SaintBobby

I think it was “get out of our club” aimed at their current owners.

That was bloody brilliant. Second half almost flawless.

That last game of the season...Leeds v Saints....could be epic (also, could well be irrelevant too!)

I'd say a majority of players registered with the club hardly ever play for us. At some point, you cut them or sell them off.

Aribo would be a loss tbh. He's been very good recently. Sulemana has been absent.

You were in west London....it happens...!

If Downes is out again, we have a major problem in centre midfield for Boxing Day. Anyway, Happy Xmas one and all.

We might be "light" at right wing....but we are absent at No 9....

Have to confess I quite enjoy a ton of football on TV over this period. Selfishly, I don't want a mid-season break.

V weird kick off time. Has a league match in England ever kicked off at 6pm before?

Good win. Bit laboured. Def need to sign a No 9.

No space anywhere really. QPR are set up well.

This is a bit edgy.

Agree we need to go on an amazing run over the next 24 games. Can probably only afford to lose 2 or 3. But if we do catch Ipswich on points, it likely follows that we will also catch them on goal difference.

Not sure we want any more Leeds goals now. If we do catch Ipswich and/or Leeds on points the GD is about where we want it.

I imagine we are looking at a loan. Maybe £1m or so in wages. I’m not persuaded we are so broke that such a cost is beyond us.

That was a boring match. If the ESL is anything like that, it will be hard to stay awake for many matches.

The whole thing is mad. But I think I want it to happen now. If the "top six" leave or get kicked out, money will be tighter for the remaining 86 league teams, but it will be way better fun. Maybe 20-30 teams who could aspire to be English champions (Saints would be one) I also think people will tire of watching Benfica v Arsenal 6 times a year (or whatever the plan is....!)

KWP easily so far. A good half dozen in "honourable mentions" though.

A while yet. But he managed that QF badly.

Yeah, maybe. Burnley might be an option. But he is onto his 2nd Prem team post-Saints and it isn't panning out. You'd think he'd move or go on loan in January and we must be one of 3 or 4 teams who might want to get him.

Why was attendance so low for the Blackburn match then (27-28K?). Was that largely away attendance being thin?

My first ever Saints game was a 4-0 defeat at QPR. About 1984, I think. Never forgiven them. Still have the "scar tissue".

Agree. It's odds against, I'd say. But not by much. He can't get a game in the Prem. Ain't likely to get many. Is lingering around on the bench. And one of the richest teams in the Championship are desperately short in the No 9 role. In a sane world, it might come together...

God, this is going to get tedious quickly.