coalman

The players are still learning Martin's system. We are still vulnerable to sides that press us and set pieces / crosses. We can't score goals. Plus it's St Mary's. We've lost JWP. So all signs point to calamity. Sentiment seems to have gone from promotion favourites to mid table obscurity based on 2 results. So, I'm predicting 2-0 to Saints. Looking forward to seeing Charles play a full 90 minutes in centre midfield. Looking forward to 2 out of 3 of Edozie, Tella and Amo-Ameyaw tearing it up down the wings. Looking forward to Charly dropping into pockets of space. We're not going to be the finished article for a while and there's still 3 weeks before the transfer window closes. August and September were always going to be a wild ride. I'm quite enjoying going into games with greater expectations (for a while more at least)

3-1

3-0

2-0

I never doubted it.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a club announce a contract for a player they haven't bought yet. Liverpool really are dripping with a sense of entitlement

On the one hand, sad to see Tino go. But also if we get decent money for someone coming back from that kind of knee injury it's not a bad outcome.

Except it's not just £9m. It's a social media campaign AND posters. It's hard to imagine how they could be more generous, particularly to a newly relegated club looking for charity from their betters.

Just wait for the chairman's wife's friend from pilates cousin's social media campaign. That'll show us.

I see West Ham have submitted today's take it or leave final offer for JWP.

No sense either of them walking without company. When you're part of this kind of hard luck story a comforting ear is always helpful.

Yup you need another 3 or 4 wingers.

I'm sure they're putting up posters as we speak.

£15m plus another £5m muppet tax now I think. Their chairman can stick some debt on the club and it'll make his daughter happy.

Rumour has it Liverpool want to get the Lavia deal done quickly. Lol. Obviously code for "we expect Saints to fold quickly"

But I thought Liverpool had entered another period of dominance. The collective pressgasm after they won the league seemed to suggest so anyway.

West Ham have allegedly pulled out of signing JWP. Who was the most advanced of their lowball targets this window. I would hope they get no one but a more fitting piece of karma might be for them to get rinsed by Man Utd for Maguire and McTominay

If Sheff Wed have watched our preseason they'll be pressing us hard from the kickoff to force a mistake. That might leave them open to a cheeky ball over the top. Can see us dominating possession and losing 3-1. But I'm going for 3-1 to us.

You can take the Burnley out of the Championship but....

Fucking hell, that's moving. I can barely type through the tears. We should just send Burnley Tella on a free.

Some decent passing. Should've had a penalty but lacking in intensity and the more the game went on the less likely it felt we'd score.

Bezos is clearly a fullback and Obama's legs have gone.

Lyanco would've been off for that in the league

That was a bit two footed