Guan 2.0

The performance today, and Sol Bamba's injury for Cardiff, have me convinced we will stay up. Nice.

Saintettes wearing Dennis Rofe masks. #Crowdpleaser

I'm going to clutch at straws and presume that Ralph has a top secret, codeword: 'Downfall' strategy that he was working on in warm weather training, and today was a sacrifice match to misdirect our rivals. But I'm clutching the straw so tight it's compressing into Weetabix.

£50 bet to charity of your choice if we go down. We won't go down. The same defence won't play again, Hojberg won't play that badly again. The Majority of the muck will be exposed and excised on the Tenerife trip. Everybody needs to take a deep breath and regroup. Fans, players, manager.

How many points has Stephens cost us this season? IF Yoshida wasn't fit yet, should have gone with 4 at the back. In fact, we should have gone with that anyway. The sad thing is, a combo of Austin/Gallagher (subbed on when CA started blowing out of his **** after 50 mins) would have been the best use of the extra man.

I think the 20 minute review video will highlight that Yoshida plays instead of Stephens.

Think we will win this 3-1. Warnock and Cardiff Distracted, us boosted by returning players.

Liverpool fans ecstatic to see Lallana playing. https://twitter.com/search?q=Lallana&src=tren

Ings off. Still incredible that Liverpool managed to guarantee a 17 million pound profit on a player who is undoubtedly talented, but chronically injured. #Pantsdown.

He wasn't. But he was on our radar, like Mepham. Depends how badly brum need the money (see redknapp problems*)

Very Excited. Fresh Budgets, Targets researched and scouted, and no January Premium on the players. On top of that, Ralph gets a Pre-season to establish how he wants to play. I just hope that they turn out to be decent when they get here.

I think fans have every right to be disappointed. I get that we could only loan out Cedric and Hoedt, and we still have Forster and Austin draining the wage budget, but I would have at least liked Maehle to have arrived before Summer.

I think Alfie Jones has the potential to our First Choice CB for the next ten years. Still a hell of a lot of work to do, but it is there.

Ok... So here is What I have been told. Cedric/Maehle: The most long-running and still the most likely. We were hoping to have either Hoedt or Cedric gone for a reasonable (permanent) fee, or obligation to buy. That didn't happen, so now we have the complication of two defenders possibly coming back. We are still trying to get this over the line, but now have to structure our offer differently. Che Adams: Has been looked at for a potential summer signing (but only as potential, not number 1), but after Mepham was snapped up by Bournemouth we are now more cagey about waiting on our targets. If we can get him under a decently structured deal, and Jean-Kévin Augustin doesn't come off, this will go ahead. But right now looks like agents bigging it up trying to create a market. Jean-Kévin Augustin. Dream signing, but very unlikely. would take a chuck out the Summer transfer Budget, and RB feel that certain parties are playing a media game right now. I saw on the thread someone post that RB are likely to drop their price, but I have been told the exact opposite. Unnamed Winger/outside forward: Hasn't been named in press so won't spill the beans here. I've never heard of him, But I hadn't heard of RH so, I guess that doesn't mean much. Seems to have the required pace and power, but the Premier league is pretty unique, so will be interesting to see if he makes the step up.

3-1 Saints

Have text my source for an update, will post in 24 hours.

Hope zaha and townsend play the 90. Palace very keen on fouling even after the penalty. We should be able to exploit that.

Same. Would have put a tenner on palace but old man speroni might own goal a backpass.

People need to wait until the end of the window before claiming we are weaker.

They copied my homework and changed a few of the words around lol.

I don't blame Ralph or even RK or Gao that much, to be honest. Gao and RK explained to Ralph the transfer situation when he was approached to be our new manager, and while he doesn't seem over the moon with the situation, he does accept it. Gabbiadini out and Davis/hoedt loans free up enough cash that we shouldn't have to dip into summers transfer funds to cover Ings, which is all for the good. I can't speak for other fans, but I'd rather Ralph has a full range of options in the summer, rather than dip into the advance now and gamble on an overpriced replacement. If we can get the players in on Loan, fine. Otherwise, I'm a lot more excited by a team training intensively under Ralph for 10 days without interruption than I am transfer countdowns.

13 points. Win 4, draw with Burnley. If Arsenal were full strength, no question they would beat us in a tight game. But they have mounting injuries in defence and no money to spend on replacements. I'd also have given crystal palace a draw if they didn't play spurs 3 days earlier.

I can't speak to the rest, but letting Alfie Jones leave will come back to bite us if it happens, IMHO.

Personal Highlights of the match: JWP becoming the player we all knew he could. Dugout Pioneers scoring a lolworthy own goal. Beryl texting Solent over Tyreke Johnson spitting. 8 minutes of 4 minute injury time.