SNSUN

I fell asleep about 4.15pm for 3 hours and just woke to this news. Well done Lesley! Equalling the Derby record at least means we're not THE worst team in Prem history so that should give us some confidence. I might even watch that programme that they've apparently been showing on a Saturday night for months... Match of the... Something. Supposed to have a good theme tune. I'm going to celebrate now with a beer and a Creme Egg.

Sack everyone and start again. 😀

Still around and hour of play left, there’s still time to prepare.

I've been busy shopping for Creme Eggs. I got home and the wife has bought me this one. Might be a challenge...

It's Gameday! Saints will win this or I'll stuff 10 Creme Eggs up my bum.* *SNSUN reserves the right to withdraw this threat at any time.

Relegation 6 pointer. Could close the gap to 22 points with a win.

I'd take Christine Bleakley over Alex Curran tbf. Not sure what Danny Rohl's missus looks like though.

Sekou Mara and Minamino too. Players do better when they're not playing for Saints. 😁

Aaron Ramsdale - will help us concede fewer goals. Flynn Downes and THB - both ready to make the Prem step up. Cameron Archer will really bang the goals in. Mateus Fernandes - never heard of him, will probably be crap like Juanmi Ben Brereton Díaz - Another goalscorer who will inspire us to score tons of goals Yukinari Sugawara - Hopefully as good as KWP, will be a £50 million player next summer. Ronnie Edwards - will cement his position in our defence this season. Nathan Wood - he won't get a game all season, no way will we ever rely on him in the Prem. Adam Lallana - will roll back the years and inspire us to dizzy heights. Charlie Taylor - that's the left back slot sorted all season. Ryan Fraser - loads of game time and assists for this wizard Maxwel Cornet - proven talent, can fight Edozie and AA for a first team spot. Lesley Ugochukwu - highly rated DM - will be a rock this season. What could go wrong eh? 😁

Slavisa Jokanovic. Fits perfectly, Serbian, Championship promotions to his name, currently unemployed and... that's all I know about him. 😁

And the rest...

Watkins has been pants of late. Of course he'd score.

That lasted...

Skates losing too...

Night shift. Urgh. Sooooooo what have I missed… …never mind. However we’re playing though, you can’t knock that halftime score. I expected to wake up and find us a few down.

Is Lallana vain enough to pick himself?

Sugawara for me. We already had KWP and Breezy, we needed strength in other areas of the pitch more. Fully agree with others about Lallana though. That was a signing along the lines of Walcott. Pretty much all the signings we made seem to have been with one eye on us going back to the Championship. Sugawara must have been signed with one eye on losing KWP at the end of the contract. Punts that did not pay off bar Fernandes. I still think Archer might cook next season if we keep him. Edwards and Wood will play parts too. Probably Welington too. Not sure about the rest.

3 points finally as we kickstart our push towards Premier League safety. Oh wait...

I can think of a few managers that would unite the fan base in that way...

Pochettino said recently he'd love to come back to England and manage his former club that he has great affiliation for and... ...oh wait, thats Spurs. Hey ho. I've said Dyche for the last two Prem campaigns after managers have been sacked (Ralph and Russ) as he can organise a defence and grind results out, but would I want him next season? Over Cooper probably not. But I still think it will be Rohl irrespective of whether that's the right option or not. One thing is for sure, we need a hell of a rebuild and a manager who has influence enough to do that.

Not that Juric had a hope in hell of keeping this team up after Martin's possession based disaster football but he wasn't exactly helping himself with the weird formations and team selections. I'm glad both are gone. I don't trust SR to get the next appointment right but I can only hope. Roll on Rohl I guess unless SR find someone from the Bulgarian 4th tier they think is better.

Dom is clearly 20. Dan Ballard the Sunderland CB isn't far off 26. Defo like to see Dom as part of our squad options next season. Dan too, for that matter. 😝

The Player of the season competition will be fun.

Or, to phrase it another way, we have earned our place in the prestigious Championship next season.

That 2 weeks felt like an eternity