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Just about.... Given his top half is leaning in a lot, it's much closer than I thought when seeing it live on the TV. His shoulder is pretty much level with the grass line on the pitch, as is our defender's foot.

So, in summary, we're agreed then? i.e. it's fine for people to have different opinions as to who the least worst keeper is out of McCarthy and Bazunu? Glad we got that sorted

Twats that use 'trendy' new terms when describing football tactics... "Low block"... "Double pivot"... Just f*** right off. Twats.

Is this from an official comment from the club or another source? Cheers 👍🏻

Just a hunch

I'm not aware of the background but, yeah, quite possibly. Put him in the U21s and see if that unearths any hitherto hidden talent.

Yep, I posted this in the Downs thread last night. USA are ranked in the world top 16 and Downs is considered one of their best two strikers (by none other than Pochetttino) so he *must* have something about him that we're not currently seeing in a Saints shirt, surely...?

That's sort of how posting thoughts on an internet forum works to be fair...

We've been short of confidence.... Despite the narrow defeat, tonight's players will have gained some confidence from their performance... Ergo, start the same players on Saturday and tell them their places are theirs to lose now... But, alas, I doubt Still will go with such a logical approach on Saturday 😕

What puzzles me is that Pochetttino obviously sees something in him to have called him up for the USA squad this year... Unless the USA talent pool is much worse than one assumes it is...

Quite amusing 🙂

Yep, my MotM, especially the first half

The unlikeliness of that hypothesis is the very point people are making... Both keepers are error prone, and there's a valid case for believing that McCarthy makes less mistakes than Bazunu, and visa versa. Different opinions on this are fine. For me, I feel less uncomfortable when McCarthy is in goal.

Yeah, he didn't come across very well at all in that interview. Lots of nervous gestures and over-the-top repetitive negativity. The Sky pundits in the studio said it was a bizarre reaction from a manager whose team had almost matched the best team in Europe (albeit their second string)

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There were quite a few people bigging him up in the Smallbone thread to be fair

Full time Decent performance Is Still strong enough to stick with those that played well tonight? I doubt it. Stephens and THB should start on the bench vs Middlesbrough, for example, but Stephens guaranteed to come back in at least.... P.s. £9m down the pan on Downs. Textbook Sports Republic.

Match being played at Anfield maybe (just a wild hunch)

Corner, surely?

Think they're talking about the first ball out wide? (Which I think was also onside anyway)

Yep 😂

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