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Who as at fault for our recent poor form? on 14:40 - Feb 14 by I_would
Ralph and Ralph
And when Hughes was our manager, it was Hughes and Hughes at fault. Then it was Pellegrino and Pellegrino. Before that Puel. All of our of managers not up to it? The problem in terms of having more success is higher up. You have to.invest in quality players to get success. If we can't, ok but every season will be the same.
Who as at fault for our recent poor form? on 15:10 - Feb 14 by 1885_SFC
Not JWP?
I am surprised...
The boy is only captain as long as Ralph is in charge. He has his favourites like McCarthy, JWP, Redmond, used to be Longy. Ralph's sub today surprised even me.
Who as at fault for our recent poor form? on 15:09 - Feb 14 by Saintsforeverj
And when Hughes was our manager, it was Hughes and Hughes at fault. Then it was Pellegrino and Pellegrino. Before that Puel. All of our of managers not up to it? The problem in terms of having more success is higher up. You have to.invest in quality players to get success. If we can't, ok but every season will be the same.
Invest in quality players to get success? So we have Danny Ings, who just scored a contender for the goal of the season, amongst others. We have one of the best dead ball finishers in the world in Ward Prowse. We also have other top class players in Stuart Armstrong, Oriel Romeu, Bednarek, Bertrand, Walker Peters, Diallo, Redmond (unlucky not to score today), Vestergaard (who has improved massively this season but looked not match fit yet today). They were in total control of the game in the first half, cruising. And yet they get a very dodgy penalty against them and go to pieces with no direction from the manager. Then the panic substitutions start, followed by even more confusion after he takes Armstrong off. And I'm sure Forster would have saved that second goal - but Ralph chose to use McCarthy again. No wonder Ings looked totally pissed off.
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Who as at fault for our recent poor form? on 15:24 - Feb 14 with 772 views
Who as at fault for our recent poor form? on 15:09 - Feb 14 by Saintsforeverj
And when Hughes was our manager, it was Hughes and Hughes at fault. Then it was Pellegrino and Pellegrino. Before that Puel. All of our of managers not up to it? The problem in terms of having more success is higher up. You have to.invest in quality players to get success. If we can't, ok but every season will be the same.
Not sure why you include Puel, but the other two had weaker squads than we've got now. We've got good enough players to have done better than this — regardless of injuries & some iffy decisions - so Ralph has to carry the can. Doesn't mean that he's not doing a good job overall or that we should dream of replacing him.
Problem we have is the pressing game only works of you’ve got a better level of players than we have. This is why we lose from so many points from winning positions, as the team tires and makes error after error inevitably occurs. Ralph is responsible for choosing this style of play, which isn’t really working and although players should take some of the blame losing 6 in a row and one by 9-nil, questions need to be asked. Not saying by any means Ralph should be sacked as he has enough credit in the bank for a few more dodgy results, but results will have to change soon.
Who as at fault for our recent poor form? on 15:24 - Feb 14 by Ron11
Invest in quality players to get success? So we have Danny Ings, who just scored a contender for the goal of the season, amongst others. We have one of the best dead ball finishers in the world in Ward Prowse. We also have other top class players in Stuart Armstrong, Oriel Romeu, Bednarek, Bertrand, Walker Peters, Diallo, Redmond (unlucky not to score today), Vestergaard (who has improved massively this season but looked not match fit yet today). They were in total control of the game in the first half, cruising. And yet they get a very dodgy penalty against them and go to pieces with no direction from the manager. Then the panic substitutions start, followed by even more confusion after he takes Armstrong off. And I'm sure Forster would have saved that second goal - but Ralph chose to use McCarthy again. No wonder Ings looked totally pissed off.
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Ralph has improved all of the players you mention. Ward-Prowse wasn't even in the team before Ralph. Yes he should have dropped Mccarthy, I agree. But we are missing what the real problem is. I bet if we changed the manager, we would get the same result as we have done for the last 10 years. And that's many relegation battles, no trophies, the odd good season and continued disappointment.
Who as at fault for our recent poor form? on 15:32 - Feb 14 by Kennington
Problem we have is the pressing game only works of you’ve got a better level of players than we have. This is why we lose from so many points from winning positions, as the team tires and makes error after error inevitably occurs. Ralph is responsible for choosing this style of play, which isn’t really working and although players should take some of the blame losing 6 in a row and one by 9-nil, questions need to be asked. Not saying by any means Ralph should be sacked as he has enough credit in the bank for a few more dodgy results, but results will have to change soon.
Maybe it is our style of play that causes us to tire too easily.
But if that's true then we would have to revert to a more Puel approach, because we simply don't have the players to step in when the first team tires.
But Ralph won't/can't play like that. And would we want it? - this team and this manager have given us more exciting wins than the previous 3 put together.
Who as at fault for our recent poor form? on 15:24 - Feb 14 by pjt50
Not sure why you include Puel, but the other two had weaker squads than we've got now. We've got good enough players to have done better than this — regardless of injuries & some iffy decisions - so Ralph has to carry the can. Doesn't mean that he's not doing a good job overall or that we should dream of replacing him.
Hughes had Ings, Ward-Prowse, Bednerak, Ves, Redmond, Bertrand, Romeu, Long, Hodjberg and got no where.
Who as at fault for our recent poor form? on 15:49 - Feb 14 by pjt50
Hughes had Ings when he was struggling to find his fitness & touch. Where would Ralph & Saints be without a firing Ings?
Ralph came in and Ings got fitter, sharper and better. So did Ward-Prowse, Ves, Bednerac etc. Just a coincidence? Hughes got sacked, Pellegrino got sacked and now you think another manager with the lowest net spend in the league would do much better? Our highest ever position was 6th and that was when we had Mane and VD. Other than that we have had about 10 managers in 10 years and most were sacked.
Who as at fault for our recent poor form? on 15:51 - Feb 14 by Saintsforeverj
Ralph came in and Ings got fitter, sharper and better. So did Ward-Prowse, Ves, Bednerac etc. Just a coincidence? Hughes got sacked, Pellegrino got sacked and now you think another manager with the lowest net spend in the league would do much better? Our highest ever position was 6th and that was when we had Mane and VD. Other than that we have had about 10 managers in 10 years and most were sacked.
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No I don't (see my original post). But at the end of the day, if you give a manager the tools, the buck stops there. I still think Ralph is a great match for Saints.
Who as at fault for our recent poor form? on 15:57 - Feb 14 by pjt50
No I don't (see my original post). But at the end of the day, if you give a manager the tools, the buck stops there. I still think Ralph is a great match for Saints.
The problem is and always has been, that we don't match the investment levels of "any" team in the PL. It won't make any difference who the manager is. We just hope to have one who can perform miracles and make poor players into good ones. Ralph is making some mistakes but they all do, as they despair of just not having the resources needed.
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