John Boy Saint

Trouble is do you want him training with the nippers slowly becoming like a bottle of milk left out on the side with the lid off stinking the place out? That said when he turned up he freely admitted that his contract with us sets him up for life, so cruising round with the nippers would probably suit him very nicely.

No it’s a lesser Red you could almost call it an Orange, he didn’t set out to smash the player to smithereens just last man before keeper and goal so a soft red, think handball on the line might be a soft red too, but if you have been sent off already this season that becomes 2 match ban 3 times etc......Pretty sure Wanyama got pinged on that one for us once.

Spurs wages aren’t at the stratospheric level many other clubs piddle up the wall, makes me wonder if the win bonus is rather nice thank you. Think Arsenal did similar once as did we in the days of Lowe. It’s only recently Kane had a new contract that bolted him to the floor at £200k pw not that long ago he was around £50k pw which when it came out made you think Gosh that’s low.

Wasn't until I saw this post that I realised we seem to have the rub of the green on this next set of games, in that we have a week between Watford and City - City play Thursday against Liverpool then us on Sunday. We have our next game on the following Thursday then the following Monday which is reasonable enough, although travel could be a pain as both are away in the north west.

What bright spark dug this up from the dark corner where it should have remained accumulating dust and cobwebs - there is nothing cathartic in a revisitation. Reminded me of waking up in China to turn off my alarm and seeing a message from a mate about shipping so many goals at home - wow I was instantly awake. So thanks for that reminder and thanks for making me wonder when I can go back to China again.

Think that was evident as the clock ran down, even Ings was hanging back trying to feed him. Liked the look of KWP - he looks like you could just pop him in your pocket, but against Watford’s monsters totally un-phased and always looking forward tidy player on today’s performance if Spuds want to swap him for PEH, crack on. Romeu looked tidy today no frills just simple stuff breaking up play giving JWP freedom instead of having to show for PEH. Sorry but Redmond drives me up the wall, Armstrong gets the ball drives forwards Redmond in the same spot on the pitch is like a Super Tanker trying to execute a handbrake turn.........maybe that’s just me. Anyway what a treat to see another win on the road nailed and 40 points with games to play,

The phrase - The chances of that are slim to none....................and Slim just rode out of town - springs to mind.

That’s what I said yesterday evening - bit like getting a lollipop after seeing the dentist - you know full well that you will be back in their chair before long! 😁

Get that bloody White Witch back to top up whatever she did when we first moved into St Mary’s - might be mumbojumbo to some but there are many who believe the weirdness surrounding ancient Britons and the ground being built on an old settlement.

Just seen the replay of the Jack red card to criticise him for playing Aubameyang onside is bang out of order, firstly Hoj plays the ball through so no chance of offside, Jacks body language is how is that ball coming my way?? Saints the gift that keeps on giving. Ah well pretty sure we have the life belt already packed on the coach for Watfords hopes

Hey I guess the one upside - I’m getting my money back on that game.

Stephens was hung out to dry by the pass

Wish you could mute Carragher..........jeez the guy offers nothing of any value.

Oooh either I’m blind but a LIKE button has appeared! i have this on 3 devices so it might have been there for a few days - but looking right now on mobile it’s obviously put itself in my eye line

Would be funny just for the Sky meltdown at who to root for next as at the moment it’s Liverpool followed by errr Liverpool and Liverpool then the 5 of the “Big 6” swiftly followed by the ‘Ammers. Still these last few games will get them use to the emptiness of the London stadium in the championship.

Blimey a score line to mask the durge of a game it’s been.

You do realise that traditionally to answer your own questions on SaintsWeb you have to manipulate the system to have multiple logins and develop severe schizophrenia (jeez I typed that with out spell check auto correct.......gosh!......thats worrying!) so you can have an argument with yourself ☺️

For a bunch of hard working scrappers Burnley looked bamboozled early on - just as Arsenal did the other night a Sky stat came up in that Arsenal game as the match was entering the final 10 mins - shots on target Man City 16 - Arsenal 2. City look like they have been training together all through lockdown - they are so metronomic I nodded off in both tonights game and last Wednesdays!!

So if the referee has blown the whistle for half or full time you can manhandle and rough up oppo players at will, committing offences that would see you getting first go with the hot water in the showers in the game time minutes between the kick off whistle and the signalled end of the half. The time that elapsed between Maupays first half tangling with Leno and Guendouzi taking issue with Maupay at the end of the game was a pre meditated action. it does beggar belief, the video ref reviewed it too, and the FA naughty boys committee say its ok. Bizarre!

I thought he looked more relaxed without the armband on Friday. People use to moan about Wanyama being solid in the middle breaking up play, and stats say likewise with PEH, but like Wanyama (until his last season with us) passing a ball beyond 10-15 yards and it becomes a lottery. As for his wayward shooting - it makes me think of my golf swing, do it too fast too hard and a lottery as to where my ball goes - slow it all down and the ball goes pretty much where I want it, sitting in the Chapel and seeing countless of his shots coming my way, I can’t help but think you have enough time to slow your shooting action down just a little and avoid the snapshot trying to knock the skin off the ball. I stand to be corrected but all his goals from a good strike have been from where he has been running with the ball and hit it rather than the being stood still and trying to smash the Granny out of the easier chance through over thinking.

Zszzzzzzzzzzz Is it over?

Just spotted Mike “f**king” Dean has become Catweasel (ask your olds Kids 😁). As an aside if you haven’t heard it yet - look out the Peter Crouch pod-cast with Dean as a guest - it is pretty funny.

I thought that was second yellow = red. For Luiz so that’s only one game - I stand to be corrected (now the drink has long passed) Guendouzi should be retrospectively done because what he did to Maupay was a good hour after the event that sparked it and the final whistle........but then the FA are so spineless they couldn’t do anything about Zaha visibly poking JWP in the eye - if that’s not raising your hands to an opposition players face??

Think anyone who wasn’t sceptical about the “signing“ is telling Porky pies after the amounts we had piddled up the wall on Lemina, Elyounoussi, Carrillo etc, and here we were coughing up “a whopping” £20M(ultimately) on a player who hadn’t seen much action on the pitch over the last few years, and most of us had already witnessed JRod not come back to the level he was at before he suffered a similar injury. Without him this season we certainly could be in a spot of bother right now. We’re all cynical bunch on here and we all know the definition of a Cynic = an Optimist with experience. In Danny’s post match interview I couldn’t help but notice how his ‘Ampshoire accent is coming back.

Ooops drinking - talking golf and posting - got my wild haired players mixed up - Guendouzi should by rights be missing on Thursday Apologies one and all. 8-0 win still stands (where does golf come into it - trying to re book a trip to The Vale in South Wales when we were there in October Welsh team were staying there Ampadu was skipping down the car park like a little kid, quite funny to watch.............Bale can carry on up his backside)