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Reply | Five-star Saints whitewash wretched Rangers – Report
at 21:49 26 Feb 2026
I don't agree with all of this. Our owners/Board have made it quite clear that they are going to try to develop the club from the bottom up rather than buying multi-million pound players like Birmingham. I think, given the club's financial situation, they have bought quite reasonably and Nourry is trying hard to bring in players who will come through. You can't blame him of not trying to get young players who will potentially make it.
I do agree that we have struggled to crack what is needed at first team level for continued success but I don't agree with some of the comments about the club strategy. |
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Thread | So ..... team for Saturday ?
at 21:17 26 Feb 2026
Was thinking about this at work but didn't make any progress
After a 5-0 defeat you'd normally drop a few players, but not so sure that's an option with so many out. I'm not so sure Sheff Utd is the game to chuck in the Devt Squad players who have been on the bench. Plus with RND not being able to play we are already going to be risking LB.
I'm really hoping that Saito re-emerges from his fallow period but I am not confident.
Think I'd be tempted to start Morgan and Varane in midfield purely for more energy than Hayden
Walsh
Mbengue
Esquerdinha
Varane
Dunne
Edwards
Vale
Morgan
Saito
Kone
Kolli
Subs: Nardi, Adamson, JCS, Smith, Alemaheyu, Bennie, Hayden, Pearman |
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Reply | Five-star Saints whitewash wretched Rangers – Report
at 13:51 26 Feb 2026
Very good report which has opened my eyes to the scale of the task in hand. This paragraph alone rings alarm bells without all the issues of our own making.
'As Julien Stéphan sought to wrestle back some semblance of control in this game he reached for Kealey Adamson, Daniel Bennie, Kieran Morgan and Jonathan Varane. Opposite number Tonda Eckert brought on Shea Charles (£10m), Samuel Edozie (£6m), Ross Stewart (£8m), Tom Fellows (£8m) and Cameron Archer (£15m)'
And this situation is only going to become more frequent in seasons to come
So I'm going to draw a line under it and keep the faith for this Saturday. It's going to be a really hard game - Wilder is going to be at his most bloodthirsty after last night.
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Reply | Constant Calls for Changing Managers ad Infinitum
at 14:35 25 Feb 2026
We were far too deep from the outset. Why not start high from the kick-off, and then retreat if you have to because it is breaking down ? Not immediately go deep making it so much easier for them and start playing football when we are one down. Disappointing tactics. But not for the first time. |
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Reply | Constant Calls for Changing Managers ad Infinitum
at 13:19 25 Feb 2026
What's the point of keeping a manager if he's not a good fit ? My own view is that he doesn't get the players to galvanise into playing good football on a consistent enough basis and that he isn't very good at taking the bull by the horns and setting us up to get on top in games. I'm not seeing that he's formatting us to do better than dour 0-0's away from home and giving it a go at home but often being found out. I believe there are much more innovative, inspirational managers out there who would be better for us. |
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Reply | Stephan
at 23:36 24 Feb 2026
It's not impressive. Only in his pre-match interview was he talking about the importance of consistency. It makes a mockery of that interview.
He says that it's his responsibility. I know that is standard manager speak after a heavy loss but he needs to be more specific and actually say that we were not strong and cohesive enough as a team and to hint at what he is going to do to remedy it.
When you lose 5-0 and could have lost by more you kind of need to tell things for what they are. |
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Reply | Walsh
at 23:28 24 Feb 2026
Walsh doesn't look instinctive to me. It all looks like it's programmed. Nardi was much more on it. He goes with the game. |
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Reply | Sports science
at 23:09 24 Feb 2026
I would question whether a huge number of our players have got it in them to do three games a week regularly. You can have all the sports science in the world but if a player doesn't have the physical or mental strength then I would say that it's at the hands of the due diligence team. |
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Reply | Stephan
at 23:00 24 Feb 2026
Zut alors, I hope his backroom team have got their fingers on the pulse.... |
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Thread | Sports science
at 22:22 24 Feb 2026
We need players that can do three games a week, it's as simple as that. The majority of our players are not up to it. You can count on one finger the number of our players who are up to it - Jimmy Dunne. No-one else in the club has proved themselves at being able to do it.
Where do we find such players ?
I have seen that quite a few of the clubs in the Championship have a large contingent of Scandinavian players - Blackburn, Southampton etc
Is that where we need to be looking ? [Post edited 24 Feb 22:22]
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Reply | Field...
at 22:09 24 Feb 2026
I don't think the result would have been any different with Sam Field in the team tonight, but he is better than Hayden. I do know that. |
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Reply | I've not started a match thread before, but I thought f*ck it, why not? v Saints
at 21:25 24 Feb 2026
What the hell is going on ?
The players are not even in the right positions, or giving it all for the team
This is a total and utter shambles and it is on the whole lot.
How Saito is still on the pitch defies belief. Even if it means a change of formation he should have been hooked at half time
Un-professional |
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Reply | Mr Kone
at 15:42 21 Feb 2026
His close control and passing isn't the best but he's got something about him and definitely keeps going and chasing down. You can see why JS leaves him on for 90 minutes every game. I thought Kolli was fine too. He worked hard and made one or two things happen.
My concern is Saito. He seems to have lost his zip and incision. |
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Reply | Gillette Fusion 5
at 14:57 16 Feb 2026
I don't have any issues with Gillette razor blades, or funnily enough, any that are blue. It's the yellow ones that I wouldn't recommend, unless you are wanting to erase your face. |
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Reply | Next season’s squad
at 21:30 15 Feb 2026
In fairness I don't think that many other Championhp teams are producing their own starlets off the conveyour belt season in season out. Most of the impressive youngsters in the Championship are on loan from Premiership clubs. It doesn't look to me that we are that far behind other Championship teams in terms of youth development. |
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