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I am prepared to bet my right Nadger that it was entirely down to a lack of confidence brought on by two successive managers who didn't believe in creating chances.

Usually a sad moment in any World Cup seeing Brazil go out. Not this time. Getting that bellend Neymar out of the tournament is a good thing for the game. Shocking example to set kids. He can do all the Ollies, Stepovers and Rabona's he likes but he is still a stain on the game.

No way we are getting anywhere near winning this thing whilst the VAR operators behave like they are the judges at the Eurovision Song Contest.

And the free kicks. Remember the floaty free kick against Iceland in the 90th minute that went over everyones head and out at the back stick for a goal kick? Better this time around to get on the end of things and the knock downs. Hodgson was a muppet.

To be fair, it is because he is actually a terrible player in an England shirt. The agenda exists for a reason. You can't hide behind an 'agenda' agenda to criticise anyone calling the bloke out for being a terrible player in an England shirt. 4.1 on the BBC Player rater - last by two thirds of a point for a reason.

That happened in the A League final in Australia. Result was a goal in the 9th minute with 3 players offside - but the VAR broke. The protocol didn't allow them to look at the Broadcasters clear pictures so the whole Nation knew it was offside, but not the officials. The game finished 1-0 with the winners having parked the bus for the rest of the game. Total and utter disaster. Hawkeye I think it was. Glasseye more like.

Yup - I have one. Are you going to set up a SaintsWeb league or am I? Or is there one already? There was a big one for the regular EPL season.

Haha. Hadn't seen this before. This is exactly how I feel about the England team. Comes from decades of under-performing when it matters, with the exclusion of Le Tissier the pinnacle of yellow-bellied-chicken, safety first turgidity.

Stick with what we have - they are all either good enough already (Yoshi and Bednarek) or have the potential to become good enough. What has been missing is confidence, and organisation/coaching.

Great for Man City, never shown any form in an International Shirt. Remind you of anyone else?

As a former international striker himself I would be interested to see if Hughes can make something out of Carillo. At $20M he only needs to improve him to be half the player Grealish is to break even.

Glad we got Sparky. At least we will get to see some football now, and results are also likely to improve. I bet Reed was trying to hang on for Jokanovic, we are officially continental knob jockey free for the first time in two seasons. Time for Reed to explain his role and plans, and how Sparky fits into that, or bugger off.

Jokanovic would be exactly the same as Puel and Pellegrino. Continental knob jockey fixated on possession and the press. Same as Emery. Sick of it. Might have mentioned it before. I am hoping when Hughes gets back from leave its virtual pistols at dawn between him and Les and its Les they carry out feet first.

He has been in charge of football operations. For two years the football has been bilge, and unsuccessful. As soon as Sparky came in the keep ball philosophy got canned and we got the points we needed. So Hughes potentially exposed Les's football philosophy as flawed. Now we are waiting an inordinate amount of time for the club to confirm Hughes as Manager, and the Director of Football Operations is still in place. Get rid of the problem. Get rid of Les.

Arteta would be yet another continental knob jockey obsessed with keeping the ball slowly trying to work it into zones and defending from our own corners. Sick of it. Hughes has proven he can mix up the pretty football with the effective football and is light years ahead for me in terms of preference for the job.

After being responsible for the appointments of Puel and Pellegrino he has the nerve to put forward another candidate to be considered as an alternative to Hughes. Every day he is showing that he is more and more out of touch. If Hughes gets the gig, he ought to do the decent thing and move on now. Did a good job over his full tenure, but on the downward part of the bell curve now.

If Les was responsible for Puel and Pellegrino he has some nerve trying to put forward another candidate. I think he is hell-bent on a footballing philosophy based on possession at all costs. Hughes has come in, kicked a few butts and mixed up the style with some route 1 and he is horrified. Time for him to go. Did a great job over the years but has totally lost the plot now. if there ever was a 'Southampton Way' and it was in any part a tactical philosophy - then obviously every side we ever played would know how to set up and play against us. Mixing it up like Sparky did at the seasons end is what it is all about. Keep the opposition guessing.

This is pretty much what Hodgson was alluding to after the Iceland game - that the performance and the result was going to damage reputations and therefore the team in future tournaments. We all want to see England succeed, but the jury is well and truly out on whether the likes of Dier, Sterling and Kane can do it in major tournaments, when it really matters. Just once would be good, and a step on the road to redemption as Internationals. Beating up Lithuania, Malta, Mordor and Narnia in the qualifiers doesn't count. And don't get me started on friendlies.

Rose has been hopeless all season - in and out and poor when he played - and hopeless at every major international tournament he has been at. Same goes for Cahill, and Dier and Welbeck. Even Kane and Sterling have been very very average in England shirts at major tournaments. No adventure at all in the selection of the 23. Expect to see us needing to beat Belgium to get out of the Group, then failing to do that.

Get Hughes in. I never want to see the dogmatic stubborn pig-headed unwavering adherence to defensive possession based football, with no variation, ever again at Saints. That was entirely down to the Boards appointment of two continental knob jockeys who probably slept with the UEFA Coaching Manual. At a Board level surely Reed has to contribute something to the dissemination of last season. I would love to know (1) how he explains the non-delivery of attacking football under Pellegrino and (2) Why the football Board stuck with Pellegrino for so long when it was clearly failing in mid-December. I don't think Gao is going to be tipping any money into the club for a transfer kitty - don't really see why he should. The club needs to be sustainable on its own income and expenditure without relying on injections of Capital.

We have seen Hughes getting results by mixing up the styles of play. The last thing we want now is another continental knob jockey that believes possession is everything and that you defend from your own corner by always playing it short. 100% Hughes for me.

I would love to know why he didn't deliver the attacking football we were promised when he was recruited. Something very very odd there. Answering that one would give a far better insight into the total failure that defined his time here. Should have been pushed way earlier - after Leicester at Home.

Fulham 74% possession 2 shots on target. Short cornes every time so as to negate the counter-attack. Remind you of anyone we know? Jokanovic? No thanks.

Great player and has shown great restraint in not sticking one on Pellegrino, or at least doing a Boufal. Really hope he stays and scores 20 next season. If he goes, he will always be a Saints hero in my eyes for the goal last night. Massive goal.

Yep - good performance, no nonsense, ignored a few dives both ways which I always like. And didn't play the big I AM with the stoppage time either. Unlike Billy Big Balls Moss.