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12 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

JWP has cost us there and he's been very average this season. We definitely look better with Diallo in the middle of the park. Personally I'd make Romeu captain and sell JWP in the summer. 

Overreaction in my opinion. If JWP wants to be at Saints I think he's worth having around. 

But when performance drops he should still be benched. Along with Livramento which seems like an immense talent, who needs a small break. We have enough cover in KWP, Perraud and Diallo to do so. 

That goal was inevitable though. Getting bored of it.

Nice wiki edit.

"Kevin Danso (born 19 September 1998) is an English-Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southampton FC He arrived at the club via a train driven by manager Ralph Hassenhuttl.[1] At international level, he represented Austria's U15, U16, U17, Austria U18, and U19 youth teams."

Don't see Boufal casually strolling back when he's lost the ball ?

Agree with you. Don't understand why people complain about his workrate.

To slow to pass, yes, but he's good at tracking back when needed.

Wolves did well. That doesn’t counter the argument that spending big doesn’t guarantee success.

It doesn't, but statistically it seems to help.

If I had to choose between Boufal and Lemina, one to sell and one to give another chance, I’d keep Lemina. I think without him we’re weak in central midfield. JWP doesn’t cover the same amount of ground, Slattery is completely unproven and Armstrong looks substandard to me.

Wasn't JWP the player who consistently covered the most ground last season? He might not be the fastest, but there's no questioning his stamina.

I was on holiday when I watched Palace vs Saints in 2017, early days under Pellegrino. Lemina ran the park that day and looked exceptional. Sadly we’ve seen little since. I’d be great if he could become first choice again in a revamped Hasenhuttl team but if we need the cash for other transfers, he’s one of the jewels we have left.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41210053

"Forster will take the headlines, but Wesley Hoedt and Maya Yoshida were an almost impenetrable central-defensive pairing, and were protected superbly by Mario Lemina."

Kind of a funny article.

Stephens better have a perfect game considering we've nothing on the bench to replace him!

Guess Bertrand could, and Target go LB.. but not ideal

Being a cynical old Hector, somewhere in the detritus wafting around the place when he signed, pretty certain I saw that he mentioned the move to Saints would set him up for life..............the boy ain't going to be on his toes in a hurry during the course of his contract, unless its for a pay rise elsewhere.

There is obviously a player in there somewhere lets hope the desire to play football is stronger than an easy wedge in his pocket!

To be fair to Moi, not many Norwegians have played in the EPL after it was "ruined by money". Norwegian media is very much focusing their interviews on his salary.

You are an odd one - great half from Sims but for someone who kept on telling us how unready Valery was for the first-team despite playing really well until you changed his mind after one worldy against United ... you now want to shove Sims straight into a starting spot above an international footballer with Champions League experience based on a good 45 minutes? Sims hasn't scored a single goal in his professional career (and no assists that I can remember).

Completely agree. Since the ‘guaranteed’ picks of old have all disappeared RH has built an improving, coherent team that hasn’t lost since the Cardiff game. RH clearly doesn’t suffer egos or nonsense. Bertrand doesn’t deserve to come right back in and I don’t think it’s a given he’ll just leapfrog Targett because he is fit again.

This. He deserves a string of loses before we start battering his choices considering our recent seasons.

Bertrand's position in the squad is pure speculations. Which of course is great discussing on a forum. But it's in no way mental to play Targett as of now.