Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

Being praised again after a win over Millwall last night, seems to have really found some form there. Oddly he played as a front 3 with Jay Rod, and the Milwall keeper was Bialkowski which is 3 very distinct generations of Saints

We’ll miss him already if he’s out a few weeks similar impact to Tino last season, come in and just blown me away with raw talent but composure that is beyond his experience. Couple of times again where he turns away from danger in our half when he has no right to be able to and splits their team. Reminding me of Schneiderlin at times already

Always is! Armstrong at right wing when he’s played left recently, just makes sense! I’ve definitely seen worse, before the spurs game it was Lavia at right wing… what’s worst is we literally tweet the team in lineup order

Lavia got sucked into a challenge, JWP followed him across, KWP and ABK on the same man and no right wing tracking back (not sure if it is Moi or Aribo) meant there was a big gap for him to float into

Surprised Edwards didn't get more time, he looked good in pre-season and we looked comfortable for the last 20

Ideal, then there can be a separate middle thread for the half time music choices and the relay, with a voting option on which colour bibs we want to win!

Hopefully he’ll pick some tips up from Jay-Rod playing together

Love this from Andersen, we need this fight back in our squad (circa JWP and Stephens a few seasons ago winding everyone up). Nunez has an absolutely massive target on his back now as someone you can just annoy out of the game

Maybe that is the plan for Lis this season, he'll be fourth keeper/Sammy Saint for the half time entertainment.

Weird game that. Classic Obafemi, a good finish to put them two up, then at 2-1 has the ball in the Millwall half, all he has to do is head to the corner and keep the ball, and he runs to goal, brilliant challenge wins the ball back and they lose possession. That equaliser is a quality finish...

The thread title can now easily be made valid, by simply moving the dash, this thread is now the "James Garner transfer- saga"

The performance this weekend reminded me a bit of Long's second season here, when he played wider with Pelle the focal point. Using his pace to run in the channels rather than through the middle, and press. I think there could be a useful player in there for us this season, if we can figure out how to get him, Aribo and Armstrong into the team without wasting one of them.

No Vokins either no sign of Mara either so guess he’ll be in the squad tomorrow

A ridiculous win from nowhere! Already one trophy in the bag, could manage a double if the one day form carries on and we can get more of the first team involved! then we have an outside chance at the championship too at the end of summer! if you count the Southern vipers and brave too, what a time to be a Hampshire cricket fan!!

Newcastle have announced today that they will wear their matchday warmup shirt as their kit away at Brighton (with full sponsors and branding) because all 3 of their kits clash! Ridiculous that this isn't better organised, needing 4 kits is ridiculous (and I know we've done it multiple times!) Got me thinking, what will Leeds wear this weekend, their home is white which from behind will look the same as ours, but the away is a seemingly pale yellow with dark shorts, so not massively different from across the pitch!

Would definitely take him here, he's the player Ralph seems to think Moi is...

Might see Mara get some gametime for the B team this evening, he wasn't even on the bench on Saturday so maybe not quite ready yet

I get that, think Romeu will be very important this year, but for me Hojbjerg will be in JWP's pocket all afternoon anyway. The reason I'd go for Lavia is the legs. Spurs will counter quickly, and have runners from midfield, so we'll need someone who can keep up with them really.

My team for the game would be: Bazunu, KWP, ABK, Bednarek, Salisu, Perraud (if fit, if not Djenepo), Lavia, JWP, S Armstrong, Adams, Aribo In a 5-1-2-2/ 5-2-3 sort of setup, where JWP can either sit with Lavia, and Armstrong push up, with Aribo tucking wide on the other side, or a front 2 with Armstrong and JWP behind and Lavia holding. They obviously have so much more quality in the key areas, so it will come down to whether we can outplay their system. If they have a front 3 against our 3 centre backs, we will need Lavia to drop in and help. But we might have more numbers in midfield and could win the game there if JWP is at his best. Will be interesting to see how we setup. There could be great battles at wing back, if they have Perisic at left wing-back KWP will need to be on it defensively but could expose him going forward.

One thing that’s been mentioned a lot is the fact that the same 11 started all the games, but I also noticed that 9 of those 11 started in the game at st Mary’s last September. I think squad chemistry and knowing each other’s games is really key. the mens team at international level always changes, when maybe a more settled 11 with just a few players coming in and out of the squad would be best same with saints, we really need to go into this season with a settled defence and stick with it, let them get used to playing together and build confidence in each other’s games

He got 2 against Watfords u23 yesterday, Morgan got one and Edwards another! Agreed, even with Dibling gone, we’ve got Ballard, Edwards, Pearce, Payne and Morgan all coming through who seem to be strong! I’m sure I also saw concern that Doyle might be leaving with Dibling but he played 90 for us yesterday

Coventry striker Gyokeres just scored a great goal, 24, scored 17 for them last season and is 6 foot 2 but mobile, seems like the sort of player we might look at; or those around us

Depending on when the fixture is we could put out quite the u23 team if we really wanted: Bazunu (20), Tino (19), ABK (20), Salisu (23), Vokins (22) Lavia (18), Diallo (23) Edwards (18) Ferry (21) Tella (23) Mara (19) I think starting Bazunu would be funny either way...

Already missed out on Arteta and Vieira from their coaching tree. Seemingly they also need to have played in midfield for Arsenal, so shall we let Fabregas manage Melbourne City for a year then get him? (Not going to happen!)

Come on now, no need to call me that sort of thing, calm back down. Quite clearly a joke, I don't actually think all tories are twats, I definitely think some are (Chris Grayling, Micheal Gove, the entitled money-grabbing politicians whose policies end up costing the country lots of money), but I also think lots of other people are too, not just based on political leanings. I actually don't mind Rishi, he seems to have worked hard to get where he is and his work as chancellor during the pandemic kept a lot of people's finances ticking over. Perhaps I just mistrust anyone proud to wear bright blue because of that lot down the road?