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At the beginning of this week I was afraid that we were going to see Selles Mark2 appointed. A typical SR attempt at proving that they are so clever. I am now not so sure that Tonda would be a disaster. Today I saw a team that was organised and played good football. For once there seemed to be a game plan and Azaz and Fellows started to show some of their pre Saints form. It was also nice to see an academy player come on at half time. I think that we could do better than Tonda. If nothing else his Baz obsession is a worry. If, however, SR decide to appoint him we may not have Selles mark 2 on our hands.

I reckon the match at Hull caused Still to lose the dressing room. Downes already had an "anti anyone except RM" club going before then and Archer joined it after being dropped for DD for that game. DD then missed a really good chance and didn't cover himself in glory. Still rang the changes after Hull. Everyone on Saintsweb seemed to support the dropping of Baz, Mads, THB and Stephens but I bet this upset the egos of these delicate flowers. All it then took were some crazy substitions at Derby and at Blackburn and the dressing room would be singing "you don't know what you 're doing". God knows how a new manager sorts this out but I think the line up at QPR is going to be interesting.

I wonfer if Oriel is Interested in becoming a manager.

What? Even when we were 1 up, only had 15 mins left and had led for an hour in the match before last??

If we win either of our next 2 matches I fear that Tendo will be given until the end of the season. Selles mark 2.

That was the person who recommended buying Downs for £8 million.

He sums up SR's approach to life. Wjy do something normal like buying an established, experienced centre forward like Moore or McBurnie? Lets try something different and buy a rookie centre forward from the German second division. In the same way they didn't go for a manager who knew the league, the players and what was required to get promotion like Coouper. Why not get a Will Still? Their reckless gambling is ruining our club.

He probably still has a house on the south coast .

Apparently there is a 26 year old whizz kid currently managing in the third division of the Azerbijan league who has just won 3 matches in a row. Unlike our current manager he also has a nice beard. Sounds ideal for SR.

Excellent ost. Worth the read .

Spent the last 2 days today in the "warzone" of Portland. Nothing unusual going on here. Has the feel of a European rather than American city. Some posh bits. Some scruffy. Lots of pride flags. Excellent beer (70 breweries 😋). People here seem quite laid back. If Trumpy boy thinks it needs the troops to keep order he is even more deluded than I previously thought.

Yeah. Lets sack another manager and appoint our 5th in 11 months. When he fails let's get another one in. Probably in February. And then another until the end of the season and then another for next season . Let's make Watford seem normal. Its clear to me that this team requires a decent centre forward. Not some rookie. It needs a leader with some experience. Probably at centre half but not Stephens. It did not need Azaz, Scienza and Fellows to join Robinson and Fraser in trying to play the same 2 positions in the team. It needs the academy to produce players ready for the first team ideally centre forwards who can act as target men. These needs are out of the control of the manager. Until they are sorted out by SR I do not think that any manager will succeed at Saints. Sack Still if we want to but I would not be holding my breath in expecting the new manager to improve things.

Perhaps not today as there will be the No Kings protest. 😁😁😁😁

Off to Portland today. 😁

I am currently in the USA. We tend to come over every year about this time. (convenient with the international break). Since we were here last year GBP has strengthened by over 6% yet I am astounded by how expensive things now cost here. Fuel, groceries and eating out are all more expensive than they were this time last year. No idea if this is due to tariffs, world events or internal factors. I am unsure of the official rate of inflation but the Donald's claims that US inflation is now dead is complete bs.