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Our reliance on teams giving the ball away in their own third and then Ings shooting on sight doesnt seem to be working. At least we haven't over exposed ourselves too often by pressing forward.

Perfect tackle by Perez, let's rub salt in the wound.

Diallo kills us there.

scary seeing Vardy getting a one on one with Bednarek there. Thankfully he didnt get it under.

where the fuck was our defence there.

maybe, but to me we have chosen to play safe early doors with us clearing our lines and playing it in the corners rather than overplaying it and getting caught.

little ball down the line from then and we immediately look very open. Diallo and JWP have to fill that space in front of the back four better than they have in recent weeks.

Agreed, then Djenepo did the same.

we could. Fulham seems to be a home win for everyone, but we couldn't beat them last time out and they have ben better in the second half of the season than the first. Not something we can say.

I think the one eye on the cup thing is load of bollocks. Win today and it lifts the players a bit and beating Leicester will give them some much needed confidence too.

Not sure we are capable of grinding out a 0-0. Seems a while since did that. Your alternative sounds very feasible. Can't wait for the game now. It's been a fucking horrible period of watching Saints, but I'm going to try to forget what we have done recently and go into the game with nothing but optimism. We can win this game. Leicester are a very good side, and we are not, but upsets do happen.

He's leaving. There is no reason to `gift' him minutes to improve him. He's on the bench in case he is needed. No more, no less. If two CMs get injured, he will probably get on the pitch. If not, he wont. Not saying I agree with this. IMO he should have got minutes earlier which may he prevented his transfer request, but we are where we are. Pity as he may turn out to be a talent.

the Shane Long comparison is a good one. Runs fast in straight lines, works hard, offers something, but if you want to create a side capable of fighting in the upper echelons you need more. With the funds we have that means gambling a little on youth, a lower league player or someone from abroad.

I have never understood why managers stand by the sideline pretending to be some sort of ringmaster. It feels like its just done to give the TV something else to show and make them the star so they can earn the big bucks too. You can see a lot more, especially the shape, from up in the stands. The Pulis type non stop shouting of encouragement snd instructions...how much does that actually help? As a player, do you really want you manger constantly barking instructions at you?

Early tactical changes. I might be harsh here, but does Ralf ever make them? Often hard to see when watching in TV and sometimes it can be subtle and sometimes it simply makes no difference, but I hardly ever recall us changing shape early doors when we are clearly too open or set up wrong.

we were pretty shit in the final too though really compared to how we had played all season.

if you were expecting a comfortable win, then you haven't watched us for the last four months or WBA for the last 6 weeks. Good question though, why did we win games before and not now. At the end of last season I put our good run partly down to teams other than us not training well enough and being on the beach. We benefitted from closed stadiums and zero atmospheres. Not sure why we were able to carry that across nor lose it so spectacularly, other than raft of injuries. Loss of confidence perhaps from the losses when we had injuries?

I'd of put my house in him hitting that side of the goal. I think about the last 10 pens he and Ings has taken have all gone to that side.

When do we ever make it hard for an opponent? We don't seem to have it in us.

shite Davis?

I've never been a big fan. He is willing to foul and chuck his body at things - and sometimes you need that, but he is too slow of thought and body IMO. We don't protect out CBs enough to be fair.

other than coach the first team, what does Ralf actually do? If we need a defensive coach then we may as well get rid.

Slow centre backs surrounded by players that want to bomb forward all the time. It's a recipe for disaster.

do we still look bothered? Nothing to do with lack of effort. We just ain't any good.

In your opinion. mine differs from yours.