eurosaint

Spot on.... It is impossible for us to know the inner workings of the whole set up ! The new directors have a good track record in this area and we have to trust that they'll get it right rather than incessantly complain for the sake of it !

There seems to be a general consensus on here (unusual I know..) about what needs to be done this summer although much of it will have to be tempered by money and contract restraints !! The question has been asked "If we can see it, why can't they" ? Given that the new owners/directors are pretty clever guys with a good track record (Brentford, Midtjylland !) my guess is that they do ! Difficult to be too optimistic after the tail end of this season but maybe (just maybe !) there is light at the end of the tunnel 😀

I was only winding you up (and others) 😊 Feel free to comment as you like... as you say it's a free country !

Do I presume correctly that you and others who profess "don't give a shit about this game" will not come on here and criticise the performance after the event ??

Agree with all of that, I said to the guy next to me last night that one of the main differences between the two teams was the goalie ! Allison consistently found his own man whereas McCarthy didn’t ! PL class is normally defined by control, touch, pass, move and vision. That’s why the top teams are in a league of their own.. Sadly it’s not gonna change for us unless we can exchange the likes of Romeu for DeBruyne 😩

It was their B team, no need to exaggerate !!

I personally thought he could have done better with both Palace goals and some of his kicking today was appalling ! He seems to be on his bike which is no disaster but means that we need a top class new keeper with McCarthy purely as back up !!

Never seemed to be a problem for Sergio Aguerro 😄

I thought that was supposed to be the Pompey Skates ???

If only we had you running the club instead of the current morons (your words, not mine!) ! You really do come across as a first class idiot ☹️

I think you’re spot on, Arsenal would be a good fit and I guess he’d be comfortable there ! Hope he doesn’t go though….

Leicester have been quoted as wanting 60 - 70 million for Tielemans ! Would they pay anything like that for JWP, I doubt it ! If he wants to scale up in the PL, for me it could only be Man U, Man C, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea or Spurs but I'd put my money on Newcastle because pretty soon they'll be splashing the cash and Howe seems to like solid pros rather than prima donnas !

I’m trying to decipher the acronym TWAR, so far I’m only sure on the W 😄

Only if it's grammatically correct - "they're", not their 🤣! Ps. yes, I am only jesting 😄

The word on the street is that Dyche had a bust up with the owner, hence he was sacked ! Given that he seems to be a hard, prickly sort of character, it wouldn’t surprise me and is more than likely the reason why no one else has been lined up to replace him !

Depends upon how you look at it ! Dropped 3 points, then gained 3 points ! Over a season you're gonna get ups and downs (hence we are circa mid table) so for me it did actually compensate albeit with a totally different tactical approach !!

I guess that it depends on who we play against ! It will be interesting to see how we approach the Burnley game on Thursday as (unlike Arsenal) they are not a possession based team so maybe two up front with a high press may well be better than today's set up ??

Saints 1-0 Tippy-Tappy Utd Arsenal toothless !

Tbf, when he came on he showed more in his short spell than Moi did throughout the match (not saying much I know) !

My daughter told me that he did not do web forums and the like but that was when he was at Sky so maybe it's changed ! I'll ask her again !

Tks for that I've passed the link to my son-in-law in South Africa who is his cousin 🤙

Anyone got a link, I don't really want to pay for it ??

For me Ralph got his selection and tactics right (given the clear difference in quality, known in advance) ! 1-1.at HT was a fair reflection of play and gave us a platform to move on with even although we were unable to do it ! Hard to blame the manager for Stephens blunder or the soft penalty and thereafter we were overrun (all of their subs would be first choice almost anywhere else) ! No shame in today’s performance at all, just have to accept that Arab money trumps all 😩 !

Two ways to look at it : a) Ralph out ! b) One of those days ! im going for b) 🙀

I am a trustee director of a local charity with funding circa £300k so am aware of the obligations required ! Obviously Chelski is a totally different ballgame but if similar rules apply, I wouldn’t touch it with a bargepole.. Risky business if you don’t have your wits about you….