Charlie Wayman

firstrow was great today

One win from two on the road is Ok but we must beat Chelsea on Wednesday to have any chance of ending in the top 8. Morgan's creativity and defensive cover clearly missing today, Lovren especially looked vulnerable without him in front.

Had you bought a season ticket old chum.....

Hopefully at home to Chelsea in the 3rd minute in front of 32,000 adoring fans.

Phew! At least that particular monkey is off our backs. Just the right response to all the growing concern. I guess Louvren will be back in for Yoshida but with Schneiderlin on a one-match ban the Everton trip will not be easy peasy. Still a good result for now and a timely morale boost for the lads.

Sadly, many mangers have fallen by that particular sword. The fact is PL football is now a squad game involving tactical changes based on the individual abilities of players making up the squad and on match days the group on the field plus those selected for the bench. The bench is not there as a set of spares or replacement parts as in years gone by, each player selected for a bench place now is as important as the starting Xi and is expected to be able to come on at some stage of a match and help re-shape the patterns of play if called upon to do so. The manager must make sure he has the right group together on match day to meet the expected needs. is some people are absent through injury then the manager must re-shape his tactics to best use the talents at his disposal. That's how managerial success will be measured these days. That's why the plea of injury-hit squads has no resonance upstairs where football is a win-win activity only. I genuinely like what Pochettino is trying to achieve with his squad but I also genuinely fear for his future if they get nothing from these next three games... and whether we will speak its name or not, three defeats is not an unlikely outcome.

I can't believe you guys are being serious about Luke Shaw. He's worth more to us than any sum of money that the London crews would be willing to splash and we desperately need him here for ever. Be careful what you write even flippantly as you could easily give the guy the wrong messages on here, he is an ardent social media follower and probably reads this forum even if he doesn't reply. Let's be totally unequivocal about this WE WANT LUKE SHAW TO STAY HERE. EFF OFF CHELSEA, ARSENAL & MANURE!

Defo Ricky who was head down every time he went down the tunnel on Sunday and we were all talking about it at the time, not at all like him. Best not to speculate about private lives but new contract could be an issue or the lack of one?

If we lose 2 or even all 3 of the next 3 - which let it be said is quite possible and not at all unlikely - it will be very difficult for Pochettino to defend his position; Cortese will be in effect be forced to take some sort of action to stop the rot. This may be too soon to appoint a new manager even for our Master Strategist but no doubt the process is now in full swing in earnest. Bookies favourite is our old friend Roberto de Matteo so don't be surprised to see him here around January 13/14th.

Wonder who decides when the kids are ready and which ones? Is it obvious and foolproof or do we lose some through the net because the coaches don't know how to get the best from them?

But it's the same for everyone and Spurs were not at full strength either. We are told continually that PL football is a squad game so it's no excuse that some regulars are out injured and other squad members have to step up. Truth is we are limited taking all that into account. Deal with real world facts old chum not your dreamworld facts. This is the team that we have for this season no amount of wishful thinking will change matters.

All at sea today. This side is beginning to look distinctly limited an dthe better teams are finding us out. Disappointed in he coaches who seemed paralysed into inaction when we needed some fresh approach to get us moving. Only Lallana and Chambers can hold their heads high tonight, the rest were awful or ****ged out depending on your perspective. Ricky's whole body language was wrong from the get-go so assume he had a ding-dong with his missus yesterday, he was certainly absent on duty and seemingly in a foul mood all afternoon.

Guess which twit went to the match today? No prizes, got effing soaked as well. Place was absolutely deserted but then it was Spurs so no clues there. Thought I'd share this story to give you all a laugh on a sodden miserable day

Please promise her that she will never ever have to go with you to St Mary's, take her to Marwell or Peppa Pig World or the Southampton Art Gallery but never SMS!

Quiet day so let's invent some arbitrary stats.

What a misguided idiot you are, just that.. I suppose you think its funny to trot out xenophobic nonsense like this

Really glad they're giving STH's a chance to buy their own seats before other buggers get hold of them.

Here we go again another snide snipe at Ricky Lambert who has been a greater asset to this club over the past few years than anybody else you could mention. What is wrong with people like you who seem only to do down our players.

Joe Hart must be first choice surely.

Failed at Chelsea, failed at Spurs... oh! dear hope he has another skill or profession to fall back on other than "football manager". I should think Big Sam will be next through the revolving door and quite soon... and never rule out an early Pochettino exit either, can't imagine Signor Cortese had 10th place in mind as part of his 5 year world domination vision.

You, sir need to stop thinking about anything if this depressingly pathetic tripe is all that your brain can come up with.

What we don't want to do now is lose one of these two kids because they can't get a start when fit. Chambers is a big lad so why not convert him to a right side mid fielded to take over from the old warhorses Jos and Jose? Then we can play both and no problem even more academy boys ion the perm.

Don't be Daft

He's probably been a regular for 50 years and deserving of respect for just getting up there every week despite his obvious difficulties of older age. Remember at heart he is just like you or me, a glassy eyed kid wishing on the moon for a Saints win and a contented evening with pipe and slippers in his favourite armchair and excited by the prospect of re-living his oh so recent memories on MotD. A happy man indeed. It's not a case of your future, this is his present the body may become less reliable but spirit remains the same... Forever a Saint!

I agree with you about giving the Schneiderlin-Cork partnership a chance to flourish again. They were good last season before Wanyama came here and did not have the benefit of Louvren marshalling the back four behind them so we have never seen a like v like comparison. Results tell plenty but sometimes it seems Schneiderlin & Wanyama do not click although as individuals they are both pretty good players. Schneiderlin has the better vision and perception of the three whilst Cork and Wanyama seem to be similar energetic box-to-box players but my guess is that Cork is more effective in tackles and concedes fewer fouls.