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If he's not impartial for one club, suffice to say he may not be impartial when reffing others.

I wouldn't say specifically against Southampton, but maybe the criticism he gets from us influences it now. He does seem pro Spurs though.

Mike Dean career stats here: https://www.transfermarkt.com/mike-dean/bilanz/schiedsrichter/379/plus/1?funktion=1&saison_id=&land_id=&verein_id=0&wettbewerb_id=GB1&heim_gast= He's reffed Spurs 65 times: Given them 5 red cards (never a straight red) while sending off opposition players 14 times. He's reffed us 29 times: Sent our players off 5 times (4 being straight reds), while never ever sending an opponent off against us. He's been VAR ref for us 3 times and had the red here. So 5 straight reds in 32 matches from him. Ridiculous.

Koeman sack watch. 1D 4L in his last 5 champions league matches. 1W 1D 4L with Everton in the group stage 2017/18. The Midtjylland loss for us in the playoff. 1D 3L with Feyenoord in the playoff rounds the 2 years before joining us. His European record is beyond bad. If they don't make it out of group stages it hits them even harder financially. The clubs a mess.

I'd like to see the club ditch its buy young and hope to resell policy when it comes to keepers. They don't cost much and you just want someone reliable between the sticks. Nothing flashy. David Soria is worth a look. He signed a 1 year extension this year but by the end of the season he'll again have 1 year left so we could probably get him for £12-15m.

He's scored 1 in 3 in his 6 years with West Ham. 12 a season if he stays fit. Not huge. I think he's getting great service right now with Coufal/Cresswell getting forward, Benrahma looks great, Soucek always bombs forward and draws defenders. West Ham really overload the box. Europe will hurt them if they take it serious, no way Antonio can play both. We play them just before Europa League starts.

Still managing us because fans don't consider his press conferences boring. With next games against United, Newcastle, West Ham, Man City, Wolves, Chelsea I'd be ok with 5 points out of the first 7. We've then got a run against Leeds, Burnley, Watford, Villa and Norwich which is make or break for our season.

Difference between us is Doucoure and Richarlison vs Romeu and our wingers. Those two are a class above and made the difference.

Don't forget arsenal spent £27m on Saliba and he's never got a game. Totally bizarre recruitment.

Looks like var has been binned. Not checking offsides ? If pogba can keep this level man u are going to kill it going forward.

It'd surprise me if he's after trophies. He's been there done that and it didn't work out for him. At his age he'll be looking for that 1 final bumper contract to see out his career. If he doesn't get a good offer and we're offering a payrise he might just take it.

We're safe this season. Bump this thread in August when we've lost Ings for relative peanuts.

Bring in salary caps in domestic leagues so the extra money these clubs make doesn't widen the gap. With all the money flowing to the very top, maybe the rest of football can go back to being about the game and not the business.

Only 3 teams have scored more 1st half goals than us this season, ManC, WHam and Spurs. Only 4 teams have scored less 2nd half goals than us, the 3 relegation teams and Burnley. I've long suspected it's a fitness issue. Our press is great and effective but it can't last and we fall off. Maybe if the plan B was to switch from full field defending to stacking the box we'd see out games better. Have Ralph coach 1st half's and Fat Sam take over the 2nd.

Ali Dia's Saints career was 50x longer.

This is true. I also think no one will pay Long anywhere near what he earns here as with Forster so they'll both see out their contracts. The remnants of a disastrous policy by the board to tie up every player to long contracts to meet their KPI, instead of doing long contracts based on performance.

We forked over £11m to buy him. He'll earn £2.5m this year without playing a single minute. He's been fit enough to be named on the bench multiple times yet they didn't even give him a run in the reserves to gain match fitness. What is that about? "The problem was that while he was fit he was sitting on the bench and then for the next sessions [he wasn't fit]," Hasenhuttl explained He won't be "the future of the club" if he goes 12 months without playing a game in his prime development years.

This was my feeling too, but I don't think we'd be allowed to name him on the bench or even have him training with the squad during the 6 months. So probably not this.

I thought we were solid defensively. Much improved from Vestergaard motm. Not much going forward, no overlaps or link up with our full backs. Can't say we deserved a win but it's good to win ugly.

Would be great if we could hear VAR ref discussions. They do it in rugby league here. Important we don't throw away another lead here for our confidence.

Our 1st half record this season 12 goals scored, 4 conceded. That's tied with Liverpool for best attack and the 2nd best defence behind Spurs. Our 2nd half record is 7 scored, 12 conceded. That's equal last, tied with West Brom, for most goals conceded in the 2nd half. Is it a fitness issue because of the press? I think Ralph needs to start using the bench more.

I agree with above posters when they say it doesn't help anyone for them to tell us the full story if it's a sensitive issue. It's hard not to speculate though. It's getting close to the 6 month mark...

I hear we're linked with Mo Salisu, not to be confused with Mo Salah. He could be a decent signing in January.

Everton have only been kept scoreless once this season. A game Romeu bossed in midfield. I've been critical of Romeu in the past but his form this season has been great. I think the way the team presses really suits his game.

It's just his finger isn't it and not the hand? Shouldn't keep him out if he played out the game.