Saint_Tony

McGoldrick on the opposing side, not a lot to worry about

Great to see RoKo respecting the competition, strong line up, Saints 3-1 Ipswich (Long x2, Tadic)

Lambert would be good cover, things haven't worked out for him at Liverpool, but we know he can do a job here. Pelle can't be expected to play every game. It's minimal risk, and allows the club until the end of the season, as I'm sure whether or not we get european qualification is going to be a massive factor in our summer transfer strategy.

Not seen it mentioned, but how good was the touch from Tadic to set up his chance just after the 2nd goal against Arsenal? Shame he couldn't finish it, would have been up there with Pelle's. Still wondering how long this thread will go on for, we need to lets ****s like Lallana to do whatever they like, I'm far more concerned by how our own players are doing. Some people still seem to be obsessed by Liverpool

Ive been critical of him, but he's been reliable when called upon these last few games, even playing at rb wheres he been hopeless before. Good backup player, we have some really good defensive options, but will probably need a couple more for Europe next season.

Great result, shame the media point to Arsenal's mistakes, we outplayed them and missed some glorious opportunities. The touch from Tadic just after the second goal was sublime, deserved a goal but it wasn't to be. We're well and truly out of our poor run of form and have some decent fixtures now, I think 11 wins might be enough for fourth. It's a tall order, but Ive seen nothing from the likes of Arsenal to suggest they are any better than us. This win has sent out a message that we are serious european challengers now. Bring on the rest of the season.

Never been so nervous when 2-0 up in a game

Praying we don't end up throwing this away, really should be 3-0

Careful mate, I got a warning for suggesting this. I have always said we need to overturn 2 from 3 out of Everton, Spurs and Liverpool. At least Everton appear to have fallen out of the equation

Great half, it's going to be backs to the wall 2nd half, biggest 45 mins for years. A win today would be huge, let's hope we can hold on!

Wow, that's not a very strong Arsenal side. This is a game we simply have to win. A defeat is unthinkable.

You sure? Sounds quite complimentary of us. I remember when we played them 2 years ago and it was 1-1, gaston scored and had one wrongly disallowed, hopefully we get the win today

The highlight for me is the fact we have a top manager and are fourth in the table. After all the sh1t we went through in the summer, the club was in decline, everyone was leaving, forum meltdown etc. I was always a bit worried, although bringing in Koeman was a key factor in making me realise we would be fine. He's been able to build a new look side which looks better than the one we had last year. He speaks English, and he's honest and open. We know managers don't hang around long these days, but I'd love RoKo to stay for 2 or 3 seasons, I'm certain we'd win something. An actual highlight, has to be Pelle's goal against QPR

We're due a win against a bigger side. Arsenal haven't shown they are any better than us, we deserve to be where we are. Even a draw would be disappointing, a defeat would be a disaster

From what I've heard Spurs won't be making a move in January, but still interested. He deserves a better club than them anyway.

Pure class from Hazard. That's what you have to deal with playing teams like Chelsea. We've got to keep plugging away, a draw would be a fantastic result.

Ok. Mane turns up, Pelle mugs off Terry and Cahill, Fonte snaps Costa's leg, and Hazard goes missing, later to be found in Nathaniel Clyne's pocket. 2-1 Saints

It's a fair point mate, I suffer from it. I'm preying we can get something out of the game tomorrow, it would be a turning point in our season. I want to believe, I really do, but until we beat a top side then it's going to be difficult to change my mindset

Because, I feel we have performed as well as we possibly can. It will be difficult to match our points total in the 2nd half of the season. If we can, then 5th spot will be ours, and it would be incredible. Chelsea, City, Man Utd and Arsenal will finish above us. Spurs and Liverpool have both been poor, yet are only trailing us by a few points, and I would expect both to perform better in the latter half of the season. I'll be delighted with 8th or above and a cup run. CB, you need to calm yourself down, there's a lot of anger in your posts.

I believe what he is trying to say is that I'm a c**t. It's all a bit unnecessary really, claiming i have another account as a previous user is embarassing. At the end of the day, I'm a lot more cautious and pessimistic than a few others, but there's no need for trolling accusations. I would love nothing more than for us to upset the applecart and gatecrash the top 6 party. Maybe I just don't believe we can do it, it's almost too good to be true. By the end of the first round of fixtures, with the exception of Burnley we will have lost to 6 other teams who may well finish above us. Do the players believe we are capable of beating these sides? I apologise if people are ****ed off by my comments, but there's a long way to go. We have the foundations here of a great side here, but there still appears to be an inferiority complex in us. We are capable of beating every team in this league. Once we show we can, which might be tomorrow or thursday, then maybe I will start believing. But it's early days, and realistically we are not going to take maximum points off of the teams weve beaten the second time around. Let's enjoy it, but stay grounded. A 7th or 8th placed finish would be a great achievment, some people may be expecting too much because of how we've performed so far.

Great to see a different selection of goalscorers again, shows that we aren't over reliant on Pelle. Still don't get all the Forster criticism, think he was solid again. Maybe people are over scrutinising every goal we concede as we don't let many in. And fairplay to JWP, as one of his biggest critics, have to say he was excellent.

There's a chance Mourinho might make a few changes, but they pretty much have a full strength squad, and in my opinion are right now one of the best sides of the premier league era. What's key is that we have belief that we can get something, we have to give it a go like we did against Man Utd. It's a short recovery time for both sides so anything could happen. Head says 2-0 Chelsea, heart says dramatic late 2-1 win for us. Is Fonte available?

Calm down everyone, just feel the gap is too close considering our next 2 fixtures. Just worried that once Spurs and Liverpool get ahead of us, we might find it difficult to catch them. That is all. Until we show we can grab points of off teams like Spurs, Liverpool and Arsenal, then it's near enough an impossibility to finish ahead of them. I'll enjoy our win, but once again, people are getting carried away.

Great win, we've done well to find our form today, great to see Mane finally deliver. Just a shame wins for Spurs and Liverpool have finally ended any hopes of a top 6 finish. Two tough games to come now, but the pressure is off now.

Chelsea look almost unbeatable, maybe they will make changes though. RoKo is putting pressure on himself with that team selection