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Whoops, JWP for Romeu, or Djenepo

Given that Grealish plays wide left, I think I would go. Mc Carthy Stehphens Bednareck Vestegard Bertrand Romeu PEH Armstrong Djenepo Ings Long I still rate Valery, but he is better going forward than marking , so nullify their main threat

Hansen looks decent, maybe he can step up to the bench while Redmond is out ?

Fork, fork fork. Looks like Smallbone or Obafemi might have to learn to play wide. Just had a look at the Guardian minute by minute report and they said the ref was so bad " The referee’s decisions are becoming positively psychedelic" .

Patchy performance, we were good for most of he first half , but the injury to Boufal hurt us. What the fork was McCarthy doing behind his line for the first goal ? I know the ball shouldn't have reached him, but what use is a keeper inside his own net ? The winner was a good hit, but we had them pinned in a minute before until Long decided to foul his marker ! Forkwit ! Lets hope Redders is fit for next week .

Saints put in a good shift, but Kevin Friend did not. Clear penalty and the go up the other end and score. Even then we had them worried until a hacked clearance by Robertson went straight to Firmino. Good idea to rest Long and Ings for the cup game in mid week.

They were talking about injuries on Totally Football a couple of weeks ago. Apparently Saints have one of the best medical set ups in the country and are very good at monitoring players so that they avoid muscle strains etc. They contrasted it with Man U and Rashford, as well as Pogba having his own people book an op. They said that Utd hadn't upgraded their Medical facilities since Fergie left. Maybe it is not just luck.

I think we have to be compact at the back, like at Palace, Leicester and Chelsea as Liverpool are very good on the counter. So for me Mc Carthy JWP Stephens Bednarek Bertrand Djenepo Romeu PEH Redmond Ings Long Keep a solid back 8 and try long balls up the channels to Long to get their full backs looking over their shoulder

Another great performance last night, particularly from JWP and Armstrong. Looking back at the Wolves game, we were victims of our own success a bit. Cedric and Armstrong kept Troaore quiet, so he switched sides, where Redders and Bertrand did the same. Hence the half time switch up front . In hindsight, maybe we should have brought on Romeu to shield the CBs. or maybe told Bertrand to stick on him and let Redmond look after Doherty.

It was nice to be top ten for 10 minutes, now we are looking over our shoulders again. I can see why Bednarek dived in for the first Wolves goal, as the ball was closer to him than Traoure, but that didn't account for the difference in pace. If Stephens hadn't dived I, Cedric would have screened it back to McCarthy, and as for the 3rd goal Stephens blew the offside trap, and then everyone went zonal, leaving the one threat unmarked.

Watched Mallorca stuff Valencia this lunchtime. Baba looked very good in central midfield CDAJFU.

When the commentator said that it was only Bednarek's 2nd goal I thought "********, his first was in a 3.2 loss from 2 nil up, and so it proved. Wolves were great once they scored, but if Long's header was the other side of the post they would have folded. Traore is some player now. It would have been nice to be top half for a week

If Walker Peters is that good, I would have expected him to be capped by England already, as he has made the pre-requisite 6 starts for Spurs !

Brilliant to a man, again. Fantastic through ball from Che for the winner. Well chuffed

He is quality, I have seen him a few times, once with a mate who has a UEFa B license, and we both thought he was the best player on the pitch, playing behind Malcom. He plays on the right, but has played left back at the World Cup. Seems to be out of favour at Bordeaux as Sousa prefers wing backs.

Yet another great team performance. MOM to Jack Stephens for me, but they were all great. Ings goal was worthy of Le Tiss !

Great performance again, Adams may not have scored, but he has a lot of other attributes to his game. MOM's for me Armstrong and Redmond , especially in the 2nd half. Kings of the South Coast again !

I agree , they won't be in our price range, but given the limited number of decent CB's that are likely to be available, it would spike the price on anything else half decent. Particularly in a short window like January.

New CB that can manage the defence? Arsenal need one, Man City need one, Chelsea are rumored to be looking for one, as are Spurs so that would take 4 good options of off our wish list. I doubt very much that we can get an upgrade, even on our limited CB's .

Played well to a man, but that Long miss from a yard out ! !!! Thought both full backs were great, especially in the first half. Brilliant run from Bertrand to win the corner for the 2nd goal. Well done to Jack Stephens. He may not be Toby, or Fonte, but he is one of the best 2 we have at the moment. We should have won the last 3 away games and be mid table, but is looking a bit more hopeful .

Just watched Kone ( ex sunderland) have a great game for Strasbourg against Bordeaux, mind you Bordeaux were worse than us yesterday. KDAJ

Another first half when we didn't turn up. Got better when Romeu came on, but as others have said Armstrong should have come on earlier. Long should play at Centre back with his pace, jump and ability to clear the ball when the goal is gaping ! How the **** can he miss from that distance ? Ings was unlucky with the disallowed goal and also the one that hit the post when he was flagged offside. Wish he had tapped in the rebound, as Creswell had played him on and it could have stood on a Var review.

How they are where they are in the table is beyond me. Gutted we didn't get something, but maybe we should have gone for it more at 1 nil. Mc Carthy was unlucky with the deflection on the winner.

Stream problems tonight , so missed a few bits in the buffer zone. ****e first half, better second when we tried to be a bit braver. Long is more **** in the box than those dog-****s in the box you used to be able to send to your enemies in the Private Eye ads. Delighted with the win, lets hope the monkey is off our backs at home. Only 4 points behind Bournemouth, so anyone in the bottom half could be dragged into it. PS Ings is class !

Like a lot of people , I think that was our best performance for some time, brave quick passing, and a return of the pressing game. There were still a few bad decisions at times, JWP shooting from the half way line, PEH not passing to Redmond at the end and Long and Cedric's overhit crosses could have made it more comfortable. Normally Saints would pack our box for the last 20 minutes, hoping to block everything. This time we took the game to Arsenal, so much so that the equalised from one of their only breaks. Even then we nearly won it at the death through Boufal. I would have liked to see it again, but unfortunately MOTD didn't show it. I would keep that team for the next few games now, swapping Obafemi/Boufal/Djenepo depending on the opposition. Since the Leicester game, I have been numb about Saints but yesterday has given me hope.