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My nan

Yep, because governments have always been marvellous at running such organisations themselves.... #lightsbluetouchpaper #retreats5yards

Agree in principle and, yes, I know I'm sounding like a scratched record, but I'd venture that we don't have the requisite fitness levels to maintain that kind of intensity for a full game. The decision therefore I guess is whether we should go hell for leather in the first half, and then consolidate any advantage in the second half, or do like we did last night: containment for 45 minutes then let them loose after the break.

I thought making up stuff was mandatory on the Saintsweb forum... Just keep that "told you so" card in your handbag a wee while longer.... 🙂

Yes, I know, but I would venture Liverpool could put that team out week in week out and still beat most teams out of the top 6 on a regular basis... I think that tells you more about them than us IMHO

I doubt we'd have been able to maintain that intensity for a full game. Probably the right tactics in retrospect.... Try and contain them in the first half (which we weren't a million miles away from achieving) and then go for it in the second half.

That we're not good enough to win the title..? #insightful

Caption competition....

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Yep, agree, was particularly refreshing to see Sulemana given the freedom to take on players at long last. With a dash more confidence he could potentially "do a Mané" and turn an indifferent start at the club into something more rewarding....

That may be so but, regardless, do you think our players could be fitter than they are or do you think they are already at the peak of their fitness potential?

One would venture there's a different level of fitness required in the premier league compared to the championship, especially when we could get away with strolling around for most of the game in the latter due our relatively superior quality of players in that division....

I'm struggling to come up with an alternative explanation

It's as blatant as you can get FFS

Referee you utter ****

Sulemana taking players on...what is this sourcery....?

Should be 2!!!

The championship quality player scores!!!

Agreeing with the obvious doesn't win any contrarian points though....

Probably best to keep your "told you so" card in your handbag for a while longer though....

Yep... seems obvious that changes are required...?

Depends how many goals they would've scored had we stuck to faffing around at the back.... Which we'll never know, of course, so impossible to say either way...