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Things we learnt from today's match : a) Never play in French graveyards. b) Romeu looks silly with hair. c) Taylor is a great goalkeeping prospect. d) Substitutions changed the game. e) We are everybody's favourite to be relegated. f) People do not renew ST's based on 45 mins of a meaningless match.. g) You can find a few t0ssers on Saintsweb match threads. h) Matty Targett is the new MLT. Apart from that, it was a run-of-the-mill pre-season friendly ! Have a nice evening

So pleased I renewed my ST !

We'll walk the league I'm sure ! 2-0

Got 2 in our last away match at Brentford !

Where is it then ?

Are you Alpine in disguise

Is this the Saint Etienne stadium or just their training ground ??

I much prefer it this way, keeps my ageing braincells from festering

It really doesn't take a genius or a long-winded statistical analysis to explain why we didn't score enough goals last season ! We made shed loads of chances but just didn't take them ! This was down to a combination of bad luck and bad finishing ! In fairness, Austin only played half a season, as did Gabbiadini but even so we should (and could) have scored more ! I am hoping that Pellegrino instills a bit more confidence and positivity into our strikers because I don't feel that we are so very far away at all ! Less rotation is inevitable (no Europa league) so, given a good run in the side, I feel sure that our strikers will score more than last time and maybe, just maybe, we'll get a better return from the midfield area ! There is zero chance of buying an established, top class striker at £50 mil plus so we need to get the best out of what we have and IMHO Austin, Gabbi, Shane and Gallagher have the ability, they just need the platform to express themselves ! The new manager is pretty much the key to this, so I wish him well and hope that all comes good !

Even on this website of weird opinions, I do not remember anyone calling for mediocrity or preferring a 'lack of ambition' ! Sure, there are differing views on how we should be run etc.. but nobody is striving for failure or have I completely lost the plot ??

This is exactly the problem, without knowing the details of deals such as this, it is impossible to consider whether we are 'squeaky clean' or could be accused of hypocrisy ! That's why only Les etc.. can decide to proceed or not !

It is pretty well unprecedented to get an apology such as that from Liverpool the other week so surely we have a strong case right now, but who knows what skeletons are in our own cupboards from days gone by (Christ, we even had 'Arry as manager for a short time) !

In the last 4 years, only Leicester (once) have been above us other than teams from London, Manchester and Liverpool which, given their resources you would have to expect ! Strikes me that we are punching above our weight as a result of being 'well run' and that any change of business direction could jeopardise this ! Without the Liebherr family we could have been toast and frankly we have been blessed with top class ownership, directors, management etc.. The grass is always greener......

They got that wrong then, why should we listen to prats from other (lower division) teams !

Continuity.. British... Experience... Player knowledge...Popular.. Not all was bad last year, why chuck the baby out with the bathwater ? Most companies would see this a very sensible succession plan, why not you and the king troll ??

There are two things in life you cannot change, your mother and your football team ! So Saints are for life, for good or for bad ! As it happens right now, we are in quite a good phase so I'm happy ! No other team fits the bill !

Many congratulations to Heisenberg for making Everton the most important theme on Saintsweb ! His dedication and drive to this end has been immense and cannot be underestimated ! Is it really only me who doesn't give a s#it about them

Time will tell, what impact will the loss of Lukaku have, will Rooney deliver, will the Europa league affect them ?? Could go either way IMHO !

That circus will now revert to Everton, big time ! A reasonable prediction is that he will be injured half of the time and chuck his toys out if he doesn't get a game for the rest ! Yes, they will sell a lot more replica shirts but absolutely no guarantee that it is a good footballing decision !

So even if he is an excellent coach, he has to go because he has been tarnished by working with Puel ? Seems to me that people want him out for no clear reason whatsoever !

So, 11 hours after I asked for evidence that he is unpopular or disruptive, nobody knows, but some have made their minds up nevertheless ! The Saints web way, I suppose

Good move for both the player and the club - good luck Harry !

Can somebody please explain why Eric Black is the subject of a witch hunt on here ? Apart from his association with Puel and a few rumours knocking around, is there actually any concrete evidence that he is unpopular or disruptive with the players ??

The level of indoctrination is totally unprecedented, chilling and appalling ! Nobody behaves like this unless they are scared ****less and I'm afraid that when you read of the endless atrocities committed by the successive Kims it is totally understandable ! Incredibly sad !!

Played golf with a Skate today and TBF, he was a nice guy but the discussion re. new managers was a bit surreal ! He knew of Jackett's track record , ergo, he will be fine... He had never heard of Pellegrino, ergo, he is cr@p... Anyway, I won the match so all was right, 'all was red and white'