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I actually became jealous when Stoke became the bully boys. They used to kick Arsenal off the park. Maybe that’s Ralph’s new vision.

Loved reading the back page of the tabloids. Grealish ‘He was winding me up from the beginning by pinching and twisting my skin.’ Ha ha Good on you Oriol and I hope you could sleep Saturday evening after she waited for you in the tunnel.

Ha ha ha Gareth Crooks on team of the week. Loads been said about Salisu but I’ve left him out because one week he’s great the other week he’s reckless. I like consistency so I went the City defender instead. Honestly you have to laugh as it’s called team of the week you Cnut which means the best players THAT week! PS - I reckon end of Feb he will be linking him with Liverpool with comments like ‘Liverpool deserve Salisu as they will take him further’

The newspaper reports are saying so many players are or are not coming to Newcastle. They are suddenly becoming my most hated team and I would love it if they get relegated. Just throwing money at oldies to get them out of short term trouble. Trippier, Howe and probably Woods will be sold/sacked next season.

Gotta laugh. Gareth Crooks team of the week was talking about Coady for England then adds JWP should be a shoe in for Liverpool. What are they waiting for as they need him badly. What a c**t! Also why was Carlos FK better? Because you were directly behind the hall unlike JWP you were slightly left side which does not show you the true flight of it.

It was a knuckle ball. Read he was having fun in training this week and learnt a few new tricks. I thought I would give it a go and luckily it went in, If he’s the second best FK taker in the world please tell me who’s currently no 1?

What I love about that free kick was every keeper moves to his right knowing that’s where he’s putting the bend. The Wolves keeper starting to go that way and was flat footed as JWP took it to the other corner. Surely now James will mix the two options to give him a better chance. Stunning and come on Southgate don’t be a twat and leave him out the 11.

You are a genius. I never thought of that

I will go with what Ralph picks, after all that’s what he is paid for.

We have all three right backs out

It’s the other way round. Our youngsters will be the pathway at Nice. The premiership is where the money is and if we get these rumoured 20m wonder kids in then perhaps that’s where we send them to improve?

Think he was stating the obvious. Dave always goes on about the fans and he’s right, without us Saints are nothing. Regarding the takeover, I think it’s one person that’s starting this rumour (true or not true that’s not the matter) and I think the Chinese whispers are travelling to us supporters.

And if we win today Ralph is a bloody genius. Think he’s going for the fresher legs approach over quality it seems. Good luck!

Fucking hate Spurs so badly. The new manager has certainly turned them around and it’s going to be difficult. Will be a battle of the fittest and I fear for the second half as our guys will be running around with chains around their ankles after a mental first 45 minutes of non stop closing down. Saints 1-3 Spurts Son (2) and Pane (1) Prowse opens with a stunning free kick.

Needs to go to a pools panel if cancelled. HT Saints 1 Brentford 0 FT Saints 1 Brentford 2 OH…!

Keep Djenipo a 100 miles away from the squad as he’s pants. How on earth can you pounce around in every training video and be taken serious with that cameo vs Palace. Embarrassing!

Very funny Ralph that you think the problem is we don’t score enough goals. I actually think our problem is we concede too many goals. Set the team up to not concede in 90 minutes and you already have yourself a point.

If Palace do their homework then they will win this at a canter. We are so predictable when picking the formation plus predictable in the way we play. Viera ‘Guys sit back and invite them to play for the first 45 minutes, if they score that one goal then don’t worry we will score 2 maybe 3 - second half.’ This is Ralph’s to lose again no doubt!

He’s been sussed out. Every team knows what we do now, start fast and hope to score and then hold on. Predictable, predictable, predictable Z zzzz

A lot worse? I honestly think we have the good players but they are not playing to their strengths. It needs an overhaul and a fresh manager and his number 2 will put an extra step in the current players. Do you honestly think the new manager would continue to win the first half and lose every second half plus the overall match? Do you think they will allow a top RB to play LB every time? Also will they bring on subs that leave you scratching your head every single time? And before I pop off to bed stop giving JWP the responsibility of everything on the pitch.

Totally agree. He’s not trying something different and just keeps making the same mistakes. The team stops with him plus the training stops with his management team. (1) Put Redmond on corners (2) Livi and KWP both on the right (3) Put a LB as a LB (4) Stop chasing everything for the first 45 minutes as we are tanked 2nd half. (5) Redmond as a No 10 (6) Stop over committing for the first 60 minutes and have two solid banks of 4 with two at top. Last 30 minutes press on for a winner with two fresher legs off the bench as the players will be fresher while the opposition will be tired. (7) And finally do some man marking training for the next two weeks where the two banks of 4 must pick up a player and sit tight to them. (Honestly that first and second goal today was school boys marking)

Probably would of butted sideways just like his two lame headers in the last 10 minutes. Honestly Salisu brain farted more than any of them.

Southampton have dropped 71 points from winning points in the Premier League since Ralph Hasenhüttl’s first game in charge in December 2018 – 15 more than any other side.

Predictable as usual. Not one shot in the second half. Where does it go wrong during the break, Is Betty giving them too many hobnobs with their cup of tea?

I just wish we played more casual first half and then blitz them second half as the other team could be on tired legs? Surely there is something we can do as the opposition have us sussed now.