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Looks like we could be down to just two senior central midfielders for the rest of the season - with three CMs out on loan. So that's great planning... Wonder if there's any out of contract midfielders floating around. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Bednarek's been crap for both goals. Turned his back on Chamberlain's shot, flopping around on the floor allowing Henderson a free hit. Damage limitation now. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

No idea why McCarthy's positioning is so poor for the goal. He's on completely the wrong side for where the threat is coming from. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Solid half. The officials are giving us nowt. 10 against 12 - Long isn't even good at doing Long things anymore. Where's the hustle? Think I'd rather a 10 like Boufal went in behind Ings and we controlled the midfield a bit better. Obviously we're going to rue our crap finishing, but it's encouraging to see how far we've come as a side in a few short months - we're giving them a proper game. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Nominated as Premier League player of the month. These are weird times we're living in. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Leicester still sniffing around Vestergaard. Saints supposedly ready to deal if they get back the £18m they spent on him. Could only see it happening if Danso stays. We can't limp to the end of the season with three senior CBs. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

He renewed his contract at Genk in September, through to 2023, so he's probably not the sub-£10m bargain we were hoping for anymore. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I think this summer has the potential to be an absolute horror show - and could start with the manager washing his hands of this whole nonsense. Cedric, Yoshida and Long are out of contract. I could potentially see us offering Long a one year extension, given how much he's played lately, but the other two are gone. Hojbjerg, Bertrand, Romeu and Boufal are entering the final year of their contracts. There's no way we're going ride it out and let all four leave on a free, so anyone not signed up for an extension will probably be sold. Hojbjerg has been running his contract down deliberately - the club have been trying to get him to extend for a year or so. I don't think he's staying. Bertrand has been off every summer since he joined, yet he's still here, so it's hard to second guess what his future is, but he'd fetch a decent price in the current market so we'll probably try to sell him if he doesn't extend. They might do a Cedric and play him for half a season and then recoup a few pennies with six months left on his deal. Romeu and Boufal are bit part players who are unlikely to be offered new terms and the club will shop them around. The club have seemingly been listening to offers for Vestergaard and Adams in this window, which suggest they don't have much of a future here beyond this season. And none of this is taking into account the fact that we actually have some half decent players at the moment, like Ings, Ward-Prowse and Redmond that might have caught the eye of bigger clubs. I don't see us contemplating anything but ridiculous money for them, but you never know who's going to kick up a fuss and try and force a move. So we might lose our manager, up to nine players from the first team squad, and we still haven't got a head of recruitment. If that's not a recipe for disaster, I don't know what is. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

That five million in the bank isn't going to look too clever if our previously settled defence starts shipping again and we get dragged back into a relegation fight. I don't see the point in selling him now. It's peanuts when he's worth more to us as a player. From memory, wasn't Cedric's contract leaked online when he first signed for us? Said we weren't allowed to sell him to Sporting's rivals or something. I'm pretty sure there was a decent sell on clause mentioned - so we're not even getting the whole tiny fee. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Adams isn't a decent striker, though. A potential £22m for him is an insane amount to turn down. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I don't even know who our 4th choice right back is, but there's no way in the world a team 3 points behind us would be weighing up a potential £12m deal with a view to him taking over the number two shirt next season. As a short term loan to cover Cedric and possibly Bertrand (although he's very one footed) the move has some merit, though. Having said that, if/when we reach a the safety mark, I'd rather the manager was giving game time to Vokins and Valery rather than someone else's player. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

We're surely not signing Spurs' fourth choice right back to be our starting right back, are we? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Wrong. The mid season break was conceived and agreed by the Premier League, the FA and the EFL in cooperation. "This is a significant moment for English football and one that we believe will greatly benefit both club and country," Martin Glenn, FA chief executive, said. "It's no secret that we have a very congested fixture calendar and over recent years we have been working with the whole game to find a solution. "Today's announcement proves that football can come together for the good of the game. We have also found a way to give the players a much-needed mid-season break, whilst keeping the much-loved Christmas schedule in place. "As we head into summer international tournaments in the future we are sure that this mid-season break will prove to be a valuable addition for our players." That the FA are backtracking on their commitment is, I think, a justifiable cause for grumbling from Klopp and others who have planned their players' workloads around a supposedly etched-in-stone break "for the players". We should be the most ticked off, though. Of the clubs having their break cut short, it's Saints who are the most affected, going from 14 to 10 days between fixtures. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

The Premier League ordered all clubs to respect the winter break and not organise any games during their time off - the whole point of it coming in is to protect the players' welfare. For the FA to then organise fixtures during the break - to hell with the players'welfare - is far more arrogant than Klopp following the rules they all agreed to. The winter break was inked in a year ago. The FA have had all that time to plan their flagship competition in a competent manner, accomodating these changes. That they haven't is both ridiculous and utterly predictable. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

You don't have to think. He played CB against Fulham and was fine - kept a clean sheet - and CB away to City a few days after the 0-9 and wasn't notably awful in a somewhat creditable 3-1 loss. Or you could watch any of his previous games at CB for Augsburg, when they weren't conceding ten goals a week. He's a decent young centre back who has had no chance to settle in to a new club in his proper position due to the absolute state of the team in the first third of the season. Unfortunately for him, his role in the squad now is as a sacrificial lamb, plugging the gaps in our poorly balanced squad. It's not a loan that has worked out for either player on club so far, but that's the way it goes sometimes. It doesn't make him a write off as a footballer. Danny Ings' loan last season wasn't exactly a raging success either. It's a pity for the kid, but I wouldn't be surprised if he goes on to have a good career. He certainly doesn't deserve the dog's abuse he's been getting for essentially answering the call to whatever hospital pass the manager has given him. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

It's bizarre how much of a well oiled machine we are on the road while we continue to struggle to find the right set up at home. Spurs are killing us in transition. Just like Wolves did. And West Ham before them. It's only a matter of time before they make one of their breaks count. Not sure Obafemi is contributing much. Perhaps get Romeu on to sit in a midfield three and allow the wingers to push higher in support of Ings. Game's still there for the winning - thanks, Gunny - but not if we carry on on the same path. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Seem to recall the last striker we signed who couldn't get a game at Monaco wasn't a raging success... That said, he couldn't be worse than Adams, could he? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Sell Vestergaard, replace him with Kristoffer Ajer at Celtic, paid for with Forster or Elyounoussi, kill multiple birds with one stone. Deadwood out, quality replacement in, no money spent, £15m-18m into the kitty. Everyone wins. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Bednarek is our second slowest CB behind striken oil tanker Vestergaard. He was hopeless against Wolves. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Redmond created our only two other chances from open play - missed by Cedric and Long respectively - and hit the bar. He played pretty well in an otherwise poor team performance. His form hasn't been great this season, but I don't know why anyone would be on his case for yesterday's effort. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

It's been three years (and counting) since we got 40 points. Define reactionary. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Funny game - don't think we've played well at all, but two-up is not to be sneezed at. Jiminez has missed a couple, though. Fingers crossed we don't give him an early sniff in the second half and the match peters out. I worry about Prowse getting a second yellow. Whether it's the miles he's covered lately or what, he's been arriving late to every 50:50 today. Don't think Long has completed a single pass, but more than happy for his all round game to be useless if he pops up with his goal for the year. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I had a dream it was 0-0, and reading the report on the BBC website, the game was so bad the sponsors refused to award a man of the match. Liverpool also beat United 2-0, for those wanting to take a punt on my unconscious soothsaying abilities. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Even though he doesn't have the legs for a pressing game, he is our ONLY alternative central midfielder when/if Hojbjerg or Ward-Prowse become unavailable. Can't see him being allowed to leave in this window unless we're replacing him or recalling Harry Reed. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Unless he was insanely impressive in training, I can't see us making his move permanent. He's on a long, recently renewed contract at Augsburg - I'd expect the asking price to be well over £15m. Do we have that kind of money to throw around on a squad player. I like his raw materials and think he could become a really good centre back, but I doubt it'll be at Saints. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk