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I had to laugh when interviewing Potter he said you have to adapt to the players you have. Slight nervous shuffling of the feet from RM !

I was at that 2008 AGM…..it was an interesting day 😉

Lots of talk about being brave, Jack Stephens being an amazing human being and how, given time it would have worked. Will be interesting to see if Carragher licks his arse cos he was a major critic of the way we were playing etc

They didn’t……..he did though !

Touché 😆

Very generous from a multi millionaire whose property and land in Gloucestershire is so big a race horse trainer is based and works out of the Estate. The trainers rent is probably greater than Lowe’s MP salary but hey if you want to paint him as a generous man of the people instead of the c**t he is then knock yourself out mate 🙄

Everyone is expecting them to hand us back our arses on a plate but I reckon it'll only be 1-0, maybe 2-0 to Liverpool through a combination of their minds being elsewhere, one or two being rested and Ramsdale making some great saves.

Rohl - got the hair, needs to work on the beard for the full Russell Martin look !

We beat Stoke’s reserves eventually but failed to overcome the might of Burnley’s second eleven !

well just checking out that twitter feed its a well established (2012) and seemingly reliable source for SW news so........

Because he was assistant manager to the German national team when Ralph left I believe

Fernandes, Ramsdale and THB wont be here next season, whatever happens becuase they will be sold with the aim of raising money to buy a promotion capable team. I'm not sure what will happen with Dibling if i'm honest.

To be honest the black one is quite appropriate at the moment.

"So, we have a pretty fed up fanbase who are totally dis-enagaged with the club. What do we do to win them back?" "I know, lets release the 2003 European kit and charge them £50 for it that'll make them all nostalgic and get them back on side" FFS !!!

You cannot be serious! Even RM used to make changes dead on 60 mins (or as near as) cos they were running out of steam (nothing to do with 2 days off a week and just passing the bloody thing around in little triangles in training I'm sure). There is a reason everything is so slow and laboured, THEY AREN'T FIT ENOUGH !! A crap player who is being outclassed can still put in tons more effort than this shower of shite. Juric was on a hiding to nothing trying to get them fitter from mid-season onwards but whilst there have been the very odd sighting its by and large not changed.

I would really like to know how Dragan is tied in with this SR lot legally. What I mean is, is it possible for him to basically sack them or has he a binding contract with them that makes any such action either impossible or extremely long and drawn out? They have bascially taken his money and pissed it up against a wall. No wonder he isn't happy and has taken over as Chairman. But I would really like to know what action he can take......not what WE think he should do but what he actually can do.

Well the game is sandwiched between their two European games against PSG so thats possible......might only be about 4 rather than 7 or 8-0 then !

To be fair to Blackmore he's in a very difficult position. The local radio want/need a good working relationship with the club, and he needs a relationship of some kind with the manager (Martin must have driven him nuts cos he was so bloody prickly if asked something he didnt like). If he came out like the fans and was calling for the manager to go at every opportunity he would lose that good will from the club, access to players would be cut off and we would be back to the days of Cortese banning The Echo. If people dont think that Blackmore knows this is a complete shit show then they are living in fantasy land. Of course he bloody does, and if by some miracle he hadnt worked it out himself he's got Jo Tessem telling him at every opportunity! This is his job remember, he has to show some level of professionalism, he's not a spokesman for a disgruntled fanbase. Ok sometimes he says some idiot things, plays devils advocat a little too much but overall he's decent and working under trying circumstances at the moment.

Two games in 4 days for Kamaldeen…..I take it we’ve forgotten the treating him with kid gloves because of injury concerns then !

I thought Saturday’s selection was bad but bloody hell, Smallbone and Sugawara !!!!

I kind of wanted this guy to suceed. I thought his no nonsense approach might make a few of these players man up a bit. I realised it wouldn't be an overnight fix BUT some of his decisions with line ups and subs, some of his tactics, some of the things he says (I knew the players before I got here.....err you effin didnt mate). I wanted him to have a full pre-season, to bring his own style of players into the club and to see what happens next season..... With every passing game I'm wanting this less and less to the point where I'm really past caring but I do think we need a clean sweep and start again cos this is just complete shite !

Oh yeah, I agree, he is the least of our problems and over-worked isnt even in doubt. For me he isnt Niemi class I guess is what I'm saying.

I have to say for me Ramsdale is an odd one. He is a top keeper......sometimes........but he is prone to errors or just plain lapses. Yesterday he kicked the ball out of play near the halfway line when he was under no pressure and the guy behind me said "if McCarthy had done that he would have got the dogs abuse chucked at him" and I agree, he would. Ok, yes he saved us from a 6 or 7 goal defeat as he has done a few times but he does let a lot in that you look at and think "umm shouldn't he have got that?" Ramsdale has now got three relegations on his CV. Ok you can argue the clubs he's played for it would be expected but Arsenal saw something in him, or not mores the case, that made them go out and find a replacement. It will be interesting to see what type of club come in for him over the summer and whether they would want a season long loan before comitting to buying him outright.

That could well be my last match at St Mary’s this season. I really can’t keep putting myself through this shite game after game.

I have absolutely no doubt he could be more than useful next season but, as you say, its a big IF......a very big IF !