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PTSD or scar tissue?

Lincoln played very sound. They kept their shape all day and wasn't really bothered by our attack. We had a lot of the ball, but didn't do much with it. Had Welington not made that incredible shot, we lose. Stephens had a few brain dead moments today. Terrible pass back, allowing players to turn on goal, not marking close, i don't think he won a header all day.. Any time we broke down the flanks, there was never crosses into Larin. Some of that is because we played a right footer on the left and a lefty on the right. One moment we gave away: the free kick on the left center from about 40 yards out. JWP tried a shot. If Manning were on the field, we could've played at into the box for Larin or Schlotterberg. But Manning might have cost us more goals if he had started. 5 minutes on the field and falls over and allows his man to get a shot off. We need to find a way to play quicker. Most teams will watch this match and know how to stop/slow us down. We will have a good season. But without finding answers for the low block, will determine if we have a fantastic season.

Keep Stephens away from the team, tell Scienza to stop fucking falling over and run at his man, get Jander fit. Easy win ...

I started watching this and had to stop it. PTSD from his time here, but also, he is REALLY FUCKING irritating.

It's an old saying I know. The grass isn't always greener....it's just a different shade of green.

Credit where's it's due but I thought Lincoln's support was excellent today - despite the annoying drummer & most of the Saints singing disappearing into the sky, their fans really got behind their team. For a small club, they were very noisy & the last 20 minutes their team really fed off it.

Agree with this - there's not much to lose other than discovering he's worse than Stephens and Wood but at least we'll find out.

If true that's a huge issue that needs to be addressed quickly.

Seen on X they have called emergency board meeting 😂 didn’t take long did it Russ

They had 3 or 4 gilt edged chances in the game, which is a lot more than our zero. We got away with one today mate

Hes not an issue though. What mistakes has he made? He was excellent last season as well

Taking off a midfielder for another CB when your opponent is chasing the game, bossing midfielder and launching long balls into your box, is usually a mistake. Yes you've got another body back to defend but little opportunity to stop the assault at source. Today was carbon copy of how England screwed up v Argentina. The relative managers need to grow a pair and remember the best form of defense is attack.

On the other hand, I'd argue that his regular rotation of the players last season, was a key part of having a squad with match sharp depth that could keep us going. I take the point about managing the game in front of you. However, he's looking at a season and giving players opportunities that they will all be demanding to prove they are worth a place.

Fuck talking about saints being shit for hours on end. This thread is my safe place.

There's a bit in the video @coalman put up above, where he does blame himself for taking off two experienced players and replacing them with youngsters. He wanted to bring on some energy, but they lost even more control of the game. He's clearly been through all this pressure before. As self contained as he is in his interview bubbles, he seems even more relaxed after a drubbing than before.

Sports Republic, forever wanting top dollar with the outlay of a nickel, forever falling short, forever wondering why.

Peretz, Bree, Abbott, Schlotterbeck, Manning, Downes, JWP, Scienza, Azaz, Fellows, Larin. I would give Abbott and Schlotterbeck a run of games now and hope they are able to form a solid partnership because I just don't trust Wood or Stephens. Especially the latter.

I think we're seeing the squad is weaker this season. No decent striker to come on, or a battling midfielder to score a late goal. And no goals from THB to help. However i look at it, we havent replaced quality with quality. Tonda needs to adapt and find a way to make us look more dangerous.

It was a frustrating game. Both sides had chances. Apart from the Welington header (good to see him scoring), Leo had that effort hitting both posts, and one that snuck behind. We later had one cleared by the last man, behind the 'keeper. But for those few, we really seemed to be a bit off the pace all across the side. We had plenty of the ball, but I wasn;t often struck by how much we really drove the game, and piled on pressure. We've got a focal point in Larin, but with Leo and Matsuki, don;t have lots of early delivery to him. That actually comes more from Bree and Welington. But we didn;t do that consistently. Stephens, Welington and Matsuki aren't players I'd have in my first 11, although good for the squad. Their, and other, replacements just reduced any plan we had even more. Edozie looked lively, but there's that lack of an end product again. Wood, who I'd have had ahead of Stephens, was nowhere near his marker for their equaliser. None of the others did much. In Mubama's case, just as much service as Larin got. We hadn't done enough to put the game beyond Lincoln before that. We certainly didn't after it. Sure, it's an away point. But it's a game where we should really be showing the difference in the resources, and making it count.

I fucking love the Jam But this better than any version I’ve heard them do, (although Weller is involved)

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Not strictly a cover version as U2 involved but the version with MJ Blige is awesome

Leicester fans are absolutely fuming with his post match interview where he takes Zero responsibility and blames the young players for the defeat. They obviously still don’t know him very well yet. As has been said earlier, he was the sole reason we completely embarrassed ourselves in the premier league . He knew full well we were being embarrassed every week but he stuck to his guns on the style for Russell Martin’s benefit rather than Southampton FCs. Far more interested in his image and was happy for the club to be absolutely ridiculed and battered every single week and mocked in the media, in the process. There is a reason only one other side in 34 years of premier league football have done as badly as we did. The bloke is an absolute prick

Don't think we had a prayer of keeping him once Villa were interested unfortunately.

Should be captain IMO