Saints At West Brom The Preview
A massive game for Saints at the Hawthorns, we need all the luck we can get and then some, but we can go there and win and that is crucial.
The fans have lost faith with the manager, if there was any doubt about that then it was confirmed on Wednesday evening, this is not a poor squad, it is not one not paying for the manager, but it is one that is rudderless, against Brighton the players played as individuals and not a team, they appeared unsure just what formation to play and although Mauricio Pellegrino did for one try something out of the box, it didn't pay off.
The fans are asking why the four biggest signings were on the bench and in the case of Lemina barely plays at all these days despite being clearly a class act when he does.
Who can second guess what Pellegrino will put out tommorrow ?
There is almost no point in writing a report, we can all predict what the manager is going to do and what the result of that will be, a squad like this doesn't go to pot for good reason, if we don't change the manager then the only thing we can change is our luck and we could really do with some of that for once instead of incompetent referees and cheating opposition players who con them.
On a plus point we are now five games unbeaten and three in the League we have showed that we have nothing to fear from other tams except fear itself, perhaps luck will change and the players will find it in themselves to start playing with a bit of freedom rather than the stifling tctics of a manager who is slowly losing the plot as was evidenced by his rambling "handsome" comment yesterday.
This game will either get us out of the bottom five or perhaps make the board realise that they cannot let things continue.
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