Baird of the land

Several times at the end of the half he struggled to pass to a team mate 2 feet away. Looked worse than vestergaard even in his natural position. If he’s our center back savior he’s hiding it well.

Why does the useless danso get to stay on.

Sad thing is Bournemouth look there for the taking if Ralph had of bothered to play an actual proper Defence.

If you are talking about danso he’s playing Centre back and looking poor, which is I suppose an improvement from embarrassing at right back.

oh wait playing a joke fullback is costing us shock.

On game evidence danso is an appalling fullback. How he walks into the team is a mystery

You've got to assume it's highly likely Bertrand will be off in January if Ralph would prefer to handicap his side rather than play him. Equally its curious to see Valery can't even make the bench now. Is he injured or has he done something to displease ralph Personally i think its wrong that Yoshida who was excellent at the weekend gets dropped and Vestergaard who was less impressive gets retained.

Gunn Cedric Bednarek Yoshi Bertrand Romeu Hojberg JWP Boufal Obafemi Adams

Would like to see Yoshi stay in. Hopefully we shift to a back 4 again. and hopefully whatever is wrong with Bertrand is over and he comes back in.

Always love seeing man city lose

Surely djenepo at left wing back

I prefer the current approach of uk window to shut before the season starts. At least it minimizes domestic destabilizing. Ideally Europe would match or move closer but its not crucial imo. Saints getting themselves in a bind with so much trash most aren’t 8nterested in till last minute is our own fault.

1. Ryan Bertrand 2. Luke Shaw (most talented but while exciting lacked end product) 3. Dan Harding 4. Francis Benali 5. Patrick Colleter 6. Matt Targett 7. Gregory Vignal 8. Danny Fox (truly appalling defender)

That's a shame. Was hoping he'd get a move sorted and be playing rather than spend more time in limbo at saints.

At least the international break is coming up which will swallow one of those weeks

Really not a fan of this makeshift left back approach. Guessing we’re seeing ralph’s Preferred center back pairing tonight. Good to see boufal start.

McCarthy Cedric Yoshi Danso Vokins Slattery Hojberg Boufal Armstrong Obafemi Adams

Nice thing today is that he did his trick and tried to play the through ball. At times before you felt there wasn’t going to be end product. Nice to see firm captaincy by hojberg shutting down him on the free kick.

Thanks go to andone. We were generally awful but off the mark. Think i’ll Have to revise my view that Brighton will get relegated on the basis of that. Djenepo and boufal both very positive off the bench.

Really no clue why we seem to want to pass the ball really slowly with no movement. Playing a left back who is utterly lost in that position doesn’t help. Also is a strategy to leave Gunn to deal with dunk on corners cos we think he’ll be done by var regardless. Otherwise it’s a bit nutty. At least they have 10 men and we somehow aren’t behind I suppose.

Agree completely.

Not sure whether to laugh or cry at the likes of Ian Holloway.

The changes to the laws in recent years have meant tackles have vastly reduced.

Annoying. Should have had a real go at them before it was 2-0

Depressing set up. Seems to be utterly playing 8nto Liverpool’s hands. At least yoshi is back.