Suhari

This is the sort of game we typically struggle with..... we saw it under Poch more than once: oppo sitting deep, us without the quality to break them down, and losing to a sucker punch. Feels worse today though... Cardiff: CARDIFF do the double over us. Just underlines the total the lack of quality in the squad right now. Big dent to our survival plans.

Gallagher for Long to give us a bit more physicality up front?

Encouraging first 15 minutes without really threatening. Now.... just shows how poor the squad is: no presence in the penalty area, noone with a trick or piece of skill to unlock the defence.

Positive start. It's nice to enjoy watching us play again!

Yep. Must win. This cuts right through the RH niceties and soundbites and gets straight to the heart of it. Have to win. Big game.

FFS Les. Amateur.

He's far better in the air than JS, has better positioning, is quicker, puts his body on the line far more and is more of a leader/organiser. He does get very rusty without games, but over a season (or any 3+ game run) he is a superior player. Great that he's back!

This x100.

No flight tracking going on. No earlobe rumours. No players looking to rent Martin O'Neill's old pad. #boring

And Big Vic can still only get on the bench.

Interesting. And still no new DoF. Who is making the decisions around this I wonder?

Makes perfect sense. Also shows his confidence and desire in working with and improving players. Trim the squad, add 2/3 of quality and give an opportunity for the youngsters to step up. I wonder how many transfer windows we'll need to achieve that!

Christ. So our RB options for the rest of the season would be Valery as first choice, with Stephens as back up? Somewhat light I would suggest!

That's terrible news. Let's hope he and the pilot are sitting in a liferaft watching out for the coastguard.

Building up fitness? Or are stomach injuries the new 'mystery back problem in the transfer window'? How much would we miss him?

So.... nothing really happening then. Not much in the way of firm links/rumours. If we signed no-one, would it really matter? We've probably got enough quality to stay up: haven't we?

Individually and collectively we are really improving. Back to enjoying being a Saints fan!

Players look to be enjoying themselves.

We want 4!!

Cheeky!

Good pressing!

JWP. Useless player??!!

Interesting that. Perhaps Sam is considered a worthy alternative.

His career/results in the UK have been....just strange.