Many didn't like Alf Ramsey's style of play (wingless wonders) but we won the World Cup in 1966!!! Most fans don't give a flying feck if we have 30%, 50%, 70% or 90% possession or complete 200, 400, 600 or 800 passes. They just crave success and want to be in the Premier League. Let's be blunt, some of JDT's football was boring and cr@p - don't talk about style - and it didn't deliver at the business end of the season with very poor results. I would rather have a manager who wears his emotion on his sleeve rather than a morose Mowbray type who, IMO, at times, looked and behaved as though he didn't give a toss on the touchline / in the dug out. If Jones could get us to the PL every single supporter should rejoice including yourself.

Feel sure many Saints' fans will be underwhelmed by Martin's appointment. Just what has he achieved as a football manager? Did he take MKD up - no. He joined Swansea for the 2021/22 season after the club had just finished 4th in the Championship and he followed that up with 2 lower end league/midtable finishes. What he has done to earn a crack at Southampton is beyond me - just thankful if JDT does leave we wont have Martin as a replacement. I would be very surprised if Martin lasts the season at Saints. As for Jones as Rovers' head coach - done superbly at Luton in two spells but poor at Stoke and he was, IMO, a tad unlucky at Southampton (wrong appointment at the wrong time). Folk including you Chaddy, get obsessed with possession based football. It means feck all unless you do something positive with the ball when you have it like score some goals, win football matches from both losing and winning positions and get promoted! Burnley, Sheff U (auto promoted) and Coventry and Luton (play off finalists) all have a physicality, an aggression, a fighting spirit and a will to win to supplement when they have possession of the ball. It's no coincidence the possession based teams like Rovers, Sunderland and M'boro have been blown away. You need a particular type of manager to get out of the Championship - Jones ticks the boxes, Martin doesn't and very possibly JDT doesn't.

It can be - not rocket science. We all knew what we needed in the Jan. window - think Broughton failed big time otherwise we'd be up by now. Simples!

Bottom line is we need a manager to get us up. Jones did the spade work at Luton - an excellent Championship team. If he could complement what we have with some aggression, physicality, will to win and bottle, he'd feckin do for me! Whether he can do it in the PL - let's get there first. I

IMO, Martin is a w@nker and not for us. Will bomb at Southampton just as Nathan Jones did (wrong appointment at wrong time).

Nathan Jones followed by Russell Martin - God strewth. Think the lunatics are in charge of the asylum!

The Hull game really sticks in my throat. We'd just mullered Huddersfield in the 2nd half to come back from 2 down to almost win it so JDT instead of starting with the same 11 who played so superbly in that 2nd half at Huddersfield (as most managers would) totally fecked it up with his selections and tactics. JDT has a lot to answer for in those last 10 games with his selections and tactics - found wanting when it really mattered. You are absolutely right about the players though - not enough leaders or 'scumbags' who would instill some spine and bottle into the others.

Margins in football between success andthe 'also rans' are fine - Coventry are in the final and may well end up in the PL; we aren't - it's that simple.

It is - no one to blame but ourselves because we fecked everything up so badly including the transfer window. I think everyone at Rovers should hang their head in shame. Robins and Edwards have done terrific jobs at those two clubs. Their teams are well organised, hungry, physical and aggressive. What's more they have bottle. They are everything we aren't. Rovers' position is indefensible. Fed up of reading crap that we are punching above our weight, we can't compete financially - it's all sh1te. We are almost a shambles from top to bottom and that's why we've fecked it up so badly this season. There are no excuses. It's just the simple truth of the matter.

They feckin must be to have appointed Nathan Jones! As for Russell Martin - I think the lunatics have really taken over if they appoint him. I'd give it to Coyley before him! I

He is a wanker - pity we don't have one or two of those in our ranks to give us an edge.

You are right. We had a great chance this season and fecked it up so badly.

Terrific post!

You exude confidence in what you post often dismissing the content of other members' postings - all I'm suggesting is that you put your money where your mouth is if you are so confident in what you say; what could you lose?

We will see. £50 says either Potter or Rodgers at Southampton. Are you on?

Nail on head.

It is not one man. However, the one man who makes the team selections and sets the tactics is the manager and in my opinion he's got it so badly wrong at times over the last 10 matches. You look how we played in the first half at Huddersfield and Millwall today and how well we then played in the second half of those matches when personnel and tactics were changed at half time. So galling one more point would have done the trick. Yes we all know about Waggott, Broughton and Venky's but I think JDT screwed up badly over the last 10 games and a glorious opportunity has been lost - for this the buck stops with him.

Not at all. However, IMO, JDT has simply not made best use of what he has had available. Too many wrong selections, wrong starting line-ups and wrong tactics. After that superb 2nd half effort at Huddersfield, what he did for the next game at home to Hull which we only drew and has proved so costly was absolutely scandalous. That is just one example.

Gutted - I feel horrible. One man is to blame and that is our manager who over the last 10 games has got his team selections and tactics so, so wrong. Some of our first half performances have been woeful due to JDT screwing up his selections and tactics. IMO, the brutal truth is JDT hasn't got what it takes when it comes down to the real business. Seems like Dack is off and we need many more to follow him - too many with no bottle and simply not good enough.

Dack's farewell!!!

Feckin pathetic. That's me done maybe for good

All from Diaz chickening out of a challenge.

Get your money on us. That disallowed Millwall goal was a change in our luck. My heart is now saying it's game on! Keep dreaming!

Millwall at it intensely. Let's see who has the bottle in red shirts.

Think it's going to be a horrible day for us. Head says it wont work out for us today and even the heart has given up hope today. I just hope I'm wrong.