James

As in winning games and looking dominant after years of being complete sh*te.

He was brilliant last night. Had their full back on toast and I thought it was a big sign of confidence that most of our attacks came down his side despite having Tella on the other flank. If he could sharpen his end product he will be brilliant for us.

Either there is no pleasing some Saints fans or this is a wind up. Last night was the best we've played in years.

Very encouraging. More cutting edge and we will be extremely good this season.

Yep. At what point do we just admit it isn't going to work out for him here...

We essentially aren't playing a striker. Armstrong totally anonymous.

Would also be absolutely amazed if Lavia played...

God he looks horrendous in that video. Great scouting Saints.

Agree. Given that I'm nervous of getting a result against a glorified League One side it also shows how far off Premier League quality we were last year.

I think the team will be: Baz Manning Janny B Stephens KWP Smallbone JWP Alcaraz Tella Adams Edozie Possibly Arma in for Edozie.

Gutted to see Tino go. Annoying also that all of these protracted summer departures seem to be speeding up on the eve of our opening league game. Fingers crossed that (a) we aren’t too disrupted/have enough to put away some of these early teams and (b) we have replacements lined up ready to go. As West Ham are finding, once everyone knows you’ve got cash burning a hole in your pocket then suddenly the price goes up and a few more games go by before they are in the door/up to match speed with a new team..

Isn’t this TacticallyMatt guy just a BS merchant anyway?

Yep - next step in the Liverpool play book is Klopp encouraging the player to go on strike...

The way that the Liverpool based journos decry our player valuations whilst Liverpool themselves are pocketing overinflated fees from Saudi for their castoffs is just weird. Smacks of a completely entitled club. Didn't see them complaining when they pocketed £25 million for Rhian Brewster despite him barely setting foot on the pitch but suppose that's OK as he is from the mighty Liverpool.

Yeah, I mean one way to "free" him is to stop making such low ball offers.

I think we need to move for Piroe. Sounds like Leeds interested too so getting him also takes him away from a potential promotion rival. We desperately need a striker and RM knows him well.

If by injured you mean bottling it then yes.

If you thought that was bad then I suspect you are going to be disappointed for most of the upcoming season. Honestly, I don't know what our fans expect sometimes.

Not sure how you can say we "never looked like scoring" when we had, at a minimum, a stonewall penalty appeal declined. I'll accept that some of our nice looking build up play lacks a cutting edge but think you're being a little harsh.

As we know, a Rueben Selles managed team doesn't really give you too much to think about.

Half watched the game and half only saw the result?

Agree. Pretty encouraged ahead of the new season. We do need a striker though, that is glaringly obvious…

You watching the game or just the score? We’ve played some nice stuff, many more chances and Bazunu has had barely anything to do. Clear we need a striker but we are more than holding our own and this lot are no mugs.

Odd take, he’s been pretty good in my view.

Might just be me but some of this is pretty promising. We know we need another striker (hopefully we find a buyer for Adams as, on this form, I’d rather keep Armstrong). AZ are a decent outfit and we are matching them. Controversial opinion maybe but won’t be sad if someone takes KWP off our hands. Really has been shocking recently.