coalman

I reckon Jones is finally going to shift that bogey any week now.

If you want a manager capable of scraping through cup games against lower league opposition with a premier League squad. Jones is your man. If you want to stay in the premier league maybe not

That's shored up their midfield for them.

Today we had a real chance to go clear at the bottom of the table. Just needed results to go the right way. And we have stepped up.

Now if everyone just look like they're having fun

Jones "I thought we created lots of good chances"

On the plus side, Bree doesn't look out of place in the side. On the downside, Bree doesn't look out of place in this side

He's still got another division to drop after we get to the championship

I don't have any hope. Gallows humour is all that's left

Surely Walcott for Edozie

Lyanco on, Lavia off. That'll sort it

Diallo sets up the second

What Moi lacks in first touch he makes up for in pace. No, wait

If some scream "fuck off" in the ref's face that has to be a card surely?

I love this tactic of laying siege to our own goal for the first 30 mins of games

Inviting pressure

This team in red and white look good

Both the new boys on the bench though! That's positive at least.

I feel a lot better about this lineup than the one at Newcastle. I still don't feel great though.

I agree. In the first 20 minutes there was no passing option available to any of our players once the ball left the keeper and CB. So players either ran into trouble and lost it or we hoofed it. Either way it just invited pressure to come back at us. Until we can hold the ball and progress through midfield we're always going to invite an attack vs defence game against our defence. If we were lucky we'd get to close the centre circle then stop and come back. If our midfielders can't turn into space and break the lines then defending against Saints is easy mode for any team in the premiership. Every so often a long ball may come off or we'll catch the other side in possession but that's not enough to make a team out of.

5 at the back where you have Bednarek and Lyanco who don't have a working brain between them. KWP on the wrong side and Perraud on the bench. It's not just a stupid formation it's populating it with the wrong players.

Thus maintaining our manager's winning stats.

Odds on the ref blowing up on 97 minutes exactly?

Ref just going to check what Eddie Howe wants him to do here.

COYR!