Lighthouse

Remind me again which of our best players we were determined to sell, against their will.

Redmond has looked much improved. JWP seems to be having one of the purple patches which have occasionally dotted his career. Whether it turns into something more long term remains to be seen. All it really proves is that those two individuals have looked better under Ralph. It has no bearing on Boufal or anyone else. Long if anything has looked even worse. Austin and Elyonoussi look as poor as ever and Stephens is still a howler waiting to happen. Ralph isn’t a miracle worker who can make anyone ‘come good’.

Reed, Sims and Hesketh wont be here next season and Boufal will probably get loaned out again. Can't see anyone spending £7m on Long or Forster either. Like the idea but a bit optimistic IMO.

Depends which two.

Seem to remember a similar experience when Gary Speed died. Could be 4 in a row now for that Spurs fan, what with Banks passing away.

That’s how you see a game out without bottling it in the last minute of inj... oh.

Look at it this way, against the rest of the League we’ve scored 5 points more than Cardiff. Sadly we don’t have the luxury of 2 games against Southampton.

No, Cardiff are sh*te and if we hadn’t gifted them 6 points on a plate they’d be well adrift with the bottom 2. A mediocre striker would have put 2 past them on Saturday but we didn’t have one and the goals we conceded were just as poor.

McC Valery - Yoshi - Bednarek - Bertrand Romeu - Hoj Armstrong - JWP Redmond - Ings Something like that could work

I've always believed he made a daft move, going to Arsenal when he did. As a 16 year old he was developing so well, playing regularly Championship football. Instead he jacked it in to go and sit on the bench and watch Henry, all misty eyed for a couple of years.

I agree. Gunn may well turn out to be decent but offer me a choice between our current situation and a £13m striker with Forster on the bench...

3 years now we've had nothing but awful, awful football. I've been to 6 games this season, Burnley, Watford, Derby, West Ham, Palace and Cardiff. Complete sh*te every single one of them. I don't even have a scrappy 1-0 win against some no-hopers to get excited about. Just checked, I've seen Saints win 3 times since Christmas 2016. So yeah, I struggle to 'get going' if I'm honest.

Looks like it was the usual for Boufal; they were losing and in need of a goal, so he was the first player they subbed off.

I think if Gao took over a successful tanning salon, he'd immediately sell all the sun beds and sit there with his feet up thinking of all the money he has just made and how much he's going to save on electricity.

That was pretty much it for me, first time I've left before FT since Chelsea were 3-0 up here a few years ago (Was literally 5 seconds away from the exit stairs when Stevens, decided to stick around). With about 3 minutes of normal time left and a goal down, Redmond did a fantastic job of time wasting. A good 2 minutes spent arguing with the ref. Even talked himself into a booking, cracking job there.

I have no doubt that Gabbi wanted to leave and that he, "doesn't really suit Ralph's style," but frig me, why would you sell him and leave us with the garbage we've got now. If we'd kept him and played him regularly, he'd probably get a mediocre 5 or 6 goals by the end of the season. Instead we're left with Long and Austin doing pitiful impersonations of a professional footballer.

I've got some stuff in the shed; no torches to burn but I think there's a scythe and a couple of forks if you're up for it?

I would, in all 100% seriousness, rather have Yoshida up front.

F**k this bunch of gutless no-hopers. Seriously, just throwing every game away in injury time. They can't even hold on to a 1-1 draw at home to f**king Cardiff. Hate to say it but Ralph got it wrong today too, Cardiff at home and our attacking options are Redmond and Long. Fair enough if Armstrong is injured but Redmond is literally the only threat of any kind in that team. Long - That's one of the worst displays I've ever seen from a striker. His runs were badly timed, wrong direction and he looked on a different planet to the rest of the team. Half the time he isn't even running any more and I lost count of the number of times he just fell over under the lightest touch. Stephens - So what's the excuse this time for switching off completely and giving them a goal on a plate in stoppage time? There wasn't a Saints player in the same postcode as that pass. Gao - When we're watching League 1 players on Premier League wages play Championship football next season, I hope the shilling and thrupence we saved on Cedric and Gabbi's wages is worth it I really do. F**k off Saints, honestly. I can't remember the last time I was so angry at a performance/result. It's the same abject sh*te every week and they just never learn, from the owner right down to the players.

Seem to remember going to Reading under Poortvleit and hearing that one of their youth team players had been killed in a canoe accident. Bitterly cold November game, they were top of the League and I think had a 100% home record. We won 2-1.

The body found in the Channel has been confirmed as being that of Sala. I know he has been assumed dead for a while but you’d have to wonder if Cardiff might the ask to postpone the game. Hopefully not.

Dont worry Munster, I got it.

Just show a clip of him diving for a low shot, usually takes about 20 minutes.

It was in UAE. 7 hours in business class drinking G&T and watching movies is a gruelling encounter but I’d say he’s had enough time to recover.

I just moved anything quoting the original post.