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Yet we are striving for promotion to play some of the most expensively assembled teams in the world. When you highlight that return from the top 6 in the Championship it underlines the enormity of the what we might face. Unless SR spend big. And wisely.

Especially as he was off the field when they scored both tonight

All the managers you’ve mentioned are in their second season or more with their clubs so have had a lot longer to shape their teams. Wrexham have recruited well for the Division and Neil has done an outstanding job. From where we were when Eckert took over he’s done an impressive job to get us where we are. Playoffs were becoming disappearing fast in Still’s last few weeks. At the time I’d have expected us to go for a more experienced manager, but if they’d brought Carrick or whoever (Gary O’Neil??) and we were now in this position most would say ‘job well done’. As you say, any failings this season will be down to the first three months, and appointment of Still.

Very few people had any expectations under Martin, most seemed to say he'd easily be found out if/when we were promoted. Don't think anyone hailed him a messiah either.

I think this is annoying in itself, before you factor in the adverts. I find their coverage poor. But even BBC coverage isn’t the same without Bill McLaren, but it does outdo ITV.

Perhaps worth asking yourself why Brighton or Brentford didn’t sign him in the first place.

My gut feeling since the draw is that we’d win at Fulham. Unless of course we play a seriously weakened team. As you point out though winning this conflicts with our greater ambitions for the season.

Is that an unpopular opinion among Saints fans?

Amazed how many obese fuckers there are shovelling more down their mouths.

In fairness to Martin he did also have KWP on the books, although he did play him as a LB as well some of the time. Still was probably told from above about the fantastic Danish players he was going to have at his disposal.

His only goal for us was a pretty important one though.

Hate to say this but I’ve read figures of £15-18m.

I feel the same way re their fans, their fall and relegation isn’t really due to football and the team, but the previous dickhead owner. I’d like to think we don’t have to go through the singing “going down, going down” sort of tedium on Saturday but it’s probably an obligatory from the songbook for some of the saps. Can’t say I felt too much for them in the 90’s though, always seemed a bogey team.

They probably would. How old are they now ?

Perhaps inevitable there’s interest, especially from Germany. Or his agent hurrying up that improved three year contract.