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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

to be fair after thinking about it yes you’re right, head and shoulders above everyone else. Really pleased for him too after the clown and Hughes treatment he got

You can’t drop Cedric after the way he played last night.

Cedric was very good both at left back and right back but was better in his normal position. Romeu was outstanding and Boufal was very good. Redmond was ok considering the injury lay off. After that I’m struggling..... ‘’Ralph seems to want any defensive combo that doesn’t include Bertrand. Today’s was a car crash - a right back at left back, a centre back at right back even though in his last game he was left back.....I mean WTF? Interesting that Merrington said after Ralph’s interview that sometimes you have to hold your hand up and admit you were wrong. Unfortunately Ralph didn’t do that, he made excuses and that’s disappointing. Fully agree with Dave there.

wouldnt go that far but yet again he was up there as just about our best player tonight

yeah i thought that as well, 1987, but they beat us at their place and drew 2-2 at The Dell

oh ok, cheers