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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.

I'm pretty sure the instructions weren't to give away 2 easy goals. Dreadful.

This ain't going well.

Lemina's fault.

Spurs playing at home in the semi and then maybe the final is a bit odd. Has it happened before?

Saints defending worse than ever. Commentators are going to be in tears if Wigan don't win this. Getting to half time without conceding is a bonus. Now let's go on and win this.

Failure to get 3 points from those "winnable" home games in the first part of the season is what is hurting us badly now. Fact is our fate is still in our own hands - at the moment. West Ham game looks very important.

Les'll surprise us with Kevin Keegan.

I remember that incident. Was at the other end of the ground right and saw the ball go in and come back out. Strange moment.

Well he seems civilised and well-mannered, something we don't see all that often in football, but probably as good an example of the Peter Principle as you are likely to find.

Bookies odds shortening on Hughes. He'll know Saints are the beggars in this and will no doubt be costly.

When it comes to the next manager Saints are most definitely in the position of beggar rather than chooser. Anyone out there expecting a dream appointment is likely to be disappointed.

Most other teams look fitter than Saints.

I've been on about this for ages. We seem vulnerable at the end of each half. The players say they like MP2 training which makes me wonder.

PEH sounding pretty ****ed off.

Yep. No end product. It's been like that for at least a couple of years now.

Such a slow build up and even then the ball is just given away.

A free header from 8 yards out .... and Bertrand misses easily.

Pathetic.