SaintBobby

Phew...am so pleased we won that and improved after a grim first 45.

Nerd :-)

I agree on cover, we need more...but the hard truth is we are going to pretty dependent on those two come what may.

Two nil...in your cup final...

Nice one Kiddo!

Lmabert on for Barnard

Good save from Kelvin

Lambert gets 9 min run out

Lallana off for Holmes. Sounds like a much, much better 2nd half performance.

Lallana....beauty!

sounds like a great cup tie now tbf

Saints best spell. Clearance off the line. Then Barnard loses balance and hits it over from 4 yards. Saints have "exploded into life"

We should beat them because our players are (a) worth vastly more than their players (b) paid vastly more than their players and © we are at home. HTH

This is dire by the sounds of it. But a good (or even reasonable) 45 mins now can kick start our season.

We need to coach our present players to acquire some pace, I fear. That might be tricky.

If we lose tonight, I think a modicum of panic is probably justified

I think...but was only half listening...the Saintsplayer commentator just said something like "and we are waiting on news as to whether Southampton are going to sign Nicky Butt or Robert Koren" Any otehr listeners confirm? Apols if he was just reading out a (speculative) text.

Id love to see a photo of that. Oh.

I haven't heard Wotton or Hammond mentioned in the commentary at all really. Merrington: Pardew must shake up, AFCB have bossed midfield, Saints def not a threat up front and not getting the ball wide

sounds like they are all over us TBH Saints "absolutely rocking" at the back

AOC had best chance of the half. Bournemouth break and hit crossbar...still Saints cant clear.....

38 minutes and..according to Merrington..."we haven't been any threat at all" Great run from Lallana and Puncheon screws up...his first touch described as "woeful" and "abysmal"

Dickson caught in possession (again?) Seems to be having a mare.

Bournemouth on top now...."all Eddie Howe's side at the moment" Saints defence "under the cosh"

It is certainly reaching high levels of farce...I guess that is amusing in a way. One interesting thing in that BBC website piece is the fact that calls from the Beeb were not returned. That's not an encouraging sign and is pretty much breaking rule 1 of media relations.