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Edgy first 20 minutes but then grew in confidence and caused them plenty of problems. Redmond worked his socks off and I think the only really bad miss was the one in the first half when he should have tucked it into the corner so the keeper couldn't reach it. Liverpool will be mighty relieved to have kept the deficit to a single goal. If we apply the same effort and concentration though we may sneak the tie over the two legs. Thought we deserved more than the one goal so credit to the team and CP for a much improved performance.

What he said! Twas ever thus - settled sides win more matches and play better at a consistently higher level than those that are chopped and changed every week. It's not rocket science. Build cohesion, match fitness, understanding and the wins will follow. Continual rotation is the road to sloppy, un-coordinated football because you cannot possibly expect to build team spirit and that instictiveness that all the best teams display.

Absolutely criminal to leave Naismith unmarked at that stage of the game - there were enough of our players in the box but unfortunately most of them were marking each other.

Well I'm sure when he checks his wage slip each month he is sure to cheer up - poor lamb.

What a load of rubbish.

It's not easy to tell after what Puel has done through his exsessive rotation. However, we do have a best 1X and Puel should know it and start selecting it week in week out or we are going to continue to field teams that look like a bunch of strangers thrown together.

This rotation thing to conserve energy is working like a dream isn't it! Pick a side, stick to it and get some consistency.

Er, it was already 2-0 then dinlow.

Rightly so, the buck stops with the manager.

That's right, it's nothing to do with our highly paid manager is it!

And the collapse is complete. Thanks Puel, you are ruining our team.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

As I said!!!!

You're expecting to see a response - Puel will be looking for damage limitation.

So predictable.

Well, I certainly didn't expect to see Clasie and JWP in the same midfield. Is Romeu 'Superman' in disguise - how come he never gets rotated? Just proves the whole thing is nothing more than a joke.

Followed swiftly by an appearance in a Christmas 'Pointless' special!

The new TV reality TV show starring Claude Puel and Eric Black 'Rotation, Rotation, Rotation'

Clasie and JWP in the same midfield - incoming!

Let's hope it's bad enough for her to persuade him to resign.

Unless Puel is big enough to admit the way he sets up the team is too negative and that his constant excessive rotation are not working things will not improve and we'll reach the point where the crowd/fans are so against him the board will be forced to act. He must get the team playing open attacking football and ditch the negative passing for passings sake attitude. It is dull, boring and clearly turning the fans off in droves - it is not and never will be 'the Southampton way.' Change the formation and style of play or he is just hanging on until the inevitable because the fans will not accept this cringeworthy football.

Isn't it time Puel conducted his interviews via an interpreter? His english is so poor and as a result it is almost impossible to tell what points he's trying to make so he could well be getting away with talking absolute nonsense - in fact, I'm almost sure he is!

Are there any plans to bring back entertaining football at St Marys? If not do you expect people to meekly cough up their hard earned to renew season tickets when they are clearly getting very little in return?

Possession just for the sake of it which only runs down the clock and bores those watching to tears. Football is meant to be entertaining, that's why fans are prepared to dig deep and pay top dollar to watch it. I think our fans should be paid to attend matched because most of the time it is just a slow torture. Puel is killing our club and undoing years of good work and besmirching our reputation for producing exciting attacking football. I can't see things changing anytime soon and the current frustrations and anger are going to increase week by week. It's a slow death by a thousand futile passes.

Rotation is a major problem. You need a settled side. Players need to play week in week out to bed in. Keep making wholesale changes and it will result in the same old dross. Against West Brom we dropped our two best full backs - I bet Pullis was rubbing his hands. It is utter madness and all it achieves is us fielding a weakened side without justification. Give players a rest only if they are showing clear signs of being knackered. What is this obsession with professional footballers needing a rest every other week. If that's all they can offer then lets pay them 50% of their hugely inflated salaries. It's utter nonsense.