Baird of the land

Maupay looked impressive against us and against Arsenal midweek. Haven’t seen much else of him but in that regard alone he’s streets ahead of Adams so far.

No, the angle meant he couldn't go across more without completely opening up the other side

The long incident was never a penalty.

Stephens/Cedric were well ahead of bednarek/bertrand

Long's pace a useful option this season if we persist with 2 up front. Wouldn't renew his contract though. Equally i think Obafemi has attributes to play that role. Never want to see Long as a lone striker again as his finishing has become atrocious

Curious when the club analyse last night's goal will they say Bednarek should have been up with Stephens or Stephens was pressing too high.

Another very nervous finish. It's a shame we weren't able to put on a convincing 90 minute display but it's 3 points. Don't really approve of the extra defender sub as it didn't really make us more secure as Norwich should have really scored. Would prefer to see someone like obafemi replacing long in that scenario. Most played well first half. Thought Redmond worked very hard for the team and still worries defenders, just things not quite clicking for him. Thought his one lung busting run to byline aside Cedric was pretty mediocre. Adams showed a couple of flashes but still looks a work in progress.

Can't see us making changes to a winning lineup. I'd prefer to see Valery at right back, so hopefully he'll eventually dislodge the mediocre Cedric.

What the summer signing who unlike obafemi hasn’t scored.

Shame Valery isn’t available as i’m Not a Cedric fan nor a danso as back upfull back one

If Boufal's out wonder if that might mean Sims making the bench.

The lower leagues are protected by the 3 o'clock ban which is probably the main issue attendance wise. I do wonder if eventually they'll experiment with premier league having a different kick off time altogether, enabling the wider sort of amazon multi tv coverage/money deal.

Bournemouth reminded me of us versus 10 men Spurs, slow possession but nothing incisive. King is an important player for them to be missing though and solanke is a carrillo bad replacement. They'll probably pick me up and have another run of wins.

Watched palace game and a bit of the man city before i got bored. Quality was excellent.

Never heard of them but any group that gets their jollies having a go at other fans won't be missed.

Well you included 15/16, their first season up wasn’t it?when they accrued 66m of that. Most teams do that, accessing tv money whilst their wage bills probably are lower. Then there’s the fact their wage bill is probably lower than ours. Then there’s the fact they aren’t owned by GAO.

According to transfermarkt -35m 18/19 +37m 17/18

Watford still had to sell someone for 18m in order to be able to bring in Sarr. Saints bought £52m, sold 24m this season

We have consistently tried to address it just without any success.

Adams obviously has a poor memory, if he’s forgotten how poorly he played despite being given far more games.

I don’t think he lacks ability. However he does have the John stones syndrome of just switching off or doing something lax. Might as well stick with him and bednarek & see if some sort of partnership can develop. As for yoshida, I like him but he seems to have carried the can for Leicester in ralph’s Eyes and with him being out of contract soon I wonder if we’ll See him again in a saints shirt.

Felt a bit sorry for our players yesterday, it seemed they were being booed by sections of their own fans for large part of first 70 mins.

I’d assume Armstrong will still be out injured. McCarthy Valery Stephens bednarek Bertrand Hojberg jwp Boufal djenepo Ings obafemi

Result gives Ralph some credit to stick in the bank till xmas at least.

Yeah it's got to the stage where just building a partnership with 2 of the centre backs is the only option as all of them have their moments. Don't get the PEH stuff, thought while not perfect was much better. I'd get valery in for cedric and boufal for redmond.