CanadaSaint

Hey, I'm a big Nigel fan but: 1. We've conceded three goals from the D, in open play, in four games. That’s unforgiveable. 2. Bringing Guly on completely changed a shape that was working very well. I still can’t believe he did that. We needed to trade like-for-like and retain the shape.

I don't think he's been fully fit since the Donny game.

We changed our shape big-time by bringing Guly on for Chaplow. And it was working so well before then.

Bringing Guly on will probably change our shape quite a lot, and we'd been doing so well.

Defending the D on the edge of the box is normally the responsibility of the centre midfielder who plays in front of the back four. We've conceded goals from the D in three of the last four games - all of them when Schneiderlin was off the pitch and Hammond on it. Coincidence? I suspect not.

The D is one of the most lethal places in the game - many a bad bounce or half-clearance ends up there. We seldom attack it well and we certainly don't defend it well.

Same goddam mistake again. Three goals from the f*cking D - Pompey, Reading and now this lot.

Not that we need any more motivation to finish strongly, but I'll bet Nigel makes sure that comment doesn't pass unnoticed in the Saints dressing room.

Was that the guy who made the needless comments about NA's interview style? What a d*ck.

Good luck to them. Good football and they didn't spend a fortune getting there. Them going up, even more than us, must make the West Ham fans want to vomit.

Three two-goal games and I still don't think we're going to see the best of Billy Sharp until we've had a chance to get him properly fit.

Screw the Reading result - it doesn't take anything away from ours. Still, hopefully they'll go out on the lash and sh*t the bed in one of their last two.

Well, in fairness he only seems able to score in two's. Not good enough IMO. (That was my Alps impression.)

Is that the same as "What Saints don't need to do now is concede a goal"?

I can't wait to see Sharp after the kind of pre-season fitness training he'll get with us. If we see the improvement in him that we saw in Rickie, look out!

Give it ten minutes and I think he might take Rickie off as well. I suspect he might still carrying that knock from the Donny game - he was flagging a bit in the last 10-15 against Reading.

Jos, wow.

Martin warming up. Maybe Nigel is a little concerned about Fonte's form and would like to see how Martin fits.

Oh, sh*t. Here comes the whispering.

Thanks for spoiling the ending for me.

I'm far from confident that two goals are going to win this. Keep pushing, guys.

Well, actually we've been lethal at creating clear chances from corners but rather sh*t at taking them.

We're lethal at these corners.

Fine for me, touch wood.

Just twenty minutes in - this could be a record for "What Saints don't want to do ..."