Lighthouse

He’s not in Ralph’s plans, it’s basically this or he leaves on a free next year and there’s very little to replace anyway.

It is. He’s sh*te.

As I remember it, MoPe (not Puel) then started him for the next 4 games and he did absolutely naff all and got dropped again. That’s actually one of the few things I respected about MoPe, the fact that he was willing to put the good of the team ahead of his own ego and give Boufal a run, in spite of his celebration against West Brom.

There’s really no point in arguing with conspiracy theorists. To have that viewpoint in the first place you have to have ignored vast amounts of evidence and done huge mental gymnastics.

It seems like our first 11 could do with a bit more sharpness and fluidity, rather than a rest. I’d give one of the reserve ‘keepers a go and maybe Djenepo in for Redmond to give him some game time.

It depends really on how good we think Tella is. I know nothing about him but if he is able to replicate Boufal's standard 1 goal a season then we're really not losing out on much. I don't think he'd have made a difference yesterday, infact I can't remember him ever unlocking a stoic defence. Just crap ones like Watford and West Brom.

Interesting set of results. I’d be more concerned if I was a Fulham or Hammers fan, than a Saints fan, based on today’s showing. Leeds are a bit hard to judge. They were always going to be up for this but could have conceded 6.

I couldn’t see any of the game so can’t really offer much of an opinion but there really does seem to be a psychological issue with this squad. Consistently, truly abysmal home form for several years, then when we’ve got 9 dead rubbers in empty stadiums they all turn up. Now when there’s something to play for again, we put in another non-performance and half the team goes missing.

Sherwood and Pulis, what a bizarre pair of replacements. If the complaint was that the show had gone stale and needed freshening up then those two are hardly going to inject fresh energy. Perhaps it’s just a one-off thing.

His name’s Chauke, how could you not go with the phrase, “right on cue,” FFS.

When you’re convinced you’re level with Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal as a big London club, that tends to happen.

The ones which mandate face masks.

I'd say that is pretty obvious but it doesn't detract from the fact that he's acting like a massive weapon. Comparisons with Anne Frank on the internet are never going to do you any favours in the public eye.

No, I've already said if I'm an outlier and this change brings a big upturn in viewership for Soccer Saturday, then so be it. If that's how it works a women are going to start watching in reasonable numbers because a woman is talking, then fair play to Sky. All I can say is it's never worked like that for me and it didn't work for F1 8 years ago. I've never watched an episode of Antiques Roadshow, even though it features almost entirely white people but I love Red Dwarf, which has a 50% black cast.

No, you survive by producing the best possible product and staying ahead of your competition. People are quite happy to buy iphones built in Chinese factories to the point that Apple is now worth more than the entire FTSE 100.

That’s not really him, look at the earlobes!

Hooiveld was an excellent Championship player. So were Kelvin, Rasiak and Rob Earnshaw. I’m not saying Reed is like those by default but nor do I feel like a gem has slipped through our fingers. Anyway, good luck to him, I’m confident he will be a bigger hit than Lemina next season.

Even if it’s not, we’ve only got a year left to worry about him after that.

I’ll be interested to see the Fulham views on him over the season. Hoping he’s a success, just so we can trigger that clause.

€10m for a player I’d quite happily see walk out on a free? I’ll take that.

City’s is a close up of a petri dish. Can somebody help me with which retro 80s confectionary product West Brom’s 3rd reminds me of?

I’m neither precious nor desperate to be offended. Simply disappointed that an on screen chemistry I used to really enjoy has now been removed. I believe they’ve been sacked because they’re all ageing white men, doesn’t make for good PR and I believe that is wrong. If you believe it really is just a big ‘freshen up’ and that Kammy, Murray and Sue Smith are next for the chop, then that’s up to you. Of course, if I’m in the minority then so be it. If the new panel and/or format is riveting success and there is a huge surge in viewers then my opinion matters not.

Three people have basically been sacked because of their age, race and gender. Individually they don’t deserve to lose their jobs but they have because it’s good PR.

Has he got an itchy nose?

Fullbacks have never sold for the same money as centre halves. I guess it’s viewed as a less vital position overall.