Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd

If we go down, Ralph won't stay. I say we may as well make a move for Eddie Howe. Bring him in now and he might be able to keep us up. If he doesn't, we've got a decent Championship manager.

Resting half the team at Man City so that they were available for this 6 pointer worked out well, didn't it? 😕 I'll say what I said when I saw the team he put out at Man City. A manager should always play the best team that's available to him. Having your 'best players' (take that with a pinch of salt) sat on the bench is bizarre. You can't go around trying to protect your best players from possible injury. They might get injured. On the other hand, they might not. In the event that you do lose a player to injury then deal with it, if it happens. Benching players so that they don't get injured is unbelievably negative. These are professional athletes. They should be able to play 2 games a week. Other clubs seem to manage it without all the chopping and changing. Ralph obviously thought today's game was the more winnable of the two fixtures and look at the performance they put in and how it ended. All he's done is chop and change things. He looks like a man who will try anything in the hope of something working out. I can't help but feel that he's just to nice. He needs to be firing a rocket up some of that lot.

Anyone got one of these Retro shirts for sale? Club shop has sold out and won't be getting more.

Who are you telling to pipe down? It's a forum! A place for people share opinions, not be told what to do by you! A manger should set out to try and win every game. I don't subscribe to this resting players so that they don't get injured. Injuries are part of the game. We might have fielded a full strength team and won tonight, without any injuries. Then we wouldn't be pinning everything on beating Brighton at the weekend. Something that there's absolutely no guarantee of at all.

City are more than capable of scoring 4 or 5 against most teams. I don't see this being any different with that lineup. 😞

You won't win games if you leave your best players on the bench. Injuries are part and parcel of the game. You deal with them if and when they happen. Ralph seems to be so worried about losing his best players to injury that he thinks it's better to not play them. Absolutely crazy. That's possibly the worst starting line up I've seen this season. It's as if he's said 'We won't beat them anyway, so let's not even try'. 😡

Thank god for that. I feared for what would happen today, particularly after their win midweek. Ings' injury obviously a concern, but this result is a huge boost.

Not quite sure how you think the rest is bollocks when it's a fact that we have only taken 4 points in the last 30? Looking at your other posts, you seem to get some kind of kick from trying to ridicule and belittle other people for having an opinion that isn't the same as yours. Quote... "You do talk some crap mush. Stick to slagging Redmond off and you wont look so stupid." This is a forum. A place for people to share views and opinions. This may come as a bit of a disappointment and a shock, but they're not all going to be the same as yours. That doesn't make people stupid.

1. Do people honestly still think we'll stay up? If so, how? We don't even be able to pick up points in the games that look winnable on paper. 2. If we do stay up, what do people honestly think is going to happen next season? If we don't go down this year, then we're definitely going next year. This club is fucked.

I try to look at the positive side. It's actually 4 points from 30. 4 points since the start of the year. What a fucking joke. If we'd got 4 points from our first 10 games of the season there'd absolutely no way Ralph would still have a job.

You can't start a game with Adams, Redmond and Tella (who actually did ok) when you look at our recent form. If it had been a cup game against a league one team, then maybe, but not away at Leeds FFS. Ralph looks like a man who has run out of ideas. That starting line up tonight just looked desperate. Djenepo was man of the match on Saturday. His work rate was superb. What does Ralph do? Stick him on the bench. Minamino has scored 2 in 3. What does Ralph do, stick him on the bench. There's an argument for resting Ings, but you don't replace all 3 of them with 3 players who don't score goals and who've never started a competitive game together. Now isn't the time to start experimenting. Based on recent form, Djenepo & Minamino should have started instead of Redmond and Tella. I will be amazed if we stay up this season. If we do then we're only delaying the inevitable. I don't see Ralph, Ings, JWP, KWP Bertie or Vestergaard being there next season. A mate thinks we should make a move for Eddie Howe before he goes to Palace. My argument is this... Why on earth would he or any other credible manager come to Saints, with a board that couldn't give a f**k and no money to buy what's needed to compete at this level?

Exactly this. We need to start getting some points on the board and fast. 6 weeks ago people said there was absolutely no chance of Saints being relegated and that 35 points should be enough. Just look how the odds have been slashed. The gap is now down to 8 points and we still have to play Fulham, who look like they've got a lot more fight than we have, as do the likes of Burnley. I could see it going down to the wire between us, Fulham and Brighton. 1 win in 13! 1 point in 8 games. Another 9-0 defeat! If we'd started the season with that form Ralph would be long gone.

They're not going to click when Ralph leaves, Minamino, Ings and Djenepo on the bench. Redmond couldn't hit a barn door. Adams scores once in a blue moon and Tella had never started a league game. Utterly bizarre decisions. The buck stops with Ralph. He got that totally wrong tonight. The minute I saw the line up I knew we'd come away with nothing.

Disappointed to have thrown away the lead, again, but if you'd offered me a draw before the game I'd have taken it. Any point is a welcome point at the moment. If we can get something at Leeds it would be superb.

Based on recent form, Fraser. Disappointed to see that Ralph is going to play McCarthy on Sunday. I honestly think that's a big mistake. Let's not forget, McCarthy has conceded 12 in 2 games. That must do something to your confidence. If a striker scored in every one of his last four appearances he'd be straight in the team. A keeper keeps 4 clean sheets and gets dropped. It makes no sense. Keeper error to cost us points on Sunday, anyone?

Armstrong is my favourite Saints player. Very underrated. I'm sure we've won games when he hasn't played, but it does feel that if his name isn't on the starting sheet then we don't win. He makes a huge difference. Be interested to see know many games we've won when he hasn't played.

Great result. Just hope that puts us back on track in the league, although knowing Saints we'll probably do what we did against Arsenal after we knocked them out if the cup. Hope I'm wrong. Thought that Fraser played well. He'd be in my starting 11 on Sunday. Not sure what Salisu thought he was doing. That very nearly cost us our lead. Redmond doesn't look like he could hit a barn door at the moment.

I've asked him where he thinks the next points are going to come from, that's all. I'm not asking him to provide an answer so that I can head off to the bookies. I was merely looking for opinions. Isn't that the point of an internet forum? I appreciate that it's hard to predict anything at the moment, particularly when we've only picked up 6 points from 10 games and beaten the league champions (which I doubt anybody expected) and then dropped points against some awful teams and been beaten 9-0 by Man Utd. Hence my question. Where do people think our next points are going to come from? Do you not look at the fixture list and think, I can't see us getting points against Chelsea or Everton, but Wolves is a possibility?

Are you aware that people are 8 times more likely to post on an internet forum or review page when they've had a bad experience? Obviously not. Ever thought about being a politician? You seem to be very good at skirting questions and offering little in the way of answers.

Why don't you just answer the question and we'll see if you're right. When do you think Saints will rediscover their form and pick up their next points?

Anyone want to place a bet on where the next points are going to come from? I genuinely don't see us getting to 40 points this season. 35 would be a miracle at this rate.

He had Djenepo sat on the bench and chose to let Redmond see out the game against 9 men. Inexcusable.

At this rate I'd be surprised if they manage to stay up. This is Saints. Probably the only club who could top the Premier league and be relegated in the same season. Just another embarrassing record to add to the growing collection.

Can someone tell me where the next points are going to come from. What's that, 1 win in 10 or 11?, I've lost count.

We never seem to win when Armstrong doesn't play.