austsaint

Real blather in your case.

Yes but after the 80 minute mark the Djenepo opportunity after being teed up by Armstrong and the Vestergaard scuffed shot while slipping could easily have earned the draw, no?

Well done for fronting up Vancouver Saint!! I knew you would! Your summary is right on the money. What you missed would have frustrated you further in that Djenepo and particularly Vestergaard missed gettable goal chances. As you suggest, many are hoping for KWP's return and Diallo for that matter, even though Armstrong did a remarkable fill in job tonight.

Yep, I've changed my mind in the last month or two. Let him go to Leicester. He has been a class act for the Club with those marauding overlap runs and pinpoint crosses - but it's a while since we saw them; perhaps he's no longer capable of making them!

What is it people are seeing in Tella? Certainly in favour of leaving Redmond at home but if Minamino or Djenepo aren't fit I'd prefer to see someone like Watts occupying that attacking wide role. Just haven't seen enough from Tella to justify a start.

Agree with this. We battled it out strongly and Vestergaard and maybe Djenepo could/should have rescued a point late on. Both the midfielders did well - Armstrong with his strong, direct running and Ward-Prowse with work rate and passing range. Have to join the chorus questioning Redmond's continued presence in the team - he just doesn't have the touch/control or the Footballing nous to be remain in the side....I'm not convinced that Tella is the answer either! There were hopeful signs tonight and with Diallo and KWP back the points needed will surely start to tick over.

I'll bet you end up watching. As will I.

Perfect opportunity for Jankewitz to show up and earn his "redemption".

Beautifully articulated; well done. The Club desperately needs new ownership, not a Manager sacking.

Kelvin and Dave W. don't inspire much confidence do they?

That Fry poster will be along shortly to fire you a rocket.

One point out of a possible 24 is the reality. That's perilously close to a meltdown.

I believe Bristol City have beaten us to the prized signature of Nigel Pearson. Tony Pulis and Mark Hughes????

The way I look at players like Vokins and Valery is if Harry Reed was considered not good enough to be playing first team Football for Saints (different positions I know) there's no way those two were ever going to make the grade. The real issue with the two full backs is they should have been replaced and covered long before now.

Yes, he probably has been our best player still - and as you say, even if Diallo was fit and Romeu in better form, JWP probably gets the nod because of the deadball skills. It is noticeable how often the midfield has been well beaten in the past two months or so. Oh, and I really don't think JWP could be described as a midfield warrior - though his run of consecutive games is impressive and a testament to his fitness.

Shroppie, I know you're a big fan of JWP, but his performances over the last 7 or 8 games (outfield play that is) have been mediocre, and appears to be why we have been outplayed in midfield in most games lately - though Romeu too hasn't been at his best since the injury. It's not weak trolling to point that out.

I don't think you can fluke the movement, composure, eye for a pass, reading of the game, athleticism and robustness that we've seen from Salisu already. He and Diallo strike me as the best bits of business Saints have done for a long time.

Couldn't agree more. There's been a lot of bigging up of Forster in the wake of the 9-0 and a couple of McCarthy faux pas'. Cast your minds back and remember just how bad FF was for us, time and again. I wish him no will ill and he probably deserves to keep the Cup jersey, but let's not get carried away with the russian roulette of penalty stats and a few quiet evenings in the FA Cup.

No argument there...onwards and upwards. And the Cup run dream lives on too!

Yes indeed, I'm not meaning to big Fulham up, even though if I was a supporter, I'd give them a good chance of surviving....not at our expense though. I think it's reasonable to have a nervousness about Saints returning to a better run of results......which leads to the possibility of the unwanted flop over the line into a 16th or 17th place finish. Hope I'm not sounding a bit like Dalek!!

Except that Fulham are in a good vein of form and playing some attractive Football. While no one should be worried about relegation, the prospect (real) of finishing 17th after topping the table briefly early season is a demoralising prospect. I'm hoping that KWP and Diallo returning will lift things, because our two CM's look out on their feet at the moment. The big plus is the emergence of Salisu - he with the return of injured players gives hope for a comfortable 40 points plus finish.

Very tidy additions. Probably the best recruitment since the days of Paul Mitchell.

It would be hard on Bednarek, yet as things stand you would have to guess he will be the unlucky one when KWP returns.

Ralph really can't drop Salisu after today. He's done a "Diallo"....played himself into the best 11.