Junior Mullet

Odds are out to 6/1 now. Must have been some big lumps being put up today by the fans of spurs and west ham.

As much as Russ needs to go, I don't have any faith in Sports Republic replacing him with better. I know most of you will say that anyone would be better but seriously, they are the pratts who gave us Jones. Jones was worse. It really is a crap situation. Don't know how it'll improve with Ankersen in his role.

I have nothing against Kat. She found herself in a position I don't think she expected nor was prepared for. She opted for the wrong people to run the club instead of Cortese because I think she saw Cortese's plan as financially more risky while the others presented a less risky option. She was more risk adverse than Markus. The way the club was run thereafter was not very good though and I have to respectfully disagree with you on that. Our momentum at the time of Poch and Cortese leaving allowed us to get a fantastic manager in Koeman which paved over the cracks. The longer-term damage however was already being done at the top levels. Let's be honest, this is a great theoretical debate. How would things have panned out with Markus and Cortese at the helm for several more years?

I honestly think we could have done a Leicester City if Markus and Cortese had been around longer. Markus and Cortese were that good a team. Yes we did well with Koeman, very well, but that was using the momentum of what had gone before. Once that momentum had gone Koeman left for Everton whom he saw as more ambitious at that time. Says a lot about how things dwindled under the new directors and Kat. It was such a shame Kat was swayed by Les and others rather than Cortese when push came to shove.

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I have to agree. Recruitment has been absolutely diabolical. We have turned into one of those clubs who seems to buy random players without any consideration of how they will suit a system. For years we had a system and bought players to fit the system - it worked well and occasionally we were surprised by how well this worked (ie. not many people thought Bertrand would do as well for us as he did, but he was exactly what we needed). We scoffed at other clubs who collected players like they were opening panini packs. Specifically on Armstrong - it annoys me how weak his legs are. I want a striker who's strong enough to rifle shots in, not dribble them into the keepers arms each time. It's like watching a kid play.

In the same way people thought Boris coming back as PM would be a good idea after Liz Truss.

Disappointed he didn't get a game when he's been running rings around our defenders in training. Could have made a real splash for himself if he was given the chance.

This whole shambles reminds me of when Liz Truss was Prime Minister.

He will be gone soon. With the state of the squad it'll be an uphill struggle to stay up but worth a go. The club and squad don't even have faith in Jones' ability to manage us in the Championship, which was a factor in Jones joining us in the first place.

Sian is the best lino in the game for me. Cracking eye for the line. Shame she's on VAR duty, FFS.

For me this was the lowest point in our recent history since Koeman left. It was so embarrassing.

Mate, we would be doing the same but from slightly further back due to the layout of our ground. You can't blame their fans for trying to intimidate us.

Scored against the skates and for that reason alone will always be alright with me, unless he ever joins them but fat chance of that. He's a good player. I enjoy watching him.

Not working for me. Any others?

She was a brilliant player. By far the best female English footballer at that time.

Hey Dalek. I think he just got found out. Once his weaknesses were exposed, they were seized upon.

Jon Viafara

A lot of very good teams are after Tadic. I hope we do manage to keep him.

Hughes is a good fit for Saints. Sign him up 100%. It's not all about who looks good on paper or who the next best young manager with a Spanish accent may be. Hughes inherited a team bereft of confidence, lacking style and unable to score goals. Under Hughes we have competed with Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City, we have scored goals, the football is more exciting, the players look like they are playing as a team and (here is the clincher) we managed to hold on to a lead in vital games against Bournemouth and Swansea. I was unimpressed when news broke that he was joining. I then thought, well give the man a chance. Now, I really do think he will be good for us and we will be good for him. Get his contract signed quick so that we can get on with the rebuild.

I voted Tadic goal vs Bournemouth. It was hugely important and gave us some belief and spirit going into the Everton and Swansea games. It was also great technique and took balls too - he'd normally have passed in that situation but he stepped up that day. Love Tadic and loved his goals that day. No Tadic, no party.

Weirdest thread in a long time. Very homoerotic to begin with, climaxing with Glasgow leading MLG on with a teasy little rhyme. Is that what relief looks like on SWF?

No. The others were great escapes. This was just a great mistake. With the players we have we should never have been in this position and they should have escaped. The great escapes came when we had inferior squads, massive mountains to climb and we got results against the odds.

Formation tonight? Do we think he will stick with three CBs or switch to a back four? I reckon we have had some joy with Cedric and Bertrand as wing backs in the last few games and he will stick to 3 CBs. Stephens must be keen to make good after that sending off and generally poor performance vs Arsenal.

I'm with you there. Redmond to start for sure tonight and Long to get stuck in from the off with Austin coming on later once Long has softened them up a bit. With Tadic and Redmond on the pitch we don't have to rely just on Austin for goals.