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This is just painful to watch. Nearly half an hour played and we haven't mounted anything even resembling a meaningful attack. Ings has barely had a single touch. Doesn't look like anyone understands the formation and there's no intensity whatsoever.

You're on your own with this one Whitey. Literally everyone else knows that saying "beaten at the near post" means the ball going between the keeper and the near post. I will acknowledge, though, that Forster would probably have saved that.

It wasn't at his near post.

It wasn't near post.

And there it is. Heading for a club record 6 consecutive defeats. No way we're coming back from this.

Finally showed the replay of the handball shout. If the Bertrand one is a penalty then so is that. This inconsistency is fucking infuriating.

I'd need to see it again, but it looked to me like it brushed his upper right arm first, in which case the same rule should have been applied as to Matty Cash's one.

Oh fuck off. If that's a penalty but the Villa one wasn't then the game is fucked. Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous.

He was pretty instrumental in their comeback from 2-0 down to beat us 3-2 IIRC.

Wow. Doesn't feel like it.

OK, replay showed him behind the ball when it was played. TBF it wasn't clear from the angles they showed originally and looked clearly off.

Oh what a novelty it is to be sitting her basking in a decent Saints win for once. I've been finding lockdown pretty tough recently, and our terrible form really hasn't helped in lifting my mood, but I actually feel more positive and generally alive this evening than I have since before Xmas. Thank you Saints.

That's gutting for Barnsley (or the Dingles, as they're called around here) Such a blatant offside that would so obviously have been called by VAR if they had it.

Clearly the right call though.

Penalty!

Lovely stuff. Armstrong has had a good game tonight, and what a perfect finish.

Very clumsy from Romeu there. Never gonna win that ball there.

Any chance of some fresh legs Ralph? Wolves are coming back into this now and we could do with getting some momentum back our way.

Oof. That was a let off!

You were saying? He did brilliantly there to rob Traore and set up an attack.

I really don't get it with Redmond. You watch him and it's obvious he's not lacking in skill and he's got a decent turn of pace. But he's just sooooo easy to defend against. You never see defenders at full stretch trying to stop him, do you.

Of course not. Straight at the keeper, just like always.

Ings was too selfish there. Had better options around him.

Oh crap. Traore coming on. We never seem to be able to defend well against him.

Maybe he's been training with Armstrong.