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And the league leaders have let in 53... good game this quoting numbers that suit a particular viewpoint malarkey...

I may have mentioned this once or 83 times before ( ), but we're the joint highest scorers in the league, so not sure that perception holds out statistically...?

Bring him home!

You probably won't find anyone here who is losing sleep over kit selection. It's just people expressing an opinion. (Or sitting on the fence) on an internet football forum. It's those that worry about how people react to kit decisions I I feel most concerned about...

Yep.... I was only thinking the other day that it wouldn't surprise me if it turns out this season that we've had fewer academy/U21s players on the pitch than we had on average per season during our last premier league tenure. You'd have thought given we're in a lower league that such opportunities would increase rather than decrease. A lack of faith in our younger players from Russ? Or squad too bloated? Or just a lower quality of younger players available compared to previous seasons?

Ha... Good point!

I'm inclined to agree although, in Martin's defence perhaps, Charles has been somewhat inconsistent in the games he has played, so that might be praying on Martin's mind somewhat... ? (With the usual apologies to the fence-sitting police for seeking to understand the alternative point of view... )

Aye. Saints are one of the only teams I've seen that do "on the beach" properly... We've been very good at it in recent times....

Reminds me of my favourite Bernhard Manning 'joke'... "Take my wife.... No, please, take my wife...." (One for the forum youngsters there) P.s. that only works if you say it in a Bernhard Manning accent. (I'm a right hoot down the pub btw)

Hello darling.... What have I told you before about not posting on here...?

Indeed. Take me for example, I'm highly intelligent yet my wife keeps telling me I do stupid things (like supporting a mediocre football club.... ). And she's always right, of course....

Typically, the opponents that have taken points off us this season have had a low "shots on goal" quota, so not really a factor....

Think he picked up a knock in a preceding international match IIRC?

Yeah, I'm not saying I agree with the decision, just pondering if that's the reason why the penalty was given. (The perils of being the forum's designated "fence-sitter" you see... )

My thoughts on the goalkeeper position for the remaining 'cup' games...

Think the ball hit his arm...?

House! p.s. apologies for my open-mindedness. I appreciate its not really a good fit for this forum

If the thought of that scenario doesn't give the head of Sky Sports an orgasm then I don't know what will... (Apologies for the mental imagery there)

He's almost as consistent as the people that respond to him...

Perhaps there's a logical case for playing Lumley in these remaining games, which avoids the need to drop Bazunu on form alone.... Lumley was Martin's preferred goalkeeper for our cup games. One assumes Martin picked Lumley because he thought he was the best keeper for those type of games.... Given we're now effectively in a "must win" 5 game knock out tournament, wouldn't playing our "best cup goalkeeper" be a logical choice for the remaining games...? #logical (If you're looking in Russ, you can thank me later for this pearl of wisdom )

We've only let in one more goal than the league leaders....

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68807285.amp

Indeed, although Ipswich are a bit of an outlier in that they've only conceded one goal less than us yet are top of the table. Funny old game...

Love THB's reaction in that video