Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

Can't help but see any other result, unfortunately. Aubameyang against Stephens and Hoedt could be one of the biggest mismatches this season.

I'd rather have Rickie scoring no goals on the pitch than Carrillo and Long doing it. Having said that, at least we might actually score a penalty if was playing.

Virgil, Mane & Lemina. Toby for Lemina if I can include loans.

Might be good for a few goals now, then...

Unconvinced he'd be the best choice if long term considerations were the only factor but, given we're in a desperate fight to stay up, hopefully he can inject enough spark & fight into the team to do so. Then it's up to him to prove the doubters wrong about him successfully leading a longer term project.

Ah yes, I'd forgotten Mark was his middle name. Cunning from Reed! When the fanbase asks for Les to be removed, he can fire Hughes instead...

Jeremy Wilson has Hughes as frontrunner. Surely this is as good a source as we can get at the moment? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/03/13/mark-hughes-favourite-southampton-job-aftermauricio-pellegrino/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Everyone lies on their CV?

Now there's an incentive for him to redouble his efforts to keep us up - the boot whatever happens!

Opinion or some sense of being ITK?

This. Almost a sense of you, the fans questioned our judgement by forcing us to remove Puel, and the board aren't going to have our judgement questioned again, whatever the consequences.

The first tranche leaving us to go there bugged me but not now. They keep going there and still they've won nowt. If they were trophy chasers they'd try to go to sides who do win things...

Here's our side from that day. And we thought our defence now was bad...

Norwich away in Dec 2005. Sat at the front of the away end in the snow & froze (til we noticed the rest of our away support had migrated to the back of the stand where it was marginally warmer). It was freezing cold, the football was cr*p and we lost 3-1. Only plus point was having a beer & a chat with Jimmy Case after the match - he'd commentated on the game and was staying in the same hotel as us.

Sadly, the latter option still seems like an upgrade...

To an extent I'd agree that our recruitment hasn't been spot on in the last couple of years but a competent manager will see one of their strengths will be matching up against an area where we are weaker and look to restrict their effectiveness by cutting off the supply line.

Great question! Tough to answer too... Manager - Big Lawrie G - McCarthy RB - Cedric CB - WRIGHT CB - Hoedt LB - Bertrand CM - Lemina CM - Hojbjerg RW - LE TISSIER AM - KEEGAN LW - WALLACE D. CF - Gabbiadini Plan - outscore the opposition & hope Wright can help keep their score down!!

Most significant impacts so far are the lobbed through ball vs West Brom for Tadic to score & injuring Yoshida. Needs a goal or two now to crack on.

And when he gets injured Gardos will step into the breach...

For those who were there yesterday, how did Redmond get on? Has his spell out of the side done him some good?

Mark Dennis too

To be fair, I've nearly fallen asleep during matches, this season and last...

Colin Clarke Egil Ostenstad

I'm actually at the point of wondering whether there's a contractual reason we won't sack MP, say in the first year of his contract (unless for disciplinary reasons). That the board have bought into their own hype so much, a season flirting dangerously with relegation could never be considered. And now we're left with no alternative but to back a man who is so clearly not up to the job it's untrue.

Clear proof the club does follow this forum then...