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That was a definite foul on Fernandes before the penalty

I think a lot of players will be in for s shock this summer. I can see Fernadnes, Dibbling and Ramsdale having being sought after. THB has his England cap and goal for his agent to help sell him. Charles and Edwards have mpressed on loan, so there may be bids for them . Diaz might well make his move to Sheffield United permanent. Other than that , Sulemana, Onachou , Sugawara , Aribo, ABK, Wellington and possibly Bedanarek will have suitors abroad. As for the rest, nobody is going to be after Mc Carthy, Bazunu, Stephens,Fraser, Taylor, Wood, Bree, Downes ,Manning and Smallbone. There may be a bit of interest in AA and Archer, but not on this seasons stats. I think we will be left with Mc Carthy, Bazunu, Taylor, Bree, Wood, Stephens Downes ,Manning , Smallbone AA, Fraser, Larios, Stewart and Edozie. If we are lucky we might keep Wellington, Charles and Edwards. I would like Onachou to stay, but he will probably go for a piss take offer from Turkey.

It worked for George Costanza in Seinfeld. 'The Opposite' is my favourite episode.

Wharton and Roberts show that there is some talent in the championship if you look hard enough. I like the look of Ivanovic at Millwall, a mobile centre forward who scores goals too. Very similar to Delap but scores a few from distance too. If Plymouth go down, I would buy either of their new Centre backs. Both look to attack the ball at all times and they would add a bit of grit to our back line. They might not be good enough for the PL, but neither were Jos Hoilberg and Mike Pickering. We will probably need some new No 10 /Wide players , as we would likely have only Edozie and Fraser left. Defensive Central Midfield also needs a boost, as we currently have no back up for Downes and Charles. I would have us something like New Keeper Res McCarthy, Bazunu Sugawara Edwards Plymouth Wellington Wood, Bree, Stephens, French Lad, Manning Downes Charles New, Smallbone , WitMarsh New Robinson, new Edozie Ivanovic Archer AA,Fraser , New , Ballard I fully expect Aribo, Dibbling , Fernandes, Ramsdale , Bednarek THB and Diaz to go. Keeping Sully or Tall Paul would be a bonus. I would also like to see the youngters get more minutes than we gave Dibbling SAA and Meghoma last time.

I gave up at 3 nil when Smallbone came on. I have been watching Saints for nearly 60 years and have never felt so disconnected from the club. We barely laid a glove on Brighton. For the rest of this season, can we get the team to run out to 'No Fun' by Iggy and the Stooges. None of that uplifting oh when the Saints nonsense.

God that was awful right from the team sheet , bar about 15 minutes of the second half. Everyman and his dog knew what Aribo and Smallbone would offer as a defensive sheild, Boh Diddley squat! This Last pts GD Bournemouth Home 1-3 1-0 -6 -14 Next up is Brighton at home and a chance to extend our run of consecutive home defeats . Last time they schooled us to our favoured 3 1 defeat, even though we had the worlds best manager Ancellotti Jones. I watched them get battered by Forest a few weeks ago, and their midfield then seemed to be trying out various Aribo/Smallbone combinations . However they seem to have got over it , with 2 good wins over Chelsea. A lot depends on how rejuvinated Downes is for this one, and if Big Les is fit enough to start.

I don't mind the 3 centre backs so much. It is playing without a defensive midfield that does my head. It only works in a fantasy football team, not on actual grass. We may as well go W M formation , it is that outdated.

Pretty much everyone, bar maybe Sullemana and Wellington, had an off day. Passing was terrible, crossing was even worse. As for Manning, he was the worst of the lot. Chose the wrong option every time, and missed a sitter. Can't understand why he swopped with Wellington, and why he didn't get hooked after they scored. PANTS !

I watched some of his debut against Leicester and his passing was amazing , long accurate and positive. Hard to judge his defending in that game as he had only been there for a few days and Leicester were having one of those days where we every breakaway resulted in a goal.

I still think that Leicester up this year. Last season they finished 7 points clear of Leeds in 3rd place. That is a whole 6 points that they didn't use. I am sure that their honarable accountants and legal team can get those points carried over to this season!

Well that was unexpected! Good battling performance, great debut from Wellington and a late poachers goal from Tall Paul. Even managed to to see the game out with the defensive midlfield powerhouse of Lallana and Smallbone. This Last pts GD Ipswich Away 1-2 1-0 -6 -13 Next up is Bournemouth at home . Last time they beat us 1 nil. I must admit that it felt like a much bigger defeat than that at the time, maybe because we already needed snookers by that point in the season.

An encouraging start, well a good cross and a goal, that was soon to be countered by taking 5 minutes for VAR to overturn a penalty decision. I have 2 issues with this, one is that 5 minutes is a long time for a dec ision that is eithe "clear" or "obvious". The other is that Aribo might have made contact with the ball if Isak didn't have hold of his shirt. We had a more clear and obvious one not given against Liverpool where Armstrong could be seen to have hold of a shirt after he was bowled over. Hats off to Les for pointing at Tonali after he let him run though to score, might have been better to run with him but not enough notice for anyone else to pick him up, or for anyone to put a bet on. pts GD Saudi on Tyne 1-3 1.4 -9 -15 Next up is Ipswich away. Other than Delap, I dn't see many Ipswich players being poached in the summer. However they do have a reat manager who has them well organised, and is great at making changes in the 2nd half to get them back into games. I have got the the point now, that I am maintly watching Saints to enjoy Fernandes and Dibbling in a red and white shirt. The rest is so much of a muchness. This equates to a 1-0 loss at Leeds in our last relegation season, or a painful 3-2 loss up there last season.

Spurs will be desperate to get some players in this week. I think we can sell them Larios, Stewart and Stephens. .

I was heavily involved in SISA. After Branfoot was removed and reqular meetings between SISA and the board it did all fall apart really, as there was nothing left to protest about as the club was being well run .

I think that the agent is being a dick here. Tyler is injured ATM, fairly minor this time but another time could have been career ending . He is on peanuts currently, a better contract will give Tyler more security, will give the agent a cut and will in no way impact when he is sold. Other than Van Dyke (tapping up) and Morgan ( too many others sold that window ), I can't think of another player that Saints have ever made to stay.