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Martin panicking now. Sully off for Wood. What a joker. What a fraud the bloke is.

0-3 and Spurs are having the freedom of the pitch.

What are the odds on 0-9?

A new low. 0-2.

First touch of the ball was to fetch it out of the net.

Good start Saints. 😄

Nothing concrete, so to speak. Like others I have a suspicion that the vague announcement is more about quelling unrest about the current dire predicament of the actual first team.

Route 1 - goal. 0-3. 🤐

Wolves will at least be pleased to have played Saints in the middle of their run of defeats.

The point being that he had a shot. Rusty would have demanded that he look for a pass.

Maybe but Everton's "equaliser" being rubbed out was a rub of the green. All of Rusty's teams leak a bucketful of goals. If he stays in charge Saints will find it difficult to score enough to make up for the leaky defence.

That's another record that Rusty's Saints are well on track to beat.

What part of 5 points from 45 on offer so far this season would make you think that Saints are not doomed to relegation? It's also perfectly rational to argue that extreme optimism about an RM led campaign in the Championship next season might not be the bed of roses expected by the dewey-eyed now that opponents are well versed in how to counter Rustyball.

Trouble is that Rustyball requires that free kicks in dangerous areas get passed sideways and then back to the 'keeper under pressure rather than being put into the opposition penalty area.

Opponents in the Championship know now how to play Rustyball. Another season with RM in the Championship will likely see Saints mid-table with a scrabble for a play off place if we're lucky.

Hardly a surprise given that SR seem to have a 10 year plan that involves several relegations.

Martin's teams always concede sackfuls of goals. The bloke is a fraud. Get rid right now and prepare for the future. Not silly in the slightest, chum.

If the plan is to keep Martin in the expectation that he'll get promoted from the Championship again then I'd suggest that would be a bad idea. Plenty of opponents last season had worked out how to counter monotonous Russball and they'd probably now be looking forward to helping themselves to goals when coming up against his team. Time to get rid now and prepare a decent squad and manager for an attacking campaign next season. We're down already.

Who are the people that praise Russell when he bumps into them?

Russell says he liked a lot of it. 😐

Attacking free kick to Saints. It's played short and then backwards until Chelsea nick it before racing away to make it 5-1. Totally Russball.

Surely that has to go to VAR.

Manning fouled there wasn't he?

Saints look ok when moving the ball forward quickly. Should be 2-3.

Chelsea miss another sitter. Martin surely can't survive after this shambles.