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Saints almost concede. Saved by Baz foot on the line.

Crossing dreadful from Saints. If this is part of the plan for the coming season then it desperately needs improvement. Still will have seen that plenty of work is needed to turn that losing mentality into a winning one.

Ref has been giving niggly fouls all the game so no surprise that's a penalty.

Quite a few early crosses from Saints but not much danger accruing so far. Needs work.

Call that defending? 1-0.

Allow me to be the next to say that it's just a football shirt and that I'm not overly fussed.

Memories of my first ever game at The Dell in 1963 and a Saints 3-1 win. Did I really go along as a 9 y/o lad on my own? 🤔

Steve Ogrizovitc in a hotel lift (elevator) in San Francisco.

With being 1-2 down in the last minute I'd suggest lumping the ball up to the big man but nobody seems to know how to do it. It's been that way all season and there's another poor lump straight to the opposing 'keeper. Oh well. New season, new regime and let's hope for new tactics.

Smallbone makes an entrance to show that he's not really up to it.

On come the subs that lose Saints the game.

Nice break but nobody attacking the box. The passing back fetish is going to be hard to break.

How is that a corner?

FK in JWP territory.

Saints managing to get into some advanced positions occasionally but instead of the ball being crossed it inevitably gets passed backwards. This Russball cult still needs to be knocked out of the team

Another cross from Arsenal. This time it's scored. 0-1. Maybe Saints should try the idea of crosses into the box.

Saints just run out of ideas in the attacking third. A collective brainfart takes over.

Sulemana seems to save himself for the last game of the season.

Saints suffer a collective nosebleed when approaching the Arsenal goal. Stewart misses sitter.

Those handballs don't get awarded against the likes of Arsenal.

Sterling shoots. Wide. Another good chance for Arsenal.

Another free header. Over the bar. Could be a long afternoon.

Free header for Arsenal. Into Rambo's arms.

Another pre-season friendly to have a look at the squad players then. Presumably someone has offered £100m for Dibbers.

BBD did reduce the opponents to 10 men in the first game of the season so there is that. Not his fault that Saints then proceeded to hand Newcastle a goal and to then fanny about with the ball in our own half for the rest of the game. 😁