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Surely not....? #rhetoricalbanter

As you allude to, there are different but equally valid opinions on this. It could also be considered "brain dead" to keep someone who quite obviously doesn't want to be here and, seemingly, has a disruptive character trait when things aren't going his way. Yes, of course, there's a chance that he could be won around in due course, but keeping him on would be far from risk free in that regard.

Bring back Victor Wanyama to bolster the midfield. At age 33 he should still have a decent engine in him (?). His contract at CF Montreal expired on 1st January 2025 so is a free agent. In fact, we might as well bring him in now given how poor our midfield is...! F*** it... While we're at it, let's also talk Schneiderlin out of retirement. He's 'only' 35 (5 years younger than Ronaldo) so could probably cope with a swansong season in the championship...! And loan in JWP for the full set?! Straightjacket for Trousers! P.s. forgot Romeu (age 33)! Let's do this 😄 💪

Playing a system that doesn't result in conceding a mere 2 goals fewer than one of the relegated teams (Birmingham City) might have a positive effect....?

Well, at least that's the pre-match motivational speech pre-written for each game next season then... If that doesn't inspire our 'championship only' players to bust a gut for the club I don't know what will...

Mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat

Bit chicken and egg maybe? Quite often a player who's inconsistent needs consistent starts in order to become consistent? #toomanyconsistentsinonesentenceklaxon

Good job most highly paid footballers are professional enough to overcome such first world problems rather than throwing their toys out of the pram. #diddums

I look forward to Adam forcefully holding the club's hierarchy to account in the upcoming interviews he's undoubtedly got lined up with them....

Most things I say are irrelevant

No, the fact that they were top of the league at one point.

Poor old Trousers clutches defeat out of the jaws of victory 😭 (Point of order: I wasn't defending them, just pointing out a fact)

A late Farmer equaliser in extra time. Let's call it a tie

Yay! My first ever Saintsweb medal #proud

15th. Not bad for a "dogshite" defence...

All 3 of those players were part of a "dogshite" defence that helped get us to the top of the premier league not so long ago...

The price of fish

Yep... for example, that Alcaraz fella was woeful... the manager at the time did well to get shot of him...

Nah... It's the players that aren't up to scratch, not the manager... innit...

If only there were some journalists that could ask the club this question....

If that's Alfie's theory, it seems flawed to me. It still doesn't explain why he's in the match day squad at all. Surely he's just taking up a place on the bench that could be given to one of our rising u21 players for match day experience? That Sanda lad, for example?

Has anyone worked out yet why Juric always picks Bella-Kotchap in his match day squad when he quite clearly has zero intention of putting him on the pitch? Genuinely baffled.

It's almost as if some managers can get more out of certain players than other managers...