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Agree with this but don't think it will happen.

Not sure whether you're suggesting Bazunu is good enough so correct not to sell or illustrating the point that SR do sell players who haven't lived up to expectations. If the former I have no problem with that as the game is all about opinions. If the latter my point stands.

He's got a better record for us than Tonda 🙂

I'm not expecting Fellows to play but Tonda didn't rule him out. Probably trying to keep Norwich guessing.

I think SR spent a lot of money on him and they continue to hope he'll come good which is clouding their judgement. Time they admitted to themselves we were stitched up by Man City, cut their losses and sort out the goalkeeping problem. They've given Bazunu a good run but he just doesn't have it at this level.

If it is a groin strain, depending on the severity, he could be out for a month or two. Hope it's something that'll heal in a couple of weeks but even then he'll have to get up to speed again. This has come at a bad time for us because he's crucial to how we play.

Even if he's training I'd be amazed if Tonda puts him in the starting line-up as he won't be match fit.

Wonder if they'd take Bazunu. Imagine the slating he'd get from the Geordies.

Tonda has deservedly been nominated for Manager of the Month.

Fellows is a doubt for this game and we don't have a ready made replacement. Be interesting to see how Tonda lines us up if he's not fit. Hope he doesn't opt for Wee Man.

If he's not being helped and he thinks he needs to be it's up to Bazunu to make it known - he is allowed to open his mouth.

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That's another aspect of goalkeeping that he is poor at. There's no excuse for not opening his gob but he's far too passive and doesn't organise his defence.

I agree with some of what you say but 6 wins from 7 games is handy to have on his current Saint's CV.

Not a bad shout.

Bazunu is 23rd out of a list of 26 Championship keeper stats this season - so if that makes him decent then I'm a Dutchman. Ignoring the stats you only have to watch him to know he is substandard.

Hope this is not true.

Tonda has done an amazing job to get 6 wins out of 7 games. He deserves massive praise. However, I hope he can somehow improve the game management side of things. The second half today after leading 3-0 was extremely poor. Nobody expects us to dominate every game for 90 minutes but hard work is going to have to be done on the training ground to make winning from good positions far less stressful. He comes across as an intelligent coach so let's see what he comes up with.

With respect I think our drop off in 2nd halves goes far deeper than a bit of complacency. That's far too simplistic.

He was flailing like a weakling for their second goal. For the first he is, as normal, not positioned correctly and has his angles wrong. We need to replace him asap.

So you'd be happy with a 7-7 draw then 🙂

Not sure he'll solve the problem as it seems to be deep seated and not something that will be fixed by one player coming back from injury. That second half looked like us last season playing against a top quality Premier league team - we simply could not compete.

In a way but come on, we shouldn't be falling apart like that when leading by 3-0. Something seriously wrong with the game management or fitness or whatever but it needs fixing and quick.

Ok, serious questions need to be asked as to why we are allowing teams back into games despite us playing great football and building a lead. That second half was just pathetic for a team holding a 3-0 lead. What instruction is Tonda giving the players because they need to do the opposite. We are a team that cannot defend ergo attack is the best form of defence. We could have lost tonight which is a ridiculous thing to be saying. At 3-0 it should have been a question of how many do we want to score. We go from looking like champions to a team fighting relegation and the fact it happens after building a 3 - 0 lead is crazy. Rant over and thankfully we got the points.

What shape. We're headless chickens.