coalman

This is shaping up for Leicester failing to convert their dominance and us nicking 2 goals in the second half.

To be fair that looked like a foul on Che. KWP MIA though.

At least we're back on top of the possession stats.

Vardy should be seeing yellow there for dissent

I see we've learned from the Cardiff game. How to invite pressure and hope they don't convert.

Awww bless. Sky are still pretending it's still a 4 way title fight.

I'm expecting to see a complete performance tonight. A period of total dominance where we can't convert and Che fails to score when 1 on 1 with their keeper. Brooks indifferent at the periphery of the game. Rothwell anonymous in midfield. A McCarthy howler where we forget he's in goal and fanny about at the back. A goal scored where a winger is able to advance down the middle of the pitch unmarked. A late goal deciding the game against us. Followed by a Saintsweb meltdown about how we didn't make automatic promotion. Nothing else is going to set us up for the playoffs.

After swiping at air over the weekend, the banjo will be enraged. Leicester beware. Hat-trick incoming.

You mean when in the build up on Sky will they mention it? Probably about 5 minutes in.

I really don't want Hull to make the playoffs. They outplayed us for their win. Would prefer West Brom to Norwich who have the players to really exploit our system.

Some of the attacking play I've seen this season has been up with the best Saints have ever produced in my lifetime. I look forward to games rather than dreading them last season. That being said, we offer up too many gilt edged chances. So unless we convert our chances we run the risk of being pegged back. We're not clinical at either end of the pitch. This is partly down to our players and partly the space we offer attacking teams. This is something Martin can learn. On top of that we don't have a plan to tighten up and hold into leads. This is something Martin needs to learn. Given the improvement in play from last season I'm happy for Martin to continue as long as he's addressing that. Changing manager every season (or worse) is a soul destroying experience. We won't develop as a club without some stability. I don't see us getting a manager who is the finished article. For every Pochettino or Koeman there are multiple Hughes, Jones and Selles. Martin ticks a lots of the boxes we want. We should stick with him.

They weren't the players we needed to bring in in January. No disrespect to either but those were positions we were strong in already. With talented kids on the verge of breaking through. Not getting in a striker or defensive midfielder left us exposed. Not to mention our well documented shot stopping inability. By adding players we didn't need we've upset the team balance and ignored glaring problems we've had for a long time. It's led to substitutions for the sake of minutes rather than having a positive impact on the game.

To be fair to Martin he's accepted that THB and Bednarek are our best centre back pairing (now watch him out in Stephens). Now he's got to get his head around needing more steel in midfield. He's got the team creating lots of chances. We still allow too many in return. Nothing the manager can do about our ability to finish though worth noting that both Edozie and Fraser have significantly outperformed their expected goals. I would be tempted to play both instead of Adam Armstrong and Brooks. Both can run their fullbacks ragged. McCarthy KWP THB Bednarek Mannjng Aribo. Downes. Charles Edozie. Adams. Fraser

I'd have liked to see us start with Aribo, Armstrong and Charles in midfield today. Or Aribo, Downes and Charles once Downes is fit.

Should have been out of sight there. The team was well balanced and created more than enough chances to win the game. My criticism would be after they got to 1-1 Cardiff were the only team that seemed to want it. They really upped their intensity. Then we took off our best midfielder (Aribo) and replaced him with Rothwell which invited Cardiff to overrun us. And finally we just threw every attacking midfielder bar Dibling and wondered why we completely lost our shape. So, kudos to the manager for setting up the team to win this game and the team for creating great chances. But shit finishing let us down and our second half substitutes didn't alter the game in our favour (the opposite in fact).

Still time for our trademark 99th minute winner

Now let's shuffle around some attacking midfielders and lose control of the middle of the park.

20 minutes left for Cardiff to get the winner here.

68th

Even if that wasn't a foul, Che fluffed the open goal

We sure know how to play out a dominant 1-1

Adams! Screws it wide.

Ref is shaping to send Armstrong off

Che! Through again. Then Brooks banjos another.

Wow. Free header to Cardiff there