Match Day Thread Derby County vs Saints, Sat 4th October, 15:00

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I think we need to accept we’re unlikely to go up this season. And do we really want to after the **** we were served up last year?

I think we’re set for being a good championship side until something in the clubs hierarchy changes (ie sale).

We’ve all been crying out for a striker for years, they buy downs and rely on Stewart Armstrong and archer. It was obvious that Stewart wouldn’t be able to play more than 3 games without going off. He’s been injured for 3 years FFS.
 
Please correct me if I am wrong. Will Still likes to play a direct attack with a hold up player as his first "Go to" choice? Today after Stewart went off injured we lost all momentum and looked poor? But didn't we have a hold up player already in the very tall shape of Paul Onuachu last season that could have come on as sub?
I know he wasn't the best quality but so far he's banged in 5 goals in 7 appearances for Trabzonspor in the Turkish league, could it be argued that Downs is an inferior striker to the one we were desperate to get rid of?
We all knew that we were lacking in the striker department but SR decided to hang their colours onto the mast of a very inexperienced striker who's (putting it mildly) is struggling to find his feet, wasn't this a clear example of SR willingness to gamble?
And talking about gambling isn't Will Still dividing the opinion of the Saints fans? A guy with limited success and zero experience in England?
As always just Saying
 
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So I guess Ipswich should also be beating Derby?

Not many teams have actually beaten Derby…
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And once again "tiny Southampton" syndrome strikes not606. Ffs its Derby county. Yes we should be beating them, yes we should be annoyed we're not. Look at the money which has been spent (albeit on total ****e) against the rest of the league. Where are we? 2 wins in 9 and in 16th place. Why the apathy?
 
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LincolnSaint said:
And once again "tiny Southampton" syndrome strikes not606. Ffs its Derby county. Yes we should be beating them, yes we should be annoyed we're not. Look at the money which has been spent (albeit on total ****e) against the rest of the league. Where are we? 2 wins in 9 and in 16th place. Why the apathy?
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Not apathy. Just have my eyes open and not living in your little warm bubble of anger.
 
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LincolnSaint said:
And once again "tiny Southampton" syndrome strikes not606. Ffs its Derby county. Yes we should be beating them, yes we should be annoyed we're not. Look at the money which has been spent (albeit on total ****e) against the rest of the league. Where are we? 2 wins in 9 and in 16th place. Why the apathy?
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I think you can be both. It's kind of where I am. I'm pissed off with our start. I didn't expect promotion, but I did think we'd start better than this I think.

But I also don't go into a game expecting to beat or smash someone, just because they haven't spent the money we have.
 
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Saints_Alive said:
I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this sense of entitlement from some Saints fans in this league, it's no better than the fans of big six in the PL that we hate.
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We are a big fish in the Championship. As fans, we should be expecting wins most week. Of course we have to earn them but there's nothing entitled about expecting the team to win against the likes of Derby.
 
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I don't know what some people were expecting either today or yesterday. We were never doing to be in a promotion campaign.

I think that Will Still will prove to be a brilliant coach but I feel he will need to develop thus new squad. The results in the last few matche have improved for a reason which was the squad was demoralised and needed a revamp.

The only criticism I have is the forward line. If we believe in Downs , loan him to 1st or 2nd division team to get some experience. I do think there will be further changes in January.
 
Saints Fan4Life said:
I think you can be both. It's kind of where I am. I'm pissed off with our start. I didn't expect promotion, but I did think we'd start better than this I think.

But I also don't go into a game expecting to beat or smash someone, just because they haven't spent the money we have.
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I thought we'd be doing better, but also recognise that it's a big job integrating a whole new load of players for a young manager finding his own way in the league too. Yes we should probably be on more points now, but there's enough quality there and enough to suggest that once he finds/stumbles on the right chemistry, we'll be fine.
 
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Le Tissier's Laces said:
I thought we'd be doing better, but also recognise that it's a big job integrating a whole new load of players for a young manager finding his own way in the league too. Yes we should probably be on more points now, but there's enough quality there and enough to suggest that once he finds/stumbles on the right chemistry, we'll be fine.
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Yeah, that's where I'm at. Especially when you consider last season as well. That **** ain't easy to recover from.
 
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