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I wouldn't say he has been "pretty great" as he was super frustrating: you could see flashes of the talent he has but he never seemed to be able to apply that for a longer period of time. That being said, he has been a good servant to the club and wish him nothing but the best. I do sometimes wonder if some of the maligned players suffered from bad coaching and playing in a terrible team that they could not recover from at Saints (not to say they won;t elsewhere).

Lots of promising signs based on the cameos from Edozie and Mara. We will be a very exciting team once the youngsters bed in, Lavia gets fit: we'll still struggle to score goals though. Our summer signings look terrific and bode really well for the future. Hoping we can get Salisu to extend too as him and ABK look formidable at the back - first time in many, many years we can say that.

Yep, been terrible since he came on. Personally, I would take Perraud off, bring Mara on and put Djeneppo at LB. Perraud is being skinned very time they attack.

I'd stop digging if I were you.....

In Moi's defence he works really hard for the team. That being said he is slow in thought and movement that stops any fast attacking breaks dead in their tracks. Both him and Diallo have been very, very poor IMO. Rest of the side have done OK - nothing Bazanu could have done re. the goal: an unmarked player who scuffs a shot rather than hitting it cleanly. For the hysterical tarts moaning about him I would much rather have him back there than Forster or McCarthy.

We offered almost nothing as an attacking force that half, Aribo aside. Moi working hard but absolutely zero threat as an attacking force and Diallo is far too lightweight for this league. Hopefully both pulled at half time and bring Mara on to link the forward play and MN to add some solidity.

Disagree - I would hope he is welcomed back with open arms as that seems to be the type of club we are. Tough for a 16 year old lad to move with all the pressure of big bucks - particularly if he is shy. Much better that he realized he had made a mistake and address it rather than being miserable and perhaps drifting out of football. Hopefully SFC can protect him and gradually bring him in as sounds like he is a real talent. I certainly hope that he, Ballard, Doyle and others get a chance at playing for the first team this season.

If either of them turn out like Bazanu or Lavia we have bought very, very well again. Exciting times to be a Saints fan......first time since Lawrie Mac we are pushing the boat out. No excuses this season.

Awful performance so far. Absolutely terrible - not sure what the hell Diallo is doing starting or what the point of Moi is

It was Salisu

I still think we needed to sign an experienced pro like tarkowski. Abk is too young and we needed experience.

My god - is this Karen Carney commentating in the US? Absolutely dire "Leicester scored early in the 1st half", "adam armstrong did really well today" and a voice made for the deaf

Couldn;t agree more. She may have been a decent player but she is an absolutely awful commentator.

Too many people on here playing Championship Manager methinks. Lets go and sign another 5 players - no worries. Actually that would be a disaster as how would they all integrate? We need a striker and (possibly) RB cover but otherwise we should be good. Bednarek, McCarthy, Stephens, Redmond, Walcott, Moi out and it will have been an excellent window. Plus we have some talented youngsters it would be good to see in spells.

Maybe Ballard is the answer to our striker problems? He scores for fun at every level: however Ralph is likely to play him at CB if he gets a chance.

I expect Valery to play at CB with KWP and Djenepo as wing backs. Extremely negative formation - not sure what, if any, service Adam Armstrong will get

Bednarek always ends up on his arse - terrible player with awful positional sense. The reason he makes so many blocks is his terrible positioning

Didn;t Monsieur Puel get pelters for playing with a style based on the constraints of squad quality? Looks like a very dull season in store the long suffering Saints fans. Zero creativity

What do you expect. Social media keyboard warriors in their ivory towers hiding behind anonymity and pathetic lives with too much hate in their hearts. Social media is a bad, bad thing.

Wow, that team looks horrible and shows how light we are in all positions. I really hope we make a couple of forward signings as the squad looks so light on goals.

Yes - under Dave Jones. And what a load of tosh most of those signings were (Scott Marshall anyone?).

Full backs is the one position we are OK at. Tino/KWP at RB , Peraud/Small (who can hopefully kick on) at LB plus some of the youngsters coming through. I keep seeing us linked with Delap from City as a loan - how about trying to grow our own, such as Olaigbe, Ballard, Pearce? No doubt CB, GK, AMF, ST are all areas we need to strengthen. Our team just does not create enough chances and creativity is non-existent. Hopefully Long, Walcott, Redmond, Djnepo, Elyonoussi, Bednarek are all gone in the summer. What a ridiculous decision to give Walcott a 2 year contract.

Good luck on your retirement Dave. A class act - should never have been made Saints manager but obviously Askham had him as a stop gap appointment while he tried to sell the club. Will never forget him keeping us up and being there while his wife was seriously ill in hospital - and then Askham sacked him. A decent man who did great work with the forerunner of the Academy.

So, so bad on so many levels. A clueless manager, spineless players, terrible recruitment the last few years and a team that seems more keen on keeping the score down than winning games. Shameful. So many new players needed but who will take Redmond, Walcott, Elyounoussi, Armstrong, Bednarek, McCarthy?

This game shows the full ineptitude of the current Saints squad. Absolutely zero cutting edge and no creativity in the final third whatsoever. Oh for a Tadic like player and a striker like Pelle.