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Why on earth didn't Saints leave a man upfield for that corner?

All we have to do now is make sure we keep 11 Saints players on the pitch.

Better.

Is it too much to expect that Saints might actually manage to score against 10 men? Still looking pretty blunt as an attacking force.

Come on chaps. This has been coming for months. Saints inability to convert chances was bound to be undone once the defensive rock was broken. A year ago that would have been a sneaky 0-1 but now the lack of creativity is being undermined by goals conceded. I wonder what the stat results are for a player receiving the ball and turning back towards his own goal. It's just not possible to rebuild a team season after season on the back of selling your best players. We look average at best. Relegation candidates at worst.

Come on chaps. Let's face it. This season is going to be a struggle on the evidence so far.

A defensive shambles.

Any team with pace is going to look at Saints defence and midfield with quite a bit of anticipation.

Gifted the ball to them. Awful stuff.

Our defence is slow & lightweight.

Happy enough going forward but still too many chances missed. Defensively we need some work.

Another header. Nice one.

It might help if we stop just giving the ball away.

Colback should've had 3 yellows for that.

Miss a sitter then let them break for a tap in. Not looking good.

Defending doesn't exactly fill me with confidence at the moment.

We'll be playing with 10 men soon at this rate.

Oh well. Back to the cricket. Might be an idea to try shooting with some belief rather more. A nice easy win for the Gunners next Saturday now please.

Maybe it might be better if we didn't go with the idea of scoring all our goals in one game. Blunt attack yet again.

Having been a Saints fan for many decades it's not weird at all.

Shocking defending. Not all over yet.

The final ball is always just a hopeful punt. No ideas in attack at all.

How many times has Wanyama lost the ball in midfield? Another awful performance.

Only starting? Saints have been poor for weeks now. Attack is ponderous and predictable. Hardly any penetration at all and now the defence is creaking.

Saints doing their best to keep the relegation contest interesting.