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Saints just not in this game at all. How Forest haven't scored more is a mystery.

Saints defending is a real clown show.

VAR to the rescue. 3-1.

Has to be offside. Not with this ref though.

Now Ramsdale joins the party. A shocker. 4-1. Stupid free kick to give away in the first place mind.

That is onside surely.

Bedders almost offside with that finish. Looks onside.

Forest break with pace. Saints don't.

KWP shoots! Off target as with so many Saints shots. Beside that there's been very little idea from Saints in the attacking third.

3-0. Simple football from Forest. Cross into the box to the big man to head in. All stemmed from three Saints players running away from the ball in midfield.

Need an exorcism to get rid of the Martin fannying around at the back before giving the ball away influence.

Ref as bad as I thought he'd be.

Armstrong misses a sitter.

Forest stroll through Saints midfield from a throw-in, defence backs off, shot, 1-0. Dreadful defending.

Fraser to score a consolation in the last minute.

I'm hoping that our attackers have been getting some shooting practice. Just a bit more composure with the finishing on Thursday would have seen Saints walk away with 3 points, not for the first time either.

Just come in from the dentist. Bournemouth doing the business again then.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/who-scored-blog/2025/jan/18/southampton-premier-league-record-derby-football-points?CMP=share_btn_url Just where are the points going to come from? I fancy us to surprise Forest and grab a point though.

Martin had these players for half a season. It'll take the rest of this campaign to get rid of his malign influence.

Last time we played ManU we did well for 30 minutes. This time we did so for an hour or more. Progress of a sort I suppose.

Fitness lacking still. Physically and mentally unable to last 100 minutes. Getting there but getting over Martin's bad influence is going to take more time yet.

Of all the substitutions available I must admit that putting on Smallbone to play something that might be considered to be a false 9 was not in my playbook. From that moment on it was one way traffic.

Did Smallbone do anything other than lose the ball for their equaliser? Seemed pretty anonymous. Manager will learn something from that.

We played alright for an hour or so but ultimately didn't have the guts to win a game. Story of the season really.

There's that losing mentality.