Nordic Saint

He scored against Villarreal in the Champions League last night. He's scored 6 goals in his last 16 Champions League matches, including 2 against Man City, which isn't a bad scoring rate for a winger.

His save percentage this season is better than Alex McCarthy's: Championship Goalkeeper Stats | FBref.com

Yes, and one of the first things he did was to drop McCarthy. So, you think you know better and that he was wrong to do that, do you? We are winning so, Instead of moaning after every game, why don't you just enjoy it. I do.

We've had the same squad when McCarthy's played, yet our results with Bazunu are literally twice as good. At least Tonda Eckert can see that, even if you can't. We won again. Get over it. Do you really think you know better than Tonda Eckert?

He saved us tonight. We wouldn't have won that game with McCarthy in goal. We win games with Bazunu. That's why Tonda Eckert picks him and I prefer his judgement to that of a couple of prejudiced fans on here. In the Championship, we average 2 points per game with Bazunu in goal and only 1 point per game with McCarthy. That is a massive difference.

They haven't won any of their last 30 games against Chelsea, although their last win was only 66 years ago. So, that's more than 50 games over seven decades without a win against either Arsenal or Chelsea. No wonder the London clubs love playing there. Meanwhile, the TV pundits will be coming out with all the usual cliches, like, "This is a difficult place to win at". Yes, it is......for Portsmouth.

The last time Pompey beat Arsenal was 68 years ago. This will be their 23rd attempt since then.

You must really enjoy watching us lose games. With McCarthy in goal, we have won just 1 regular season game at St Mary's in the last FOUR YEARS, and that was 1½ years ago. That's how bad he is. When Bazunu plays we usually win.

Under Stiil, he looked lost and contributed very little; under Eckert, he fits in brilliantly and is creating and scoring lots of goals. Those who predicted he would come good (not me) were right.

He certainly did. He made 4 great saves.

All the Championship games Bazunu and McCarthy have played for Saints. The facts are freely avaliable on transfermarkt. You can check them yourself if you want. Whether you think someone is superb or terrible has no bearing on the facts, I'm afraid. Bazunu = 1.9 points per game/ 87 points over a season McCarthy = 1.0 points per game/ 46 points over a season Obviously, even though McCarthy has been here all the time Bazunu has, he hasn't played as many games because managers want to win. Bazunu W29 D12 L11 McCarthy W3 D3 L6

Based on all the Championship games they have played for Saints. Obviously McCarthy hasn't played as many times because managers want to win games. McCarthy average points per Saints Championship game = 1.0 Bazunu average points per Saints Championship game = 1.9 Over the whole season, that difference between them is worth more than 40 points and at least 20 league places.

You'd prefer Nathan Jones to Eckert? That's what doesn't make any sense.

I agree. Coventry are too far ahead now, even if we do the double over them, but I think we can finish runners-up and if we can keep Eckert next season, we'll stay in the Premier League.

Liverpool made a series of internal appointments - Paisley, Fagan, Dalglsh, Moran, Evans - during their most successful period. Anyway, wherever a manager comes from, it's all about results, and Eckert has just made the best start of any Saints manager, winning his first 3 games. Of course, if like all of his predecessors since Koeman, he has a losing run, he'll be replaced. A football manager is only a few defeats away from losing his job.