coalman

Yes!

What is going on here?!

Stuey!

Ahhhh. Should be 2

What a move

Good response to the goal

Bloody Son

Our high line gives me kittens

I don't think they'll down tools and for the next 18 months I don't think it affects his ability to be a good manager. I also think that players signing or extending contracts do look at the stability of a club and a large part of that is the guy who is coaching them. It can also be a distraction if the club is being asked every week whether the manager is committed to the cause as the clock ticks down. I will also be very happy for my distant dream to be proven wrong when the stars align for us in the cup or for Ralph to continue on past 2024 😉

A manager is a large part of players signing for a club or extending their contract. If you know your boss is going soon it limits their ability to deliver difficult feedback (ergo a bollocking). There's plenty of research that demonstrates that high pay does not equate to motivation. And sadly, as a Saints player, winning something is a distant dream. Not that it doesn't stop all of us nurturing that dream.

The trouble is the out ball to Kane and through ball to Son is our Kryptonite performed by two players very good at it. Teams which hit us on the break tend to prosper. We do better when we're the ones playing on the break. Which means we need a fit Broja, a firing Adams and Armstrong/Redmond carrying the ball forward well for us.

I've always appreciated Ralph's openness and humour. Can't help but think the possible retirement talk might make it harder for him to manage or recruit players as the clock ticks down into the final year. After all, why play for someone who is going to be gone soon.

And Manchester United fans won't. The 2-1 FA cup win in extra time is so hot right now.

He touched it in

Oh my life.

Our high line from free kicks near our box is giving me grey hair

Fank thuck for that

Oh, bollocks. I guess I'm all in with the Long-the-hero narrative then. FML

(past) Time to swap Adams for Long.

Without wishing to tempt fate, Caballero has a decent record at saving penalties. 34 faced, 11 saved

Broja is so good at rolling his defender

Just slow play in general. When we briefly stopped playing at walking pace we looked almost like a football team. Must be soul destroying make overlapping runs as a full back.

How is that not a foul on Broja?

It feels like he's trying not to lose the ball rather than being prepared to take on his man. Agree he used to just breeze past people. Haven't really seen him try to for a while.

It's like we've coached his desire to take on his man out of him.