beatlesaint

I believe it’s been stated that these fixtures need to be rescheduled as soon as possible. Didn’t Ralph indicate the Brentford game could be the midweek after the Swansea cup game?

No we wont, KWP is suspended for five bookings so the suspension only counts in that competition (PL), he will miss Wolves (unless Brentford is slotted in 11/12 Jan). Salisu's sending off means he misses the next match regardless of the competition. We should have Tino back however from his knee problem.

I think everybody knew the minute Howe started whinging about injuries after the Man Utd game that the chances of them fulfilling the Everton and Saints fixtures were minimal. They have played the system, lets just hope they dont benefit from doing so long term.

Think its pretty obvious reading the opening paragraph on the OS that Southmapton FC agree eith you

Bound to be off Sunday, the chances of things improving enough in 3 days is a bit remote, I’m sure they’ll get a couple of Covid cases to keep them from playing

Aaah ok

I suspect……no, actually I hope Ralph has decided to keep some players, Tella for example, fresh for Tuesdays match.

As Scotland is going more or less down the empty stadium route - 500 for Rangers v Celtic (hardly worth it) - I’m sure the bumbling buffoon that is Boris won’t be far behind announcing similar. He’s always a few days behind Sturgeon.

Remember they are supposed to be in a controlled environment smart arse

I agree with him tbh, forget this weekends and the League Cup, break the chain, get the training facilities thoroughly cleaned etc and go again Boxing Day.

The one where Walcott is the alternative

Ayew’s first goal in 40 odd games isn’t it? Only Southampton…….

He tried something different at Liverpool, probably the worst place to do it, but that’s our Ralph, always on the edge 🙄

There is no evidence to suggest the booster will last just three months. They can’t add the booster jab to the Covid passport until a reasonable time has passed for everyone to have had it. And that’s a farce cos despite Boris targeting 31 Dec if other areas are like mine it ain’t gonna happen. I live in Bournemouth and the booking mechanism wants me to go to Salisbury. They can eff right off.

Leicester score 4 against a team coached by Eddie Howe……who’d of thought it? 🤣

Theres more chance of Liverpool getting relegated than there is RH dropping Captain Marvel JWP

I really want to be pro Ralph but the odds are stacking up which leave me questioning if he is clueless or just plain stubborn. We play 2 central midfielders that, when they get over-run, we have no answer to. Without Romeu we are totally gutless, nobody in midfield will or can put their foot in. He insistence on running Livramento into the ground is a concern, only last season he was warning about over-using young players (Tella) but that seems to have been forgotten. The treatment of KWP who was one of our three best players last season is shameful. Its linked to the above, give Tino a rest and play KWP in his natural position with Perraud at left back. Just try it Ralph, Tino is great but he isnt the best defender. Dropping Lyanco yesterday after he's been fairly good to bring in a very rusty Stephens is just, well its typical RH team selections I suppose. Throwing McCarthy under the bus after the Brighton game. Ok he's come out and sort of apologised but the damage was already done. Rigid formation which incredibly he changes away to Liverpool creating another shit show after the set up used against Man City and Chelsea (until Captain Marvel got sent off) worked well. Taking a third of the season to realise Tella is better than Walcott. Its all stacking up and despite some claims that he is, I really dont see where RH leanrs from his mistakes.

If you want to know why Ralph is still there just ask yourself “who are they going to get to replace him?” I don’t think they’d have a bloody clue so they don’t even address the issue and stand by the waistcoated one.

Long is fit 🤣

We have worse as well which makes it even more depressing

Yeah, for a bit of balance this is Tim fkin Sherwood saying this on Sky, he keeps rattling out the JWP king of set pieces line as well !

Exactly, Brentford didn’t.

I think you are right, I cant remember what it was but i read on twitter that some sporting event (a firendly tournament in Netball or Volleyball? ) this Saturday had cut its indoor capacity to 35% because of the new variant etc.

99.9% sure you guess wrongly but i have to assume you said this tongue in cheek.......right ?

Serious question - how the hell does Mike Dean from The Wirral get to referee an Everton home game? I thought there had to be a minimum mileage distance applied not somewhere he can get to on the local bus !