trousers

Call me a deluded optimist but, with Alcatraz and Suleiman to come on, I still fancy our chances given we're just 1-0 down at half time.

I think the commentator said the ref blew for offside?

If that's the case then, yep, VAR shouldn't be overturning the on pitch decision...

That was obvious... So why did they take so long to confirm it...?

Yep. Genius if it works, useless if it doesn't. The thin line that football managers dare to tread... At least it gives fans the chance to dust off their "told you so" cards if it fails, or "glad to be proven wrong" cards if it succeeds...

Fixed it for you...

WTF happened there?!

Which fans in particular? Most were annoyed to see him go...

Rectal

What the f**kety f**k?

13th anniversary today.... who would swap the team we had then for the team we have now....?

Juice

Scousers to get away with breaking the rules? Nah, can't see it myself...

Why aren't Mount or Rashford being replaced?

Reminds me of the Gary Delaney joke... 😂

Brilliant post

I think a more significant marker in terms of 'progress' over the last few weeks is, as someone else posted the other day, that every week for the last few weeks we have got one point closer to 12th. If that relative form continued then we would inevitably catch up with the 12th place team before the end of the season... Alas, I don't think that pattern will continue and I still think we're down regardless.

Walcott effectively expressed the same philosophy in his interview with Adam Blackmore after the game yesterday, so you're in good company. (Either that or you're both equally bonkers... )

Btw, have watched several of his post match interviews and it strikes me he talks very much like a manager and comes across very well. Future Saints gaffer in the making...?

My MotM today

Love getting home from a game and reading back through the match thread. Highly entertaining 😂

Psychology (Saints will lose today)

When newspapers publish 'then and now' photos to remind you how old you are and how quickly life is passing by ..