Chez

Open another just after half time will ya. Some of us actually want us to win today.

What does Jonesball mean? If this game is judged in isolation, we passed out from the back and kept it short. Don't get me wrong, we haven't played well, but aren't you giving NJ stick here for playing hoofball, when we aren't doing that/

Didnt Wigan win the cup while going down? Hull nearly did too. And Birmingham wo the league cup whilst going down.

not really. We have been on top for last ten minutes or so.

get in. COYR

The skate is now on a yellow.

half a chance there, with a nice one two. Dominating possession right now, but got to do more with it.

First long ball...straight out of play and then booed. We are shit, but not because we are playing hoof ball.

Emsworth, although probably at QA in Cosham.

We have passed it, but just don't seem to be able to fashion anything at all. When Palace actually get it, they seem to find it easy to run through us. Aribo getting on the ball a bit more now. Come on Saints.

cheese on toast using cheddar with chillis in. Palace hit the bar. should be 2-0

In a side that is struggling, can we really afford to have Aribo playing in the hole and just allowed to `float' around the pitch as the game goes on around him? Yet to see him have a touch, make a tackle or do anything at all. Edozie switched sides with AA.

its 4 at the back. Lynco is playing right back.

it did, then DCC was too slow and then the keeper didn't shine.

Perraud is quite advanced when CBs have the ball. Bollocks. We are shit. 1-0

It's going to be an unprotected Zaha vs Lyanco all day. Lynaco has done OK so far, but thats a tough gig. 11 minutes in. Still not a single long ball from Saints, although my stream does cut out now and then!

Looks like relatively fluid 4-2-3-1 to me. Lyanco DCC Salisu Perraud JWP AMN Edozie Aribo AA Che 7 minutes in and not a single long ball form Saints.

what's the formation, is it a return to the 4-2-2-2? If not, I am struggling to understand how a central midfield of JWP, Aribo and Edozie works. I guess all will become clear shortly.

Not sure why their is such a clamour for Stuart Armstrong to play. It's not like Branford leaving Le Tiss on the bench. If it's simply because he is regarded as being better than Ely, then fair enough, but in reality he's done fuck all for quite a long time...and that's from someone that loves his bursting runs.

Guly?

I didn't think it was either - more a case of fans seeing long balls more because the manager has a reputation for long ball football - but CBs playing angled long balls out wide happened quite a lot on the Forest game. We still passed it short too, but Lavia was pretty poor (pus space was tight for him) and other midfielders didn't seem to find space to receive balls from defenders, so perhaps options became limited. I find it hard to believe the manager is telling these Prem players to smash it long, all the time, and even harder to believe they are saying yeah, OK, lets do that. I wonder if our stats guys can tell us if there has been a change in the percentage of long balls since NJ arrived.

yes. Hence he was on the list, but maybe we are not finnished

You are right, and I missed Henri Camara too, although technically they were signed from Marseilles and wolves. I think there are still players worth looking at from Scotland, but both the national side and league is weak, so quality is thin on the ground.

I wonder what the record number of consecutive defeats is for a new manager.

Lets hope we wont have to find out. After a bright start, Weghorst was poor for Burnley, which might partly explain why he isn't there right now. In the end it will come down to whether another high profile club will match the wages.