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We'd have to play Middlesbrough away (us with a 3 goal deficit) before being allowed anywhere near the final.

Hah, maybe. My perception of him was that hey did well. He joined when confidence was destroyed with 2 points from 11 games. He ultimately got them up to 20points and almost overhauled burnley - despite selling strand larson and replacing him with AA. I personally took that as a reasonable achievement. Possibly the fans are just understandably very unhappy and are blaming anyone attached to last season's fiasco. But if you compare it to our 12point relegation season, where the team weren't as badly off as wolves were when he joined, and yet were so demoralized they gave up every time a goal went in... There was no danger of us ever reaching 20 points.

If we do end up sacking Tonda, i certainly wouldn't be against Edwards as a future saints manager. Can see Burnley trying to get him on board ASAP.

This one is mental. They had a proven manager at championship level who was preparing his team for next season and who had saved them from the seemingly near certainty of being the worst ever prem side... I know they love Portugal... but the Championship is one of the most competitive leagues in world football.. About as far from the Portuguese top flight as you can get. Absolutely huge gamble.

I've just said similar to an Everton supporting mate (whilst rubbing his face in it - as he did to us over Spygate 😄). He then started moaning about Burnley cheating against them on the pitch in 2 matches... We're getting to the point now where any result can be challenged due to "cheating", and where results will be determined by clubs' legal line ups and settled in the courts. Total mess!

Yes, financially doping your team across multiple seasons is blatantly more impact than scouting a team a inside an arbitrary window.

That's a bugger for us. Goes a long way to wiping out the first year reduction in parachute payments.

I think he did score a corner for West Ham, so technically he has surpassed Beckham's record for set piece goals 😄🙃

Dom Ballard should be an obvious target for us. Young, hungry, bound to improve. Loves saints, hates Pompey. Best striker in the tier below, 25% discount for saints, and gives us something different to Larin.

So, in summation, you agree with my general sentiments of alarm over the prospect of Long and Baz being our backups 😅

Do you think Bazunu and George Long would be of suitable quality to get us promoted after a long term Peretz injury? Really? 😅

Our form under Eckert with a back 4 equates to 113points over a 46game season. Its not all about West Ham. Need to keep THB, Scienza, and Jander though.

Desperate stuff. One injury to Peretz away from mid table / relegation.

I agree. He had a disjointed season last year. Started off at wing back being played out of position in a poor side. Did he then lose confidence or pick up a knock? He seemed to fall in an out of the team going into our incredible run and struggled to recover. Regardless, he's definitely got the right attributes to be effective - his wing play is very dangerous and he's got a cracking cross and good engine. Hopefully we see more of him this coming season.

Not sure about that, I think Sullivan is majority owner and the speculation is that his kids will now take up a greater role in management. Eitherway, it's a potential limbo at the top of the club during a critical period.