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That game was easy on the eye.

Oh dear. Poor keeping. Poor defending. 4-2

Sweet goal. Edozie skinned two to set that up

Selles has ditched the Arteta tribute act and is in a tracksuit by the looks of it.

Charles on now. Also Aribo, Djenepo, Lavia and Adams

Edozie and Manning coming on Tells and KWP off

I thought that was 3-2 for sure

Move the ball quickly. Receive in tight spaces. Alcaraz as a ten with two wingers.

Baz saved us there. Shocking mix up

We're really crisp. Making lots of chances. 3-1 up

We're moving the ball really crisply

Great goal! Armstrong

Injury I think. He was down beforehand

Based on this performance we'll have won the league by Christmas

We look like a football team. What sorcery is this?

Football!

Agreed. Likeable people are more likely to persuade other people of their ideas. Much more likely.

I like the way he goes out of the way to talk up the people around him. That's a really positive sign.

I don't remember Elyounnoussi ever running a game or tearing another defence apart. Redmond had games where he did exactly that which was the maddening thing about him - he could do it but seemed to be lacking in confidence to do it consistently.

Seems like the story of Lyanco's Saints career in a nutshell. Dives into the transfer fully committed, promising great things only to be let down by weak positioning at the last minute.

Main points - squad is too big and the squad he'll have at the end of the window is unlikely to be the one he starts with - praised the players for their work ethic in training - they will bring in players if it strengthens the squad - playing style will evolve - every game has been an improvement tactically - by the time the season starts we won't be the finished article but will be competing to win games

I'm assuming we paid whatever was necessary.

On paper we should be favourites for this but this is a team that has forgotten how to create chances and still has a mistake or two in its defence. Hoping that the last couple of friendlies help us fix at least the chance creating part of things.

It still can be