Saint_clark

He'll start at the weekend and should he score a couple in a win, no-one will be complaining regardless of the result tonight.

Well, fully expecting the patented Puel second half stormer now. Every game this season our performance has massively improved after half time.

Beer Sheva can f*ck off, if they want to play on then fine, but so will we.

Feel a bit for Martina there - don't think he was expecting Tadic to delay the pass - but he has been very poor.

He's older than Targett, isn't he?

Message is clear - you'll get your chance, but you need to take it.

Tadic on already...could destroy Heskeths confidence.

Why are we so keen to punt it long ASAP all of a sudden? Hope we do our usual trick of exploding into life after half time.

See high foot given all the time for that in the Prem (Martina "losing" it)

For **** sake, just pass it around the back and midfield for 10 minutes to keep hold of it.

Virg again poor, Targett poor...giving it away too much, even if we are trying to conserve our energy.

All season we seem to sit back a bit first half and ramp the performance up in the second.

You mean the player who's performed miles better than Fonte this season? OK mate.

Virgil not looking completely comfortable right now.

Trying to head it back across goal, it seemed?? Why, Virgil???

Thats awful from Van Dijk.

Didn't he sign a new one in the last 6 months? We won't be in any rush with his dropping performances.

So insanely jealous of the Saints fans out there now. I'm drawing a blank, what's the history?

Faintly heard one at West Ham to "come on feel the noise, couldn't make out anything other than the last line though, "We've got Claude Puel, we've got Claude Puel".

Oh, f*ck off. Clearly weren't there in France or you'd know that the England fans there were not looking for trouble at all and it was almost entirely the Russian fans. Even the media - who were desperate to stick the boot in - couldn't have a go at the England fans after seeing the way the Russia fans acted in the stadium live on TV for the world to see. You sit at home and take the printed tabloid word as gospel whilst the rest of us get out into the world, see things for ourselves and form our own opinions if you want, just be prepared to be called out on the bull**** you talk.

Exactly, new centreback next summer to replace Jose, another one the summer after to replace VVD.

We have to keep Southgate till the summer and go for Wenger, no-one English is good enough right now.

As much as I didn't think we'd show any improvement under him and I don't like the bloke, I do feel sorry for him a bit. Must have been so happy and optimistic and now he'll probably not manage at the top level again.

Fascinating insight into it here Monk, thanks. I'd be interested in a blog of some sort if you ever had the time or inclination for it.

Same, if it hadn't been this month I could have gone.