Saint Fan CaM

If ever there was a definitive must win game, this is it. A win would be a massive boost as it truly would put control of our survival in our hands rather than other teams. Problem is Wet Spam are a bogey team…difficult to break down. And then there’s the Ings factor. Dreading the DCC and Salisu combo. Hope Selles is at the top of his game tactically. 0-1 to Saints. Please!

Admittedly it’s very difficult to tell which way it’s going to trend for us, but one things for sure and that is we really don’t want our fate decided for us by other teams. That’s why a win and three points is so vital right now - it will make such a difference to our ability to fight for a place above the drop zone on our terms.

And yet we still sit on the bottom and therein lies the problem…six games and we’ve not moved. Unless three teams above us all consistently lose, we will continue to be kept rooted to the bottom. Draws are not enough now…we desperately need three points right now to ensure there’s enough time to get and stay above the drop zone.

Yeah, good point. I let hope run away with me there. Having looked at the remaining games and the possible points I can’t see us doing it.

There is a glimmer of a point, possibly three at Wet Spam. We could beat Palace who are plummeting at the moment. Can't see us getting anything out of City and Arsenal to be honest. So let's say an optimistic 4 points by the time we play Bournemouth which I think we can win. I don't think we'll get anything from Newcastle away. We might get a point, possibly three at Forest and home to Fulham, so that's 9 points. I doubt we'll beat or draw with Brighton or Liverpool so we could be effectively down after the Newcastle game. So I reckon we'll get another 9 points making our total 32 which will not be enough. Even if we fluke a win and a draw against two of City, Arsenal, Newcastle or Brighton, 36 will not be enough. We're still down in my view.

Ultimately we're still looking like the most likely team to be relegated alongside Bournemouth. It's not great we now go into an international break, but afterwards we do have some winnable games. No more excuses as the chances are running down...now is the time to start games with the same tempo and vigour as those last 15 minutes so we effectively put games to bed before half-time. I'm hoping Selles learns from today and finds a way to make it happen.

Thing that really gets my goat is that Saints always wait until they're losing and in the last 15 minutes of the game to turn on the style and play out of their skin, score and get a result. Why can't we do that in the first half - it boils my piss?!?!

Ref giving Spurs every opportunity to score a winning goal - how does that amount of extra extra time get decided???

Best point of the season. Actually best of three seasons.

PLEASE JWP - put this away - PLEASE!!!

Pen to Saints - but wait for VAR to take it away.

We totally deserve a point out of this, but it won't come now. The Ref will see to that.

Get in Walcott you beauty! LOL - what a game...still be last on MOTD.

And there's number three. Think we can safely say that is that. Everyone in a Saints shirt stood still not closing down. Bazunu did a bad impression of being a Prem keeper.

Excellent - I'm sure they're really worried now...Mara coming on. WTF - Che off???

Kane with the inevitable headed goal against a very decimated defence, but again the big issue is the lack of closing down from our wing-backs.

Ref is a joke - just giving them every decision. Great goal scoring chance once again ruined by Che through taking too much time.

Nearly got unpicked because Ely too slow in attack.

Son simulating again - they'll do anything to win a game cheating fuckers.

VAR trying hard to give it to Spurs but failed.

Bednarek off to hospital with broken ribs. Fabulous goal by Che - waiting for VAR to chalk it off!

Yep, there's no talking this one up - it's going to be simple for Spurs to hammer us in the 2nd half making our GD even worse at a time when we need it to start clocking the other way.

As Selles said, he broke his trust in his teammates - turns out the man he was marking had no influence on the goal, but the man he is paid handsomely to mark scored the goal. And yes, Ely-no-usey is to be found ambling back as the ball hits the back of the net.

Get Onachu on - why? We can't cross a ball and JWP's corners and indirect free-kicks are shit. If he comes on I wager he'll not get a header in on goal.

I've thought Perraud was a good defender - not the best, but very capable. However, he's gone down in my estimation quite considerably by allowing himself to be pulled so far out of position and allowing a Spurs player with that much room, especially in the first half when you shouldn't be stretched that much. I'd be inclined to put KWP in at LB and Bree at RB next game - probably more defensively sound set-up.