Charlie Wayman

We should keep the Romeu / JWP partnership going come what may, it is the engine room of our team. Diallo's outstanding performance against the BDs means he should be included in the starting XI. The obvious swap is for Armstrong who has struggled of late and needs some time out. RH could also try a 4-3-3

His mother probably said "don't head the bloody ball son or you'll end up with Alzheimer's"

You mean like Michael and Micky? Richard & Dicky? Nicholas & Nicky? I'm sure most including Rickie see themselves as Ricky! 😂

Still make him over the hill and far away....

That's good, I suggested signing him several years ago when he was a raw kid. Always seemed to have real potential that has so far gone unfulfilled. As for those seeing a future here for Chambers, you need to get down to Specsavers! This is not a retirement home for ex-Saints wannaways. Ricky Lambert would be a safer bet.

Most of the ex-Saints have been moved on. Only Mane and a cameo by AOC. Time to put this jibe to bed.

Good result even if a bit lucky. Diallo looks decent. Ref fair.

The teams that have held Liverpool to a draw have generally been defence minded teams well set up to weather the inevitable storm of fast raids by their three frontmen. We are not set up like that at all, our normal attacking game will play right into their hands and they will pick us off piece by piece with fast counter attacks. With our usual reluctance to score and predictable descent into panic stations defending, the best I can see coming is 1-3 to the visitors and perhaps even worse. They are just too good for us in particular. No doubt RH will see only good from the defeat

Yes, it's been down since yesterday. Not seen the press events or anything. Surely they should have sorted it by now.

It's the offside rule that needs to be clarified not VAR. Standing in an offside position when the ball is last played should be offside? This hand, foot ,toe, elbow thing is ruining the game.

I agree with that. Is there any basic set of requirements or process for appointing soccer pundits or is it all a carve up between Lineker and his mates MeMe Shearer & Ever-Wrong Wright? Don't get me started on Jermaine Jenas........ expletive deleted. Sadly none of them seem to have even the faintest idea of English grammar, ostensibly their native language!

Hmm! Not sure this is wise, there is so much that isn't known about this virus. If people don't believe a positive result then why would they believe a negative one? Sounds like the philosophy here is keep testing until you get the result you want. Never trust anybody who has a vested interest in brushing problems under the carpet. If he does turn up for training before Monday then please SFC make sure he wears mask. At least it will help limit the damage that could be done.

Where did that pearl of wisdom come from?

No way JWP will leave Southampton. Stop worrying.

Newcastle effectively stifled the Scousers attack last night and it was interesting to see the league leaders resorting to long speculative balls over to the wings in order to try and breakdown the Geordies defence..... but without success. Not only that but in the early part of the game Newcastle looked the better side and should have gone ahead from at least one of the chances they created. The Liverpool defence looked all over the place at times and their much lauded full backs looked anything but the world class players that many hold them to be. This should give us real encouragement as we comprehensively outclassed Newcastle in all departments and won convincingly when they came to St Mary's earlier in the season. That doesn't mean that there are grounds for complacency, far from it but it could mean that Liverpool can be beaten especially when they are on the road. This just might be one of the big upsets of the weekend fixtures. I can see the copy lines now after Danny Ings grabs a hat-trick against his old muckers!

Hope he is not beginning to complain about his lot here, after all he knew what he was taking on.

You are right of course but it is ironic that we let the lad go and brought in another untested youngster who is seemingly no better to replace him. Perhaps the lesson to be learned is that Boufal's occasional bursts of brilliance which Djenepo hasn't matched yet was about as good as it gets for Saints.

