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Very disappointing......would have expected some fight from Saints but there has been nothing. Bereft of ideas and confidence. I simply do not see how we have any chance of staying up this season....we have literally no attacking threat. Today the only threat was from an 18 year old making his first start.

Unfortunately, could not agree more. When an 18 year old kid is our best player by a country mile we have real issues (no matter how good Dibling is). We look bereft of ideas up front (DIbling aside) and ARcher is like a little boy lost (yet another panic signing: clearly not good enough). BBD has been hopeless and KWP is showing why no decent side was in for him. Game over - no way Saints score 1 let alone 2.

ABK should be starting. Far better than our starting CBs and THB (who has been s***e this season). Archer needs to come off at HT - utterly gash and no movement up top. The bright spot has been Dibling - but he won't be here next season in the Championship (no way Saints are staying up: no-one looks like scoring and the defending is pathetic).

What utter nonsense! So Stephens is at fault for the strikers not hitting the target? He's responsible for a weak midfield or players losing their man? Talk about scapegoating....... Should he be in the side, that's a different question but to blame him for all our problems is beyond ridiculous.

What a shame he went to Chelsea, you've got to think he would be in the 1st team here right now. Just signed a new contract at Chelsea and got a hat trick against Middlesbrough in the U21 game after getting 16 last season.

ALready miles better than Edozie who really looks clueless once he's done his step overs. For me, him and Dibling start on Saturday. No fear from them, direct and some of Dibling's mazy runs were a thing of beauty.

As others have said, seems like a very odd signing as we have plenty of midfielders and is very unproven. I imagine Charles not being in the squad yesterday means he's off. I'd be sad to see Alcaraz go as he looked great when he came on and, unlike most of the team, offered a real attacking threat by running at players and trying killer passes. Stand by my comment yesterday that if we don't have a new GK in by the next game it will be criminal. McCarthy was never the answer.

Although he did not do a great deal (and Saints had basically run out of ideas) his one flick over Joelinton was a thing of beauty. He should really come good this season.

I hope never to see McCarthy in a Saints shirt again. Absolute liability waiting to happen every game

Very poor last 30 minutes - Alcaraz has done more since he came on than any other attacking player. SAA with a nice cameo but we are simply not good enough and have no attacking threat. Edozie is utter tripe.

I said Edozie was really not very good - I was wrong, he is utter shite

This game is summing up while it will be a long, hard struggle this season. We look great - until the final 3rd where we look hopeless. Lots of positives from this game but if a new GK is not in place for the Forest game that would be criminal. Looks like we have run out of ideas on how to break them down.

Edozie really is not very good. Flatters to deceive with no end product whatsoever. I'd certainly have SAA ahead of him.

Archer and Dibling hopefully

Troyes - crikey, how the mighty have fallen! I remember when we signed Michael Svensson from them if memory serves me right. Good luck for the new season Christophe

Not really a gamble. Play Edozie instead? A player that could not hit a barn door and flatters to deceive every time he plays? If Tyler does not get good minutes this season he should look elsewhere. It's both encouraging and scary at the same time that he and SAA seem to have been our best players this pre-season.

We have AA who plays on the right, we have SAA who plays there and we also have Dibling who can play there. Add in Ryan Fraser and that equals more than 0. I just don't understand this Palace link at all - it will send the completely wrong message to the youth squad ....has this player ever done anything to warrant being brought in?

I think you're missing my point.......none of these came through our Academies and I struggle to see what Edozie has that Dibling/SAA do not. For 10 million+ SHea CHarles should have offered a massive amount more last season than he did

Our 'pathway' is pretty much non-existent. The likes of Dibling and Meghoma should have had more minutes last year - both looked extremely good prospects who were getting better with the more minutes they played. This ridiculous link to a Palace young player that appears to be of a lower level than SAA and Dibling highlights our stupid strategy which appears to be ignore our own young players and buy in other young players from youth programs. Obviously Lavia and Livramento were big successes (financially) but Bazunu, Edozie, Charles, Larios, Simeu were/are not

Nope, because it is embarrassing seeing middle aged adults act like stupid teenagers and "look at me, aren't I funny and clever, ha ha". All rather sad and pathetic.

The Crystal Palace player link makes no sense whatsoever. Championship sides in for him and if he is signed by us what message does that send to SAA and Dibling (or others coming through) about their (non-existent) pathway to the first team.

Why the trolling of Jacob Tanswell? He's an excellent reporter who is a Saints fan. The AThletic used to have tremendous coverage until the New York Times bought it and now they couldn't give a toss about clubs like Saints, likely because it does not make any money for them

When he's not in the physios room: which has been most of his career. Sport Republic's transfer philosophy seems to be a 180 (and just as extreme) from when they came in. Signing older, over the hill players - a few years ago they would have been great but the likes of Ings, Ox, Reed, Lallana are all well past their 'best before' date. Guess we'll see how it all pans out.

Actually we did - Puel. Does not seem that Martin is that guy though.

So sorry for you and your family @Noodles34