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Give the ball away again. Powder puff challenge. 5-1.

Redmond on the edge of their box gives the ball away badly and in a matter of seconds it's 4-0.

Saints just like a bunch of strangers. There's no sense of a team working together at all. Another grim 45 minutes beckons I suspect.

Embarrassing.

Another free header inside the 6 yard box. Pity our 'keeper is so short.

If we keep giving the ball away like this we're in for a thumping.

Thought I was watching the match highlights but it turns out to be Carry On Up The Khyber.

At the start of 2017 a trip to Wembley was on the cards. At the end of the year it's going to be a long hard struggle against relegation.

Redmond's decision making is really, really poor. Some good chances to make it two have gone the way that they usually do with Saints. Still, I'd have taken 1-0 at half time after that shambolic start.

There's no evidence that Black was a part of the problem with Saints form but he's one major common factor from last season to this. That and his awful reputation at Villa are simply circumstantial, if not damning, evidence for the prosecution. I guess the coming months might offer another clue.

That's another thing I dislike about being in a relegation scrap - having to hope that the likes of Man Utd & Liverpool win.

Can't really understand why Redmond was still on the pitch at the end. Late on he was fed a great ball with a chance to show his pace but he lost it and then fouled the Chelsea defender. He must be blinding hot on the training pitch.

Don't we have to question the wall there? Incorrectly positioned or man at the end not doing his job perhaps. Once again conceding on or around 45 minutes of a half is also something to be addressed.

Concede at the end of the half again.

VVD dropped to the bench. Well if he's off in Jan then why not? Not as if he's been in sparkling form anyway. Austin also on the bench. Hmmm!

Eric Black is a jinx.

Wenger moaning about time wasting but I've seen a lot worse than that.

A bit more composure when Saints had options to score and that would have been 3 points. Missed chances once again.

Before looking at MP I really don't know why Saints aren't looking at getting rid of the relegation guru Eric Black. Nothing good has ever come from him.

Another good save from Gazza that FF would have had trouble with.

Just stopped Spurs from going behind.

Yes indeed, sir. You have noticed it too. Saints look like the Villa side of recent Premiership years. See if you can guess the common factor. Clue, it's Black.

Black was at Villa when they were rubbish. He was at Saints last season when they were rubbish. He's still at Saints and they're still rubbish. Get rid.

Time for Black to go. He's the common influence from last season to this.

The common thread from last season to this is Black. Just sayin'.