Dr Who?

It was the same last season, could not believe the difference from in here to actually being at away games. Worlds apart.

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2 in a minute

Probably not the best place to post it as not many go to games.

I honestly thought they were going to win tonight. They have had a very tough start and this on paper was probably their ‘easiest’ game. But it seems they like to play against teams that play football, and do not like it up them! Thank god we are not having to play them.

I have known us go into the 10th game of the season on 2 point, having got the 2nd point in the game before, in the 90’s and stay up. We did only lose twice in the last 9 games though! 😮

This was the same for Che and his lack of service, the work rate and the constant running the line Che did was amazing.

Also I am all for playing football, but NOT in the final 3rd and maybe just little more direct, but again you need the quality to break defences, see the pass, make the run. Our quality is not premier league and this is the problem. Bring in any manager we are very likely to still drop through the trap door in May. Or even earlier!

They are not up to premier league quality to play that way, but capable of playing, and have been brought in to play this system. Hand picked as they are needed to play this way. What I call footballing footballers. Tell them that we need to play in the style of Case, or Hurlock then you will see lost. We are tippy tappy. Defiantly do not have the quality to play this way in the premier league. But saying this watching Spurs try it last season was comical, and they had/have far more quality than we do.

I’ve given mine on other threads. If only it was that simple, but the club have their identity as far as they play, and have brought in players to TRY and play that way. If we change then we do not have the players for up and at them in their faces, we are fancy tippy tappy nice and pleasant on the eye kinda team/club. IF we bring someone in he has to work with what is at his disposal and that is 2/3 premier league standard players, the rest championship. So we wait January and make wholesale changes in personal and go again, but I fear that it will be far to late by then, and going by anything in here we would be looking to sack RM replacement by the end of the year anyways. The likelihood is that we will still go down, but I think this is mainly because we have not bought premier league quality players to replace what we have. Signing players on from on loan last season, does not mean they are good enough for the premier league. We have scrimped and scrapped the barrel and yes spent a fair bit, but not on the right players for the premier league. When we do go down, I would prefer to play like we did last season than like a Stoke type team with dwindling crowds. Burnley did the same last season after playing some amazing stuff, and they continue to play that way now back in the championship. We twist now and change how we play and we will end up an ordinary run of the mill championship team next season, mark my words. You will see. Stick with RM like Burnley did their gaffer, no matter how it goes. He needs to play a striker though! Last manager not to play a striker was Branfoot when he played Neil Maddison as some kind of Shearer replacement and looking confused and lost for the whole game. Yes he is learning but that is just daft!

I used to look forward to playing Bournemouth as we always used to beat them, but the last few times there is a noticeable gap in quality. They are not great at the moment but think they will have the beating of us on home turf 3-1.

I like the way we play, and would prefer to watch, and on the flip side we do not have the personal to play up and at them style. This change would mean we would need to make big changes again in January and probably just as likely to get relegated. I have said we need to stick to RM if we go down or stay up. Yes we are likely to go down, but would prefer to play the style we play in the championship next season. When we got relegated the season before last we lost our identity as a club. We have back our Southampton way that we had the last time we were promoted. We should stick with it, grit out teeth and get on with the season and hope out of all hope we can just about do enough to stay up, or at least get takeover by someone who owns a country!

I have been thinking of a lot of things I say to my children. 22, 16 and a 12 year old, and most of the time I just get a strange look. My boy was telling me about his match last season on the drive home, all the good stuff he did and when he had finished I said “Not bad, but I bet you cannot put a fruit pastel in your mouth, without chewing it… gotta chew, gotta chew, gotta chew”. With a look that could only be mistaking of, my dad has finally flipped (again). Another one and on a football theme is when we all get in the car and the kids are faffing around trying to get their seat belts on, there mother will say “you in”, to which I will always say “Robert’s”. Again my wife understands, but with my 2 girls not even liking footy leaving the boy to understand the reference from a late 90’s and early 00’ footballer. Another is when I used to do the school run with my youngest daughter and I used to say “that was a strange manoeuvre”, when a driver did something odd, and then my daughter started saying it, after time I then added to my daughter saying “that was a strange manoeuvre”, with my own “in the dark” a reference to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Now it has flipped and my daughter adds the “in the dark” but has no idea of why. 😂 I have loads that I do without thinking, but only remember as and when I do them. Another is when I check something the kids say they have done, and I say “let’s just check that with Bully” do you have any weird things that you add at the end or say that only your age would get.

I don’t think any of the players would know about this forum, let alone read it.

Tuesday 17th September. No kick off yet, probably for the best! 😂

You can bet numbers will dwindle if we do not pick up points on the road. Tickets will become much easier to get home and away.

Rugby, or Scotland. Sorry one of my bugbears.

Let’s see how it goes. Hopefully the front two will be a little closer together, and if not, who is playing through the middle?

What that is weird, where is our new striker, Archer, surely he should be starting and Ferdy in behind?

That aged well 😂

Will Ramsdale start today? I suppose it is a little different for a keeper coming straight in. I was just expecting him to start at SMS against Man U for some reason.

He’s still going apparently, must have been head south 😃

Deal sheet in to give us more time. We have until 1am.

You after a job at Sky Sport job? 😂

The perfect combo!