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17 Dec 2025 07:39:07
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13 Dec 2025 14:39:06
The cracks are beginning to show and the post Will run shine starting to dim.

2 loses in the last four and only one clean sheet under Tonda - in a game which Leicester had a red card.

On paper it should have been a winnable game, especially if the run we were on was down to managerial prowess.

Yes it was a handball but also I would never have had Armstrong on penalties.

I'm interested to see what/if any signings are bought in January. He needs to put his stamp on the team and by identifying dead weight (for me Archer, ect) and bringing in one or two solid player's.

As I've said the star players of our recent run are players bought in by Will. So this run is through a team Tonda inherited, which has been a concern for me.it means possibly that Will Still just needed a little more time.

BUT hopefully it's just a dip, big game against Coventry and I won't judge Tonda (positively or negatively) too much until after January. As I say, I want to see what he truly knows about building/putting a team together.

.on a side note, Norwich are now doing what we did. Turn of fortune's with a new recent manager > manager bounce ??

14 Dec 2025 00:24:21
Yes Armstrong is NO penalty taker ( history shows) and it’s CRIMINAL to leave Ronnie Edwards on the bench with three massive UNDERPERFORMERS In the backline.January FIX is another required positional necessity apart from goalkeeper and striker at the very least, . KOM.

14 Dec 2025 13:56:01
I think for me downs in midfield looked fragile, wellington has not been at it since his injury, and frazer was not at the races. I don’t really want to go up again. It would be the same as last year if we go up. Let’s have a couple of seasons building a squad, as our 2nd string seem to not be strong enough to cover. GK still a must.

13 Dec 2025 13:26:46
Has no manager ever looked at Armstrong's penalty record ?

He's horrendous at them, same as he is overall in the premier league.

Azaz is in good form and I'd rather have him on them. You need a presence when taking penalties, Armstrong always looks like he's the keepers going to save it before he takes it.

Also - playing risky football at the back, is RM part of our background team now ?

13 Dec 2025 14:49:04
Didn’t watch the game, but when I heard Stephans was in starting lineup I feared the worst . How did he perform today? We can’t ever win 1-0 with him in defence . How does he still get game time . Stars would be interesting, goals conceded stephans in/out of team . ?

13 Dec 2025 16:52:28
Now matter how quick and skilful your attack is, if your defence contains stephens it will always be slow getting the ball forward. Whereas in previous games we were quick to move the ball around the whole pitch, this time we were too dithery.
I know the plan is to draw your opponents to you and then make the decisive break. but it relies on precise and quick balls to the front line. We didn’t do that today …

13 Dec 2025 17:37:44
It was a throw back to the RM regime - thinking we have a back line of Bobby Moore and Frank Beckenbauer. Now they could play out with precision and intelligence. Our lot - not a chance. It was key stone cops at times dicing with calamity.

I agree with y’all about Stephens - absolute waste of space. Negativity and no urgency ever.

We definitely missed Fellows - Frazer had probably his worst game in a Saints shirt.

We’ve found a way to lose games and that starts with Stephen’s inclusion.

14 Dec 2025 10:23:40
I watched the whole game yesterday, it appeared that our defence didn’t want to progress much further than 25 yards from our goal line. It also appeared that Jander and Downes were expected to cover half of the pitch, they looked tired and confused.
I’m not sure if the above was the managers request or players not adhering to instruction. I was very disappointed to see no urgency in the last 15 minutes to score a second goal but that is based on recent results so my expectations are a lot higher than 2 months ago.
18 points from a possible 24 is a fantastic return so I’ll keep being positive about Eckhert and his methods.

15 Dec 2025 10:42:08
Encouraging wing backs to play up the pitch and attack more is fine if the defence does not contain players like Stephens.
We have a very fluid, quick attack that is scoring goals!
But we have a defence and midfield that contains slow and predictable players. While there is lots of romance around the return of Romeu, I was not a fan of this.
Very slow, rash tackles and rarely a decisive forward pass.
Stephens has to be removed from the starting line up as do a few others.
Disappointing

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