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Elyounoussi has put some decent crosses in today

Keeper has to save that. So poor once again

On the contrary, if they only turn up in the second half, can't score and generally look disinterested then I'll know he's going to fit in.

We've had 24 hours to come around to the idea of Jones taking over. Now the shock has worn off, I am starting to see the logic behind it. He's a man manager, someone to pick the players up and build confidence. Which is exactly what we need. Strikers need confidence, Che has those purple patches each season where he scores a few, you see his confidence and it looks like hes a real player. JWP looks like a shadow of his former self, he needs an arm around the shoulder to get over his World Cup omission. The young players need someone to keep them going. Don't get me wrong, there are certainly better managers out there, but maybe this appointment can work. People are bemoaning his long ball tactics, but we are deep in the shit. Staying up is top priority and if we have to grind out some points playing ugly football then so be it.

As it stands, he's never even finished his dinner above Championship standard.

Going by this, we know Adams hold up play is actually pretty good. Who is the other striker to be the "runner"? I guess Mara, maybe Theo? I think the players in the squad actually fill the jobs needed for that formation. Three centre backs, one can push up. Yeah we got that. Wing backs that push forward, yup. Midfield BMW, that's Lavia. JWP and Stu playing further forward will do a job. Che for the holdup play, then the other striker (this will be the problem, but we knew that). It's crude, but it kinda fits.

Any idea if this is on the telly?

I think this gif sums up my reaction that Ralph has gone and he's being replaced by Jones.

This is smart from the owners. They've highlighted that we haven't got a midfield, so punting it long seems smart. Shame we got rid of Shane Long to chase those long punts

Glad he's gone, nice fella, some good times but everything is so stale it needed a freshen up. Lets hope the new owners can find us someone to make us all happy again. We need to buckle down and scrape survival this season, invest in the summer and go again

I heard that they gave Ralph's P45 to Che Adams to hand it over, but he missed

https://twitter.com/TheAthleticFC/status/1589304137791012869?t=Vm5wheRBwjiYFrvzejOqYQ&s=19 It's happening 👀

Website performance was as bad as the teams. Bye Ralph. We are shit, can't shoot, can't defend, no midfield and a goalie that doesn't make saves. Recipe for disaster.

Saints fans singing "we're fucking shit"

I say this every week, but bye bye Ralph

So we need two goals against the meanest defense 🤯 3-0

Exactly to the script I predicted pregame 🤔

Need to convert one of these chances.

Decent start to the half tbf

Elyounoussis miss was so bad it took out Saintsweb 😂

DCC did alright at right back before as well

Then clumsy to give away the foul.

We actually look ok. This was unexpected

Very weak from Pope. Finally a decent saints corner

Bazunu needs to do better on these crosses. Newcastle are slinging them in