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So she’s flogged the club to a Chinese criminal and we are supposed to respect her?

6 points will be plenty enough to finish above us

We’re ****ed. We havn’t beaten a single decent side this season, our only wins have come against teams that have been a complete shambles, and even then only one win was convincing. Sack the Argie **** tomorrow and we might have a slight chance of staying up, keep him and we will finish second bottom.

We’ve got a ****ing mountain to climb now looking at those fixtures. I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t win another game this season. We need a couple of wins on the road and to beat Bournemouth - just can’t see it happening. I reckon we will get a win and three or four draws max, doubt 35 points will be enough.

Something is not right about this Chinese deal, no one spends £200mill on a club and just watches as it goes down the toilet.

Just the manager giving one of his mates a pay day. ****ing useless.

I can’t see us getting another win this season in the league.

We’re down

Worrying thing is the first half is usually our good half.

But if the ref didn't see the pull then it wasn't a judgement call. VAR did, told the ref, goal rightly disallowed.

I disagree, the ref watching VAR had the benefit of slow motion, different angles and replays - he should make the call. I can't believe after years of being on the ****ty end of decisions against big clubs some Saints fans want the one tool that could work in our favour taken away. We could be holding our second major trophy had it been used last year. Once the teething problems are sorted out it will be an excellent addition to the game. Anyway, how did Clattenburg know what the ref saw of the pull by Llorente?

Llorente clearly pulled the Rochdale defender causing him to fall over.

Many pundits who just want to make a big fuss out of it to make a story - I bet not many refs think the goal should have stood.

It's our lack of winnable home games that will see us down IMO, playing teams around us away gives us a chance but under this manager I can't see us getting enough wins from that lot.

Whilst it's bound to have teething problems I think it is great. Should help the smaller club's like us get marginal decisions at the big grounds where refs are under so much pressure to give it to the home side. No way would Rochdale have had that Spurs goal disallowed if it wasn't for VAR - it was obviously the correct decision and usually the ref would have pussied out.

Playing one or two upfront is fine, it depends on the players. I'm not sure Long, Gabbiadini or Austin are at their best as a lone striker. Pelle and Lambert it suited.

Training is bound to be more hard work when you give a sh!t about how well you play. c*nt.

I think Milliband changing the rules puts a stop to that happening again.

There has been bits in the papers, plus some ITK on here reckoned they were looking for a new manager over a month an ago. It is of course just speculation though, just like your theory of him not dithering.

I think he’s probably dithered, there is no way of proving either way though of course - all we all do is speculate.

Don’t disagree but the important fact is that there is a myriad of different ways to get news nowadays be it social media, online, TV or print. Very different from my Dad’s generation who only got their news solely from the daily paper and the news at Ten. All news is biased to a degree but what you read on the BBC is a million miles away from a newspaper telling you to “turn the lights out if Labour win”. Wether it is right or left wing, that sort of journalism seems really dated.

Totally agree. Lowe got Strachan out of the managerial scrap yard. Hoddle was bargain basement as well at the time as well I think because of his dodgy bible bashing views.

Only managers on the scrap heap would be interested in the Saints job at this stage of the season. Thank's to Les' dithering we are left with a choice of two massive gambles - Stick with Pelligrino or take a punt on someone with a sh!t CV who has nothing to lose.

I agree. In past elections it could be fair argument that opponents have been 'brainwashed' if their only source of news is one biased newspaper. Going forward this will be less and less of a genuine argument and new generations should be much more balanced and open minded as the opinions of the press become more and more of an irrelevance.

Many people are though. I think to an extent we are all influenced by what we read. The print media is a dying breed and I also think reading obviously biased reporting a dying concept as well - It's just a by product of a dated red vs blue political system where people just want to read something that makes them feel more comfortable with their own bigoted views.