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Noticeable that Arsenal had loads of empty seats in their game last night but attendance was given as a few hundred less than capacity. Similarly Man City seem to have quite a few empty seats at a time when they are playing fantastic football

The noise level from the public address system seems to have been cranked up another notch or two last night I would like to be able to have a conversation about the game, at least at HT, but the noise from the manic announcer and banging music makes this almost impossible. Also bearing in mind the age profile of the crowd perhaps some Vera Lynn, Ken Dodd or Mantovani tunes would be appropriate!!! Or bring back the Albion Band!!!!!!!!

Decent win. Generally good performance However Gallagher must be pretty poor in training to get in ahead of Austin and Long Both of them are consistently poor - unfortunately!!

decent atmosphere with a smaller crowd!!

Defensively we are poor but perhaps some of the problem is further up the field Not only are our strikers poor at putting the ball in the net but they have very limited ability of holding on to the ball and it is recycled easily and this puts more pressure on our midfield and back four.

Puel was a poor choice as Manager for both Leicester and us Difference is Leicester have a better squad than us and, with a better Manager, will be OK

Managers always get criticism However, as many people have pointed out, we could have Pep Guadiola or Clippity Klopp here but I doubt they could do too much with the players we have. Our recent recruitment has been diabolical and, in the main, the Manager's input (apart perhaps from the Pellegrino/Carillio connection) has been minimal. If Ralph stays next season he can be judged on the impact he has on influencing the arrival of new blood which is critical to our future whatever League we are in.

Despite the concern a lot of us may have about our current ownership/league position, the problems at Coventry (who may be thrown out of the League if they cant nominate where they are playing next season) under the stewardship of SISU puts our difficulties into perspective. We definitely dodged a bullet there. If I remember correctly this was largely due to Leon Crouch and Co

I watched him a few times a year or so back and thought he looked distinctly average. Just goes to show what a poor judge of a player I am and really good news that he has come on a pace in the past year or so

Sad to see that Sadio Mane had his house robbed whilst away playing for his new club. Dont think this is the first time this has happened to ex Saints players/Manager in this city on the bay. Much safer residing in Ocean Village, Winchester or other more salubrious areas in the south of this fair country!!

Chris McMenemy played local football for a while. Not much better than average and never paid his subs!!

Assuming Huddersfield and possibly Fulham are destined for the drop, I reckon it is between us and Cardiff and it is doubly disappointing that we lost to them I think we are marginally better than Cardiff as a team but our lack of firepower, without Danny Ings, will ultimately coast us dear as many people predicted.

Like many I am concerned about our new owner Having said that I reckon very few supporters are wild about their club's ownership (or team management) Almost every club owner is in it to make money and the Leibherrs/Gao are no different. The main problem with our club at the moment is the dreadful recruitment process which has effectively wasted a shed load of money from player sales.

Steven Davis didnt cost much when signed and could always be trusted to turn in consistent performances without setting the world alight It was the right decision to move him on but surprised he doesnt seem to be able to cut the mustard with Rangers

I heard a story that Terry Hurlock took a beating from a well known local tough at a club in the bottom of town during his time at Saints. Cant remember the local lads name but do remember he gave me a bit of stick when I was running the line in a local game. Needless to say I didnt offer any rebuttals.

Is Fraser training regularly? Really sorry to hear about the challenges in his life and hope there has been a big improvement Seems there has been zero news form the club re his situation

Any idea how many brave supporters mad the long trip north? The away end looked relatively empty, a bit reminiscent of the days of yesteryear when numbers were scarce rather than more modern times when our away support has been quite good

Apart from a couple of limited purple patches dear old Shane has been a complete waste of £12m Hull fans were amazed when we shelled out such a large amount for a very average player

Hojberg injured?

I liked it even though it is not my usual taste in music. The documentary was fascinating and made me feel very sorry for the Sunderland fans even though some were a bit odd The guy with the bejewelled beard was interesting

He made a decent save to his right in the second half

Lloyd Isgrove is a full Wales international and a scummah. Wish Lloyd all the best but wonder if he will join the list of the ex Saints who did us all proud and were totally useless down at Fratton Park Who would like to compile a list?

A mate of mine who is a Blackburn fan is suggesting they may be looking at getting Sam Gallagher back on loan plus Charlie Austin. Cant see latter myself

Spot on!!

Looks no better than Shane Long!!!