Saint Albert

Absolute shambles. This could have been prevented if they sacked him when it was obvious he was ****e and found a more competent replacement, by December at the latest.

He makes the same mistakes continuously. It boggles the mind.

I’ve always felt that he’s playing at his level with Southampton right now. Links to clubs like Chelsea and Spurs were a bit odd. Poor final product. Alright defender.

The board’s refusal to act is very, very frustrating.

Hammers may be an even bigger crisis club than Saints right now.

He will be here until the end of the season, unfortunately. It makes you wonder what the board were thinking these last several months.

Once again, my sympathies to the away supporters who traveled to watch this.

The standing off when Shelvey had the ball was atrocious. Asking for trouble.

Our only hope is that Les has a competent manager lined up. It is a forlorn hope.

3-0

Hmmm...the commentators reminding us that Gabbiadini scored both Saints goals in the reverse fixture.

I feel really really sorry for the Saints supporters that journeyed all the way up to Newcastle to watch that first half in person.

Do you think that Silva will come here? I don’t.

HT: 2-0.The most gutless, numbing half of football so far this season. Cue the inspiring team talk by Pellegrino.

Unless things improve drastically over the next ten minutes, this is easily our worst half of football of the season, which says a lot because we have had some ****ty halves so far.

8 games left after this. I can’t see a decent replacement coming in to replace Pellegrino now. He’s surely with us until the end of the season?

Not sure. At one point he had the worst record of any manager in all four divisions.

2-0. Horrible mistake by Lemina, and a Saints corner leads to a Newcastle goal.

You can hear it on the telly from where I’m watching. It’s probably Les realizing he made a horrible mistake hiring and sticking with Pellegrino.

This is very poor so far.

Gayle almost in alone. Wake up Saints.

Cedric not the best person to deal with that high delivery. Bad start Saints.

Shelvey is back in the starting lineup for Newcastle.

Blackmore poses some difficult questions to Pellegrino. I listened to the interview here... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p060ltw9 Hopefully the link works. Adam Blackmore questions Pellegrino’s tactics (such as the lone striker seeming isolated at times, and why not start Gabbiadini from the beginning considering the positive impact he had coming on against Burnley). His points are similar to the comments often made on here so it’s worth listening to but Pellegrino defends his corner and does not sound like he’s likely to change anytime soon. Some of Pellegrino’s points... The players don’t play with “chains” preventing them from attacking. He’s made many changes to the side. Bertrand and Cedric are the only ones he hasn’t changed. Saints are third in the league for playing in the opposing third of the pitch. Burnley are 7th in the league but have created less than Saints.

Here’s an interview with Bertrand posted today on the OS about the Newcastle game, the relegation run in and how the support of Saints fans is vital. https://southamptonfc.com/news/2018-03-09/video-ryan-bertrand-interview-pre-newcastle-vs-saints-premier-league-1718