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The goal line technology has an inbuilt margin of error. I believe the offside technology has too (much bigger), but our league - in its infinite wisdom - has chosen to disregard such things as grey areas and accept as empirical fact that a freeze frame indicating someone is offside by 1cm is beyond reproach. IFAB have already given guidance that the VAR technology is NOT to be treated the same as goal line tech as it doesn't have the same consistent level of accuracy, therefore "clear and obvious" mistakes - not a marginal line call forensically pored over for five minutes with rulers and protractors - are the only decisions that should be overturned. So I'd argue it's not the law that's at fault. It's our referees ignoring the guidance from the law-makers and misusing a technology whose limitations they either don't understand or are too incompetent to consider. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Unlucky? Reina and terrible finishing are the only reason Spurs didn't score 10. Villa played well going forward - Samatta is a decent handful at centre forward, and Grealish is obviously a class act. But Spurs looked like scoring every time they turned the ball over. They're not a bad side at all, and capable of beating the worst home team in the league if we play like we did recently against Burnley and Wolves. But if we're going to stay up, it's an absolute banker for us. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Ings and Djenepo were in yesterday's recovery training pictures. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Or they could beat the worst home team in the league and suddenly we're right in the mire again (with our only creative players injured for months). Norwich are gone, but Villa and West Ham aren't absolutely awful. They're both more than capable of winning a couple more games than we do between now and May. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

All we deserve. Haven't turned up at all in the second half. Imagine shipping five goals (and counting) this season to a garbage Burnley team. Still think we're going to be in the mix for the bottom three until the end of the campaign. Concede too many goals "out of nothing". Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

General play is okay. Not a lot of quality in the attacking areas - haven't tested their keeper enough. Defensively we're much wobblier than they are. All their chances and half chances have been the result of our mistakes. If Vestergaard stays on, he'll give them a second goal or pick up a second yellow. Possibly both. Terrible on the deck and a total fraud in the air. Feels like another one of those Burnley games where we play all the football and they hoof, elbow and bundle their way to the points. Ref's crap too. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Ings giveth and Ings takes away. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

No. I think he signed a contract extension with Genk in around September. So he'll be more expensive than when we allegedly had £11m turned down last January. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

His jumping and heading are still 7 though. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Surprised. I would've thought a gash right down to the bone would've needed a bit longer than a week to fully heal. Especially if it's anywhere near the joint as any flexing can reopen a wound. The stitches have probably only just come out. Great news regardless that it seems to have been no worse an injury than that - even if he sits out this one as a precaution. It might be Romeu's kind of game anyway: physical, ugly, a lot of heading. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

No we don't. That appointment has been put off until, supposedly, the end of the season. No idea who is going to be making the decisions on contract renewals. Maybe the kit man - he seems popular. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

You're putting an awful lot of faith in these vague academy players that are about to be Premier League ready fresh out of the oven. I haven't seen any midfielders in the u23s who look anywhere near good enough to step up. Not even close. Harry Reed and Jake Hesketh are still miles ahead of the current batch - and they're not good enough either. I wish we had more coming through, but the days of Saints' academy being the envy of clubs around the country seem (hopefully temporarily) a thing of the distant past. Perhaps with Les Reed and Martin Hunter out of the way and Matt Crocker's return we can start to raise the standards again, but it'll be a long while until the first team sees the benefits. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Why 36 points, specifically? I think the survival mark will be higher this season - possibly over 40. Is this just another case of the club counting their chickens and complacently assuming they're nearly safe (so why bother signing anyone in January)? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Actually, Lloris was terrible there - he could have come and collected that easily. By the time Ings reached it, the ball had traveled 60 yards and was in the 6 yard box with the keeper retreating. Was a lovely pass, but Lloris' ineptitude made it. And then Ings missed the sitter. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Didn't have a prayer with the first two - and the penalty was a dive. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Vestergaard hopeless for both these goals. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

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