team that I can ever remember against West Brom (and there have been numerous candidates for that award this season), why do players think this sort of article helps the cause in any way?
Sometimes I wish our lads would shut the f@ck up heading into a big game, not use the opportunity to grab a few more seconds of publicity. When I read articles like this I don't get the sense the players are at all hurt by the performances they (collectively) put in on Monday. Instead, here Redmond is giving interviews about how he played Bugsy Malone in the school play when he was a kid. Who on earth advises these players?? Tone-deaf springs to mind...
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/19232324.redmond-ready-return-big-stage-wemble |
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Thread | Yes, VAR / referees f#cked us again BUT...
at 01:45 15 Feb 2021
Look at how we gave the ball away leading up to both goals. Shocking performance second half, almost entirely self-inflicted defeat. Wolves came out fired up after half time, as everyone knew they would, and we totally folded.
Everyone gets bad decisions - we have had an awful run of them lately. But the way the players reacted was pretty pathetic. Instead of making us angry and keen to prove a point, we just collapsed. Again.
In my opinion, it's a smokescreen to talk about the var calls as the fact is both goals were preventable. Both times we had the ball and then gave it away, leading to half chances which we failed to deal with properly.
I think we have a real problem now. The players' heads have dropped to a level we haven't seen since Pellegrino / Hughes. You can see the doubt creeping into our game as soon as opposition steps it up a bit. Huge lack of confidence now running right through the team. We look like a relegation team again and it will be very hard to turn this around. I do believe Ralph is the right man to do it and we will finish this season lower mid table. |
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Thread | deja vu
at 03:40 7 Feb 2021
Identical set of circumstances to last season - lose 9-0 and then follow that up with a demoralising defeat next game. Same thing happened with the Everton game after Leicester last season.
Having watched hte game yesterday, I didn't realise how bad our defending was at the time. Just watched the highlights back. All three goals were atrocious, the last one by far the worst. We have an attacking free kick, for some reason Bertrand takes it not JWP, he blasts it horribly over everyone, and we then follow that up by passing it all the way back to mccarthy who decides to give them a third goal.
Mccarthy's keeping yesterday was horrible - aside from giving them the ball, his positioning was then a disaster. Almiron's shot trickled in at his near post, wasn't hit well at all. Most other keepers would have caught it.
Ugh what a horrible day in the end. Bednarek looked all over the place, they targeted out right side where stephens jogged through the entire game, mostly well out of position. Redmond also terrible final ball. Adams hasn't contributed anything in the last few months, he looks completely shot to me. So many more things wrong with that game, and yes Ralph didn't exactly cover hismelf in glory. Dont know why we didnt stretch it more by adding width?
Onwards and upwards I suppose but jeez that was a very depressing watch [Post edited 7 Feb 2021 3:41]
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Thread | Ings
at 02:29 6 Feb 2021
Anyone else think Ingsy seems to be carrying some slight extra weight? Looking at the training pics he looks to me slightly less lean than previously. Not saying he's out of shape in any way! Just that I remember in the summer before the start of last season there was a lot of talk about the personal fitness regime he had got himself on and how through the season it paid dividends.
I wonder if there might be a lingering covid effect there. Just a thought, could be totally wrong but he has seemed off the pace recently |
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Thread | Romeu
at 13:21 20 Sep 2020
I think he needs to start looking at himself. Once again off the pace today, really poor performance. Once again racking up the yellow cards and forcing us to sub him off before he gets a red.
Really can be a liability when he has an off day like today.
On another note, I truly hate spurs. 2 touches in our box and two goals?! f@ck off |
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Thread | This season
at 07:15 29 Aug 2020
Can’t deny I’m feeling pretty excited about this season! Feels a lot like the optimism we’d built
Up under pochettino.
I’m also wondering how djenepo will get on. Think he could be a real asset for us next season if we can keep him fit, he’s very much the forgotten man currently |
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