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FFS. Hudd 1-0.

Didn't realise that the free kick for Chelsea's first was taken from the wrong place. Poor defending against Giroud all the same but Dean hasn't helped us at all.

Maybe Saints should have signed Giroud given that he always scores at St Mary's.

Gutting. We're all but down now.Started scoring some but our defence just loses concentration and there's another 3 conceded.

Our defending is unbelievably poor. 2-3. It's what we feared would happen.

It'll be an almost welcome relief when it finally happens.

Much better but 3 goals conceded again. Probably 3 wins required out of 6 games. There was some passion & fight there today but I fear it's all too late. Hope to be proved wrong though.

Well at least they showed a bit of passion.

Our defence is so easily penetrated.

Started the half well with good energy but ended it looking somewhat knackered and slightly disorganised. Need to be fitter.

Doesn't help that the ref is giving Saints nothing.

If only Tadic had a right foot.

That sums it up ofr Saints

Not very good in the air which is important given where he plays. I think he'd make a decent right back or part of a 3 man centre. He might even do a job in midfield given how much better he is on the floor than the air.

Given their easy run in I don't reckon we should be bothering with Palace. They'll be alright. We're 4 points adrift of catchable teams.

Two games in hand are almost worthless for a team that hasn't won a game since who knows when. Just look at the gap that is opening. Do we have the players to close it up? I don't think so.

Other teams must look at Saints as a pretty easy 3 points these days. Today's games started to move against us but the only team that can send us down are Saints themselves in the end. By the end of this weekend we'll be looking adrift.

That really was a soft pen but we're desperate so happy to take it.

Lack of pace & strength basically. I don't think our lads are fit enough to win tackles or to cover when the ball is lost. Talking of corners, when did it become fashionable to not leave a player on the half way line when defending corners?

That too. Saints used to pass it endlessly back and sideways while ignoring the lone striker but now the ball just gets handed directly to the opposition.

Two up front is only a problem if you continuously & needlessly hand possession to the opposition and then don't have the pace or desire to cover the endless mistakes.

I'll say it again. Saints players don't look fit or strong enough for the Premiership and life in the Championship will be even worse for a team that bottles 50-50 challenges.

They are worse than bad. Goals are the result of giving the ball away well up the field and then not making any sort of challenge at all.

Another one straight from a lacklustre Saints attack. That was just cowardly.

We'll struggle in the Championship on this form. Something has gone badly wrong at Saints.