beatlesaint

At present VAR is currently a tool to check offsides and possibly catch an elbow or high tackle that the ref doesnt see. This business of not over ruling the ref makes it a complete farce, what was it Shearer said last night ? Over 90 matches so far this season and not one single penalty decision overturned and not once has the ref trotted across to the screen to check his decision. And lets face it some of them have been blatant errors, the Watford one yesterday being a case in point. So if you arent going to use it to correct the ref then it might as well just be renamed "offside checker"

Well in the system played yesterday he doesnt, simple as that. And less likely when Djnepo is fit simply because he is a better attacking option before any smart arse looks up and says "hes not a centre forward" !

absolutely this. Has anyone ever put in a bid for him? I very much doubt it.

To be positive at least Jack Stephens hasn’t been tried again. Apart from that, it’s a poor team again.

I want to see the team sheet before feeling hopeful about that. I wonder where JWP will be squeezed in this time? The bench hopefully.

you want us to carry on with this **** in charge ?

I can’t even begin to hope this is true for fear of more disappointment But please let it be true !

15 wins in 61 home matches........that is bloody disgraceful.

that article links his name with players he had nothing to do with doesnt it ? Shaw for one and Mane? oh really ?

JWP has reverted to his absolute bloody useless worse self.....oh sorry he takes a great free kick, yeah that one today was killer. PEH - awful Gunn - awful Redmond - blind alleys and no creativity Bertrand - torn to shreds Valery - suspect defending Yoshida/Bednerek - best of a bad lot of centre backs which says it all Long - upgrade on Adams at least Ings - did ok Romeu - not as good as usual but still better than anyone else Ralph - substitutes all like for like and much too late - WE WERE 3-1 DOWN FFS Terrible performance

Think you might see Danso in that role when Romeu gets suspended. It cones to something when lack of confidence for this game comes from wondering what weird and not so wonderful team selection Ralph makes, especially in defence.

has more pace too while you are at it I still think once Adams gets one he’ll settle down and be ok.

Charlie Austin .................................... :lol: seriously though Cork and Morgan

They haven’t done themselves any favours over this tragedy. Quite right they should pay up.

sounds a bit far fetched. For a start Bertrand was already playing and there is no way Cedric would be anything other than a wing back on either side of the pitch. You aren’t gonna stick a short ass at CB are ya? Can’t see he would refuse to play after getting himself back into the team.

I don’t understand how you can pick a right back, he gets injured in the warm up but there’s a right back on the bench......but the manager doesn’t pick him and reshuffles the whole defence? What are you doing Ralph? Surely the training this week focused on defending with a back four....then it’s changed 15 mins before kick off? It’s puzzling to say the least !

Here we go again with the defensive merry go round

I was very impressed by Obafemi tonight. If we can keep him fit he could be a big player for us. Would currently prefer him to Adams.

Every two bit fact about Pompey players being given out by Sky commentary yet they’ve failed to mention Ings is born and bred in Southampton.....

Soccer Saturday - ex players Le Tiss, Thompson, Nicholas and Merson not allowed to watch their ex teams because of bias. Live Matches - forget the above, the more bias the better it seems. Ridiculous

You certainly can’t have Stephens and Vestergaard in the same defence ever !

No. No and No

RH is gonna destroy this lads confidence if he carries on playing him out of position. If he doesnt think hes good enough to play CB then why have we got him ? Its not like we are blessed with quality in that department. I see once again Yoshida has turned into a world beater for some through not playing ! Fact of the matter is he has always got one major error in him per game, sometimes we get away with it, sometimes we dont. Having said that I would rather have his one error a game than Stephens or Vestergaard alongside Bednerek. And that shows exactly how abysmal our defence is......and once again it hasnt been properly addressed ! Oh sorry, i forgot, the excuse now is a decent CB costs too much. As you were then

It’s a pity Ralph didn’t come out and say he’d ****ed up instead of trying to justify a car crash of a decision.

this, exactly right