washsaint

PEH is utter s***e - why the love for him. he is terrible

How about a bit of f******** urgency from this team? Walking football and mistakes always one pass away. Really starting to question RH now - head scratching tactics, players out of position and like a blunt knife in terms of the midfield getting forward.

Probably just me but I have never seen why all the fuss and gushing about PEH. Quite often when watching he seems to give the ball away and set the opposition up for a counter attack. His passing is dreadful and puts us under pressure too much. Romeu seems to have fixed that and be back to his best. Not sure if PEH has reached his ceiling - an adequate, but not good and certainly not great, player. Certainly cannot see why any top teams would be seriously taking a look at him.

Two very mercurial but really exciting talents. Making Saints fun to watch again - I could watch Boufal's skilful feet all day long and the way he glides past players. Thank goodness he was not sold in the summer - he is like a brand new signing. Well done to Ralph for reintegrating him into the team. With these two in the side I would sincerely hope we will finish top half of the table.

Agreed - and that is a shocking indictment of our continuing abysmal transfer strategy.

Looking like another duff buy - plenty of time to come good but at the moment looks like a Championship player with very poor vision and control. Our front line looks even weaker than last season with Ings and Adams. Shocking

We are not a good side but a valuable 3 points to get the season up and running. Romeu and Hojberg (in particular) were garbage.....gave the centre of midfield away to Brighton even with 10 men. Danso was excellent (played out of position) and JWP was excellent at RB. CBs a liability (as always) but I would have had Boufal and Djanepo on from HT.....they changed the game. Adams was abysmal, real shocker. If we come out of our shell and attack more we have a real threat in BOufal and Djanepo. Way too slow in our play most of the time.

Difficult to tell who has 10 men here. THis is dreadful - disjointed, strangers and with no idea how to attack or defend. Bit of a headscratcher (again) from Ralph. This performance is too similar to those under HUghes and MoPe.

We are terrible - like a team of strangers. Defending is not a strong point - to put it mildly. But then neither is our forward play. Real challenge on our hands this season.

We really have an awful team - another season of struggle ahead. ****e defence, ****e attack, ****e midfield. Ralph's tactics all wrong again and the subs were real head scratchers. Drop the bloody 3 at the back and go all out attack. We can't defend for toffee so why even bother?

Great strike by N'Lundulu - I wish Ings had this (or indeed anything) in his locker. I sometimes think that the first team would have more guts and staying power with more of the U23s in it. Notice no Carillo, Hoedt or Lemina included in the U23 squad so hopefully all are on their way out.

I know he is the forum whipping boy, but that was not on him. Terrible pass back

Blimey - I used to live in Chatsworth Road back in the 90s. Lived there for about 6 years. That was a nice road in the area and the HUmble Plum was a lovely boozer

I think you need to go back to school and work on your maths! Your bottom 5 form as you put it would, over the whole season last year, have put us on 50 points and 8th place. Hardly bottom 5.

The world has gone mad - 80 million for Maguire and 45 million for Dunk? Utterly insane and these stupid fees are killing the game

What a massive c**k

Good riddance when he leaves - he could be a real star but does not seem to have the right mindset. One moment looks real class, the next utterly terrible. I cannot see him ever being a Ralph type player.

Any business (and that is what Saints are) should be self-sufficient. Look down the M27 to see what happens when you spend beyond your means. We are a small fish in a big pond and will never have the allure or attraction of much bigger clubs - some years we'll punch above our weight, others we will struggle. In my 40+ years of supporting Saints it has never been any different.

This I would agree with. I thought Targett did really well when he played: certainly better than Bertrand who has not been in good form for 2 years now.

MY god, some posters on here need to get over themselves. Brilliant parody of Fyre - whether you like the kit or not - but not sure of Ralphs acting 'ability'! LOng ago came to the conclusion that replica kits are for people 25 and under. Us old fools simply look like old fools in a replica kit, not least for paying 60 quid+ for one

Ah yes, but our forum "characters" are just so funny and know far more than your average fan don;t you know?

OH ffs, how do you think PSG and Man City (amongst others) get around FFP? If this is a way of injecting more money without having ramifications as it relates to FFP what's the issue?

Blimey, N'Lundulu is a bit of a unit

Oh dear, terrible GK howler from Newcastle!

This last game sums up the misery of this season. Glad it's all over - Ralph did what he needed but my god, he has a challenge on in the summer. Utterly forgettable season again and we have an absolutely dire squad. Another season of struggle beckons next season without a radical overhaul of the squad.