Far too slow and far too unimaginative. I think we have been found out and can no longer break the lines as we did earlier in the season. WHU defended well in depth, not only could we not get through them but we didn't win many balls in their box either. The whole team was mediocre at best and seemingly out-of-sorts. Persisted too long with Djenepo when it was obvious he was having a mare. Bit concerned about this lad in fact. Felt sorry for Bertrand who had no outlet as a result and became largely ineffective as an attacking force. The game is all about partnerships and Redmond seems to be Bertie's natural partner. Once again we descended into our frustrating square and back passing game when we couldn't work out how to deal with their packed defence. It sometimes took two, three or even four safe intermediate passes before the ball found its way from the CBs to either KWP or Bertie on the wing when a single pass would have done the trick. Aargh! We seem terrified to lose the ball since RH announced that we are now a possession based team. I screamed at the Telly when Long replaced Adams and true to form he did his one run con trick and then disappeared from the game. Danny was well and truly shackled all evening and really didn't get a sniff after his early offside (Adams) foray. What is becoming self evident is that although we are hard to beat we are nowhere near creative or fast thinking enough to score many goals especially now in this league where everyone seems intent on keeping clean sheets. Of course we are not the only culprits but we need to up our game if we do not want to end up in mid-table mediocrity.

If ever there was a meaningless statement this is it! How many of 'our fans" do you actually know? Reminder for you; Fans watch = passive Players play = active Managers manage = active

The problem is that Ralph is risk averse and so very unlikely to start Salisu against this dogged and skilful WestHam side. We saw on Saturday how Diallo struggled on his first start with the pace of the modern PL game especially in the first half and a similar shock-wave would engulf Salisu. He wouldn't have time to settle in and then speed up. Last thing we need is to go one down early on. Stephens will get the nod again for that reason, we don't have anybody else!

Quite interesting stat that 8 of the top 10 have drawn their last match, suggesting that most of the teams are much of a muchness, hard to break down in defence but also finding it increasingly difficult to score. Is this a sign of clubs adopting ever more defensive tactics following the maxim that if they keep a clean sheet they will get something from the game? Or could it be that strikers with notoriously fragile confidence are finding it increasingly difficult to raise their game without crowds singing their names and pushing them on? What it does mean is that a win by any of the clubs gives them a chance of moving quickly up the table. Despite our recent run of indifferent form we find ourselves in just this position, win tonight and conceivably we could be in the top 4 whether we deserve to be or not is a mute question. It is going to be a miserable day today, rain, sleet and temps just above Zero, not ideal for football and certainly not designed to bring the best out of players born in hotter climes. I fear a dour, rugged and mistake strewn game in which one goal will win it. It will come down to who makes that vital error leading to the goal and my money is on Stephens who is reliably error prone, like passing to the oppo's when clearing the lines or falling asleep on the job. I fear a typical Saints missed opportunity with the chance to go 4th. For me Hammers will snatch it 1-0.

It's getting a bit depressing at the moment, every time you look at the table we seem to have drifted a place or two lower. Even Everton & Villa are above us now, clubs that we beat comfortably a few weeks ago. If the Hammers do their usual rug pulling trick on us tomorrow followed by the inevitable loss to the Scousers, much of the excitement and anticipation of the new 'Southampton way' will have evaporated and current media intrigue will wane. Weirdly we do not seem to be playing badly yet we are no longer scoring for fun and the results are not coming quite as freely as a month ago. Ralph said he was comfortable with the draw at Fulham. I hope he was biting his lip when he said that. We've not had a win in three and soon it could be no wins in five. This is not the time for complacency otherwise what looked like being a very good season for us might suddenly take on a whole new complexion.

Don't let's go down the boring old conspiracy theory route again. We do not operate like that any more. We are not a selling club. Ralph said Vestergaard had a knee problem.

Totally agree with you on this although Ralph seems to prefer Theo in the No 10 position but as we saw yesterday Theo can be a goal poacher par excellence as a striker. The key in Ralph's mind must be Theo's work-rate against the ball and his ability to track back into defence and be all over the pitch helping out. With Theo up top all of that extra stuff would be lost. With Theo at 10 though it creates a problem up top as we saw yesterday, we have no decent strikers to replace Ings. I dread he selects Long again. No idea where we are with Redmond, if he's even half fit he would be a better bet up top than Long, Obafemi or Tella and N'lundulu isn't ready for first team duties yet. I just wonder too if he might be tempted to put Diallo in as a No 10 in place of Armstrong and give himself the option of going 4-3-3

He moved his arm towards the ball and made contact. What else can it be other than a penalty. Clear cut!