SuperSAINT

Not exactly easy to shift.

Watching him today last 90mins reminds me of when you're playing FM & you just play a squad player for the whole match just so you don't use tire a good player.

This. I said at the end of the match thread I don't think it's a coincidence Arsenal & Cardiff wins came after a solid week of training.

Well beaten but I'm not overly disappointed. I was much more down after WHU because it was always incredibly unlikely we'd get points against City & Chelsea. Also don't think it's possible to get a full hustling & bustling performance with so little recovery time. Valery - Ramsay - Stephens - Bednarek - Targett is a brave defence from Ralph!

Clutching at straws, but I don't think it's a surprise our wins have come after 6 or 7 days of training.

Same time as backing Mark Hughes... I think we know reality - we have to shift players out.

Always liked Billy Sharp. Didn't let us down when he signed for us either. Would be delighted if he got a chance in the Prem -- Especially with Sheff Utd.

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/mason-mount-i-turned-down-southampton-because-of-portsmouth-1-8633974/amp

Chose Chelsea academy over us purely because he's a skate. Hell of a player, though.

Claude gets wins over City & Chelsea, takes off Vardy, gets booed, misses pen, lose to Cardiff!

Leicester 0-1 Cardiff

Fulham 1-0 Hudds

Skates winning 2-3

Watford 0-1 Newcastle

Done very well up there but they surely have to keep him.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/12/28/aston-villa-pull-potential-move-chelsea-defender-gary-cahill/ Villa move for Cahill off as Chelsea looking for teams to pay all of (110k p/w) wages.

Moore Elyounoussi, obvs

Who, for all his technical deficiencies, surprised me by not sprinting around & closing down like a man possessed when he came on.

No chance of Clyne or Vic, but wouldn't surprise me if we utilise the loan market.

That story had to be true & is sounded like exactly something that would happen.

Those stats surprise me actually I thought he was really bad. I wasn't watching the game specifically to criticise him, but I saw signs early on that he wasn't really at it. Looked liked he'd had too many Gin & #TonicLikeLeminade's. A shame, because with Hojbjerg out, I really hoped he'd step up. He wasn't alone though. I thought Armstrong & Vestergaard were probably our better performers last night.

Exactly & this is definitely the sort of game that you don't want to be going in with a days less rest than them either.

Fernandinho still a major doubt. Jesus could be back for them. I'd expect Silva to start for them. Imagine we will rotate a fair few players.

Update:

Very bad day at the office. Good start, all seemed to go flat after about 10 mins. Pressing became non-existent, some really lazy shoddy passing & players running in treacle.