The Kraken

That is not good at all, without Lavia or Romeu we were noticeably weaker against Wolves, and JWP put a big shift in. I don’t much fancy a midfield of AMN and Diallo.

Just spray it green, job done.

Exactly. I read a quote on it yesterday; VAR is absolutely fine, it’s the AR part of it that’s a massive problem in this country. Lee flipping Mason and Mike Dean are on it, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that it’s shit. And it’ll get no better with them, imagine being a young AR and those are your mentors.

KWP was definitely exposed, the goal came from us not having a right back in place. ABK got pulled across (then fell over), we just got massively undone. But wait until you see it, it was a failure of the entire defensive and midfield unit, just shocking from everyone in a saints shirt all round, it was a ridiculous goal to concede.

It’s just horrific to watch.

I’m still not sure how this happens. It’s the worst miss I’ve ever seen in my life. I read @whelkon here say it’s not even in the top 50. I’d hate the see the 50 that do make the list.

Bumpety bump

I think you’re over egging it. The KWP advantage didn’t look good at first sight, but when you watch the replay the wolves defender slows down when the whistle is blown, which made KWP getting beyond him look more than it was. Before that they were alongside and it’s debatable whether KWP would’ve got beyond him. The clearance into Salisu, that was a definite foul by Salisu in the first place to slow down the kick, he leaned right into him when he was about to kick it which you can’t do, so the ref pulled it back to that after it hit the player. The ref wasn’t brilliant, and the booking that Diallo got was a nonsense if it was based on that challenge. But on other occasions that you didn’t mention the ref waved away Wolves players rolling around and trying to con him, I thought he was fairly balanced and didn’t affect the result.

They wouldn’t have been able to, you can’t register with two clubs in the same window? Edit, ignore that, I’m wrong.

I was very unimpressed with him. I assume a part of why he played is that he gives a bit more defensive solidity. But there were a couple of times in the first and early second half where he just let his runner go past him and it let to Wolves opportunities. With the personnel we have available and playing 4231 we need the 3 to do so much more. Aribo looks good IMO, but AA and in particular Elmo gave us virtually nothing going forward today. Mara and Edozie are much more positive but bring more of a defensive risk, so it’s a difficult balance.

Can’t help but think that would have been a different game with Romeo or Romeu in there. JWP looked good when got on the ball but was busy mopping up for Diallo. His set pieces were dreadful, mind. End of the day, risible finishing has cost us at least a point. But can’t blame Adams for it all, the three behind him have to step up a bit we simply didn’t make their keeper work. Some shaky moments at the other end but more from Perraud being off the ball and no decent CM shielding going on. Elmo is really not up to it, Diallo is absolutely not a holding midfielder, Djenepo should only play if it’s to be at LB. Very impressed with how calm Edozie looks, exciting to see what he does. AMN was quiet but comfortable. A very Saints performance and result.

Could have given it to any of the players in the last game, struggling to think who to give it to today.

Nice few touches from AMN. I like he’s looking to get the ball then do something positive with it.

Seeing it on the replay, yes, absolutely. Djenepo really is a waste of space playing in midfield.

Adams works hard and does a brilliant support job, but his finishing is diabolical.

That’s the worst miss I’ve ever seen.

Not a fan of those subs.

That’s was pathetic from Saints all over the pitch, utterly abject.

Central midfield missing Romeo and Romeu. Diallo not really up to it.

Good defending to be fair to wolves..

Mate. ITK status in serious jeopardy here Ffs

A bit surprising if that’s the case with Perraud, I thought he had a really good game against Chelsea and gave the left side some real balance. Stu A for Lavia seems realistic with Diallo and JWP holding behind.

You mean a player who has been on Chelsea’s books since he was 8 years old actually has a burning desire to play for Chelsea’s first team? Nah, I’m not buying it.

👍 Id go 8/10 myself but agree with the sentiment.

We’ve definitely improved the 3 in the 4-2-3-1 we now seem to have adopted. We are IMO light at the 1. If Che Adams against Chelsea and Man U is anything to go by, the 1 is the target focus and the 3 are charged to get in support as quickly as possible. Different to the 4-2-2-2 Ralph previously liked. Broja would’ve been brilliant for the up top role. Adams is decent for it but there’s no real backup for him. I love the look of Mara, very much like Aribo too, but I don’t think they’ll play as the 1 as our first choice. I may be wrong about Mara but that doesn’t seem his role to me, I think he’s a livewire and maybe best in the 3, the ‘Long replacement’ analogy doesn’t really sit with me. Overall I’d say it’s a big upgrade on last season.