Saint86

This lot are going to do so much damage to saints its unreal. Tragic really 😭.

As has been said in another thread. I've also mused for a while that it's like we're run by a pompey fan...

Apparently our plan is to pass the ball around in any dangerous situation to allow the other side to get into solid defensive positions.

Agreed. The entire fanbase should have been able to pick a better starting 11!

Wait. Is he actually going to out a CB in at CB and move a cdm to cdm? Wow. Maybe he reads these comments? 😂🤣

Ah, I didn't know that!

I've got it on ps4 but it's basically the same home screen. Just scrolled down a bit on the sports screen and found a sideways scroll bar with all the games there as thumbnails. Wasn't hidden in any options or anything.

Now TV are broadcasting it? I'm literally watching it. There is no replays or punditry though, halftime is just a flash screen of Southampton vs Ipswich over the top of the pitchside camera view 😂 Genuinely think it would be better for your mental wellbeing to not watch this shit though. It's depressing and will make you sad or angry 😑

We've got our cdm at CB, a lightweight cm as cdm, and an attacking midfield ex cage footballer as CM... Our best on the books CB is on loan at psv for peanuts and we keep getting done through the same suicidal play at the back or counter attacks... Its an epic shit show. Just look at SMS, what should be a top of the table clash and there are huge areas of empty seats, and if you can't hear a pin drop it's because of the jeering and boos. We've gone down and gone straight back to a struggling champ team already. Sports republic have absolutely gutted our club.

This mananger is a real dud i fear. We simply have no central midfield, no pressing intensity or off the ball drilling at all, and our defensive shape is abysmal... And thats outside of the fact that he sets the team up to play suicidally as his desired way of playing. Selles would have been far better than this shit. In all seriousness, I just wish we had never sacked Ralph tbh. Would rehire him in a heartbeat even now. And I think I'll say this every week... Playing us is the footballing equivalent of taking candy from a baby. I don't think I've ever seen a worse saints side defensively. It's just embarrassing if nothing else. The players must hate it being made to look like absolute idiots every other minute and every single game.

I'd say its not looking promising to watch it over Now TV sadly.

£27M. 3 years left, club captain, best player, plays every minute of every game for basically 3 seasons consecutively (bar that Chelsea red)... Such bad business by us.

Exactly as Fareham says... Baz had as good a game as possible considering the shit show going on in front of him, his distribution was pretty damn good as well (not that Martin wants us playing that way).

Einstein was naive though...

Its the bit where he said the fans were naive for expecting better that really reminded me of Nathan Jones. Pressure is getting to him already.

Its far worse that last season imo. We've got one of the best squads in the league even after relegation. The last games hassenhuttle had with a fit squad he beat Chelsea and outplayed united.... Feels like an absolute age ago and we've had some absolute dross managers in since then. We've lost 9-1 over the last 2 games... Yet martin's just called the fanbase naïve in his post match interview... and he's done that at the same time as saying he's proud of tonight's performance 🤣. Are Leicester fan's naïve for expecting their team to bounce back? I thought post Sunderland and in this pre match he was already starting to make excuses, but now he's escalating to criticising the fans already?! Obviously feeling the pressure a bit, but a worrying sign none the less. And how can anyone be more naïve than this manager in all seriousness? His tactics are batshit suicidal and he can't just tell the players to "defend better than they are"... whilst saying "I'm really proud of them doing what we want them to do"... Does he really not realise he needs to change his tactics ffs. 16goals in 6 league games, no clean sheets, humiliated by Gillingham ffs, and we're naïve.

Cheerio cheerio cheerio....

Just an absolute joke to be honest. Better magic up some tactical Nous or i can see him not being here for Stoke.

Quite.

May as well try to throw an absolute wedge at potter - if you don't ask you don't get, and if he was interested we'd be mad not to take him in a heartbeat.

I look forward to the usual suspects finding ways to blame Baz for once again being on the receiving end of Russball.

Stronger squad by the end of the window they said. Win the league they said... 9-1 down over the past 100min of football.

This manager is clueless. Gifted 4 goals. He was a defender as well ffs.

Selection unforgiveable and tactics are just utter nonsense.

Appallingly bad defensively - and that is on the manager. He's had 2.5 months with them and a great many games now.... and yet still a bunch of u10's would default to better defensive positions than he has us playing. No CDM, fullbacks out of position, no pressing, suicidal playing out from the back when the opposition is setup to press it perfectly and we have had success at playing longer from Baz. Just shocking. Sunderland was one thing, but its clear he not only hasn't learned, but that he is not interested in learning. Also pressing in 1s is pointless, we just waste energy, and free up a Leicester player in the middle which allows them to very quickly spread the ball up field and put us under pressure - basics!! Playing against us must be like taking candy from a child.