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There are several huge elephants in the room and some of them were approached but the answers given were quite frankly, watery and inconclusive. The pellegrino answer was pathetic, made out to be some sort of well planned and executed move. Carillo, what sort of response was that? I don’t expect them to apologise but I do expect some sort of admission that they made a mistake. We went round the houses with the Gao answer... nothing clearly stated ‘this is what he wants to do’ ‘this is his plan’ etc. All I ever hear about is raising our profile in China, ergo - his profile. No admission that they’d learned anything from last year. As predicted, all the dinnies lap it up because there was a free bar etc. #wesapon

It was, Hughes aside, just a load of waffle and were no close to explanations on anything. Anything at all.

A great advert for those wishing to lead a life in celibacy.

I like the Muppets one. Someone with a better handle on net spend would have tied those turds up in knots tonight.

Adam's a great broadcaster.... I'm glad he didn't let that happen and he wouldn't because he's a professional but he definitely, definitely helped deflect a lot of the difficult stuff.

Gao should have been there. Disgraceful that he's not.

A colossal waste of time. As predicted.

Having been to a few before and not my learnt my lesson until now, I’m very well placed to make assumptions on what it will be like. And if I’m wrong, my predictions above can be scrutinised justifiably. On another note, some people on here are probably justified in their beliefs that they are more worldly, superior and knowledgeable...because they are. It’s probably a 60/40 dinny melt split on here

Yep. Terrible, doesn’t run fast/hard enough.

Ditto the last bit.... it’s the personnel used that impacts the way we play, not the formation (well not completely - it’s how you utilise it)

Oh and I think it's pretty f()kkin poor our owner, who was there Saturday, won't be there. A real opportunity to outline your intentions after approximately a year of owning the club.

I like this lineup. Get rid of Hoedt. Absolutely sh1te.

A few predictions for tomorrow; - Ralph will offer up strange platitudes and weird-speak on locker rooms and rosters. He will also take all the difficult questions (if asked) and go off on a tangent from what was originally asked. - Reed will bewitch with corporate mumbo-jumbo and will take any opportunity to link any successes in recent times indirectly back to him. - The player will be dull, dull, dull. - Hughes will be the only one worth listening to but will be guarded and won't give much away (but if you listen carefully, he will). It'll mostly be a season-ticket **** measuring contest between dweebs. The majority of the questions will concern things like concourse facilities and red felt around the pitch. We won't get any closer to what Gao's intentions are, why Forster was given extension after extension despite being horrendously sh1t, why Pellegrino was given almost a full season despite being sh1t and why he was given £20m to spunk on Carillo. There will be no accountability by Reed or Wilson for our recent poor recruitment of playing and coaching staff. There will be no accountability for any of the big stuff. None. A few weirdos will meet Reed etc and come back on here, starry-eyed and will tell everyone how "nice" and "genuine" they are despite riding roughshod and presiding over two years of pretty amateur decision-making.

Seriously wtf is this? Our fans ffs

It’s the sad truth but the saps will have the floor more than likely. Still, be a nice easy ride for the turds behind the table if that proves to be the case.

Martinez and Henry? Thatll be a mess. Looking forward to Vieira being absolutely cr4p for Nice too. Massive hullabaloo over him for nothing, really. Just realised I just rubbished Henry and Vieira... I’m not racist btw, I like Chris Hughton

So they’ve let him spend £100m then within a couple of weeks, they’ll sack him? What is wrong with football? Fukkin hell

Hoedt is by far the worst defender we have. Stephens will probably never cut it as a CB in the PL but is quite a cultured footballer so could probably transfer some of those skills successfully to another role. Bednarek done well last year being thrown in but in pre season has been awful.... but nowhere near as bad as Hoedt. That bloke is abysmal. Still don’t get what people see in him. Then again, many thought Forster was useful

Gonna talk about the team that finished the game, not started it; McCarthy - Absolutely love having a safe pair of hands in goal. Stephens - Much better a right-back than Cedric in this game, would love to see him play in DM though. Not much of a CB but still quite a cultured footballer. Hoedt - I never want to see him play for Saints again. Vestergaard - Very impressed. Felt sorry for him bailing (mainly Hoedt) out. Distribution not bad either. Bertrand - Seems happier at LB than LWB. Irrespective of however he plays, he is one of the few players we have left of genuine class. Lemina - Clearly a classy player, would love to have seen him alongside a Scheiderlin/Wanyama. Romeu - Ever so meh about him now. Elyenoussi - Seems a slick operator. Look forward to seeing more of him. Redmond - Came alive after the subs/formation change; looked a genuine threat running at people. Ings - Lively, can't wait for him to have a couple of genuine chances created for him. For all his injuries, looks very fresh and sharp. Good leap on him too. Gabbadini - One good chance, would love to start him alongside the other attacking quartet we finished with. Same again at Everton with the exception of Hoedt starting. He should be banished from professional football. Yoshida to replace please.

Redmond looking a bit like a Man City Raheem Sterling

Yeah, he does remind me a bit of him. Ings is impish, great leap on him and if he gets the chance, good finisher. Like Shane Long with shooting boots and a first touch.

Much better. Stephens actually looking half-decent at RB (would rather they played him as a DM though). The less of Hoedt is in the game, the better. As this testifies.

For those who think we are going to get better and it will all click into place, it will not. This is years worth of poor recruitment, downgrading... it will likely take more than a window to sort out. By then, I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if our remaining quality players have gone. Doesn't help when we're purposefully shooting ourselves in the foot by playing Hoedt. Bertrand and Vestergaard continually bailing him out. Then again, it's been like that ever since we signed the useless ****

why the effin ****tin hell are we sat back holding on in our own half against Burnley. This is fukkin disgraceful really #believeINsaints #wemarchon

Those who believe Hoedt is young, therefore guaranteed to improve.