Saint Matty 76

I still enjoy the day/build-up to kick-off too much to consider getting rid of my ST, as it's the only time I see the particular group of people I go with. I missed Chelsea at home this season, so I'm now approaching 11 months without seeing us win a league game. My expectations are unquestionably far lower now though, so I don't think how drab we are has the same impact it has previously on me. Whilst I don't think everything is as done and dusted as most, my main hope for this season is now a Wembley day out via the FA Cup semis.

This stat in particular is pretty disgusting.

Or that it'll be disallowed in about 2-3 minutes!

I'd probably focus on getting Sulemana and Onuachu some more minutes/a good performance under their belts. It's not like we've been running them into the ground seeing as they're typically coming off at around the 60th minute each week. Caballero Lyanco - DCC - Salisu - KWP Alcaraz - Diallo - Aribo Edozie - Onuachu - Sulemana Shame that Bree is cup-tied, and the concussion comes at a bad time for Orsic who needed this game massively. Hopefully Ballard/Dibling get a spot on the bench as well.

I actually think Onuachu has looked pretty good with his feet and general hold-up play, we're just massively under-utilising his height because players like Perraud have absolutely no crossing ability. Not to mention the absolute lack of creativity of the two players behind him as well. I think we'd probably benefit from putting Che up next to him and dropping Sulemana back, or having two wingers either side of him instead. You can pick positives out of pretty much every signing we've made, other than probably Aribo and Orsic so far. Players like Mara and Larios who've been essentially irrelevant would likely have a good role to play in the Championship etc. Bazunu being the worst performer by a country mile.

Definitely isn’t working. Think he should either play as one of the 10s if we’re sticking with this system, or we should have him & somebody like Edozie either side of Onuachu.

Spot on. The selection for Chelsea should not have been the same for Leeds.

We haven't even laid a glove on them in injury time, sums it up. The state of the team that is finishing this game is not a Premier League side.

Bednarek should make more of an effort to defend the ball. Bazunu should still save it. They're both shit, it's not that difficult.

We've gifted 3 points to so many teams around us who haven't done a thing to deserve it, all season. We're ending a game we're chasing with A. Armstrong, Walcott and Mara as our hopes of getting an equaliser, barely Championship quality.

You must be joking.

What the fuck is Bednarek doing? He tries to fucking hide from the ball. How any of you tried justifying this cunt playing another minute for us is beyond me. That's us down.

Elyounoussi unjustifiably getting the full 90 again, what has Alcaraz done wrong since somebody actually scoring a goal in open play for us?

West Ham 1-0 up v Forest, Ings. I actually think that's good news for us long term, even if West Ham are closer to us in the league currently.

KWP coming on for Perraud. Immediately our most creative player on the pitch, probably.

I just don't see how a Elyounoussi - Mara - Walcott front three scores a goal in the Premier League, but I'd love to be proved wrong.

Don't think Onuachu was abysmal by any stretch. Our substitutions make us drastically worse going forward every week, I feel.

Villa 1-0! Big goal. Come on Saints.

Sulemana and Onuachu off at the 60th minute. It really is bizarre to me.

Mara and Walcott coming on. Be a shame if it's Onuachu, got far worse players today.

Perraud is pretty damn useless. Get KWP on.

I like DCC but him and Bednarek as a pairing is about as slow as it gets. AMN and Perraud capping off a remarkably slow back line. Ah, never mind. ABK back up.

Onuachu is a completely different level with the ball at his feet compared to what I expected, fair play to him.

This is the worry. Wolves, Villa x2 and Forest are all games that looked similar to this and we threw them all away 1-0 to terrible performances from the opposition.

Don't think we can get much worse second half. Definitely a worry how weak our attacking options are on the bench today. Orsic, Aribo, Edozie and Che all missing who should probably all be there at full strength. KWP our most creative player available to bring on.