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88 mins I'll go for. From this corner.

Should be a yellow. Ref awful again today.

It was fun whilst it lasted.

Kante is immense today. Such a good player.

Surely it's time to ditch VAR? The review process is so subjective it's probably the same percentage of right/wrong calls as the ref just calling it on the pitch in real time. Without the delay.

Suspect they'll be rolling out that stat later about points dropped from winning positions.

Classic Saints goal to concede. But us scoring for a change.

Good finisher that Minamino. 1 nil!

Whew, risky passing it around at the back and inviting pressure. Romeu and JWP being turned a bit too easily at the moment. Showing up our lack of pace in the middle.

Doesn't seem to be anyone playing RB/RWB

Not quite the spark we hoped for. But he probably isn't match sharp yet. Worth persisting with for now.

Yep, they got in behind Romeu and JWP. We have no answer to players running at us with pace really.

Yes, this is my expectation also. Hopefully we are wrong!

I agree we need a change in approach. Can't see Ralph doing that though. His whole ethos is one of hard work and pressing. Have we ever played differently?

Not for long. 1-1

Stephens again at RB I guess?

Odds on a Werner hat-trick? Hopefully the extra rest will do us some good. But can't really see us getting anything.

Hopefully with himself for making bad subs and keeping the tactics the same second half and not trying to get back into it.

Astonishing to think that all those crap managers we've had in years gone by. None have lost 6 in a row. And now we've got a man who no only holds that record but has led us to two 9 nil defeats in 2 seasons. Somethings not right! Is it only the under investment?

Now would be the best time to do it. We are basically safe and any new man would have time to work on the team. However I can't think of anyone who could come in instead. Or whom we could afford. So we're stuck with Ralph.

Without knowing who is available its hard to say. But yes, a lack of investment is also working against him/us.

It was a new ideas in 2020. Now it's 2021 and everyone has seen it all before.

I agree. We've not had the decisions in our favour but that excuse only goes so far. Ralph's tactical range for example is extremely limited. Even right now we are fixed rigidly in his way.

Starting to think maybe Ralph has taken us as far as he can. Plenty of positives from his tenure but we need some new ideas.

Offside anyway