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If that's the case then you'd have thought they would have designed the app properly so that it didn't allow a premature transfer in the first place....

I think they're now using these new fangled QR codes that re-generate themselves every so often, ergo screenshots won't work...?

Another one of those "promising young player" signings that sounds superb on paper (and on YouTube). Let's hope this one can hit the ground running on grass too...

I've got a feeling Russ will revert to 'playoff mode' for the upcoming game(s), until we get a keeper upgrade. i.e. I think we'll now see a few more long upfield clearances from Alex in certain situations....

IMO, one of our weaknesses in PL seasons gone by is that we've tended to raise our game against the bigger sides and coasted somewhat against the lesser sides. I doubt that Russ will let them slip into this mindset under his tenure, so I'm confident we'll see the same level of graft as per Newcastle.

Maybe no-one will "struggle" per se... If all teams play well 3 still have to go down...

Fair enough, although I'd venture that someone who can do it 2/10 is better than someone who does it 1/10... Agree that we should give him more time to improve his end product though 👍

Agree, but if 9/10 he doesn't deliver a decent pass or a crack at goal once he's "attacked the byline and gone past people" then it doesn't really matter how good he is at the first bit, does it...?

Nail on head. That's why players often need to over-react because there's a chance the ref will gloss over what was a genuine red card if they don't. As someone pointed out on here yesterday, we had an example of that last season (?) where one of our players didn't react and the red card wasn't given. To coin a phrase, we've been the "nice son-in-laws" of top flight football for far too long and it's about time we did what every other team in the land does when it comes to this kind of thing. Yes, it's a sad reflection of where the game has got to but it's a case of "if you can't beat them...."

Just when I thought I was really getting to like Russ he comes out with mumbo-jumbo like that... Taking off one of our best players, regardless of the circumstances, is bizarre logic if you ask me... Russ overthinking again? (As he admitted to doing several times last season). K.I.S.S.

I do like Edozie but his lack of end product (more often than not) is frustrating. That said, if he had a consistent end product then he'd be playing for a bigger club than Saints...

Indeed. The thread only continues to thrive because of the usual suspects that react to it, not because of the jolly japes posted by those fishing for bites... #cause #effect

Are the people that make up these unfathomable rules in a permanent state of intoxication or are they just intellectually deficient? Genuine question.

The "happiness" is relative and partial, based on the expected outcome versus the actual outcome. i.e. Most were expecting a tonking and us being way out of our depth; it didn't happen; ergo it's logical to be 'happy' in that context. Yes, the way the match unfolded was frustrating. Being relatively 'happy' with the outcome (vs expectations) and being disappointed with how the game evolved aren't mutually exclusive viewpoints....

Other than 'rules for rules sake' why do FIFA have a seemingly arbitrary 16 week 'bridge' rule in the first place? What are they trying to prevent and why? If clubs want to trade players in short succession, why is that a problem, per se? It's a free market, surely?

Ultimately a frustrating defeat in the circumstances, but plenty of positives to take from the game for me. Upgrade the keeper and bring in a genuine centre forward / goal poacher and we'll be fine IMO.

Why is that a foul? 50/50 surely?

12th corner for Saints

If Edozie had an end product he'd be worth £50m+

Overall, tactics have been spot on IMO. Just wish McCarthy had ignored orders when he had his brain fart.

This has got 2-0 written all over it...a late 2nd goal whilst we're going for it up the other end.

Tidy

Fans and RM in tune

Downes has indeed been top drawer too. We'll have to agree to disagree on how close they are

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