Saint Garrett

You can't tell because of the other player is in the way. If he'd not given it as offside on the pitch, I'd be fine with it staying as onside too. But I think they made the right decision based on the fact they would have had to guess where his body was to determine he was offside. Doesn't change my opinion that it would be better off not existing at all.

Think they have learnt their lesson after the "Stop the Count" nonsense.

It's also incredibly unlikely a club our size with our owner, will be finishing top 10... You have the traditional "top 6", plus West Ham, Everton and Leicester who have cash to burn. You then have Wolves and Leeds who will spend money...that's 11. Could we sneak into the top 10 if one of those falters? Yes absolutely...is it likely? No not really... Let's be honest, our "level" as a club is probably somewhere between 12th - 16th.

I said a lot of this after the first ten minutes, and that's the most frustrating thing. We we being massively overrun and the way we had setup was not working, and we did not change it once. Adams may not be the best finisher, but I do believe we are a way better side when he is in it. He gives us an outlet, and can take pressure off our terrible defence. Obviously we are missing Romeu, but we still should have enough to be competitive. I'm firmly in the "Ralph In" camp, but he has to learn to adapt when it is not working. We were being bullied in midfield and every time they went forward they were getting in that huge gap between CB's and CM's. Why do we just wait until half time and then see what the score is, rather than trying to stem the flow whilst it is happening. We could have been 5 or 6 down by HT. Armstrong should have made it a 3 in midfield and Diallo should have just sat in front of the CB's to combat Periera.

We missed his physicality up front last night massively, the ball just didn't stick. I also think Ings is a better player when Adams plays.

Although we got away with one last night, I actually don't have much wrong with the decision in the end. If they cannot 100% prove the on field officials are wrong, then they should stick with the on field decision. But - its highly likely he was onside.

Supposedly one of those was on the cusp of joining Inter Miami, but chose to stay at saints instead.

Need a big improvement from last night (obviously) Personally think that Walcott Bednarek and Redmond played themselves out of contention last night. Don't think the CM partnership of Diallo & JWP really seems to work, but there are no alternatives Forster; KWP Vestergaard Salisu Bertrand; Diallo JWP; Armstrong Djenepo; Ings Adams.

Thats because they were reviewing a possible red card, they wouldnt have rescinded the yellow card had it not been a foul, (I think) But you're right, its stupidly confusing.

Don't think they can use VAR for yellow cards, I might be wrong though.

A fair point...my point was more about the league season, after having 30 points in January, and only being sat on 36 now, is a massive disappointment. But yes, of course if you said at the start of the season would I be happy with a cup semi final and staying up, then yes of course. But I was more focusing on the league performance after eing where we were...

Great stuff. Hopefully Ings stays this summer, and our younger players will have another years experience. Ralph needs to learn from his mistakes, because this season has turned into a massive disappointment but I do think he is the right person for the job, and I 100% back him.

I like him, he’s a good player at our level. Does a huge amount of work off the ball, and holds the ball up well. Needs to work on his composure, but probably worth 10-15 goals a season if he’s playing most games.

He was fine, Nothing spectacular but did the job he was brought on to do. Got a long way to go, but he’ll only learn with game time.

Matter of opinion....I think he'd be lost in Ralphs system, his work rate was never brilliant.

Think we signed Gaston Ramirez instead

Let’s be honest, we’re not going to sell Ings for ca £20m and buy Abraham for the £40m off that he’d cost to buy. He’s had seasons on loan, IMO he won’t be going out on loan again. IMO there is no way we’ll be signing “name” players such as Abraham and Loftus-Cheek as we simply cannot afford them. They’re probably both already earning more than our highest earners.

He’d also still cost £30m+ and £80k a week. Unless we can get him on a cut price deal, he’s not going to be coming to us. More likely to go somewhere who will spend money.

If I’m honest, actually I think he is getting to the point where people say, he is the best in the league at free kicks. And possibly up there with the best in the world. You can make a case for a bunch of players, though I wouldn’t put Ronaldo in that argument as I simply don’t think he’s that good at them. Messi however is much more comparable with his technique.

JWP > Ronaldo at free kicks.

Not sure he is a "much better player". Personally, right now, I think JWP is better than him, but they are also different types of CM's. He is younger, and clearly a very good talent, but he's being quoted at £80-100M...which is anything, supports the argument than JWP is a £40-60m player, certainly to us.

I don't disagree, because clubs are releasing some awful financial figures...BUT.....Not a huge amount seemed to change last summer regarding spending. I think it will be really interesting to see how the market reacts this summer.

It's been removed apparently, they're changing it and going to reupload. not sure why...

Impossible to say right now given Covid world....but if he was at his current level, pre covid, it should be upwards of £60m IMO. He's got everything, and massively developed his game. I think anything below £40m is an insult personally.

Both rules were introduced in field hockey, appreciate its not the same game...but it stopped a lot of the whining and fake injruies when a player can play a quick free kick to himself without the whistle having to go, you soon get no-one arguing with the ref. Would be interesting to see how getting rid of offside would affect the game tactically.