SaintBobby

I just can't my head around Moi. He was obviously brilliant today...great saving tackle and assist, but I noticed neither at the time. He is invisible to me and almost always the player I don't want to see in the starting XI and am bemused is never substituted. This is a reflection of how bad I am at watching football, btw, not how good he is at playing it....

Caleta-Car is our best centre back, I think. He was excellent today. The big disappointment this season has been JWP. He hasn’t been awful. Maybe a 5 or 6 out of 10, but I’d hoped he’d have a glittering 8 or 9 out of 10. Thus far, he hasn’t. Obviously, we are (a) missing a really great centre forward (b) trying to build a new team with so many incomings and (c) suffering from a bit of an injury crisis (with perhaps 5 of our best players today not starting? Lavia, ABK, KWP, Tino, Che?) So, all in all, a great point!

Ghastly game. We are not in good shape. But 14th....I'd take that. Get to the World Cup break and see where we are. We won't be buried, nor safe.

I thought hamstring as soon as he pulled up. But he walked off the pitch without limping. Adam Blackmore reports on twitter that he’s “okay”. Although Ralph said it may be a few weeks?

That was brilliant. As others have said, Lavia and ABK look incredible. What’s really pleasing is that our new signings aren’t just blending in - they look like the core of the team already. Not too sure about starting JWP at no. 10 and I’m still a bit underwhelmed by Elynouusi & Diallo. But that’s splitting hairs.

If you can get a 400% return on investments in under 20 years, you're in the wrong line of work!

Huh? Was inflation from Delap to Carrillo 450%? I don't think so....

yeah, Liverpool need to be aiming to win 5-0+ if the West Ham match remains like this...

I didn't vote, but would have gone for keep...just. I don't think it's like Branfoot. About 90% wanted him sacked and about 90% of those wanted him murdered. The 60% who want Ralph sacked aren't generally as militant.

I think it may turn out that the Arsenal win made us safe....I mean, sure, you don't expect to lose about 12 games in a row, but we have come perilously close to that.... Until Chelsea beat Leeds last week, we had come in to about 50/1 to relegated. A real longshot, but I don't consider a 2% chance of relegation to equal "safe". We're probably about 0.001% to be relegated now....I think i would count that as safe.

I'd say we're definitely nowhere near the top 6, or probably the top 8. We're also - over 38 games - measurably better than the bottom 2 or 3. There's a swathe of teams in mid to lower table where there is virtually nothing to choose between them. Finishing top ten is tough, because it basically means finishing ahead of the 6 or 7 teams who roughly are on our level. We haven't been in relegation trouble for a few years and I don't think we will be next season either. Getting much better than that though is a really hard climb.

Most bookies have Everton odds on to go down now.

Feeling a bit better about losing to Burnley now…

The FA Cup is getting tediously predictable. 30 of the last 44 finalists have been the Big Six. 18 of the last 22 winners have been the Big Six (including this year).

Sounds like a gruesome injury to Ashley Westwood in the West Ham v Burnley match.

Tempted to go to this one. Maybe because I’ve never been to Turf Moor and this might be a chance to go when the weather isn’t as bloody awful & cold as some others on this thread have indicated.

Should have lost 3-1. Forster was superb. Great win - that’s not luck, that’s skill.

Turns out Chelsea are pretty good then. Not good enough maybe to retain the CL title, but still damned good.

Chellll.....seaaaa... Whoever you may be You are owned by the KGB Abramovich is f***ked and you're mercanaries. You are owned by the KGB.

For those of a betting disposition, Everton and Burnley are now both around evens to be relegated. https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/relegation

Anyone else veering dangerously close to the “I hope Burnley beat Saints” vibe?

Rotherham 1 Sutton Utd 2 in the Football Trophy final....c 30 mins to go, I think?

I really want Everton to go down. I almost - almost, not quite - want us to lose away to Burnley.

We're the underdogs, sure....but this has to be the best time to be playing them. Turmoil at Stamford Bridge, low morale and they surely need to prioritise the Champions League v Real Madrid. Am hoping they're still in it after the first leg, then there must be a chance we face their B team.

According to Solent, it was initially Diallo on the left. Then a diamond when Romeu came off.