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Stewart will just want to get fully fit and play games. He'll have felt all the emotions we can think of, having to go through this. His absence isn't through any lack of e It's the club's responsibility to make adequate risk assessments when signing players. They clearly thought it was worth the risk. They've got a duty of care to their employee, to try to get him as fit as they can. Stewart has to look at his own interests, and the support available to him through us. Like previous seasons, we shouldn't be building our attack around him being fit, but he will hopefully be that, and give us options next season. If he's injured for next season, then it's up to all parties to discuss. I have no ill feelings at all towards the player. The opposite, in that I hope he gets fully back. Perhaps SR would make a different decision next time. That's on them, not Stewart. I think we had a summer when Beresford, Howells and David Hughes all retired.

I'd like to see the gaps left since SR's first window addressed. Replacements for Romeu and Ings. Focus on building a spine to our first team, rather than buying in bulk on the off chance one comes good. SR are going to have to come to terms that their recruitment is going to face agents who want massive wages for their clients, and competing clubs. Putting their eggs all in baskets as with Gakpo/Gomez, Delap etc is going to leave them looking ...well, just like we do. SR have let down every one of the managers, by not giving them the tools to field a competitive team. They don't mind spending more as long as individual wages are lower. Much more, even if it costs them two relegations. But their recruitment has little depth when they chase targets and fail to get them over the line. Our first team next season wood look something like:- GK - Ramsdale 28 DR - Sugawara 28 DL - Manning 27 DC - Bednerak 27 DC - THB 28 DMC - Romeu replacement MC - Downes 28 AML - Edozie 27 AMR - Armstrong 27 AMC- Fernandes 29 FC - Ings replacement Any replacements to the above need to be replaced with someone SR consider to be PL ready. That leaves the rest. Several will be just fine for a season in the Championship, and give some competition to the above. Dibling would be in there, but probably the one that all parties would look to get a move for. Others are still young and can hopefully push for a first team place, particularly Charles and Edwards. those with '26 contracts expiring will be the ones SR looks to resolve quickest. Clears the wage bill a bit, if all parties can move on. Replacements should be with a view to giving PL competition for the first 11. Their usual frittering away on loads of fringe players shouldn't detract from that. GK - McCarthy 26, Bazunu 27 DR - Bree 26 DL - Taylor 26, Larios 27 (U21),Welington ? DC - Stephens 26, Edwards 28 (U21), Wood 28, Bella-Kotchap 26 DMC - Charles 27, Bragg 26 MC - Smallbone 26 AML -Sulemana 27, Fraser 26, Juan? AMR - Dibling 27 (U21) AMC- Akachukwu ?, O'Brien-Whitmarsh 27 (U21), Aribo 26 SC -Archer 28, Robinson 27 (U21), Ballard 26 FC - Stewart 26, Brereton Diaz 28, Onuachu 26

12 players that if none of them ever returned to the ground, you'd not notice they were gone. I take that back. After a couple of games, you'd wonder why we weren't conceding penalties from handballs, to cover Sugawara's absence.

unhinged

One track mind manager brought into replace one track mind manager, by one track mind recruiters who think they are smarter than everyone else, and can bring success on the cheap. Again. Hopefully, with the back of this one Spors will be able to tell Solak that, while having some innovative ideas isn't in itself terrible, it shouldn't be at the expense of being remotely competitive. That's assuming they do want to be a PL team, and not just farm youngsters and left field players to bigger clubs, with promotion and immediate relegation seen as a windfall every now and again. I'd like to see us get someone in who has had some experience with success. That means they are going to challenge SR, which is as it should be. SR have to decide what it is they want to be. Another up and coming manager for an up and coming team just increases the chances of yet another repeat. Hopefully, they are looking for someone with experience to get us where we want to go, not someone who simply dreams of what it will feel like.

I told you, you'd get one. 🙂

When they said it would bleed me dry, I had no idea.

Hang on. Are you saying the global blood donation scheme I've invested in, is some kind of scam?

All three started off together, but lost track of each other and where they were supposed to be.

The majority of this lot of ineffectual shadows will apparently be pushing for promotion next season. Great to get there before anyone else in PL history in terms of games remaining! Can't wait for SR to take the public acclaim they so richly deserve for such an achievement.

What?! How did that happen? It seems so sudden. 🙂

Oh dear. In with a tiny chance of an equaliser. So give away a penalty just to be sure of the defeat. Good job Saints.

Stewart keen to get the ball in the middle.

I thought he should have headed it. But a goal.

Oh!!!!!

He's looked to link up some things on a couple of occasions. But there's noone to link up with. So, with that and him being neither an attacking or defensive midfielder, it's been a waste of time.

Sule gets away from his man.... and the final ball is just what you'd expect. We have had more of the ball in their final third this half. But this is because Spurs have dropped off. Even then, we've not really caused too many issues for them, while being vulnerable on the counter.

I think we have those here already. (This is, of course, a test. Will Ottawa say "Oh, no we don't?")

Wow. We put a couple of passes together there. More reactive than anything, but still...

You'll be watching a stream of someone's computer game, then. 🙂

Growing a Woodgate to Real Madrid look, on the off chance of some Europeans suitors for this England international.

Second best to absolutely everything. No idea how to work under Juric's demands. Not a single sign of team work Pulled apart so easily partcularly from wide, but really from everywhere. That's us trying to be deep and as compact as we can. Because we've offered nothing in attack, apart from around 60 seconds or so.

Oh dear. We are so, so poor.

Depends on who he has along with him. We've seen that he can score from wider positions. But we've decided to give all of our attacking players the least possible chance of doing anything with the ball. And that was before departures of the likes of Stu and Che.

Offside. Saints defence can't celebrate until someone blinks and their statue forms can move again.