JoeShmoe

Vince out first ball duck , having a nightmare start to the season ...

Looking at that bowling line up we are going to struggle to take 20 wickets to win matches, a host of dibby dobby seamers - basically everything that is wrong with County Cricket. I mean how hard can it be to find a few lads in the schools who could bowl with pace?

Pelle needs to be dropped for Long, and Steve Davis needs to come back in, go 4-3-3 with Mane, Long and Djurcic up top

That looks bad for Targett, really hope he's ok

#SaintsFC team vs @QPRFC: Forster, Clyne, Fonte ©, Yoshida, Targett, Wanyama, S. Davis, Ward-Prowse, Elia, Mané, Pellè. MS on bench

I'd start with this too, with JWP and Tadic options off the bench Tadic has a habit of slowing down the play all the time and the clever passes he was making start of the year have gone. Get the base with MS and VW and let Mane and Elia run at the back 4 I'll lay money Austin scores against us though ....

Tadic quiet again , think Mane would more of a threat

This, for me he needs to be more involved in games, either by being more direct, demanding the ball a bit more or more physical but he has all the talent. If he can go up a level and get 5-10 goals a season he will be a first team player for a long time. Good to see in the gym as well as think he needs to bulk out a bit

Tadic has been woeful lately, I hope we start Elia and Mane and just go at them with pace, but can see a 3-5-2 type formation with Maya back. Swansea were gash against Blackburn and look like a team that have jacked it in for the season

This is what happens when you have no decent DM's who can protect the CB's - Reed should have played

Bit harsh on Reed, thought he was excellent at Newcastle

Forster; Clyne, Fonte, Gardos, Bertrand; Cork, S Davis; Tadic, W-Prowse, Elia; Pelle.

Clyne may go but i have faith in RonKo to find a decent replacement, if Burnley go down, i'd be all over Trippier for a start

Wonder if Isgrove or Hesketh might get a start ?

Terrible game

The problem with them is when you have players of the quality of ADM, Falcao, Rooney, RVP etc they can be carp for 89 minutes but open you up in a flash and finish - Fonte needs to have his head on right for this one. Bit like the City game players have to believe they can go there and win / do a job and level will have to be lot better than the Ipswich game

I get the feeling he'll a bit of a headless chicken but as a team we need pace to open things up so be interesting to see if he plays on Sun as straight replacement for Mane

We dont need 2 DM's on the pitch here, get Seager on

This

Mings looks a class act, we should go in for him

Going to need a change in formation at HT, Pelle far too isolated if it stays as is, id bring Long on for JWP or Tadic

We look a bit all over the show at the back with Toby at RB, id rather have the 3 with JWP as the RWB

JWP looks so light weight at times, wish he'd impose himself on games more than he does good game this ...

i've really liked this 3-5-2, worked really well, Pelle less isolated , couldn't play MS and VW together in that system though

I think we;ve actually looked better without Tadic and Mane, especially Mane