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Exactly this. Villa were poor at times and made plenty of errors of their own. But, despite that, Martinez had probably the easiest game of his entire career. We didn't test him once. That's just shocking, and unforgivable.

I think I'm done. Following your football team is supposed to be fun, but SR and Russ have sucked every last bit of joy out of watching Saints, and I'm just numb to it now. I don't think I can stomach watching another weak, insipid performance like today's again. We're so toothless, I've seen newborn babies with more bite. Thanks Russ, thanks Rasmus. You've made me fall out of love with the team I've followed for 35 years.

If the pic I've seen is genuine, that doesn't look survivable 😥

He should count himself fucking lucky that's all the fans at the ground gave. If memory serves, it only took about 5 or 6 games for Jones to get the "your football is shit" chants. Why is Russ not getting the same treatment?

What did he say?

Still, looking at the positives... Nope, sorry. I've got nothing.

Armstrong has been so, so poor today. How he hasn't been subbed off yet is completely beyond me.

That's probably the excuse Russ will trot out isn't it.

Where are our subs? Why the fuck is Armstrong still on the pitch?

So our period of dominance after HT results in zero shots on goal, and now Villa have made their changes they have regained the advantage. We're screwed aren't we.

Digne coming on for Villa. Didn't he score an OG for us when at Everton a few years ago? He's probably our best chance of scoring today then.

Yep.

Aribo coming on, but who for? Edit: it's Bree. So is that Manning moving to LB?

They take plenty of risks. They're just in the completely wrong area of the pitch to get any reward from them.

So let's recap... 56% possession Zero shots on target 3 chances and one goal conceded from errors. It's Russball in a nutshell, and it can get in the fucking bin now.

Armstrong has worked out that the only way for him to stay onside is to not actually make a run at all. Wonderful.

Armstrong offside. There's a surprise.

That was too easy for Villa. Should have been two

It's all ok though, cos we've had 57% possession, so no doubt Russ is enjoying himself.

And then we gift them a goal, having nearly done that already a minute earlier. Fucksake.

Decent enough performance so far, but I can't help but feel that Villa are playing within themselves a little.

Nice to hear the 'Yellows' chant from the travelling fans. Good on them - a proper mission today with the conditions and they're in good voice.

Wasted a great opportunity there.

Ref clearly doesn't know the rules. That's a mandatory booking.