SaintSteve

Pelle has just given a master class in Centre forward play..

As much as I like Pellegrini, he doesn't fit our usual recruit. We look to appoint younger hungry managers who are on the upward path. Marco Silva would be nearer the mould we may go for.

The only positive is Hodgson would go...we've already wasted another 2 years with a tactically naive and negativel thinking manager

Except that neither Lukaku nor Benteke have a football brain..whereas Pelle does and contributes far more to a team ethic.

That's a rather ignorant statement..we have a squad full of internationals, and with a couple of additions will challenge the top four again. Koeman is no magician.. He did no more than what was expected with our squad.

Oxlade-chamberlain is too injury prone to consider and Chambers, who I really rated when here, has gone backwards. Given Koeman let him go tells me he won't be coming either.

Means nothing..If De Gea wasn't in goal, they would have finished mid table and let in many more.

No..he can't play CB as we have seen this season. Not quick enough to be a full back which leaves defensive midfield..no thanks

Why..cos he plays for us..played well but don't let bias dictate reality. Actually, There is not much difference between Rose and Bertrand, possibly Bertrand reads the game slightly better; nearest we have to Ashley Cole IMO..lets hope Hodgson feels the same way.

He's not even good, does not suit our way of playing and is a Red card waiting to happen.

According to the BBC sport website he was subbed after 40 mins..had a great half then?

Except Mane is twice the player Walcott is..Walcott has no football brain, just pace.. He'd be a squad player here.

As physical as Spurs were, Chelsea are everything that's bad in the game...usual antics surrounding the referee..who was excellent. I wanted a Spurs victory as I always support ex Saints players/managers.. Who knows what Spurs team turns up next week now.. Although I suspect they will be determined to be 2nd.

Exactly...lets see how they deal with our pace upfront.. Should be an exciting watch.

Could not agree more...and why we persisted with aimless crosses in the air against Huth/Morgan beggars belief.

A poor game to watch..we gave them too much respect as that is the worst Man Utd side I've ever seen. Clasie our best player and Long worked his socks off plus we now have a goal scoring machine Happy days

Sorry but the 1st goal was right in my eyeline and Stek had no chance...Caulker totally at fault. The only goal I thought he could have saved was the 3rd goal and even then he would have seen it very late. It was just one game where every shot on target was virtually unstoppable...sign of players with high confidence.

Except that Davis is the 1st name on the team sheet every week...how many caps has he got.. He is the only link between midfield and attack that we have.

What a ridiculous comparison..Beckham was the best passer in the world for 10 years.. Ward-Prowse is not even an EPL level player.

Watching the Sky highlights..we did not play badly but there is no excuse for playing Yoshida at RB..and Ward-Prowse is non-existent. Koeman's selections yet again questionable.

Alpine is right in that we are lost without Mane...makes one wonder what Koeman was thinking about on Saturday. Being tired is irrelevant as its better to start him for an hour then Long for 30 mins.. Unless he's carrying an injury.

A Edited..the only time Manes control is not superb is when he's thinking too far ahead of himself...certainly better than Rooneys.

Nonsense...we defended far too deep and our midfield was non-existent.. A better team would have taken us apart.

Perhaps you should watch him play and provide us all with your expert opinion...hardly touches the ball, cannot run, gets brushed off the ball too easily and makes little impact on games...that's mine.

And a class man..similar to Pellegrini and Koeman in their openness and honesty.