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Oh, F*!* off Henderson! Mo enjoying one last round of applause from the fans, after his sterling service, and he's all trying to push him off. Mo was walking off. Total git.

Armstrongs on, and with one of them being A Armstrong, that means goals!

Lyanco getting Gakpo booked. "Teach you for not joining us, you git." 🙂

I don't think it's so much that they are raising their game, as Selles' tactics are set up to exploit teams like Liverpool. Had Selles set us up differently, perhaps playing more direct deeper balls into Big Paul for example, pushing play back, we would have been able to put more pressure onto the teams round the bottom. Setting ourselves up the same way each week, just isn;t going to work,. And it hasn't.

Lyanoc might not have the most talent, but he's been getting about the Liverpool players tidily for a while now.

oooooh. so nearly. Had that Walcott pass got over, that would have been a super chance.

Alcaraz has lots of energy and is willing to get involved in various positions. But, being young, gave it away riunning across in front of the back line. A minute later he's up top. 🙂

He's on a long contract, so it will have to be some offer.

Ooof. Nearly an equaliser.

Get In!!! Lovely run and finish, after Fabinio made to look like a lump in midfield.

Looking forward to an inspiring Selles teamtalk. It's the last half they will have as a group. And those departing and those staying can use this second half as a sign of things to come for all their careers.

Nearly there... and from a corner. We are getting better at those. JWP should stay just so we can see more of those next season.

"a rare bit of miscontrol from TAA" as he makes a ricket of getting out of defence. 🙂

Hospital pass to Lavia, and then Lyanco rightly has a go at diver Jota.

Again, that central counter. Mo's shot a little too far out to curl it there. Selles' consistency pays off! (shame it lost so many of the other games, waiting for days like this one - and there's a lot to go here.)

good to see JWP linking up with Alcaraz again there.

More attacking teams like Liverpool, (who also bring with a number of personnel who can give the odd error), play into the central, quick running of SellesBall. It's him not having a tactic that works against all the other types of tactics in the league, that has resulted in him departing after the final whistle.

Brutal hack on star midfield maetro Mo there. Should have been a booking! 🙂

Wows! SellesBall paying off with a sharp central break and an effort on goal. Liverpool careless in midfield, but again, quick central running (key in SellesBall) pays off with a nice finish. C'Mon Saints. Great to see good work by Sulemana, new to us and staying next season, working well with veteran Walcott under watchful eye of Selles both of whom...ah...

I was going to post that as rubbish as we are, even we can take advantage of TAA's 'definding' 🙂

Desperation. Utter desperation to replace him with anyone wearing goalie gloves.

Yaaaaaay! Come back is on!

His was one of the brighter spells in the squad, when called for. No doubt the club had been to offload him a lot earlier, which may have got in the way of his playing time. Shame his return to us wasn't better for all concerned.

Both of whom have earned it, showing fight and commitment our club can only dream of, right now. Looking around the table at the off field shambles, elsewhere, the resources of some of the others, it's all the more gutting our club made so many poor decisions, to drop down instead of them.

As the game wore on, and players needed to be replaced, you could see the drop off in quality. I tuned in as the game was stopped, so can only hope Tom Lockyer makes a full and speedy recovery. And sympathy for Dabo, who hopefully, after some time, remember how well he did to get here, and realise there's no reason he can't do it, or better, next season. Luton looked easily the best first half. Second half, Robins did really well in changing the shape. Had they lost this, with those efforts that deflected off arms, before going in, and other efforts, Luton would have been even more gutted. And a thought for James Bree. Makes the step up, only for his boss to be (unsurprisingly) fired, drop down the pecking order in a different tactic, and then take a 40% pay cut, as all his former team mates go the other way. No reason why he can't play a solid part in getting us up next season.