hypochondriac

You could argue it's antisemitic to hold Israel to an absurd standard during war whereby even an operation like this which is possibly the most efficient operation in the history of warfare is criticised because of a handful of civilian casualties. As if any operation during wartime ever hasn't resulted in something like that.

Ever heard of horseshoe theory?

Well keeping it behind closed doors seemingly hasn't moved the needle. Not much to lose from his perspective I would imagine.

Clearly made some enemies already.

Ingenious way of destroying the next generation of terrorist.

Depends what you believe doesn't it.

Armel Bella-Kotchap: “The last few weeks have been turbulent and unpredictable, but I‘m 100% fit both physically and mentally. I‘m just waiting for my chance, and I‘ll lead with my performance on the field when the time is ready.” #saintsfc @FabrizioRomano Probably not for this game but give the boy a chance.

Still early days but this feels like it may define our season. If we manage to win it we are up and running and everyone feels good. Draw or lose though and we will continue to talk about record low points totals and embarrassment.

Guaranteed he will pop up on another topic after a short break pretending that nothing has happened.

He claims not to listen to anything but he must be really frustrated the longer it goes on without any points. It's pretty embarrassing and if it ends up being a big failure may make him question his whole philosophy.

It's the manager reverting to the players he knows presumably.

Martin on Armel Bella-Kotchap not featuring tonight: “I'm paid to do the best job I can for Southampton Football Club. And if it doesn't go very well I will lose my job. So I then pick a team that I think is best to win.”

Who would you play in place of bednarek?

Interesting that Martin mentioned the possibility of losing his job tonight. I reckon he's aware of some of the pressure.

It's a good point but you could maybe bring him on at half time maybe.

They're our best three attacking players for me. We still don't have a proper striker up top but it would give us a much better chance of success. Replace lallana with Fraser after 45 minutes and Dibling with Cornet after 60.

I wonder if it would be too adventurous to play Fernandes, Lallana and Dibling together. Ramsdale Sugawara Bednarek THB kwp Downes lesley Dibling Fernandes Lallana Archer/bbd/Stewart

I know we know this but Dibling is just brilliant. I really want him and Lallana on the pitch together in a league game

At least it was a positive run from him. Good to see.

You were saying...

If we do go down I wonder if he will be a starter next year.

Well we've got Stephens out for a while. Maybe he's trying to get the other weak link out for Saturday.

Is it just me who thinks Bree is quite a solid player? Nothing spectacular but he can do a job in the squad. Looks less out of his depth than many of the others.

Yes for a team that plays in the complete opposite way to us. He's not a strong passer as far as I can see and doesn't suit our style at all. I can't see why we have signed him he looks out of place.

Nothing I have ever seen from Diaz has convinced me that he is anything other than a complete carthorse in the prem.