Farmer Saint

Tbf, I do like that you're continuing to criticise your predictions, makes me chuckle - fair play.

I guess it just depends on how you define it - you use your definition and I'll use Oxford's:

It's unlikely, but it's less unlikely than it was 24 hours ago. Deluded is believing something that is factually untrue - like someone believing in a God, or Father Christmas, or that leaving the EU was a good idea.

True, I apologise.

Eek, that's an embarrassing post isn't it? Loving the "truly deluded" part.

It is nearly a carbon copy of our match threads.

OK, be good if you can explain, cos the way I read it you said he hasn't done very well, but also that we do not have a particularly good squad. Not sure how I can really interpret that other than the way I did.

So the difference between doing well (Leicester and Leeds) and doing badly (us) is likely to be between 3 and 5 points? Or between 2.1% and 3.6% of the total points available? You're a harsh taskmaster!

So you don't think he's doing a good job, but the team is also not very talented, and we are likely to end up with 90+ points. I genuinely don't believe that both of those statements can possibly be true.

We're not in the Premier League so don't think that's an issue at the moment.

But we have a squad, and first team, with a shit spine of Bazunu, Bednarek, Smallbone and Adams. I agree overall the squad is decent(ish), but it's nowhere near the Adkins squad of 2011, and he only finished 2nd...

LD in his natural habitat...

I'd be very interested to see a poll of fans on here, on whether we should sack Russell Martin - I don't think we should, personally I think he's doing a good job - but there is a very vocal number of supporters on here that seem to think he should. @Lighthousecan we make it happen?

If we had an average Goalkeeper, we would be.

Maybe, just maybe, this League isn't as piss easy as a lot of the fans on this forum think it is.

On 96 points. And everyone on here will just say how shit Martin is and how they'd prefer Nathan Jones as manager.

We were told by our fans on here that he was playing really well and really shit, was a massive asset and out biggest weakness. Thank fuck our fans know so much about the game.

I will continue to scream this until I'm blue in the face - inability to cope with pressure is not a coach managed skill - it is a mental skill that needs to be dealt with by a shrink. Our defence are too weak mentally, and it is an issue that has plagued us for the last 4 years or so, regardless of which players, managers and coaches are at the club.

Imagine the meltdown on here if we had the form of Leicester...all I've heard all season is how amazing Maresca is, even though last December the Leicester fans were calling him out for being slow, ponderous and boring, and only caring about possession 🤣

#saintsfansdontknowwhattheyretalkingabout

But Manning has cost us so many goals this season it's been ridiculous. This is where the difficulty is. I knowartin brought him in but even Martin has realised that he's fucking shit defensively.

This more than anything, but if Bree or KWP is out, do we play Manning or Stephens? This is where we have fallen down a lot this season.

2-0 up, for that scoreline we must be playing THB and *checks notes* Stephens(??) at CB?