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He looks very promising based upon today, especially first half.

no he hasn’t been decent for a fair while now. In fact he could easily be put in the “should never of left Southampton” pigeon hole. ok he’s got some medals but they are hollow rewards, he’s played a very minor part in anything they’ve won, even cost them a League Cup with a missed penalty a few years back. He is currently the very definition of squad player, playing a bit part here and there. We had his best football days.

No, too injury prone now

The inconsistencies with VAR are the most annoying but at the end of the day VAR on many instances - Maguire/Son/Bertrand sending offs are just the opinion of the ref watching the footage so it’s going to be inconsistent as they apply the law the way they see it. I don’t see that kind of VAR situation changing. Those are the type of things where the on field ref should be told to go and look at the monitor. It’s the offside one needs tinkering with and by all accounts they are looking into that.

Totally this. Blaming the fans is an easy and pathetic get out excuse. It’s ironic Austin had a twitter rant at the fans this weekend yet a few weeks ago he recalled telling Mark Hughes the players, his team mates, were spineless. Players that look to blame fans for them being **** poor are totally spineless.

It’s a vicious circle isn’t it? We have watched what? 3 and a half seasons of absolute crap at home bar the odd good performance so as soon as things start to go wrong most fans think “oh Christ, here we go again” Going to home matches stopped being a pleasure, it’s now more of a chore, the chances of seeing a decent performance is small. If the players are affected by the reaction from the crowd why are they ok away from home where 80% of the stadium is hostile towards them? Is it the fans fault when a player puts a simple pass out of play or when we lose possession? Is it the fans fault when the defence is so bad we cannot stop conceding stupid goals? Is it the fans fault when Shane Long misses from a yard out? Is it the fans fault when the manager makes a ridiculous sub - and yes Ralph is very guilty of this? I don’t remember fans getting all the credit under Poch and Koeman. I personally think it’s got to the stage that it’s a mental thing, as soon as they pull on that home shirt in the home dressing room they lose belief. Maybe they should play in the away kit at St Mary’s !

He's swapped a place on the bench at a Premier League club for a bench in The Championship at an age where players like Rickie Lambert were fourishing. Well done Charlie

He really is a model professional isn’t he?

Villa have the Cup Final in a couple of weeks. Hopefully it will be on their minds next Saturday

are you including Yoshida’s 5 mins since October in that “good part of a performing defence”?

if you mean teams below us that’s simply not true is it?

thats what a Spurs supporting mate said about him, course it was shouted down on here

Never mind

Bloody hell if he pays close attention to what goes on off the pitch, or in our case doesn’t, there’s no chance of him signing a new deal

you are aware there isnt a lot of flesh around the knee aren't you ? a deep cut revealing bone isnt exactly along the lines of the Mark Dennis injury at Old Trafford many years ago

That just about sums him up unfortunately

Its a shame its ended like this but hes played, what?, 5 minutes since October so I can see why they've let him go. Its a good move for him, he will get game time which didnt look likely here.

yeah they said on Sky our game looks their easiest on paper but when you factor in our away record it’s probably one of their toughest. Would love them to go down.

yep it was

Well let’s face it, Long’s foul on Furminio was a pen as was the challenge on Ings.

Should be a minimum of 9 but knowing us and how we under perform against poor sides, esp at home when they sit back, it’ll probably be about 4 !

They said the same on Sky tbf

Dont think you can play in a replay if signed after the initial game.....that may have changed of course

no arguably about it, we are ! Brilliant Saints

absolutely fkin stupid