coalman

If you're Pep managing City you can fuck about with selections because you have a £50m international wherever you look. If you're managing Saints you're lucky if you can pick 11 players without 3 of them being shit.

Ok. I'm over my pre match realism and on to desperate optimism. 3-1 to Saints. COYR!

That's not the worst state to be watching Saints in right now.

Was meant to be meeting a friend tonight but the fucker bailed on me and now I have to watch Saints 😭

If there was one team you'd want, at home, when you needed a dose of confidence as your title charge falters it would be us.

Maybe don't go looking for the result. Let it find you on its own.

We're not even scoring 30 points are we?

Vigo (from Ghostbusters 2) was always going to score against us. Only question was how many

These are the kinds of game that can set the tone for the rest of the season. They kept fighting at 3-1 and earned that. I hope the belief gets carried forward into the next games. 19 chances and 7 on target also tells its tale. Also, Elyounoussi, never again.

They're remembering how to create chances again

The biggest thing for me is our ball retention is so much better than under Jones. People are showing for the ball and we're playing out of tight spaces. It's been so long since we've been able to pressure teams it was like they were remembering how to play in the final third.

Shaw got away with one at the end of the first half too

I loved Matty as a player for us. Recently as someone on twitter put it "he throws rocks at the moon"

Maguire showing there's almost at least one more bellend on United's bench at all times.

How is it only four minutes?

Garnacho is moving well for a man who was recently twitching like he'd been plugged into the mains.

Or once and then every week until the end of the season?

COYR. Let's have this.

Fernandes HAS to get booked for dissent at some point

Their crowd aren't going to enjoy 80% saints possession

Ref has been reminded of his job at half time

If we keep our heads for the first ten minutes I reckon Fernandes will lose his.

United will blow themselves out. Their sense of entitled outrage won't last.

Should to yellow to everyone who isn't the captain. Then a yellow if the captain is Fernandes

There's going to be some proper histrionics now. Ref needs to be strong