woodsaint1

Thrown in because of our transfer dealings? Hes in because of injuries to Diallo, Romeu and Smallbone. He also played a bit against Shrewsbury and Arsenal

Ntcham off to Marseille. Not that we were ever really interested

Hoping for a Toby Alderweireld-esque last minute deal which nobody seen coming. Highly doubt it though, time for bed

So right now, we have one first team LB and one first team RB (who is injured). As much as i dont rate Valery or Vokins, they shouldnt be allowed to leave until replacements are in the building. What are we thinking 🤯

Hes touted as one of the best young LBs in Ligue 1. Would also cost upwards of 12 million so highly unlikely we would pay that for LB cover, unless Bertrand is leaving in the summer (despite saying hes happy, still no contract signed)

Thats what happens when you back a decent manager with some money (96 million net spend in the summer) compared with our penny pinching (12 million net spend). Ralph may claim to be happy about the self sustainable mantra of the club, but its only a matter of time until he sees clubs passing us and gets persuaded to go elsewhere just like Poch/Koeman

I know what you're saying, we often recycle the ball too much with the GK and two CBs playing between themselves for a while. Cant complain about being toothless tonight. We had a goal ruled out (somehow), a shot blocked by a hand, a couple of great saves from Martinez and a few cleared off the line. Just no luck tonight unfortunately

Decisions were a disgrace. What is that sleeve rule all about, i mean honestly what a load of shite. Thought Che made a big difference when he came on. Djenepo continues to frustrate. Could be a costly one depending on how serious the injuries to Romeu, Diallo and Walcott (not bothered by Walcott, could do with a rest because hes been poor)

Its been the issue with Theo in recent years, way too inconsistent. Gets himself in great positions but then let down by a poor touch, pass or decision. Unless theres an upturn in form and 5/6 goals between now and the season end, I wouldnt be bothered with us not making it permanent. AMN would be a great replacement

Lost interest when it said that Djenepo is an effective attacking option. Must be watching a different team

Watching Valery is depressing. Defensively so inept

Arteta is hardly a genius by realising that we're playing our B team defence. Press us high and we'll make mistakes - exactly whats happened. Can see us scoring, but really cant see us not conceding again ☹

Celtic's Jeremie Frimpong, who I think we were linked with before, is in talks with Leverkusen. Might just rule them out of any move for Brandon Williams, should United be willing to let him go out on loan at the end of the window

Yes we've injuries but typical saints web defeatist attitude. Wait until we actually play the games first. To keep the season interesting? We have a game in hand on a number of sides above us, win that and we go 6th and 2 points off 4th. Maybe you would rather we be in the relegation zone to make it more interesting for you 🤷🏽‍♂️

McCarthy KWP Bednarek Vest Bertrand Armstrong JWP Romeu Walcott Ings Adams

What a waste of a career. From Juve to barely making the bench for newly promoted Fulham in 4 years. Still only 27 too. Permanent deal only please

Diallo just keeps getting better but lets not forget how influential Oriol has been end of last season/this season until he got injured. Great conundrum for Ralph to have with them both and JWP as CM options

Thought Adams did well. Denied by Leno what would have been a quality goal. His movement and hold up play helps the team so much. Even if he was "off the boil", you're still playing him ahead of Walcott, N'Lundulu and Long regardless

Hopefully he signs the new contract, but its inevitable a release clause will be included in any agreement. Seen figures of £35m (club preference) and £20m (Ings preference) being banded around. Unclear if they're accurate but could see a meeting in the middle around £25-27.5m. Would suit both parties - club gets a slightly bigger guaranteed fee and Ings get an option to leave if clause met. Is there a period of time which needs to expire before the clause can be activated? If not there will probably be a few clubs interested this summer - Spurs and City being the most likely move for him. Just need to hope Spurs miss out on CL (not that it put off PEH) and City look elsewhere. Couldnt see United or Liverpool being interested but who knows

What a shit show in the final third, not helped by Shlong running about like a headless chicken. Trying to play through gaps which werent there as they had 10/11 behind the ball most of the time. Least the kids got some minutes, although not many stood out. Thought Watts was probably the brightest, Vokins next. JWP, Diallo and Bednarek all looked very comfortable.

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Losing to Shrewsbury will do alot more damage to our confidence than losing to Arsenal. Also wouldnt jump to say that Arsenal are rejuvenated - they've beaten poor Newcastle x2, West Brom and Brighton sides, and an out of form Chelsea team in recent weeks. Also drew with Palace at home. We can definitely beat them even with our injuries

Will be a kick in the teeth if he refuses to extend, particularly after the big risk we took on him given his injury record. Sadly it wont be surprising given the lack of loyalty in today's game. No doubt it'll be sold on here as being the club's fault - lack of ambition, didnt give him enough money etc. The player holds all the cards unfortunately

We beat Liverpool the other week with the same squad, you must have missed that

Here we go again fs. Been solid since hes come in, gets turned by a good player for a goal and hes not PL quality anymore. Have a day off would ya