2024/25 Relegation Thread

[Daytripper]

We need a couple of away wins from somewhere before end of season

Wolves, Palace potentially. Brentford, we won there last season as well.

 

[paultheblue]

Rohl's well regarded. But he's another "stick to his principals" manager. So they'll get pumped some games, win some.

But like you say, Prem is a big jump and a relegation scrap is different beast.

Sheffield Wednesday are potentially a far bigger club than Southampton, if he gets the right backing he should stay with them.

 

[chicoazul]

Media reporting that Southampton want Gerrard as their Manager.

What’s our last ever game at Goodison Park please?

 

[PeterGet]

I just have a feeling that we will draw all 3 games, so we will get 3 points,

Wolves I think will get beat in all 3, Ipswich will get beat in all 3, Leicester will beat Wolves and lose the other 2. I think Palace will lose to Arsenal, draw with Bournemouth and beat Southampton.

Fair assessment. Can't see us drawing all 3... I think we'll get a couple of points.

Can't decide if I'd prefer Wolves to beat Leicester or vice versa... Probably a draw would be ideal

 

[matty1878]

Wolves, Palace potentially. Brentford, we won there last season as well.

but wolves are changing manager

palace hot and cold

bees unbeaten at home

 

[Daytripper]

but wolves are changing manager

palace hot and cold

bees unbeaten at home

No reason we can’t take points from them mate

 

[Lanolin]

Who said the above? Pep Guardiola. A manager taking responsibility for what happens on the field. Rare and refreshing.

It's the usual under pressure manager interview, seen it a thousand times: 'At the end of the day it's my fault, I'm the manager. I mean I'm not the one who messed up obviously, and if the players did what I actually told them to do we wouldn't be in this mess, but ultimately I have to take responsibility. Even though it's not actually my fault'.

 

[Blue peter]

New manager bounce all around.

Unless of course O’Neill goes to Saints, and Martin to Wolves

 

[Drico]

Media reporting that Southampton want Gerrard as their Manager.

Dear Santa Claus,

I've been a good boy this year. My Christmas wish is world peace - but more pragmatically, for Southampton Football Club, that storied outfit of Lawrie McMenemy, Mick Channon, Kevin Keegan, Alan Ball, David Armstrong, and Brexit LeTissier, to appoint Steven Gerrard as its new head coach so that we can watch him slip into the Championship once more.

Yours in slippiness,

Drico.

 

[windymiller]

It's the usual under pressure manager interview, seen it a thousand times: 'At the end of the day it's my fault, I'm the manager. I mean I'm not the one who messed up obviously, and if the players did what I actually told them to do we wouldn't be in this mess, but ultimately I have to take responsibility. Even though it's not actually my fault'.

Have you ever seen Sean Dyche say it?

 

[Gilbert..]

Wolves, Palace potentially. Brentford, we won there last season as well.

Tough one that. 22 out of 24 points at home so far.
Top of the table for games at home this season.

 

[Daytripper]

Tough one that. 22 out of 24 points at home so far.
Top of the table for games at home this season.

True and I get your point, still, I feel we should not be going into those fixtures with a sense of a trepidation. They have to lose some time or at least get a point.

 

[Gilbert..]

True and I get your point, still, I feel we should not be going into those fixtures with a sense of a trepidation. They have to lose some time or at least get a point.

Hope so mate coz law of averages is all im clinging onto. We've so far won 1 game away in this calender year

 

[Runub]

Hope so mate coz law of averages is all im clinging onto. We've so far won 1 game away in this calender year

That’s a bit of a handicap that, especially when you hardly ever win at home as well

 

[Daytripper]

Hope so mate coz law of averages is all im clinging onto. We've so far won 1 game away in this calender year

As dreadful as Saturday was to watch, we got a point against one of the leagues better teams, not many of us thought we would beforehand, I certainly didn’t . At times it felt like we were simply delaying the inevitable but thankfully it didn’t happen.

Most of it is mentality mate, as mediocre as we are, you have to have some ability to make it as a top flight footballer, so if they could have a bit more about them in the attitude department, we could be better off.

It also stems from this “it’s fine” “stop cry arsing” attitude the club and some fans have . That thinking sets a behavioural pattern, it has here, embedded for years.

Now look at the state of it.