Saint_clark

I have a solution for that! Imagine a team with a good replacement for Mane next year.

I disagree, they're about the same. I've seen both scuff, miss, hit straight at the keeper...and I've also seen both actually finish them on occasion.

Jrod got a LOT more game time and a lot more chances created for him. His finishing when one on one is poor.

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Shane Long is no worse when one on one with the keeper than Jay Rodriguez.

He says we're taking too many risks, I say we're not taking enough. At one point today I saw the ball go into Long who was ahead of his man out on the wing, but instead of running on past him he took a touch and laid it off to Davis. Just strange. Also bizarre is the fact that Mane is played so deep, he takes it past 2, 3 sometimes 4 players when he gets it - so stick him up front, let him take it past one and be through on goal! There were some very good passing moves from Saints today and some very good chances created. Biggest plus - Gazzanigas confidence will absolutely skyrocket and we may start to see more from him. I'd keep him in goal for Spurs.

Wonder how much Chelsea paid for him?

Had more chances than them in the end. Lots of positives there for me in a game where I wasn't expecting a result.

Romeu has been good for us and is looking better and better. Cabaye should have been signed as a number 10 though.

Merson saying it's all Palace on SSN...it really isn't. I swear they follow a script on there.

Of course he's going to. But we're out of europe, out of the cup we had the most chance of winning and below midtable with little chance of qualifying for europe. Wanyama and probably Mane will go in the summer and we'll have a squad of players who actually want to be here again.

Fantastic interplay leading up to a brilliant cross by Bertrand. Average at best.

I don't care quite frankly, it's impossible to have a serious debate with some of the f*cking morons on here.

Spade a spade? You're the ones refusing to admit that there have been passages of fantastic passing football from us today. Not much, but considering our confidence is shot to sh*t and we're in a season of transition I suggest we look at the positives and build on them. A few minutes before they went 1-0 there was a fantastic save from Hennessey, if that had gone in and we were 1-0 up now would you still be saying we've been playing sh*t?

I didn't say we have been fantastic, I said there has been SOME fantastic football from us today. Why don't you, Charlie and Mr X suck each other off in a triangle whilst crying about how terrible each other is at giving them.

Davis is looking a lot better out on the right today.

How does anyone ever win a game of football without a player like Schneiderlin in their side!? I'd suggest you're not watching it at all, the build up there just before Romeus shot was excellent.

Been some fantastic football from us in this game.

I didn't say that's all he was there for did I, I was simply pointing out why that particular facet of his game is a possible reason for us crossing from deep today. Miserable c*nts on this thread, I swear. No wonder I hardly come on here anymore.

7.04 of them?

He does on occasion, as does Bertrand, it's an obvious instruction today to get the balls in early from deep so Long can run onto them and cause a bit of disruption. Yawn.

F*cking hell?? Foul throw?? Saw nothing wrong there.

We used Mane all wrong, he drops deep and plays passes forward, great, but with his agility and ability to go past people he should be up top taking it past the defenders instead of midfielders.

Wow...what a save.

Just looked, it was 36 out of 37 in november.

You must have missed that article the other week where he had won all except one attempted tackle this season.