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A couple of early clattering challenges on their key players (essentially the old Saints) and they may not want to risk it. The CL final is their holy grail this season IMO - as much as they want to win the Prem, City most likely have it.

What do we need to do in the summer as fans? Hope and pray that we're in good hands and that the powers that be at the club can see the flaws in our squad. What do they need to do this summer? A LOT. We need quality down the spine and I'm not sure we'll have the money for it. I also think if a certain large bid came in for JWP they'd be tempted to take it.

Keane Lewis-Potter (who we've been linked with before) has looked good on the highlights I've seen but it looks like West Ham are in the Bowen/Benrahma-esque hunt for their next good Championship player. It would be nice to get one over on them but, right now and I hate to say it, they're the more attractive proposition.

Salah starts on the bench tonight. Klopp clearly saving him for next week's big showdown with the mighty Saints.

Ever since City rose to power I’ve supported them in their attempts to piss Liverpool off by winning their trophies. And I will continue to do so.

Masochist! 😝 I agree though with others above I can't see any other result than a Liverpool tonking. Keeping the score down will feel like a good result. Hopefully with important games to come they do us a favour and take their foot off the gas when they're three up. If Ralph wins this I'll give him my full support for the rest of his tenure. 😏 Leicester look as if they've checked out for the season, so maybe a point on the last day isn't impossible.

Definitely going to need this…

Forster KWP Bednarek Salisu Perraud Valery Lyanco Stephens Romeu Small JWP That oughta hold them off for a nil nil. 😛

Comes to something where I'm actually hoping we play Valery in a 3 man defence. 🤦‍♂️

Attacking Midfielder would be my choice. Our defence, while currently leaking goals, is capable of being decent. GK likewise. Our CM is ok at times. But without creativity we could have Lewandowski up front and he'd not get more than ten goals a season. (He'd also be mightily pissed off). We have quantity not quality in AM and it needs surgery.

Nuno Espírito Santo seeing as we’d only bring a manager in who isn’t employed elsewhere. Apparently he lacks man management skills but that might be a good thing with our lot. They need a good bollocking not a cuddle.

To make us a feeder club To Ross County. 🤪

Liverpool 9 - Southampton Nein. Can we just get 5 or whatever players sent off and take the 3-0 defeat?

Oh I’m Ralph out now … in that we need fresh ideas, but any incoming manager better know how to polish a turd. Ralph, and I do think we’ve been lucky to have him until recently, can on occasion polish that turd, which is when we suddenly go on good spells, but most of the time he’s clueless. It doesn’t help though that our squad is poor… although as he’s been our manager now for 3 years plus, a lot of that blame rests at his door. We basically need a quality, first choice spine of 5 players - GK, CB, CM, AM, Str. We need more, but that’d be a start.

The quality in our squad has been diminishing for years and feels as if it isn’t likely to get better. GK: Since being back in the Prem there have always been question marks over our keepers. Boruc as a panic free was ok, Fraser and McCarthy have had odd moments but even McCarthy was signed as back up. There hasn’t been a keeper of Niemi’s class to unite the fans this time. We need one. RB: KWP is probably on a par with Clyne. That we have 2 good RBs and shit in other areas is a joke. Thank god KWP can play left back. CB: Nowhere near Alderweireld, Fonte, Van Dijk or even Lovren. Bednarek was basically signed as back up. LB: Not a patch on Shaw or Bertrand at his best. CM: JWP the academy product that came good. Romeu (signed when we had Wanyama and Morgan) and Diallo weren’t signed as first choices. AM: They’re all just… average. It’s unlikely any were signed as back ups per se based on how much we paid for them but Stu on his day aside, they’re just… average. The days of Tadic, Lallana, Davis etc long gone. Str: This lot is probably the worst we’ve had since being back in the Prem. Even Charlie bloody Austin was better than this lot. Pelle, Lambert, Ings, Rodriguez… give me any of them. Please God can we sign some quality before it is too late. We need quality all over the pitch (bar right back), we have most likely a limited budget to do it, and limited time to do it. It feels a bit doom and gloom to say it but… I fear for our Premier League status over the next couple of seasons unless something big changes…and I’m usually glass half full. This is what this season has done to me.

He was decent for the first half of the season. Been crap since.

New manager bounce against Liverpool? I’d rather against Leicester! (A game we could actually get something from)

The fact we’re cheering the Burnley score speaks volumes about our season. Praying to high heaven that one of the 3 teams below us falters. I think we’re safe but …way to limp over the line Ralph. Might as well play Dibling and other youngsters for experience and balls.

Even if we win this 3-2 my mind won't change. Ralph out and our players are gutless shitbags.

Could be worse for us... ...I'm in Norwich with the in-laws and everyone looks depressed. Come on Saints... one more good performance and we can relax.

He's decent at times (otherwise he wouldn't be picked for England... same as McCarthy and Forster) but he's as capable of a brain fart as our current lot. He's made a few mistakes this season. But... as our budget probably isn't that high this summer then a free transfer keeper and a loan keeper (as a younger 3rd) is probably not far off the mark. Henderson is a yes from me. He'd be first choice before long, is a good age for a keeper and was excellent for Shefforld United. I suspect bigger clubs will want him though.

In before MLG! 🤪

McCarthy as number 1 wouldn’t seem so bad if we signed Johnstone! 🤪

I’d say 50/50 - either we do get relegated or we don’t. 😉

Sign Zaha and let him room with JWP. What could go wrong! I can see 80 million reasons to sell... if our owners don’t cough up some dough that is. But the ball is definitely in our court and I hope we keep him. As much as many want Hasenhuttl out and McCarthy to not be number 1, I think we probably have to accept it’s most likely Hasenhuttl will be here next season with McCarthy as our number 1.