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Whats the issue with Lemina? He struggled with a painful injury (clearly affecting his performances around Christmas) then had surgery, as he would have been advised and is currently recovering from that. Frustrating for him to miss so many games but not sure what he has done wrong?

I think he will be in the mix for the Brighton game. The only good part about having a break is it gives a chance for him and Ings to get back fit. I would only risk Ings for the Spurs game if he is totally right.

He has largely been converted to a CB anyway.

If we stay up then I would imagine is very, very likely that Gallagher would leave in the summer.

In the current six game form table we are 9th but the problem is Burnley are 5th, Newcastle 11th and Cardiff 13th. Even bigger problem, before Arsenal away, is the last 3 game form table: Cardiff - 5th Burnley - 8th Newcastle - 10th Saints - 16th These 3 games were supposed to be the ones that hauled us to virtual safety but we ****ed it up unfortunately.

IMO its a shootout between us and Cardiff. Burnley have turned the corner. Newcastle and Brighton have a great run of fixtures. Palace are solid If Cardiff pick up 4 or 6 points from their next two home games then we will be in a very poor position. Fulham at home is an absolute must win and if they somehow do have a revival then it would be a disaster for us.

As expected but no Ings in the latest training pictures. Doubt we will see him before Brighton, which should give him time to have fully rested his hammy. The Watford game being postponed could help in that regard, although hopefully we will realise this time that he cannot play midweek games.

It can easily be argued that our striker options overall are bottom 3 during the times Ings is unavailable - if Redmond is excluded. Noticeable the impact Zohore made from the bench against us, and Crouch the week before. Our sub options are dire. To answer the RH question - he clesrly wanted a striker and for a good portion of the window he expected one...

Yes. Why would one game make their league form worse? Can Brighton's league form even get worse?

If Gallagher isn't getting starts ahead of Long or Austin then its time to move him on.

Why, its one game?

Yes Obafemi has missed big chances, but it shows his movement is good to be in the positions to miss. I can hardly recall Long actually having chances to miss of late. That said, if any game suits Long then its one like this.

There is not a single positive thing that has been driven from this takeover - zero evidence that it 'takes us forward' as was promised at the time. The longer it goes without comment from Gao, the stranger it gets. A dark cloud over the club, no suprise its been poor on the pitch with such a lack of clarity off it.

Totally this. JWP over a long time has been moaned on here but I can't recall an overly negative reaction during a game that was anywhere near the humiliation Redmond must have felt at Wembley - and on other occassions.

What those moronic Saints fans did was very poor, regardless of anything else. Obviously low intelligence people but still.

Graziano Pelle had a slight case of this as well, although it was right at the start of his time here and wasn't as bad as what happened to NR either.

Is there a greater Saints example of a player turning their career around at Saints than Nathan Redmond? This time last year he wasn't even being picked in a squad of a truely dross team. Had just been booed off the pitch at an away game at Wembley which would have been totally shattering. This year he has been, without doubt, our player of the season and has largely been excellent in a below average team. Took the initiative this summer to get really sharp and focused when most modern players would just seek to move on. Really good attitude and is a leader of the team on the pitch. Without him and Hasenhuttl we would probably be where Fulham are now. Should we lock him up and stop him training because if he picks up an injury we are in trouble? To answer my own question, in recent times I can only think of Kelvin Davis, but I think Redmond had more factors against him. Can anyone recall others?

Looks like an Academy trip with a sprinkling of first team pros a.k.a our squad. Bertrand not there (yet) by the look of it, although hardly a suprise given what happened to his partner.

Whilst people will mention Burnley, Brighton, Palace, Newcastle I think its essentially between us and Cardiff for the final relegation spot. This week has been an absolute killer for us.

Newcastle playing well. Look decent. Wolves sluggish tonight.

Cardiff's two home games versus Watford and Everton will be key. We need their momentum to stall pretty quickly. Fulham and absolute must win for us. Lose or draw and we will need to beat either Arsenal, Spurs or United (at least).

Although it has changed a bit in the last 3 months, the OP is pretty much accurate I think. Yes Brighton are in poor form but they only Spurs who are decent until the last two games. I struggle to believe they will pick up less than 8 or 9 points before the end of the season. Burnley are in good form and don't look like going down. Something like 6th best form in the last 10 games (far better than us) Palace are not a poor side IMO and always score goals. If Hudds (100%) and Fulham (80%) are down then its between Cardiff, Saints and Newcastle. Newcastle are hard to predict but have a good Manager and may get a boost from Almiron. To have given Cardiff 25% of their points is possibly going to send us down. To be below such a limited side after this many games is gutting.

He is absolutely dreadful. Does nothing on the ball and today gave away the needless free kick that lead to their winner. For me a worse signing than Carillo, possibly the worst of the Reed era.

Not really IMO. He has got more out the squad so far than I thought was capable. Not his fault that some players aren't good enough nor that we struggle to sign players. If we stay up it will be entirely because of Hasenhuttl.

We had Shane Long starting and our three subs were Charlie Austin, Moi Anonymous and Sam Gallagher. None of those players are PL quality.