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Tall Paul against the bar.

Saints just have no attacking threat at all.

Ten minutes to save the season and it's WHU who are making the chances.

Saints build up is ponderous to say the least. Perraud attacks the penalty are and fails to find a Saints attacker.

Free header for West Ham again.

Yet another WHU free kick.

Another West Ham free kick to be lumped into the box.

Another opponent having a poor day being handed 3 points by Saints. Same old story.

Saints living dangerously.

Saints corners never seem to look dangerous. Another one easily cleared.

Stu loses possession. Again.

Perraud's shot would have beaten most 'keepers and nestled in the far corner. I'd stick him up front.

Saints need to score at least two goals in this game otherwise we're in real trouble. Beyond the shot from Perraud we've looked toothless. We're going down with hardly a whimper.

Oh it was Bowen.

Ings does Saints a favour by hitting the bar.

DCC yellow. How soon before Saints are reduced to 10?

I've lost count of the number of times Moi has given the ball away.

All that fannying around and then allow an unchallenged header. Seen it so many times this season.

Onside.

Three players offside but presumably not involved even though they're standing in the penalty area.

A cross into the box and WHU score easily.

Good away performance so far from Saints. Lots of possession and steady as she goes. A goal would be nice but to narrow in attack.

At some stage in the last 10 games of the season Saints are going to have to try and win a game rather than just trying to avoid defeat. Best we can expect today is to sneak a 0-1 win but I feel a 4-1 defeat is much more likely. Draw is no good.

Yep. It's my calculation that 38 points will guarantee safety. Anything less and we'll be in trouble. Last 5 games form has us finishing on 33 points. 😬 So 5 wins (or the equivalent) out of the 10 games remaining would definitely come close to great escape territory.

Current form has us with one win and two draws in the last 5. Replicate that over the remaining games and we'll finish on 33 points. Not enough. Can't see us getting out of it myself but a win tomorrow might just get the optimistic juices flowing. Anything less than 3 points will probably not be enough - unless the plan is to win against Man City instead of course.