Let them have a field day. How does that affect you? Will it change your thinking? Or are you more worried that other people will make fun of you because you are a Saints fan? If the latter then shame on you. I will hear a lot of mickey taking this week and I will proudly smile and take it.
So you only see one result as a disappointment? What you worried about then? Yes, we should be winning at home against Wigan, but the fact we didn't shouldn't be a reason to despair. We exceeded all expectations against Man City, blew it against Man Utd when it was so close, and today we got a savage drubbing from the best team in the premiership. That's really not the worst start imaginable. Now it's time for everyone at the Club to show some backbone, supporters included.
I reiterate give the new squad and manager a chance, after 10 games if we are in the same situation I may agree. I know we have to start well but when you bring in a lot of new players you need time for them to bed in. I think after the Aston Villa game we will have a better idea. In recent years it is the teams that do not score that have been relegated and I think our team has goals, we just need to chose the right formation to achieve this; Ramirez also looked good. I know it is frustrating that we have lost four on the trot, however I think we have had an exceptional two years and it was never going to be like that this year, if fans want a win every week they may as well go and support Man U.
Sadly we are having a poor run........We may have just played the top 3 in the country and all that. Today we were outclassed by all accounts. We have a young squad who have to learn....Just as our manager has to learn. Together we succeed or together we fail.......which ever they are still my football club.
I'm still confident. I'll reassess the situation after 10 games. Let's get some points on the board against Villa and push on.
Were these the same people who thought it was too early to sack Pardew when we were in the bottom 4 of L1??? Weren't many saying sack the manager back then so what has changed???? Oh the fact that we are all so enthusiastic and optmistic these days and why is that? Simples.........Adkins and Cortese. Can't have it all guys. These 2 gave us the last 2 great years. You want that to stop now because we haven't bought a completely new squad? Give them a break because they have given you what we have now.
Judge us after the first ten games, I will only say that we're set for relegation if we still haven't won in those games. Even if we haven't, there's always the great escape-look at Fulham a few years ago.
As I said after united game, we are one point behind my expectations of the first four games. Yes, I'm worried, however let's have another 6 games and see how we progress. I think we will beat Villa and lose to Everton in the next two games.
"Ultimately, this is the reality of building a very young, very talented team: they're going to win some in spectacular fashion, and they're going to lose some in spectacular fashion. But I'd much rather than we followed the path that we're following -- putting together a group of players who have the potential to do much, much more than survive over the next few years -- and took on the inherent risks, rather than building merely to stick around. Swansea is a great example; they came up with ambition, they stayed up with ambition, and because of that ambition they've achieved a rare feat for a second-year team in replacing a good manager and good footballers with (potentially) an even better manager and better footballers. As a result, they very much appear a club that won't have to worry about relegation for some time, and they could have their eye on the top half of the table for some time." Here are a few words of wisdom from the member named Schad, they sum up our current position very well I feel.
So when has it ever been easy being a Saints fan ? We should be used to getting put through the mangle. So we got stuffed 6-1 - that`s over, so we move on. NA will be telling his players the season starts now. Keep the faith, the wins will come.
Long story short, we're not ****ed. We have a young manager and young players who haven't been here before. They are, if we give them time, better than their more experienced counterparts that for instance West Ham or QPR have signed. What we have is a group of players and a manager who are the makings of a very good side. With the fixtures and inexperience, our opening was always going to be a learning curve. Teams have gone on worse runs than this and stayed up, so there's no need to slit wrists. Draw a blue line under this result and 40 points from the remaining 34 games is a reasonable target.
May I just point out, we're less than a win behind Liverpool, and they haven't had as hard fixtures as we have. Wow. We've had one poor result in four. Really, get a grip.
