adrian lord

Would seem unlikely that a loss to City will trigger the sacking. Unless it’s merely coincidental and the replacement set up has taken till now to be waiting in the wings.

Shambles.

Oh dear.

Got to get rid of Ralph by Qatar surely?

Nick Pope should stick to UFO documentaries

Absolutely buzzing for Qatar now.

Italia 90 and Euro 96 were the last tournaments where the whole nation was rapt with excitement and everyone watched together down the pub. Ever since England and international football has been subject to a sorry, sad, inexorable decline in the national - indeed global - consciousness, not unlike the FA Cup final. The decline in the FA cup was about 20 years in advance, but same trajectory. None of this is helped of course by the fact that national teams like say Brazil or Argentina or Italy are no longer the pinnacle of world football teams. They would likely lose to the best teams of Man City, Liverpool, Juve, Madrid, or Bayern. Terrible host nation choices for World Cups over the last 20 odd years, often due to percieved political correctness and corruption have also helped kill it.

Zero excitement about Qatar.

Anyone would think Everton had won the cup the way Lampard etc. are celebrating.

The final straw for me? Seeing the Delapesque long throw-ins make a most unwelcome, groan-inducing return. They never worked when Delap did them, and they don't work now. They slow the game down horribly and are so easy to defend. The hallmark of a regime that has run out of ideas and steam.

The game’s up. New squad of young talent yet the same vapid, anaemic performances; incoherent selections, and baffling substitutions.

Pellegrinoesque performance.

It is bringing back nightmares of Delap's long throws.

Both teams relegation fodder.

We are going nowhere under Ralph. A cycle of dross and defeats punctuated by intermittent, sack-repelling, but short lived upturns. Time to move on.

Some action and fight at last but not the sort we really need.

Carragher. Utterly unlistenable.

Ralph is infuriating. I'd love to know why goes on in his head when picking teams and using subs.

This is truly appalling.

Armstrong seems slow.

Bazunu gives me the jitters every time he has a shot to deal with.

Bloody Bailey ought not even be on the pitch.

atrocious keystone cops defending

FFS

I haven't got my head round the new look Saints yet. This is an awful game too.