Saint Pete

That is just so so depressing to read. So much complacency and head in sand mentality even now. Pellegrino's own comments hardly seem to convey the urgency required to get the results needed now to avoid relegation, he's talking about improvement in 6 months FFS! I fail to see this improvement that the board think has been shown in last few weeks. We managed to scrape a win at the bottom club, but all other performances have been totally in keeping with the rest of our season so really don't see where this confidence in MP to turn it around is coming from. Seems to be just blind faith and hope rather than anything based on real evidence or analysis. And talking about next few games being pivotal for managers future is surely massively missing the bigger picture which is if we don't get results in next 5 games we are down and it's irrelevant what happens with the manager after that point as far as this season is concerned! Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Hoedt really isn’t great, is he? Pretty worrying he is now considered our best centre back.

FFS.

FFS. Could do with Bournemouth winning this one.

I agree that our squad should be plenty good enough to be well clear of relegation if well managed. BUT if we aim to finish "high up the table", there are a couple of areas that definitely need addressing where our squad has definitely regressed in last couple of seasons. One of those is a lack of pacy attacking players who can find the net. So, given that Promes always seemed like a 50/50 chance of us signing him at best, it's disappointing and a bit strange that the club weren't able to do more in lining up another good alternative to strengthen this area of the team. They clearly had the cash available hence the large bids for Promes. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

I think the 5 games after Liverpool are critical. If we can win 3 of those, I reckon we should be OK.

Klopp making himself look a **** as usual in post match interview. Both pens were right, get over it!

Victims again!

Up yours Klopp!

Another pen, will Kane take!

What a goal by SAlah, great skill.

Because our board accepts the compensation offered by the club who wants them. In Watford’s case they refused to do this. You could argue this was wrong as they ended up sacking him anyway!

If he had resigned, pretty certain he wouldn’t have been allowed to simply then join Everton as the contract he signed with Watford wouldn’t allow this and Watford would still hold his registration.

Don’t mind seeing a bit of that personally, within reason. It’s good that several of them are confident enough to step up and take responsibility and also that the other players sorted it out. Also Boufal was first to celebrate with JWP so no problem.

On balance think I’d rather see Palace win this as can’t see them going down with their firepower going forward. Newcastle more likely to get dragged down.

Phew!!! Puts 6 points between us and West Brom and gives us a chance of staying up. Still a massive amount to do though given our remaining fixtures. Not sure what this means manager wise. If it was right to sack MP before today does it make it wrong now just because we've squeaked out a win at the bottom club? Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Well, this is about as decisive as it gets from our board, i.e. not very! I think he should go whatever happens tomorrow and I certainly think it's daft if we let him plod on just because we scrape a narrow win/draw against the bottom club!!

Yes, ice hockey players are much smarter cookies. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

The time for dithering has run out, in fact it should have run out some time ago! Saturday is a massive game but so was Brighton and so will every game be until end of season in our situation. I would argue that keeping MP in charge has hindered our chances of winning the last few games and will continue to do so until he's removed. So we should not waste any more time, get rid tomorrow and appoint replacement straight away if we can. In terms of who to appoint it will have to obviously be someone available immediately so suspect we would be looking at Silva or Hughes. Not ideal choices but beggars can't be choosers and they would both be much better bets than sticking with what we have! Talk of Koeman coming back is fanciful, in my opinion there's no way he would touch us in this position. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

It's unfathomable that he is still in the job - leadership at the club is now non-existent.

Jeremy Wilson's Telegraph report on the Brighton match says "West Bromwich Albion now await on Saturday and, while Southampton remain one of the few struggling clubs to have not already replaced their manager, that may just become a must-win game for Manuel Pellegrino. He might be well liked in both the boardroom and dressing-room but an urgency is beginning to develop about the situation." Whether informed by the club or not who knows but suggests he will limp on until the weekend at least. "An urgency is beginning to develop", no **** Sherlock! Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

And it will probably take Les a further 6 weeks before appointing a successor! Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

FFS end this nightmare now and put him out of his misery. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Double change required surely. Admit you got it wrong MP and we can still win this. Get Carrillo and Boufal on, Davis and Long off. Get some service in to Carrillo. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Pretty safe looking selection (no surprise there given MP has picked it!) - would have preferred to see Boufal and Carrillo instead of Davis and Long. Anyway, if the players perform, we should still have enough to beat Brighton - the attitude and approach of the team is probably more important than the personnel. Come on Saints, time to stand up and show some bottle!