Kenilworthy

If he really want him it will be a big mistake to wait until after the World Cup

Waigo might have done better in the modern era of VAR as many times he was given offside when he wasn't

I would have thought he would have been interested in joining a team at the top of the table and playing alongside Keegan. Doubt it could have been a work permit issue as he was a Dutch international. Maybe it was just the size of the fee? We really didn't have better options - we were entering a period when we would have Ron Futcher and Bob Lee on short term deals. The striker issue wasn't solved until we got Frank Worthington and then Joe Jordan.

La Ling was an exciting possibility. The game he played on trial was in February 82 when we were desperately seeking a striker to replace the injured Steve Moran. We were top of the table but faded away without a goal scorer. With La Ling we might have been champions.

When Tim Flowers came in as a young keeper from Wolves he really struggled and we had to sign Burridge. But with time he became one of the best keepers we have ever had and went on to play for England and win the title with Blackburn. I think Bazunu will come good, but not sure we have the time right now for that to happen

West Ham lost two out of three to us last season. We can beat them. But almost certainly we won't if Ralph remains in charge.

Totally agree with what you say. But where the club has let us down is in often being too timid to seize the few good opportunities that come our way, with the exception of 1976. In the 84 semi we froze when we were clearly a much better side than Everton. In the 2003 FA Cup final we showed no ambition but not to get a heavy defeat. The no-show in the 2018 semi was scandalous and while I can forgive Ralph the two 9-0s I cannot forgive the 2021 semi.

The week after the 4-3 win at Watford Gabbiadini was injured away at Spurs. He never seemed quite the same player after then.

I suspect City will regard this as a game not worth expending much effort on and will settle for a 2-0 or 3-0 win at half pace rather than going all out for the thrashing

Nuno is managing in Saudi, so he would cost a great deal of money for Wolves to get back

I hardly believe I am saying this. But we are now a rescue job and Dyche might be the man to do it. I loathed what he did at Burnley. However he did get them organised and who knows, maybe with better players then better football will come - in the same way that Howard Wilkinson moved away from long ball football when he went from Sheffield Wednesday to Leeds.

There was a five year plan to get into the Premier League. Our season in the Championship was anticipated to be one of consolidation ready for the big push the next season. Nigel delivered the plan in four years - truly criminal.

Personally I think we should go back to replays in every round and even second replays. While people talk about fixture congestion, in reality most ties were settled within two games. Having supported Saints since 1969, the only second replay I saw in the FA Cup was against Grimsby. Forcing ties to be settled early means that playing for penalties has now become a tactic.

Yes it will cost a substantial amount of money to sack Ralph and get a sensible and therefore expensive manager in. But we have in the kitty the money we didn't spend on a striker in the past transfer window. Yes that will mean less money to spend on a striker in January - but we could already be in severe danger by then. Sorting out a manager now who can get more out of our existing players is on balance perhaps the best use of the money.

Only two matches ago Saints produced an exceptional team performance to beat Chelsea. JWP was not poor then. Against Villa he was so off the pace that I wondered if he might be ill. It might make sense to give him a rest but it is hard to see who comes in, unless its Maitland_Niles. And I don't fancy a midfield of him and Diallo.

The all star idea is not exactly new. Up until the 70s a team of players drawn from the English league used to play games against other leagues. The Football League XI - Wikipedia

Train travel now possible thanks to the strike being cancelled. I have some doubts about the game going ahead though. Chelsea v Liverpool on Sunday will surely be cancelled. Will they allow some teams to play and not others this weekend?

Jo Tessem

We saw at Cambridge what can happen without VAR. Che Adams had a perfectly good goal ruled out because an inexperienced referee "thought" a hand had been used.

The clear answer is to take referees off VAR and have people specially trained to use it who have no relationship with referees. One of my beefs is why isn't VAR used for things that can really affect a game like corners and yellow cards? If the card for Diallo was reviewed yesterday it would surely have been reversed.

Not seen a mention of how poor the referee John Brooks was. He bought everything Wolves offered. Played advantage when Adams was taken out in the first half and "forgot" to show a yellow card when play eventually stopped. In the second half we had a really good advantage and he stopped the game to show a yellow card for the foul on KWP. When Saints prepared to take a long throw he held up the game so Wolves could make a sub when they weren't at all ready to bring anyone on. In the first half he produced one of the all time worst ever decisions to award a foul when the Wolves keeper kicked a clearance straight at a Saints player. He has only been refereeing at this level since 2021 and based on this performance he is the sort of dreadful ref that the PL love and will go to the very top. Such a change after having a proper referee on Tuesday.

On Sky last night they said £500k

There are a good number around the broader Midlands area. It was interesting after the JPT at Wembley so see the train packed with Saints fans heading back north,

Have lived in Gods own county of Warwickshire for 40 years. Have a season ticket along with my two sons and we go to every game home and away. Coventry is closest ground, Leicester easiest to get to in PL.

MOTD commentator for the Manchester City game made absolutely no pretence of impartiality