VectisSaint

Mr O G Bednarek. I understand that was his 5th OG.

But Jesus was our full back, so not really expected.

6 blocked shots, which are really shots on target, except they're cleared by defender rather than keeper See Forster is doing his best at Spurs, bet they wish they could have Gazza back.

Drew 2-2 with lowly Sunderland this afternoon. Still top, but now only 2 points above Leeds who have a game in hand. Seems to me they would have done well to have had a few first team players in the team today 😉

It would obviously have been far better to have come out and say exactly what the team is going to do to counter Wolves this week, that would have been really cool. Then we would all have been absolutely clear (if we aren't already) that he is a knob.

I thought one of the most interesting points that came out of this was that they are alleged to have downplayed the amount paid to their manager by using their multi-club structure to effectively employ him at another club. I hope SR take note and don't try any underhand means like this. SR do seem to see Man City as a role model and a source of good staff. Whilst it would be nice if Jones was actually employed by Goztepe, it might not do us any good in the long run.

We didn't. You cannot recall from a season long loan without the agreement of the loanee club and the player. From what I understand neither Burnley or Tella wanted him to leave Burnley, so nothing we could do. Tella would have been a mug to come back, playing in a successful team, doing well with a manager and club that appreciates him. I seriously doubt we will ever see him in a Saints shirt again.

Not exactly "typical Saints" then.

Read today that Ralph is going to Hoffenheim.

You mean the Laws (actually Directives) agreed by the EU when the UK was a leading member that often formulated those Directives, and were voted on by the democratically elected European Parliament. If "triggering people" is the "best thing about Brexit" that illustrates nicely what benefits Brexit has brought about. We wouldn't be having any problems with work visas for our new players if it wasn't for Brexit (just to get this back on topic).

They probably paid Michael Gove to help, he's good with fast tracking.

To be honest what that collage shows is that with a very few notable exceptions (Shilts, Niemi, Flowers, Jones, Martin) we have been consistent since the late 60s in having average at best goalkeepers (I am trying my best to be polite).

With 9? first team players in the u21 category, this means we now have 32 players in the first team squad, though that does include Lancashire and Vokins. Going to be quite a clear out in the Summer, whether we stay up or not, I would imagine. Pathway to the first team for our Academy players is currently blocked big time.

Thought McCoist was alright last night to be fair. Said a lot of good things about Saints (probably more than I would have). He's not going to have a love in with the Magpies is he, being a former Mackem. Think the mocking of Shearer for wearing a black & white scarf is nonsense as well, he's a fucking Geordie through and through, what do people expect, he probably hasn't even got a light blue scarf (unless its a faded Blackburn one).

Didn't know where he was meant to be playing? That is the same as saying he didn't know what he was doing, he was awful, nowhere to be seen when Newcastle had some of their (many) attacks down their left, Lyanco left completely exposed (because of Lyanco's lack of pace), passes that he made were wayward. But as i said, it was his debut so will give him the benefit of the doubt based on his much improved second half when he had less defensive duties. Overall last night our passing was abysmal, we make so many problems for ourselves by not being able to find a team mate with a simple pass. Salisu was one of the poorest. I actually think we didn't play too badly overall, but Newcastle were just overpowering in the first 20 minutes or so

Really, thought he was absolutely awful first half, looked completely out of his depth. Was much better in the second half when he was going forward more, but still his end product was woeful (at times). Still it was his debut so needs time, and will now get that if KWP's hamstring is as bad as it looked, proves that getting another FB in was necessary.

Looks like they see the same in him as we did when he was at Everton.

Tella has turned down the option to return (I read somewhere). You can't recall a loanee unless the player and the other club agree. I don't think we will see Tella in a Saints shirt again, he has fitted in well at Burnley, playing for a manager who rates him and the team will be in the PL next season. Ralph messed up Tella. It's not like Tella owes Saints anything, he was an Arsenal academy player, not ours. Shame because I think he will be good going forward.

He's looking to be better than Delgado.

Not a brilliant result, but Leeds are 3-0 down to Norwich after 60 minutes, so might work out OK.

Sure this the whole point of signing Bree. Clearly since NJ arrived the situation with Tino has got worse. I would suggest they think it unlikely now that Tino will play any significant part this season. Therefore with only 2 specialist FBs in the squad (ignoring Vokins and accepting AMN does not want to play there) we need some cover, not a starter, someone who can do a job. Jones knows Bree and trusts him and fee is minimal, sounds like a good idea all round. Has no impact on the signing of a striker.

Cover for Livramento who obviously is not going to play much/any part in this season. Low cost will do a job and not be too upset when Tino comes back. Seems sensible to me.

Surprised, but relieved, that CC did not lump him.

Diallo was not awful last night, he was actually very good. Think you weren't actually watching last night but just going on past performances. I was expecting him to be poor and was distinctly annoyed when he was named ahead of Lavia, but he surprised me.

Sounds to me like the ABK injury is worse than we thought. Bednarek will probably increase our og tally, that was certainly one of his strengths. But I understand he left because he fell out with Ralph so maybe a new start with new manager might work out.