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Amo-Ameyaw lovely turn.

Is it possible to get relegated from pre-season?

Great build up there.

Charles looks so comfortable on the ball.

These premier league players don't half go down easily.

That's nowhere near the most insane thing I've seen a Saints manager do in the last couple of years.

It's clearly the best way for Martin to get a good read on McCarthy, Bree, Charles and Manning as a defensive unit

I want to see Charles + Lavia just once in central midfield before Liverpool rummage deeper in their pockets.

Given the number of goals we conceded from crosses last season I think cursed is an understatement.

For a moment I thought we were being linked with him. Sad to see another prominent figure from my childhood dying.

Are you supporting the right team?

Whilst it is indicative I don't think Bazunu is as bad as that stat made out. The number of free headers from crosses of players clean through unmarked given up by our defence also contributed to the quality of shots we were conceding.

Much as I know this forum loves a bit of xG. The xG stats for last season are illuminating both in defence and attack https://xgscore.io/xg-statistics/epl xG scored: 42.1 Goals scored: 36 xG conceded: 62.7 Goals conceded: 73 Which confirms what anyone who spent any amount of time watching Saints could see with their eyes. We couldn't finish our chances and our opponents could. The reason we came last is we didn't create enough chances and gave too many away. No other team had a similarly poor ratio of goals scored to goals conceded except Bournemouth. Much as I want Bazunu to succeed, there were times where he conceded goals he could (should) have saved, however we gave up a lot of chances. Much as I want(ed) Adams and co to succeed they couldn't hit a barn door with the proverbial banjo, however we also created almost nothing for our strikers. Even if we'd scored and conceded as per the average xG and xGC we'd still have been relegated. Or in layman's terms - we were proper shit last season. I will now go and fetch some popcorn for the inevitable xG centithread.

I keep reading that Liverpool want to get this done quickly. Yet their whole approach seems to be to leak a series of low valuations to the press rather than actually making a sane bid.

It's fine. The thread will die when people stop replying to each other.

The tempo of passing was noticeably higher. In particular when we crossed the halfway line. More one touch football and less ponderous stopping and turning back.

Except last season we almost never passed to the full back bombing forwards on the overlap leaving us repeatedly exposed when the "attacking" midfielder cut infield and lost the ball.

Sounds like the kind of signing we'd be all in for then.

Charles didn't exactly stop the attacker either.

That game was easy on the eye.

Oh dear. Poor keeping. Poor defending. 4-2

Sweet goal. Edozie skinned two to set that up

Selles has ditched the Arteta tribute act and is in a tracksuit by the looks of it.

Charles on now. Also Aribo, Djenepo, Lavia and Adams

Edozie and Manning coming on Tells and KWP off