Lighthouse

A win tomorrow and Spurs beating Fulham could almost cut the bottom 2 adrift. With their GD I can’t see Fulham making up an extra 9 points on us and Wagner was the only reason Udders were putting up any sort of fight.

I can't believe they're interested in another of our mediocre RB, I guess it's down the the manager again. Must be Portuguese, Curacaoan Paul Telfer.

No idea who that account is but you'd have to be mental to bid for a Leeds player right now. They're on the verge of promotion, they're not going to sell one of their best players, not even for £60m.

Mayuka had a bit of pace and once won a penalty. He's the Egyptian, Norwegian Romain Gasmi.

Don't see any of that. My opinion of him hasn't changed personally, I've never thought he was good enough at any point in his career. Last night did nothing to change that.

Don't think he had a bad evening but he doesn't look a first team player yet.

Apart from a 2 minute spell we were pretty much gash throughout that. Johnson - Looks promising but way to rash and I'm assuming taken off to avoid a second booking. Cedric - Some woeful crossing first half, even on his favoured foot. Useless second, no left foot. Elmo - I want to know what in the blue hell a professional football scout saw in him, to think he was worth an 8 figure transfer fee. Offered nothing as an attacking player, to the point that team mates were reluctant to pass to him, knowing he is hopeless. Then there were the tackles... good grief. Every time he went in for one he just bounced off and hurt himself, like hitting a tennis ball against a breeze block. Redmond - I'll forgive him the penalty, he was by far the best attacking player on the pitch. Long - Not so easy when the 'keepers aren't pushing them in for you. Still, he did give it a try by whacking it at the 'keeper from 4 yards out. Gallagher - If he's Premier League quality, he sure kept that quiet tonight. To me it looked like a 2 man wall was completely inadequate, especially for a left footer with a clear shot on goal. Silly foul to give away anyway for the fk.

Last time we spent big on a striker called Augustin, it worked out fine.

Tosun on loan anyone? He looks alright, nothing special but that still makes him better than anyone we've got, apart from Ings.

Didn't we sell AOC for more than all the other L1/Champ signings, combined? That's not including agents fees etc. but I think we were fairly even when it came to net transfer spend.

On the subject of Bournemouth, it looks like they've managed to get 4 goals out of that 3 year contract they gave Jermaine Defoe. Remember that deal being quite divisive at the time on here.

Iv never next aned about Gabbi, he was a good signing and were it not for a succession of poor managers, he’d have contributed a lot more. I don’t JUST look at goal threat but we need someone to do it. Having Ornerod in the team to get 20 goals out of Beattie was fine. Having Ormerod running around, Carrillo holding the ball up and nobody actually scoring would just be pointless.

Doesn’t have to be a proven Premier league player. Just one who has shown some decent ability in a strong league. Not players like Gallagher and Carrillo who have been distinctly unimpressive at a much lower level. Gabbi was a decent signing. 4 managers later it’s time to move on but that’s the kind of player we should be looking for.

You mean I wasn't before? Not for me thanks.

You've not seen Carrillo?

There is nothing wrong with the supporters (mostly). I've never seen Long receive less than the normal support we give any other Saints player, on matchdays. He gets widely criticised on here because he is a poor player and a large number of supporters have noticed this. He's a striker who scores one goal per manager, it's just ridiculous. He hasn't had good spells under anyone. The best season of his career was when he got 10 league goals in Koeman's second year, which is mediocre at best. He doesn't deserve credit for working hard, that's the minimum I'd expect from anyone earning £60kpw or whatever he's on now.

Can't agree with that at all. Players who run and press may well be part of his plan but not ones which are as poor as Long. Unless a few more 'keepers fancy knocking his shots into the goal, he isn't going to score many. Ings has a poor history of injuries, Obafemi is unproven and Gallagher has a mediocre record at Championship level. When Austin isn't injured or suspended he just looks hopelessly slow. We desperately need a striker.

Probably wins it. My best guess was De Ridder at Reading after Hammond was s/o.

He isn’t a nuisance, he just gives them slightly less time to make a pass.

No matter how utterly, utterly awful a player is, there is always someone ready to point out that it’s the fans fault. A lot of people were saying how poor he had been first half, on the match thread yesterday and he was useless against Championship Derby. One shot (from the edge of the 6 yard box which was probably going wide) does not make him a good player.

I know. There was me thinking he was useless, just because he’s been useless for 2.5 years. Anyway, looks like he MIGHT have missed and it was an o.g.

2 o.g. In as many minutes for Fulham.

So would I, if any of them were good enough.

Have we ever put out a weaker bench in the Premier League?

Well, their ‘keeper is about to get a short ban for doing an Austin on Marriott, so it would make sense.