Billy the Kidd

But why is ours so weak as a back room team - isn’t this up to Ralph to identify this and make the change? I always thought he liked it this way. Maybe under new owners and stuff we will address this soon, I also think it could be part of the problem, surely Ralph could do with some fresh ideas and someone to challenge his thinking, as this helps us improve.

I didnt expect much of the same as last season, and this season is pretty similar, dont you think? Last season the apparent mitigating factor was injuries and no depth, well we haven’t had the injuries we had last season, and we have better depth, so why are we clogging along similar to last year? If you are happy about that, good for you, but dont expect everyone to be the same as you. I dont expect to lose 0-6 to any team, particularly when the score line flattered us, and could have been a new record, which is going something considering the two heaviest defeats are under Ralph. Im not even wanting Ralph gone, I think he should have another summer to get some players, to lose some players (albeit some he wanted - in giving Shane a new contract, Theo a new contract, Ralph brought Djennepo also), and I’m excited for the summer window. But after 10 games i hope we are doing well, otherwise i think the owners may think about a change. And yes, maybe we will be worse under Ralph, I dont see why as I think he is performing pretty average, and bollocks to net spend as that is only half the story, we have a team of pretty good players. If Ralph is average, why would we worry about replacing him. You never know, someone else could do a better job. No one knows for sure, just think the jury is out on Ralph more than this time last year.

Why do you think Ralph keeps playing Tino, when KWP at RB and Perraud at LB seems to have better balance?

I agree, apart from the last part - id suggest on a very average note. I dont thi k we have over achieved with him, maybe for the first 18 months of him in charge, now I’m not sure we are progressing. Still, happy for him to have a summer, quality players and some less quality hopefully leaving, and give him 10 games. Trouble is, i think i said the same this time last year…

Very true - Ralph has always needed to adapt to suit the style of players, but he has a real stubbornness that prevents him from doing so. I mean, every club, tea, manager has to deal with injuries, out of form players etc. There are times Ralph gets it very right, and others he gets it very wrong, and not much in between, and for me it stops us moving forward and progressing. Most managers can make a team hard to beat, when our bad runs start, which we are likely not even in the middle of yet, we maker it impossible not to get beat, and that is down to Ralph, tactics etc. Like ive said elsewhere, I think we re-group in Summer and see what players go/come, but Ralph has had his everlasting honeymoon ended, start next season like this, i expect him to be gone.

No one is complaining we are not in European places - stop making stuff up. People are entitled to be pissed off at a totally inept performance, particularly when we go on runs as bad as ours. Most of this sits with Ralph, he is responsible for line-ups, tactics, formation etc. At 2-0 is was obvious he set up wrong, and waited until we were 4 down before doing something - that is down to him and no one else. We clearly see things different, yet I’m not even saying Ralph should go, far from it as Im looking forward to this summer and new players, but dont say shit that isn’t true, Ralph has major flaws and does do things wrong - there really is no harm is admitting such.

Yep, thanks for the good advice. I mean we even get told not to eat meat, which to me is bollocks.

I imagine it will be one of the first things on Martin Tyler’s lips when Leicester next play.

There is a good poster on another saints forum i sometimes read who is from Canada, and he has been getting pretty excited but this team. They have some very good players, I’m looking forward to watching them at the WC.

Found it easier than i thought. Like i say i need to watch it again, but was pretty interesting.

Thanks for the reply. I have been looking into sugar, in so much as a lot of my family are diabetics, but not me, yet. I was watching some guy about the sugar thing, and was fascinating a i out trying to reduce it. It really is omen of the worse poisons, or drugs if you like, and is in virtually everything. I need to find the YouTube video again, as didnt get to finish it, think i will try to dig it out.

Yeah totally, and it wont take long for players/teams who keep abusing to get found out, particularly now days when people chat/post shit on Twatter etc all day long. Do we know if the FA/EPL are actually looking into to subs for this? I expect it will happen at a major tournament first, then leagues will take place. Although wouldn’t bet my house on it starting in Dec at the World Cup.

See i dont disagree with you as such, I just think change starts with a small step, and hopefully some real change actually starts to happen. I mean, the sub thing when a head injury is a pretty good way forward, but i can also see teams/players taking advantage of this as tactical subs. You see players going down now with apparent head injuries when in their box defending, hoping the game will be stopped, so there is also part of players/teams also being responsible for this too.

I do know what you posted. Great facepalm though, shame it was out of context. You didnt give your own views, so you saying Kracken surmised it, still isn’t you answering, i mean there must be other things you think about this, other than what someone else feels about it, surely? Not that you have to answer, of course, I was just interested in understanding, given you think this is a shit campaign, the ‘how would you go about affecting change’ was my asking how you would do it differently.

So, you still don't answer the Qs posed, and suggest I'm back tracking when that is clearly not the case. Good for you...

I haven’t taken cheap shots, stop playing the bloody victim. You regularly call stuff out for virtue signalling, fuck knows why, when there are some very relevant and worthy stuff going on, being said on here now and on other stuff. You even failed to answer the relevant Qs i posed, and your dad having it doesnt make this a shit campaign - the campaign is to generate/keep up the awareness so something does happen about it. You must be bored doing this to derail stuff often, happens quite a lot it seams 🤷🏾‍♂️ Anyhow, enjoy your evening fella, really dont think this is worth bothering with so Im happy to park it there 👍🏾

Wooosh. So those that weren’t aware of the issue now are. Yeah, they really failed 🤨 Kracken makes a good point though about needing to do more, my reasoning is the more of this stuff gets brought to attention, the more likely, and quicker the rule changers may do something about it. Sorry to hear about your dad btw if he suffered with this, i also am all too aware close to home, not pleasant and hopefully something can be sone. Out of interest - what would you suggest to should happen about concussion, and hope would you go about affecting any change?

It really is mainly you claiming that though, so not much to hang your hat on, is it. Like others have eluded to, keep up the good work 😂

Didnt know they were playing, but I admit ive been more interested in looking out for their results since ive been reading this Thread over the past season. really hope they go on and win the league…

Cant see many people actually slagging it off. Other than the one person who i certainly thought, and probs lots of people on here would have thought, slagged it off. Personally, i like that they are raising awareness, which is likely to get more people talking about it, which in turn is likely to lead to greater donations, and possible more funding. The irony of this being moaned about by Turkish, which indirectly was kind of their plan, as in to raise the awareness, to get more people talking about it. Well done big man, you literally could be one of their ambassadors. Or something 👍

Do you get a turtle head when looking at the shorts?

Agree, I can't believe what has gone on in here, not fair game and tantamount to bullying. It's one thing disagreeing with what someone says, but this is too much. I don't agree with everything that they have said, but at least they offer an opinion on why they feel the way they do. I hope you keep posting Twar, it's been good reading your thoughts...

That hasn’t been confirmed unless Dman and TWar have been mass-debating this for days on end.

It does feel a little like one year forward, three years back with Ralph.