He's talking about the season as a whole, but the way that the team underperformed in the final third of it was surely not acceptable and has to better if we are to avoid a relegation scrap.
Saints fans will have a great day out, meeting up with old friends, drinking beer at London prices, singing at the tops of their voices, then missing the last train home. We may not win, but since when has supporting Saints been results-driven?
Correct me if l have this wrong, but did l not read at the start of last season that a top half finish was the aspiration of Ralph. We secured our survival, l think, just before the second to last game of the season (when someone lost to another team, or something like that). If l am remotely close with any of the above, l cannot comprehend Ralph's statement. BTW, l never believed we were a top 10 team. I thought or hoped we might have come 12-14.
Absolutely. Brentford was probably my favourite away last season and we were complete dogshit. Probably the worst I've seen us away under Ralph in fact. Likely a correlation there tbh.
You stood behind the barrier didn’t you? And found out the hard way, to always have the barrier at your back?
Didn't have a choice! By the time we got there there wasn't much space left, and still they kept shoving more in. This was the FA cup semi against Liverpool in '86, 3 years before Hillsborough.
When fans were treated like cattle, yeah. It’s actually a miracle there weren’t more disasters back then.
I was there with a brother. We took up a position as close as we could to the half way line, then looked around, a while later, to see the guys who normally stood behind us at the Dell were stood behind us. Old habits I guess.
I do remember talk of a top 10 finish and certainly after our good run ( just before Villa away) I can remember Ralph saying there was an opportunity. But I think it was more us fans at the start of the season. I thought Ralph’s MO was to not set targets.
It would sound better if he put his hands up and said that the group (players and staff) were not good enough collectively and the standards this season have to be better from everyone at the club. There's nothing to gain by blaming the players solely.
Yeah that was a weird statement. I’d like to think it got lost in translation somewhere but we know Ralph works in mysterious ways.
Genuinely don’t know how anyone has the money to go to away games and spend all day on the beers anymore. £10 a pint in London now fair play to ya. Wish I could join. Up the saints
I was going to drive but with price of fuel it's actually cheaper for me to get national express up in the morning and be able to have 4/5 beers. Added bonus of avoiding the **** brigade on the train too.
