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WBA's quest to overhaul the 13 points between us in danger of being dashed

Crazy handball laws strike again

I'm more worried about WBA beating Everton to be honest. A win puts them a mere 10 points behind us and we all know that the Baggies are going to win their remaining 11 games at a canter

Fair point...

Nothing wrong with disagreeing. All part of life's rich tapestry

To be fair, he said this back in January 2019 and he wasn't exactly talking about slashing the squad in half, more about pruning out the deadwood (yes, I'm fully aware that "pruning the deadwood" is one of those phrases that triggers a predictable reaction from some on here.... ) Maybe if he'd foreseen a global pandemic looming over the horizon a year later, and the ensuing condensed fixture list, he'd have had a different view on the matter and thus wouldn't have been saddled with the Saintsweb Forum's "Well, Ralph said he wanted a small squad" mantra.... https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/17383445.southampton-manager-ralph-hasenhuttl-wants-much-smaller-squad/

Ralph says it "looks good" for KWP, Diallo and Takumi for this weekend

Pretty much our strongest line-up,even when all players fit*, so, yep, this 100% (*Yes, one could argue cases for McCarthy, Romeu and Walcott, but it's marginal IMO)

Had first AZ jab about 5 weeks ago. Had a bit of a headache and lethargy first day or so, then had something akin to a heavy 48 hour cold on day 2 & 3. Apart from that, all good.

Boxer

Don't think anyone is saying he should?

Pretty much sums up my thoughts 👍

It's quite amusing to see them crawl out from under their rocks though?

I'm running out of 'benefit of the doubt' fairy dust

Yep, we've been poor but if we'd nicked a point it wouldn't have been an unfair result given how poor Everton have been too

Needs to shave off his 'lucky omen' beard

Everton are masters at drawing the foul, I'll give them that

Yep, no foul IMO

I've given Ralph and the players the benefit of the doubt the last couple of months but starting to question my faith somewhat now

If Calvert-Lewin goes down like that in the box, VAR would overrule the penalty. Joke decision