Hopper

NEUTRAL?! I don’t recall him saying a single word about Saints.

Who is co-commentating on Sky? He’s fucking unbearable.

This was me until I remembered it was on TV 😂

No issues with Sky here either 🤔 Commentary has been dross id take Tessem over this any day.

Love a Leffe. I’ve just cracked open a Gamma Ray.

Tonda shithousery 😂

Great play Cam!

How has cam not put that away

We’re winning 3-1 calm down dear.

Gray has a shot on him good lord.

I can only assume it’s to try and drum up a move in Jan. the only thing that makes sense.

Yess. Ori coming on.

Think we might see Aribo shortly. 🤦

Think it’s a bit of the dark arts

How is it not 3-2

Cracking tidbit from Alfie that.

Using an IPTV. Sorry mate.

Thankfully I’ve got Blackmore and Tessem on my stream although Tessem is grating as ever 😂 Solid half, couple of half chances for Brum that we need to be mindful of. Would love to see us nab an early third to put this to bed.

Think we need Spors to stay. Continuity from the top down is important and we've not had much since Wilcox left. I believe Spors is doing a decent job, but it's a big task and needs time and consistency to really benefit from having a sporting director.

I think he's already earnt more leeway in these last 4 games than any of the previous lot combined. We were patient with Russ when he came in as we could see at least some measure of improvement/identity. Tonda has already surpassed what Martin was able to do with his first 4 with us and we gave him time so I'd suggest he's good. Jones, Selles, Juric, Rusk, Still were never able to get that far as they underperformed from the off.

In relative terms the cost of a 2-3 year contract for a manager at his level is far less than the risk of losing him at the end of the season if he is successful and gets poached. We've burnt far money more paying the likes of Juric et al. On the hope they would have a positive influence. Tonda has shown his influence on this team already, so he's a known quantity (mostly). Could it all come undone? It could, but we have data and performances that suggest he's capable at this level, so I don't believe it's much of a risk at all at this point. Likewise if we were to bring in an 'Experienced' name, the potential cost and risk would be much higher. Larger salary expectations and no guarantee they would be a good fit for the club and squad. It's a bit of a no brainer to me both from an on-pitch and boardroom perspective. As a wise Austrian once said if you want a guarantee buy a washing machine...

On the perfectionism point. He was going nuts at the players whilst on the touchline last night, getting his instructions across. This was at 3-0, it didn't seem to matter to him, he was every bit as dialed in as he was at 0-0.

Just a word this morning for Casper Jander. I thought he was excellent last night and has been for most of the season. He reminds me a lot of Steven Davis (Who happened to be an analyst on Sky last night) Great engine, able to put a fut in, composed on the ball and for want of a better word - scrappy. For a young lad I think he has a big future ahead of him and is playing beyond his years.

On reflection this morning I'd be more than happy to see Tonda appointed. I wasn't enamoured by any of the other potential candidates and given the circumstance and where we are as a club right now I think he's the right man at the right time. At the very least he will steady the ship and get us playing until we can find a more permanent solution. At most he'll make a charge up the table and cement his position. It's really a win win scenario at the moment and therefore a bit of a no brainer to me.

Big Damo incoming