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This. RK really does know what he is doing.End of.

It's not just the keepers.Have a look at throw-ins. Never taken from where ball crossed line,player holds ball aloft until someone in position to receive it and continues looking around until the throw.Which takes bloody ages at times.Our players are as much to blame as any other. PS. Our 'counting' yesterday had some influence on Fosters yellow because we drew the Refs attention to it.He just couldn't ignore it after a while.Lets do it a little more at St.Marys.

RK should instruct Long to 'run at their defence'. We continue to waste players by trying to pass the ball into the net.Palace are not the finished article yet so have a few weaknesses. Ours is our shooting boots. PS. Why don't we leave someone in the centre circle for all corners? We had the opportunity three times yesterday to run at them from the half way mark but had to chase like madmen to get near their defence.

So all of a sudden Clattenberg is 'a good Ref'?

Mane is miles better than Long. Not today he wasn't!!!

Back an hour now. Had my dinner and time to reflect.MOTM today were the Saints Fans.I can't rate any of our players however as from what I saw they appeared clueless. I will never be a wrist-skitter but will only agree with those who were actually at the match.We were very poor.Higher possession is of little value when our 'striker' appears to have lost the plot.Pelle's head is really down and Koeman must accept responsibility for this.To top it all off the Baggies Obersturmbahnfuren decided to shut off our egress from the ground and send all the Saints fans down to the east of the Stadium (not the side of the Stadium) and as we had parked to the West we had to walk almost two miles to get to the car.The car was parked less than five minutes walk away.Almost everyone griped with great justification.Treat us like ****e and we won't be back. Roll on Tuesday where a three goal lead will raise the spirits.

And a Very Merry Christmas to all Express readers!!

Him not in Istanbul darlin' In Liverpool.

Did Brenda mention that 'The Ref had a good game'? I thought not,the Tosser.

Justice at last you arrogant bar stewards.Up Yours Brenda!

Not for us up here.Due east for 18 miles and home before six!

'Clagtail' is the only description I can give to the bar steward!

I see from the Match Schedules that we have Phil Dowd as Ref on Saturday.He's based in Stoke and also figures in the West Midlands FA. Can we hope that he's going to go by the rules rather than (as someone recently said) Ref us out of the top four? PS. Google Kevin Friend and look at the 'criticisms' it certainly ain't just us who have suffered from his incompetence. PPS. Brendan Rogers is the biggest 'clagtail' in the Prem.

Is this why we failed to appeal Ryans red v Swansea?

Who suggested this? RK will be asking who their Agent is just like the idiot who tried to interview him. It's bloody cringeworthy!!!!

Yep! Nailed - on!

There are already lots of snipers and doom merchants out there who continue to insist the 'bubble' will burst soon but as a very long standing Saint (58 years) I've heard them all over the years.I will never be arrogant in the way the 'we have the right to be in the top four' brigade are.I just love the place we are in,our superior goal difference and the way in which we continue to play the game 'our way'.'Up Yours' ye of little faith. I'm a Saint and proud to be so.

He's never been a 'friend' of ours.

Adrian gets red rescinded and SFC decide NOT to appeal against Ryan's (which I still believe was only a yellow) but who am I to argue with such an August body?

Footballs a funny old game. We'll probably go and thrash the Baggies!

Does a player have to be 'facing the goal' for a goal-scoring opportunity?How many back-heels have we seen recently that resulted in a goal.FA bottle it yet again.

WH also charged with not being able to control their players (according to SSN) What is that all about?

Well done Ronald,the Team and the Backroom Staff.Lets now go on and humiliate the 'Defectors'.

Shouldn't that be arksed?

How can a kick in the head on a six foot plus player (who was standing and not bending to head the ball) not be a red card? A deliberate handball (in another match last night) to score a goal should be a sending off for deliberate cheating. Professional Refs? Sphericals!