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Am going to be crazy Same team except for McCarthy - would replace him with Gunn if we need a sweeper keeper or if I am greedy I'd give salisu some time.

Nice one

Adams will score over 10 goals this season.

Short term pain for long term gain. Like all tactics, learning requires failure and we have learnt a lot from yesterday, both in our pressing and tactical application. If we get a ready made pressing midfielder, slot in Salisu and the other players learn the movements better then I expect more goals for and less against.

A good article on this in the atheletic this morning by Dan Sheldon. A brief snippet from it from Ralph before our game on Sun. “I think it was a way of defending which we want to do in the future,” Southampton’s manager explained. “In the first two games, I didn’t think we gave too many chances away. It looked more critical than it was. “You can be sure that we will always find the right balance of defending high and the position we need to adapt to every opponent. That’s the reason we have to be flexible in this part. Against some opponents, it can be helpful if we are a little bit higher.”

Just scouted around and gone through my own personnel scout list to see what happened over the weekend. - Koopmeiners - played but AZ drew and he seemed to be average in that game - Mangala (stuttgart) played but they lost and he also seemed to be average in that one as well. - Laimer (RB Leipzig) a never going to happen signing but apparently the austrian machine has a knee injury. - Mwepu (RB Salzburg) played well in an easy win at home. - Also a shout out to Mckennie who played the full game for Juve yesterday.

From ralph's comments over the last week or so he seems to be suggesting that he expects us to get a CM and a winger if Boufal leaves. I really do think we are waiting for the transfer window sales to begin for clubs who have been hit harder by covid and the window is shortly closing so we get a good player cheaper. Wouldnt surprise me if we start hearing names again later this week.

Would be interested to know if its FFP or just no money availble. They used to give wages as the reason but we have a few out and hopefully hoedt again soon.

I know what you mean but i dont think there was an alternative formation where we would compete with spurs, counterattacking, possession etc etc so can handle it as a learning step. To play this system will enable us to beat teams with better players, however we dont have the fitness i believe or players yet (MF and CB) to be confident enough we can be mroe effective. High line or both CB's hanging back, either way I am not confident in them together and also would love a new goalie if I was being greedy.

Longer than the validity of this comment if you cant see what he is trying to do.

I like this a lot, good insight.

Ralph and CEO take the flak every week while the real culprits reside in Switzerland and China behind a wall of silence. Ralph is a better manager than our squad allows, could see him being a cheap option at spurs once mourinho has pissed everyone off.

Posted in other area but from my point of view I think the high line is the next step of our evolution of our system which unfortunately we don't have the personal for or have not had enough preparation time with the existing players for them to understand hence looking like a shower of shit defensively. I dont know if Che is just unlucky in that he's hitting shots that normally dont get saved but he feels so close to turning the corner but his build up play has been great. In 1 month I think we will look very different playing this system, Salisu will be a starting CB and hopefully we have a pressing midfielder and another option to come into the team. Thought Djenpo looked good, shoud stay in the team. Also has Steve got paid by the club to make it harder to log in after a bad game

From my point of view I think the high line is the next step of our evolution of our system which unfortunately we don't have the personal for or have not had enough preparation time with the existing players for them to understand hence looking like a shower of shit defensively. I dont know if Che is just unlucky in that he's hitting shots that normally dont get saved but he feels so close to turning the corner but his build up play has been great. In 1 month I think we will look very different playing this system, Salisu will be a starting CB and hopefully we have a pressing midfielder and another option to come into the team. Thought Djenpo looked good, shoud stay in the team. Also has Steve got paid by the club to make it harder to log in after a bad game

I'd rather sell all 3 of our goalkeepers and buy another one and have a youth team on the bench.

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No doubt we are shopping in a store we can't afford at present and are waiting for the near end of the transfer window for the covid sale to begin.

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Redmond has never scored more than 7 goals or 4 assists in any season for us and I am not sure he is that a hard worker (he is compared to boufal but that is a low benchmark) I personally think it is definitely a position to be upgraded but unfortunately we have plenty of fires elsewhere.

Redmond has never scored more than 7 goals or 4 assists in any season for us and I am not sure he is that a hard worker (he is compared to boufal but that is a low benchmark) I personally think it is definitely a position to be upgraded but unfortunately we have plenty of fires elsewhere.

Ball given away cheaply in the centre (walker-peters) they swing it to their left winger who dances around a few including a slow moving Romeu, crosses it to the top of the D and unlike our players manages to shot onto goal.

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Not sure if seeing things but It was bertrand who was marking their goalscorer, adams was on the 6yrd line and got to him after he ran past 3 players without interference. Also assume missing sitter was the Ings miss ?

Bertrand completely let him run off and the only one to try and stop him was adams