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RIP Saintlee

McCarthy Cedric-Stephens-Yoshida-Hoedt-Bertrand Pied-Romeu-Lemina-Targett-McQueen. That'll stop Salah and Mané. No less chance of scoring than usual either! Sell VVD before game for £100 million. Or £50 million if they also take Forster.

Sorry Pellegrino, but it's not working is it. The players look disinterested, the build up play is slow. I'm usually supportive of a new manager until proven otherwise but it seems like little has changed from the end of last season. Our points total masks how poor we've been. Fresh blood needed at least to give the players a jolt. Big decisions for Reed coming up. Surely he can't keep faith in Pellegrino for long, can he? Have we reached Allardyce levels of desperation yet?

This has been dire watching, half arsed jogging after the ball, overplayed passes, dodgy positional play. Brighton look like they want it more and deserve at least a draw if not more. Subs needed now to spice things up, this is when we need to see the pace of Redmond and the bustle of Long. Gabbiadini is isolated, Tadic has been poor.

Lovren is so shyte it's hilarious. How the dippers could do with a decent defender right now...

Ignore that, was using SaintsWeb as a notepad for work and pressed send. Not my cleverest moment...

Tall black male teen, white beats headphones, black sleeveless puffy jacket, grey jeans, emotionlessly doubled through the WAG. Got hit.

Ffs Saints are doing my heart no favours...

And that is why you play your best players every game you can. Great goal Gabs!

Can we just score please. This is getting really old.

Michael does what to the Saints?

Chatting to my friend (Dipper fan) and came up with the notion that none of our current crop of players would get in to a first eleven of players we've had since we've been back in the Premier League, besides Virgil, on paper at least. It looked like: Boruc Clyne Alderwereld VVD Shaw Schneiderlin Wanyama Lallana Mané Rodriguez (pre-injury) Lambert Subs: Forster, Lovren, Bertrand, Romeu, Davis, Tadic, Pellé. Is that accurate or would you alter it? I guess arguments could be made for Bertrand or Forster, but that's a pretty damning look at the quality of our current first team compared to players we've been lucky enough to have in the past. Nonetheless I have high hopes for Lemina, Hoedt and Gabbiadini, so if they come good then our recent recruitment hasn't been too bad.

I only watched up to goal 30 (I'm at work!) but goal 29 was my favourite so far. Great volley from far out, route one at its best. Probably my favourite goal of his personally for importance if nothing else was the penalty in the JPT final that set us on our way to the trophy. A great day.

Oh, That feeling of getting a penalty and knowing for certain we'd score... I miss that feeling too. My sphincter puckers when Tadic steps up...

Thanks Rickie! Best Million quid we ever paid, not only did we get his best years, but he fired us up the leagues, made his debut for England (and scored the winner against Scotland), and we still made a 400% profit on him. Get him on the banner! Oh wait...

The results don't look too impressive, barely beating a poor Palace side and a poor West Ham side, draws against Swansea and Huddersfield who we really should be beating (that can be argued I suppose but we should), and poor losses against Stoke, Watford and Wolves in the cup. Results have been poor, even if we haven't looked too bad in games. (Except for in the final third of the pitch.) It's too early for a sacking, I'm usually supportive of a new manager, but things have to improve or we could be facing the big boys with a poor points tally. Personally I think we will come good, but he needs to find a solution to our goal scoring woes soon - and that means utilising the squad he has, not waiting until January to buy someone in.

I predict a draw for this game, two team said that struggle to score. Maybe 1-1. Decent point away from home. However if anyone is likely to nick it it'll be Saints.

I just used my wildcard in the Premier Fantasy league to get him in too.

Thought so. Gracias.

Question - I'll be using mine and my wife's membership cards for the first time for the United game - yes I bought my Norwich supporting wife membership because she goes to Saints games more than Norwich games because of me - but it turns out my wife may not be able to come. If I bring someone else, do they get checked, or is it as easy as putting them in the machine and walking in? I'd hate to dump a friend outside while I enjoy the match!

Ah the good old Christmas Day nookie. You've gotta love that.

Had we beaten Watford we'd be top of the league right now! Still I'll take the 1-0! Decent performance. Lemina my MOTM as he has beast mode, such good control when he has the ball. Long worked his tits off. Davis also. I think Tadic had a decent game but not brilliant. Also credit to Hoedt and Bertrand. And Fraser who gets a lot of stick but made two important saves. I genuinely thought Palace would score but I overestimated Palace's goalscoring potential. Pleased. Forster 7: Two important reaction saves and decent kicking. Much better than last week. Cedric 6: Got forward well but he's been better. Yoshida 7: Turning into Mr Reliable. Did well, I like Stephens but I'm more confident with Yoshida in there. (Didn't think I'd be saying that a couple of years ago.) Hoedt: 8: Good heading, good long passing. Good vision. Asset. I think our defence will be strong this year once everyone is up and running and fit. Bertrand 7: Thiught he had a good game. Intelligent at times and got involved in attack. Romeu 6: Bettered by Lemina but finally a good defensive midfield duo in the making. Lemina 8: Great signing. Beast. Wins balls, controls balls, strides forward. Not perfect yet, made a couple of possessional errors, but a great signing. Davis 7: Well taken goal, was working hard for the cause. Tadic 7: Better. Good creativity but he's still quite slow. Redmond 5: I like him but not a great game. Had a couple of shots on target but often plays the wrong ball. Can be better. Long 7: Worked his tits off. A nuisance. Not a goalscorer but offers a lot otherwise. Subs: Dont deserve rating but I cheered (not booed) when I saw VVD. He's in Saints colours, he deserves our support.

Watching this on many screens in O'Connors Irish bar in Caleta, Fuertaventura in my colours as I did last week for the dire game against Watford, and I'm pleasantly surprised so far. Not brilliant but we've played quite well. Well worked goal. Lemina bossing it. What a signing he looks, Hoedt too with his vision. Long working like a beeyatch up front too. Palace will score, I just have a feeling, so we really need to get two or three. Good stuff so far. I'll take 1-0 as a final score thank you very much! Hot here. Need more beer.

I was sat in an Irish bar in Caleta, Fuertaventura watching that utter guff. Everything far too similar to last season. Maybe too early to say but revolution may have been needed in the summer not evolution. MoPe needs to get it right quick. Too many dropped points from easier games means we'll scrabbling around for points against tougher teams later in the season. Get VVD back and play McCarthy Yoshida VVD Hoedt Cedric Lemina Romeu Bertrand Tadic Long Gabbiadini or something to that effect. Yes that means 5 defenders on the pitch but we get to see Cedric and Ryan as proper wing backs. I'm off the United game in a couple of weeks. We'll get ripped to shreds if we play like that.

Since when has spending money his club don't have ever stopped old 'Arry?