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Well, they're similar aside from Armstrong's goals and assists...

Adams' finish against City looking a bit of an outlier in terms of technique. He just doesn't generally strike the ball very well.

Why do you think that? Adams has put himself about plenty, but hasn't really shown the quality to link up meaningfully with the rest of the attack. That's basically exactly what Long offers.

Not a lot of ideas up front, and when we do have a bright idea, the execution has been rubbish (after the goal, which was a lovely cross).

Any clues as to why operating costs would suddenly jump by £30m year on year?

It began as a hashtag on Twitter and Facebook responding to the acquittal of George Zimmerman. It was subsequently taken up by three activists as the name of a foundation they established, which later turned into a global network of loosely affiliated chapters. Either way, the original hashtag had nothing to do with Marxism. So, why are you assuming that people are marching and kneeling for the organisation, and not for the sentiment that existed before it?

And yet you're eager to argue that the Okay sign isn't a white power symbol on account of its origins. In that case, you'd presumably agree that since BLM was a slogan long before it had a formal organisation around it, everything subsequent to that original meaning is irrelevant?

Strikes the ball very well and looks to have a good weight of pass.

Plenty of Saints fans have claimed the same during the darker moments of the past three seasons.

If we want to follow the Leipzig/Dortmund model, we have to start hoovering a couple of these young players from minor leagues up in the hope that a few of them will come good. You can't be a shop window club if you buy and replace on a 1:1 basis.

Hopefully he'll start connecting well with the kind of chances that come more than once per season now.

I take full credit.

That's Adams' technique for you.

You expect him to talk sh*t about a team mate? Players say all sorts of unlikely things bigging up their colleagues. As for PEH, I guess he must never have been on the field at the same time as Arjen Robben, who could run as fast or faster than long with the ball under control.

They're both ropey finishers from what I've seen. Both have a tendency to scuff chances right at the keeper.

As someone says above, Long didn't have the pace to trouble Watford. At least twice he had the chance to drive one on one against the last defender, and twice he was reeled in and dispossessed within a few yards.

Yup - strikes the ball more cleanly than Adams did in his highlights, that's for sure.

He's been great for us, and is a genuinely great finisher, but I don't think Ings is a big club's idea of a marquee striker signing.

Anyone else notice Smallbone receiving the ball on the half turn and pressing forward before providing the pass for Ings' first? In the same situation, Hoj would probably have knocked it back where it came.

This is absolutely true. When we pass the ball around at the back and between defensive midfield and the keeper, it's like we're doing it because we've been told that that's what good teams do without actually having a clue what it is they're trying to achieve by doing it. Neither Bednarek nor McCarthy are comfortable with the ball at their feet, and you can't play out from the back properly if 2/5 of your players can't participate.

Hmm, so you're eager for things to change, you just don't support anything that anyone else has suggested to date. Got it.

Arsenal did to us what we did to Norwich. Both teams played at a similar level of intensity, but there was a clear gulf in class on display.

Okay, so your position is pretty clear then. You reject the notions of white supremacy, patriarchy and equity, and want to maintain the status quo on race relations, sexism and economics. So why are you trying to argue that you aren't right wing?

Mine was a simple question and I asked it first. Why are you assuming that they want to make the world worse?

Why are you assuming that BLM want to replace the police, capitalism and the atomised family with something worse?