Saint Albert

We could be seeing Yoshi and Hoedt at CB, Stephens at RB and Pied at LB, against Brighton.

Watford taking Carrillo off for Pereya.

Sounds like McCarthy did well to save a Richarliason cross that turned into a shot.

Sounds like Long missed a hard Cedric feed. There’s a few penalty appeals as Cedric was caught after making the pass.

Pied to replace Bertrand at LB.

Bertrand is injured.

Wigan go 1 up against W. Ham.

I’m listening in from Canada...using Chrome on an iPad.

1-0 Stephens

I’d be interested to see where he plays Hoj. I prefer him in the deeper role with Romeu, allowing Davis to play behind the front 3. I’d rather see Lemina in for Davis but if he’s being rested for the midweek game, then I can live with it.

I don’t particularly trust his ability to get the first thing right, either, although his team selections have improved as the season has progressed.

Me too. I was quite favourably impressed by his interview.

Lucas Moura to Spurs looks likely as he was shown around Spurs training ground... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/01/25/tottenham-show-lucas-moura-around-training-ground-consider-bid/ PSG want £22M for him.

He could simply be saying he’s jetting off somewhere sunny for his hols.

It certainly isn’t a good sign for those of us who want a new manager is it? I feel a little sorry for Carrillo. He’s behind the 8 ball in the eyes of many Saints supporters already because of his association with Pellegrino. You also wonder how he’ll feel if we do change coaching staff if, say, it all goes pear shaped against Brighton. Hopefully he’ll prove the doubters wrong and score some goals.

Les only ever seems to pop his head above the parapets when we’ve signed someone.

Seems a little short. I was getting used to the 5 year contracts.

We did seem to have a clear run at this signing based on the noise in the media. Palace were credited with being interested in him back in December.

Welcome, Saint Guido! ps please score some goals for us.

Looking at his Instagram page, I get the impression that he’s a bit of a big time Charlie. He has his own stylized logo and everything.

The print edition of Marca is reporting that both Saints and Watford have offered to take Gaitan on a “loan without cost”... http://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-watford-keen-formulate-loan-without-cost-may-still-work/

In fairness, Pellegrino tends to not inspire much confidence in anything.

Pellegrino claimed there’s a Plan B, in today’s press conference... https://mobile.twitter.com/AdamBlackmore/status/956528543558750208

According to this, Monaco will be replacing Carillo with Slimani for €20M... https://mobile.twitter.com/GFFN/status/956464340714098688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2Ftwitter.min.html%23956464340714098688 I’m a little surprised that we did not go for Slimani instead of Carillo. Perhaps Slimani is too old at 29 to fit the profile of a record Saints signing, but he had a decent goal scoring record with Sporting before becoming a Leicester bench warmer, and has experience playing in this league.

He may be more willing to leave Leeds now they’ve announced their wonderful new badge.