Whitey Grandad

No they wouldn’t. Whatever he has or hasn’t done on other occasions, he had very little chance yesterday.

It wasn’t “straight at him.have another look at it. This time with your eyes open

I’ve just had a look at it again. If he had saved it then it would have been in the Gordon Banks / Pele category. It was headed down to his left and hit the ground just in front of him. If you expect any goalkeeper to routinely save those then you are going to be disappointed.

We differ. Were you at the game?

I think our Gav was chucked in too early. Unfortunately having McCarthy on the books just gets in the way.

If nothing else a defender could get in the way of an attacker and make it difficult for them.

We estimated yesterday that we need a point a game plus the odd win on top of that.

Yesterday was never going to be saved. He did well to get his fingers on the ball. If he had kept that out it would have been save of the season. And it wasn’t ’right at him’.

That obligation is easily fudged.

When did we score? I missed that.

His sole contribution in that move was to play Watkins inside.

That’s how I saw it. I don’t know what Lyanco was thinking there but he’s not marking anybody, runs back early, goes beyond the near post and gets way under the flight of the ball. Was it supposed to be zonal marking? All I remember seeing is a line of Villa players rushing in with a couple of Saints’ players dotted amongst them. Of course if Mara doesn’t make that reckless challenge they wouldn’t have had the opportunity.

This is our fundamental problem. Even with our lack of real quality we would be doing better with an organised formation.

He was dawdling or daydreaming when he got caught offside for our first ‘goal’. Only half a yard but on such small measures are games won or lost.

I agree with you there. Our problem is that this club has got itself into this situation where he is the only choice available to us. Signing McCarthy up to a longer contract was a big mistake.

He picked up an injury in the first half and had problems kicking for the rest of the game. Lyanco took over for one goal kick.

It was much more difficult than you like to think.

That’s because he is a superb keeper. One of the best in the world and has a medal to prove it. Why don’t we have one like him? Money.

Latin genitive. ‘Of Southampton’

But which future? Premier League or Championship?

Don’t be so unrealistic. What, in your opinion, should he have done it that situation?

Not his fault today. Find another scapegoat.

Don’t be ridiculous. He had no chance of getting to that cross. The header itself was firm and downward and hit the ground just on the goal line.

Behave. No keeper is going to get to that cross before Watkins.

It wasn’t his fault today.