HarvSFC

They bench him and then look above competent against one of the better teams in the division. How the mighty have fallen.

Can Ralph start campaigning for 0 subs?

Played well for 60 minutes, no passengers in the eleven, everyone knew their job and were doing it. But, then capitulation and we could not get the ball out of our own half.

Klopp in his post-match interview stated that he wants five subs to help protect players, using Robertson as his example. He said that he would have brought Tsimikas on to replace him, a 24-year-old full Greek international, who was signed from Olympiakos for £12m in the summer. Now, if we went with the same position and wanted to give Bertrand a rest at the end of the game, we would turn to a 20-year-old with one professional game to his record, or play a player out of position. You can see the advantage...

Redknapp the obvious choice. Karl Robinson sticks in the memory for being an annoying little twerp when at MK Dons. Gus Poyet, Mauricio Taricco and the Brighton theatrical act from the same time period also. The fans cracked Ian Holloway when at Blackpool also. Wonder if he, or the club are still laughing.

"You won’t hear him boasting about his star-studded contacts book inside the Southampton dressing room, however. The Athletic is aware of some former Southampton players bragging about having shared a pitch with global superstars at previous clubs" Who this? Romeu would make a good captain, going from the information provided, good to have him around the club as well as him now bringing quality to the first eleven.

That's the problem with being a good team again, our opponents will adapt to cancel out our strengths, rather than playing an open game. Newcastle tried it, but Wolves are a much better drilled team. Feel we could have done more if we did have Ings. Walcott had a few more chances alongside the one on one miss. Adams is really coming into his own though. Both him and Vestergaard can pull off ridiculous passes from deep positions. Another good match from McCarthy also.

Two of their substitutes yesterday were in the 89th minute. Very negligent from Mr. Klopp.

ITK?

Kevin Danso

Yeah, Leicester were the only team to acquire more points than us from January 2016 to May 2016. We won 12 of our last 18 games, three defeats and three draws.

The scrapped Leeds one was a classic.

Top player. Left-back has been one of our strongest positions since he joined, which is a plus considering what has been put on the other side of the pitch between the Clyne and now KWP years. Undervalued by many because he doesn't run around with a smile on his face. Will be a big miss when he does eventually leave and will need replacing. At least the myth of replacing him with Targett, McQueen, or Vokins is now gone.

Errrrr....

Thought his days were done here and that he would see out his contract and that would be that. But, he has been excellent this season, much like the rest of the starting eleven. The defensive midfield version of Steve Davis/Stuart Armstrong in that they fit the role they're being asked perfectly and they consistently put in performances. Maybe not the headlining performances, but you would notice when they are not in the team. He's also pulled off a couple of very good shots this season from the middle, which we have been missing. Obviously the volley he pulled off against West Brom and I think he forced Pickford into a good save right before our first goal against Everton. Diallo's going to find it hard to get into this team, barring injuries and suspensions, which is what we want.

Very good interview, thank you for sharing. Admits his mistake with the high line at the beginning of the season, another sign that he's the real deal as a lot of managers would have tried to be stubborn with the tactic, rather than dropping it immediately. A few digs at Hojbjerg and confirmation that we are trying to extend Ings' contract, as that has gone quiet for a while, alongside Bertrand. Also confirms at the end that he is happy here, due to the amount of power he has here, which he is not likely to get at a bigger club than us. His working relationship with Semmens is also strong, so hopefully a core remains at the top when the eventual takeover does happen. Like Poch and Cortese. One final thing, do Sunderland get pelted with losing 8-0 to us in 2014 in every sentence they are mentioned in?

It sure is strange how the Football League clubs, who are also playing Saturday-Tuesday/Wednesday-Saturday most weeks are not crying for five substitutes. It’s almost as if the rule would massively benefit the big clubs and the big clubs manager’s who are crying for it!

Man City made just one substitution in yesterday’s game, while Liverpool made the two, one being forced by the injury to TAA. Calling for five substitutions because three isn’t enough when not even using all three to manage their squads appropriately.

Southampton have only played the weak teams, like Aston Villa...

Yep, pulled off great saves to help win us the three points in both of the last two matches.

Manchester United already did this with Pogba. They got the one who played for Partick Thistle and Crewe, while the one who played for Juventus retired.

A good summary of the Salisu situation.

I don’t think we’ve relied on Ings so much this season, as we did in the last. He is still a top player, who would be well away from our team if he didn’t have these injury issues and will be a miss. But, we did beat Chelsea without him last season and now have a decent finisher to step in for him in Walcott, rather than just Long and Obafemi, who can hopefully still remain as alternative options. Additionally, let’s hope this puts off some of the bigger clubs who will undoubtedly be circling and he uses his downtime to sign a new contract.

He has developed an edge to his game now, which I think has helped him, a slight touch of the cockiness you see the top players have also on the pitch. Off the pitch he still seems like a thoroughly decent lad, but on the pitch he doesn’t get bullied anymore. The Zaha windups a clear sign of this, which he would not have done in past years prior. Even on Sunday he had a few words with Cash after he left a tackle on him before slotting the free-kicks. Long may he continue.

Was dropped after the Burnley defeat on the opening day last season. Came back in following some match in October which I cannot quite remember and seemingly never looked back. He impressed me a lot at times last season, may have been because the previous standards were so low, but I genuinely didn't think he looked out of place in what was a good team in the second part of the campaign. I was hoping to see the more of the same this season, but he has seemingly reverted back to the old player we all knew. Now, Vestergaard is seemingly going through the same process, of previously looking quite abysmal, dropped out of the starting eleven, brought back into the team to replace another following a heavy defeat and now is not putting a foot wrong. It's quite strange. Maybe they will cycle through the process now, or Salisu is being turned into a rock with whatever Ralph is using when they're on the sidelines that is making them improve.