SaintBobby

I actually quite enjoyed the Club World Cup. Sure, it's a bit of a joke and a farce, but was reasonably entertaining in parts. Chelsea being crowned World Champions having been 15 points away from being English champions is hilarious. If they are remotely serious about the competition having a future, they need to let in more of the super teams. No Barcelona or Liverpool was a bit mad. At least the real World Cup tends to have the best 10-12 teams in the world competing in it, even if quite a few countries are just making up the numbers.

As others have said, can't really read much into such a match. One thing that I am a bit concerned though is who will play the number 10 role - didn't Fraser play there first half?

Bizarrely, I'm confident. Top 2.

I actually think we have a good Championship squad (even with a few leaving) - just a dire Premier League squad.

God, we are dire

Brilliant stuff. Didn’t flinch, didn’t fold.

I think we should have the Mary Rose on the club crest. Ok, it's actually in Portsmouth, but I think Henry VIII once visited Southampton.

I'd hope the job spec is an ability to escape the division and have a fair chance of surviving in the top flight. Dyche has a great record there.

In the Saints bar at the Villa match, Alan Curbishley was a guest and he suggested Sean Dyche. Is Dyche still on the open market?

No chance. Although we do have a fair chance of beating them at their place.

Relieved to get to 11 points. I guess we are "ahead" of Derby on goal difference unless we conceded about 16 goals more than we score in the next 5 matches and lose them all. (possible, I guess)

I'm sort of assuming/hoping we bring in about £100m quite easily (Dibling, Ramsdale and Fernandes). That should provide some sort of basis for rebuilding the squad. But we will probably spaff it away on re-signing Guido Carillo or some such like.

Quite the thing that I think all of us would now accept 3 points from the remaining 9 matches and finishing bottom with a grand total of 12 points.

That's rather what I mean by a lack of leadership. No one to lift heads.

The greatest failing - amongst many - is the complete lack of leaders on the pitch.