Dark Munster

As others have said, it's the not bringing in a replacement that's criminal. Add to that loaning out Gallagher with no recall option, and ending up paying £20m in January for someone who's not as good. Today Tadic on the right, Redmond on the left, and a two man midfield was a recipe for disaster. Wigan should've been a warning sign, we got away with it because they were crap in front of goal. Bring in Romeu alongside PEH and Lamina, and move Tadic to the left. And the only place Redmond should be left is back home.

At least now we have a manager who's had decades of PL experience, which means (like Wenger) he's now fluent in English.

Cheers. Good article. Nervous about this one, the proverbial six pointer. Lose and we're in deep shit, win and things are really looking up. At least with the clown in charge there was the fallback that another dire performance could be compensated with his belated firing. Now that's actually happened (thank God) there's no such comforting blanket. Expectations are higher, and it's do or die time.

Exactly this. Of course the Luddites are dying to find an excuse to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Luggy didn’t freeze at hotbed SMS. His record was fine with us. Players forced him out (just like they did with Puel).

United have won so many trophies (including the CL and umpteen PLs) since 1976 why would they care about our FA cup win?

Currently standing second in the biggest waste of money ever table (just behind the head-butting nutter).

I think the answer is to buy another Charlie Austin (good scorer but injury prone). Maybe two more. It's ideal: we get them cheap, they won't bugger off after one season, and hopefully at least one will be fit while the other(s) are in the physio room.

Got their goal too. But there's no denying he plays much better on the left (for us anyway). Ditto Redmond on the right.

Tadic on the right, Redmond on the left? I hope that's a typo.

Which would be considerably reduced of course if we go down.

Nowhere near the quality of crosses into the box as Cuco had for us IMO.

MLT was excluded, and instead those footballing giants Batty and Butt went on the plane.

That could also be an argument for taking the league win: an extra 2 or 3 points.

Nigel Pearson.

You obviously didn't read the fine print. If you say that, not only do we lose both, the genie will also turn you into a frog.

If it's survival vs cup win I'd choose survival (another thread). But that's not the question here, so I'd choose the semi-final win. We'd still have a decent chance of survival if we lose against them in the league, since we don't have the clown in charge any more. And the other winnable/6 pointer games against West Ham, Swansea etc. are more important.

And all three were sold just before Puel came in.

No comparison, we were safe that time so could afford to play a weakened team. This time we are guaranteed to be playing our strongest team in the league game against them, for obvious reasons.

Corrected for you. Here's a fact: We’ll start scoring if we buy a striker who can score goals. Something Les Reed seems incapable of understanding.

Yes he's 100 times better on the left, ditto Redmond on the right. I was disappointed that they both were on the wrong sides again. Hopefully MH will figure this out before West Ham (unlike the dunce who's left who could never figure it out).

At least the equation is simple for us this year. https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?56460-Europa-League-Qualification-question

So in summary, he's not that good in the air, can't tackle, is weak on the ball, and has poor positioning. And also is a striker who doesn't score. I can't comment on his passing, because he usually doesn't have the ball long enough to try to make one. Pretty impressive for our record signing.