Suhari

Good movement and forward pass there. Nice.

Redmond coming on. But....but.... aren't we meant to sit back now?

Look at the relief. Beautiful. Now let's have 3.

It's coming.

Good voice Saints fans!

A long way from being a £19m player!

I do wonder about our general fitness. We don't look sharp at all.

Good game to learn from this is. Glad we've got this one before any league matches.

Looking a little better going forwards.

Testing moments these.

Already more forward passed into the box than we've seen in a while.

I like that. We do have a slight lack of pace in the side...however Gabbi is quick off the mark and clever with his movement, and Boufal has a bit of pace with the ball at his feet, so should be okay. And 2 strikers! Hell yeah (no wonder Gabbi is smiling in that picture!!!) If we can get the midfield closer to the front two, with Gabbis movement playing off Carrillo, and assuming the rest of the team have been reminded how to pass forwards, we might see an actual goal or two.

Safe trip to all you guys heading up.

Exactly. No-one has thanked MoPe for his positive contribution to their development, or wished him well. The silence is extremely telling.

Jay-Rod scores against Bournemouth!

I have a good feeling about Hughes in the short term. Feels a bit like Strachan to me. The new style of communication and apparent honesty seems to have resonated with the fans....hopefully it will do so with the players. If he can instill some basic discipline and a more positive attitude to games then we've got a very good chance now. Really looking forward to seeing how we set up and play against Wigan.

Has anyone yet posed the "has he signed yet" question? If so, can I be the first with "What's taking so long, typical for Les to cock it up at the last minute."

Must be because the liked him SO much. Because they did, we were told this.

Which is perfect! Happy with this. Surely we had our sights on someone new in the summer anyway. So Hughes until then is an excellent deal.

Absolutely. However, beggars can't be choosers, and the 'quality' of the leadership at the club have led us to this position. I think Hughes gives us a FAR better chance of staying up; though I really hope it is a short term deal. Will be so annoyed if he gets longer than until the end of the season.

I just logged on to ask about sightings. Surely SOMEONE has airport/hotel/layby earlobe-recognition news for us?

Just to the end of the season please, then Potter or the Fulham guy in the summer. Although I doubt anyone would really take an 8-10 game deal with us would they?

Eh?

A safe pair of hands?

You beat me to it!