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Reply | The "Red Wall"
at 10:03 15 Sep 2024
I always thought this supposed issue about changing where the home fans were was a load of BS anyway. I have been going to games for the best part of 45 years and we are just not the most vocal of fans. We have our moments and it is a bit of a chicken and egg situation. We respond well when we believe the team is responding well. But, the team will argue they need us to lift them. We are not bad fans we are just not the most vocal - equally though, we are probably more patient than most other fans. |
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Reply | Is Ben Brereton Diaz a Jonah?
at 22:31 14 Sep 2024
I think he flatters to deceive. He will be good for us when we are in the Championship but we needed better if we were serious about competing and staying in the PL. |
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Reply | The players are losing belief
at 19:17 14 Sep 2024
Can't disagree with any of that ifonly. The Ipswich game has now become very important but they are no mugs. |
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Reply | You can change the cover but the contents remains the same
at 18:00 14 Sep 2024
The missed penalty appeared to be pivotal. From thereon the game changed and swung in Man U's favour. The focus will be on Jack Stephens (as you can see from the threads and to some extent rightly so) but we really need our forwards to do their job and to date they are not. |
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Thread | You can change the cover but the contents remains the same
at 14:36 14 Sep 2024
I probably won't have argued with the changes that RM made, except THB being dropped but what this game says to me is, it doesn't matter who we put out, we can't score and we can't keep a clean sheet and we haven't played the top sides yet. For the life of me I cannot see where a point is going to come from let alone 3. Next week has to be a win against Ipswich but I am not holding my breath.
I did not see all this game as I was working for most of it so missed the penalty (no idea even who took it) and missed JS red card.
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Reply | Decent Start For Ralph Hasenhuttl At Wolfsburg
at 13:16 10 Sep 2024
I hope he does well Nick.
I like the guy though he did run out of steam with us or was it the other way around? He is an honest, decent, dignified person and I wish him every success - unless he was to manage Portsmouth of course - I might take a different view then! |
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Reply | Thank God We Can Get Back To Club Football This Week
at 08:05 10 Sep 2024
Agree saintwizzler. It has become a crucial game for both managers. We need a good performance at least even if the result is not what we want. The game against Ipswich the following week could be pivotal if we lose to Utd. |
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Reply | invisible man
at 16:22 6 Sep 2024
It was 2 weeks and then it was another 2 weeks but now he is not mentioned at all by SFC. We have more chance of seeing Lord Lucan - for those of us old enough to recall his disappearance. |
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Reply | The Give Russell a chance thread
at 11:07 5 Sep 2024
I am with you Butty. I don't feel ready and neither does it feel right at the moment to throw the towel in with RM. I recall last season started badly, in fact, we start most seasons badly. Now don't get me wrong. I am not completely sold on his style and I have been to the 3 opening games this season and I have been frustrated with the failure to change things either during a game or for the next game, though equally I don't think some of the players have raised their game. But, I get his reasoning for giving the players that got themselves promoted a chance. I always felt it would be a struggle this season to survive. Remember we did not go up automatically and we did not even finish 3rd so there were gaps even at Championship level let alone PL level.
I do think RM has to be ready to change his style and adapt more for games. If he doesn't he will be the master of his own downfall.
I feel inclined to give RM a bit longer. I know each game is about results and points and the longer we go without them the harder it will become and in truth out of the games we have played we should have had something on the board as they were not difficult games or teams to play against. But, we cannot simply keep changing managers each time we lose a couple or so games. I don't believe RM has a right to remain in his job and if things don't change after this break or there is at least little sign of a change then it may be time to look at other options but for now, I am prepared to give him a bit longer. |
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Reply | Next game
at 19:33 1 Sep 2024
We just know that a team in trouble can often redeem themselves when they play Southampton Kingslandstand. Ugarte will be playing for them but in truth we have just played 3 teams who really have not been anything than average but we have gifted them wins so it is difficult to see where our first win will come from. |
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Reply | Brentford v Saints
at 16:55 31 Aug 2024
Well that first sentence of mine lasted a long time. Good finish by Sugawara who has looked good since he joined us. |
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Reply | Brentford v Saints
at 16:53 31 Aug 2024
Only ourselves and Morecambe have failed to score thus far this season. We are architects of our own downfall because of our frailties at the back and our ineptness in front of goal at the other end. What surprises me (given how poor we were at home to Forest) is that the starting team was the same apart from the change in goal. |
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Reply | Brentford v Saints
at 16:38 31 Aug 2024
Are we getting near to a thread where we ask if Graham Potter is still available? |
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Reply | McCarthy
at 11:38 31 Aug 2024
Good points Dirk and I am sorry if I am coming across as making excuses for him as that is not what I intended. Also, put bluntly he is not good enough for this level.
I have no idea what any of the players are paid - as far as I am concerned most PL footballers are paid way too much and I cannot relate to it at all. What I was trying to convey, and perhaps not that well, he must feel peeved from a professional player point of view, but ironically, that Newcastle howler (which he had no excuse for and he is experienced enough to have known better) may well have done us a favour.
Anyway, all that aside, this window and the purchases have hopefully given us a better chance of competing though so much will depend on whether RM can find the magic formula in team selection and tactics to make it work.
Lets hope we can start with some points today. |
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Reply | McCarthy
at 08:46 31 Aug 2024
I suspect not Kingslandstand. Indeed, I am not so sure we were going to look for a replacement for him until that Newcastle howler. But, the noise about his shortcomings became louder than our vocal home support and it suddenly became a priority - though to be fair most fans always had concerns about McCarthy's ability. He has though, been professional since his time with us and he deserves recognition for what he did for us last season. |
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Thread | McCarthy
at 15:37 30 Aug 2024
Though I think McCarthy is a very average keeper he did help us get promotion and today must be a bitter pill for him to swallow. I know he will still get paid but it must hurt professionally. |
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Reply | Cardiff Game Matchday Thread
at 22:01 28 Aug 2024
A proper game of football. 2 teams who just wanted to play with some freedom. Great to see a win, some goals and some excitement - especially after the weekend borefest, |
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Reply | Southampton V Nottingham Forest The Verdict.
at 10:05 27 Aug 2024
Agree Nick and previous poster. I stayed until the end and did not rush to get out but it was a bottleneck at Northam because of the fanzone narrowing the width of the space and then Kingsland only really have one direction. We turned around and went down Britannia Road which was ok and will automatically do that in the future.
In respect of the game itself - it was a borefest from my perspective and I felt I had wasted time and money to travel 240 miles to see it. I shouldn't have been surprised. Our start to seasons are always slow and I cannot recall the last time we started on the front foot. Did I hear it is one win in 17 years in a first home game??? I may have heard that wrong. Whatever we do or don't do pre-season it clearly makes no difference.
I felt RM got the tactics and set up wrong and should have made the changes at half time. Did not understand why our supposed strikers were kept wide and I thought Armstrong and Smallbone had really poor games. Smallbone always appeared to be facing the wrong way when he received the ball and was unable to turn and run with it so invariably passed it back. A disappointing day all round but I should have expected it. I did not understand RM's comments about it being tense. I thought the initial fan response was good until the game itself drained the life out of them. The subs came late and were messy - Edozie offered nothing. Dibling did but it was too late. |
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Reply | Che scores for Torino
at 09:04 26 Aug 2024
If you play a striker in a striker position there is more chance of them scoring than placing them out wide or further up the field. It is not rocket science but for some reason it appears to be difficult to understand with our coaching team. |
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