Lighthouse

I vaguely remember this from McCarthy before. I don’t think he’s ever dived the right way for a penalty for us, let alone saved one.

I’d like to think that was with a view to Saturday’s game.

WTF was that from BBD. Walcott-esq.

Half an hour here seems reasonable. He wouldn’t necessarily have started Saturday either.

It’s not, we’re 1-1 away to a PL team and playing well enough whilst still lacking a cutting edge. This performance is far better than our cup trips to Sheff Utd and Sunderland under Poch and Koeman, for example.

Ugo lucky there, ran into three tackles.

Just kept trying harder and harder to give away a free kick there. Idiot.

We were supposed to let the, go 2-0 up FFS! Honestly, do we even scout their games?!

A complete flap at that cross and two free headers. Dreadful.

Probably a few rivets, some guttering, a light fixture and a sheet of asbestos too, if you listen carefully. The place is a sh*t hole.

If.

His record in Turkey is comparable (I think slightly worse) to Cenk Tosun. The fact that he’s not getting a chance and nobody came in with a serious bid probably says something about him as a PL player. In any case, it’s clear that neither he nor ABK will be in our plans by default this season, just because we failed to sell them.

I’m not sure you’re going to deflect attention with generic GM/Trump bait on this but good luck.

I’m not a betting man but if I had to, I’d bet on Archer outscoring Ings this season and not vice versa. Given the financial constraints were under, I’d also wager we couldn’t afford both.

Not that I’m supporting anything you’ve said but for the sake of not digging a deeper hole, the word you’re looking for is ‘disproportionate’ not ‘trivial’.

I’m not entirely sure you have any concept of what hipsters are and your obsession with another man’s hairstyle is starting to get really weird.

So we try it for one whole game against a top six team, then we abandon it and move on?

Which was your favourite goal, from the ones he scored for previous Saints managers?

Why would you say it’s that way round though? One could equally argue that the first 30 minutes proved Russ can organise a team well and execute an effective game plan against superior players, despite a crap squad. The truth is that it’s probably six and half a dozen but to say that playing well for half an hour is proof that the manager is crap is something of a distortion.

The playoffs are there so that more teams have something to play for towards the end of the season. They also give teams motivation to finish second, rather than third. What that has to do with appointing a new manager I’m not sure.

So you think he’s an England quality, international goalkeeper but there’s a chance nobody will be willing to pay a loan fee for him?

You mean apart from Nathan Jones who was about as ugly, route one and ‘old school’ as a manager could be?

He’s been captain of my fantasy team since week one, it’s finally starting to pay dividends.

People keep saying this. Why? It's not as if he has to stay with us for the rest of his life.

And yet they're currently looking at one point from their first four, same GD as Saints and six conceded against Chelsea. I'm not sure their forum will share your optimism.