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Tall Paul injured.

I'm imagining Martin giving Dibling a roasting for running at their defence rather than waiting for a sideways pass. What's the betting Tall Paul gets subbed too?

Tall Paul did well to hold on to possession there but the trouble is every player seems to have it drilled into them that they must always look for a backward or sideways pass.

Dreadful penalty.

Penalty saved - rebound in. 1-1.

Dibling runs at the defence and winds penalty - or is it? Looks on the line to me.

I have no idea what Russell Martin is expecting to happen when dicking around with the ball in our own penalty area. Liverpool maybe thought there'd be some long clearances to deal with given Tall Paul's presence but it didn't take them long to press high up and wait for the mistake.

Lallana's pulled up.

Playing like this comes from the coach. I really can't believe the players want to play like this.

Dicking around with it. Liverpool score.

Stephens with a namby-pamby challenge. Liverpool break fast and have a shot.

Liverpool get a free kick and put the thing in the box. And have a shot. See, Russ, it can be done.

We're still dicking around with it far too much inside our own half.

What's the problem with putting free kicks into the Liverpool penalty area?

Tall Paul getting stuck in.

Put the free kick in the box FFS.

Good run with the ball from Downes but I could hear Russell telling him to stop and pass back from here.

Putting ourselves under pressure.

Russell gambling on another 4-4?

That's quite some tombola machine that Russ has. I don't suppose Liverpool were expecting that line up.

The Russell ego will be delighted to be the subject of so many articles.

Wolves on a roll now 3-1 up at Fulham. They'll be delighted that Saints handed them their first win of the season.

I wonder if that was the plan all along. Not going to make St Mary's a very happy place if the defeats keep on coming though.

Not for the next month or so. Jan has a knee injury.

Decision time for SR. If they want even a glimmer of a chance of saving Saints from relegation then the time to make the change is now (in reality it was after the Bournemouth shambles but we are where we are). If they're happy to accept relegation and a scrap to make the play-offs next season without the likes of THB, Ramsdale & Fernandes then they'll let Martin try and beat the Derby points total. I suspect it'll be the latter. The equivalent of sideways, backwards and no shot on target.