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He's not wedded to one particular formation and has said he trains his teams in 4-2-2-2, 4-3-3 and 3-4-3 and adapts the tactics to the personnel available and the opposition at hand. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Bertrand's 29. He's at his peak, and yet playing worse than ever. No-one with £30m to throw at a full back will be looking at him when there are younger, better players around. He might think he's better than us, but I think he's pretty much our level and can only move sideways now. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

It's the hope that kills... (Jardim is about to sign for a Saudi club, just incase anyone had any ideas that we might bring in a quality replacement.) Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

He's got more mobility than Charlie Austin. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Positives: Redmond, Lemina and the kids are doing all right. This might also be Hughes' final match. And at least it's not a rubbish game. So, not all doom and gloom... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

"Best defender at the club" Yoshida covering himself in glory again... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

An easy cup run where we played a Premier League club in every round and had to win away to both Arsenal and Liverpool? Virtually bye'd our to the final... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Hughes would only go the same way if they replaced the cannon ball with a briefcase full of cash. (Great film, btw. It's a great shame it flopped at the box office as they had a row of sequels lined up.) Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Are we actually hammering our goalkeeper for not saving any penalties in the lottery of a shoot out? How quickly people forget him saving penalties in the previous round. He's played three games for us, kept two clean sheets and we haven't lost a match in 90 minutes. A stupid person might think he's had a very promising start to his Saints career... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

The previous appointment made it pretty clear. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Nicely done, Hoedt. Excellent finish - the difference between their slow lumbering target man and ours is stark. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Just to be positive for a change: we're knocking the ball around quite well, and Fulham's defence is barely even Championship quality - they're having kittens every time the ball gets in the final third. I think we'll score again - it's just a question of whether we can keep them out with our own dog crap backline. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I doubt they'll be able to play an effective counter attacking game with Mitrovic up front, leading the line. He's no runner. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Ings scored a tap in at Everton from a flicked on corner, didn't he? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Couldn't we just give him Frasier Forster and some HMV vouchers? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Nothing is ever Hughes' fault. He's spent his entire managerial career washing his hands of responsibility for anything negative. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

About his goal bonus, perhaps. If he really cared, he wouldn't have let himself lapse into such appalling physical condition that he can't run for more than five minutes before he's absolutely knackered and a huge burden on the rest of the team. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Looks more like 4-2-3-1 to me. Armstrong at 10, Redmond and Gabbiadini as wingers/inside forwards. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Started his career as a striker, I believe. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

It'd be funny if it wasn't so predictably tragic. We're fully embracing the "knows the league, do a job" manager merry-go-round that served Sunderland and Villa so well as they meandered their way out of the league. We know how it ends but appear to be doing it anyway. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

That's not jolly at all. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Hughes conceded seven last time he brought a team to City. Looks like he didn't learn a single thing from the experience. Story of his career. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

What do you do with a midfielder who can't play a defensive role because he can't tackle, can't play an attacking role because he isn't creative, and can't play out wide because he hasn't got any pace? Pochettino, Koeman, Puel, Pellegrino and now Hughes have all struggled to find a way to successfully accommodate to Ward-Prowse's limitations. Perhaps it's simply the case that he's not a very good player. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

We're looking the most likely. Newcastle are wilting under not much pressure, frankly. Their confidence is even lower than ours. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

The good news is that Newcastle are garbage. The bad news is that we're barely much better. Another low quality, shapeless, ugly slog that gives credence to David Moyes' quote the other week that the Premier League is generally of a much lower standard these days. This is going to be 1-0. Neil Ruddock with a last minute penalty awarded for who knows what... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk