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First half reasonable but so defensively minded you could see Gabbi kicking off about th lack of supporting pressure from midfield. 2nd half we had zero going forward we used to have a style of play now we just pass about aimlessly waiting for an opportunity to slow things down and let the oppo get back into shape. The midfield and strikers were so far apart tonight that they probably had to be reintroduced at full time. Utter dross at the moment you could feel the life being dragged out of the support watching this once we went 1-0 down. Tadic has been dire for weeks now yet stays on for the majority of the game and Bertrand has not been the left back of last year. Would be tempted to stick McQueen in next weekend just to shake him up a bit.

Bertrand at Chelsea? With the amount of crosses we seem to want to blast in from all angles though you'd think a pelle type player would have been on the agenda.

Both of which were against championship/league 1 opposition. He looked utterly awful when given a chance and fully deserv d to be shipped out. Didn't do it her at alol which doesn't necessarily lead on to him being a good player but clearly wasn't up to the prem.

Middlesex looking fairly solid at the moment. Wonder how we'd have done with a fully fit Edwards this innings though. Middlesex collapse after lunch and win by 6 wickets coming up.

Getting Caceres ready for playing in the first teams defence obviously!

Sad state of affairs when a cup final manager has fans looking at the next run of fixtures and thinks he could be out of a job next week. Obviously not going to sack him yet but we play some truly dire football at times this season. No CB cover, no news on when VVD will be back I can't see us being relegated but certainly think we will struggle next year if Puel is still in charge.

I think they have to have at least 5 games attached to their customer number though which not everyone will have done so you might sneak in, good luck!

Oh my god oh my god oh my god! What a tactical masterclass there! Bossed Klopp for the third time this year! So pleased for them all and for Long getting that goal. Imagine having transferred to somewhere like West Ham 3 weeks before a cup final!

Do you not think that with a bit of a more up tempo song before games might help create a bit of an atmosphere? I've no issue with them playing the song itself but as a piece of music to whip up the crowd just as the teams come out it's not very good. Obviously would be great if the fans themselves just belted out a song before games but at 12am on a Sunday sometimes they need a bit of a hand!

Truly awful. I was hoping they'd done it for a laugh and it would be buried after one play. Kills the atmosphere before games just get back to the saints are coming at least that was a little bit up beat.

Still playing a high amount of crosses into the box to strikers who aren't massively prolific in the air. Pelle a big miss there as he'd often turn duff crosses into a chance with his size. Midfield is devoid of ideas going forward and seem to be scared of getting ahead or even in line with the play. My opinion is this is down to the manager wanting them to play it safe on the defensive. This often means they are late to transition to attack ( see Austins anger vs Liverpool when no midfielder got within 20 yrds of the box on the break) and leaves us susceptible to getting caught on the break. No goals from midfield is a big issue for us. End of the day if we played to our ability we should have beaten Prague or Beer away from home. Just feels today that our dour manager is playing dour football. Disappointing isn't it?! :-(

Worth bearing in mind Countinho could still be out and mane will be out of at least the first leg. Time to pray for Senegal to come good in the cup of nations this season! A few timely injuries for them and Mingolet in goal and we have a chance!

Bit of a unwise selection attacking wise I'd say

Played some prett uninspiring football there. Midfield not really in it and passenger JRod up front yet oddly I still think we'll get a goal second half.

Couldn't hear much more than a whispering the Northam although that could be down to Kenzie rather than the sound system.

For your viewing pleasure; http://eachgoal.com/2016/09/west-ham-vs-southampton-0-3-highlights/

Although he is about 1m quid better off for his month there than he would have been staying here. Silver linings and all that!

Surely it would be better if it was called Financially Unfair Club Killer Equality Reverie The acronym writes itself then :-)

I have a feeling I read that ST seats were only "put by" until perhaps Tuesday and after that you had next right to buy. General sale is tomorrow morning.

Does this now stop the age old argument on here of having two international standard Gks in case of injury ;-)?

Do we think there would be any issues with getting tickets in the neutral area of the ground? Just wondering based on the need for ID/passport details needed for tickets in the away end. Thinking this will be my only option as I don't have enough aways

I'd love to have Rickie back if only for him to get some minutes in the European campaign his goals led us towards. Emotions have no place ex in our money ball approach though and in fairness the guy has barely played for two years so god knows how many games he'd need to get up to speed. Pity he left but can't see any way back here for him unless as a coach.

Nice to play some big teams but I'd have preferred to get them in the knock out stages!

A mis-hit? Christ I know this forum likes to down play folks who are leaving but he hit that so sweetly it was unsaveable! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb1dsyAQMNk But yeah he mis-hit it *shakes head*

For a year left on his contract and for the sake of not selling him to Everton is keep him around. He's never really let us down and we have a hefty amount of games this year. IMO he never showed up as being significantly worse than Cedric and hey if you're going to "live off a goal" make it one like that Arsenal goal!