Baird of the land

Given they are out of europe, wonder what proportion of his wages they'll be able to pay.

Let's hope so(lallana & Lovren), would help create a very hostile environment.

The inability to shift Lemina is the issue. Hopefully someone will buy before the window closes and it might allow us to relook at the position in Jan. While hardly ideal i think we thought with Danso he could cover Romeu if we needed a like for like replacement. I know people in the past have also suggested stephens for the role too.

Has this round always been segregated geographically?

The only difference is that Mccarthy/Gunn is going to have the saints defence protecting them whereas Adrian is going to have the likes of Van Dijk.

Depressing listening to the view being espoused that there’s now virtually no chance of getting a result against the likes of Liverpool/city at home. It’s probably accurate but shows how atrocious the premier league has become as a competitive entity.

Personally i’d Go with whichever depending on opposition. Against Burnley I thought a4 would be better and definitely 4 is needed against Liverpool.

Agree if we are o get anything we need to press their fullbacks back, not sit and let them shoot us in the barrel.

Vestergaard has an error in him(as yesterday showed) but he’s an ok squad option. Don’t agree with view that he doesn’t win aerial duals. Stephens while I think at times he looks good he switches off with startling regularity as with 2nd yesterday.

Well I had a Leicester defender in my fantasy team but still don’t like the new handball interpretation.

Drop ings to the bench, otherwise yeah.

Not the conditions i'd want to play Burnley but the way we folded in 2nd half was worrying. First goal, awful by vestergaard and surely gunn has to stop that. 2nd typical stephens switching off for a tap in. Glad i played pope in my fantasy team i suppose the sole positive to take out of it.

Might have been a yellow, never a red. Small positive that var didn’t force ref to review. Despite being high there wasn’t sufficient force for it to be dangerous.

I don’t think he’s appalling in the air. Most of his issues are to do with switching off imo.

Premier league looking like it’s going to be utterly atrocious in terms of competiveness like last year. Made even worse by horrid use of var. all the premier league refs will use discretion pr bs out the window immediately.

Maybe if it was a maradona handball, if it’s for encroachment nope won’t ever love it regardless.

My assumption is it is to do with Stephens ability to bring the ball out. Just hope Stephens can maintain his concentration.

New rule is a joke.

Interesting that hojberg is on bench and that Stephens is preferred to yoshi.

Pretty happy especially if Danso is in. Still some deadwood to shift to Europe to make it an even more perfect week

Does this mean lemina is now to be rehabilitated or slattery pushed further up pecking order. Shame we weren’t able to sell for a fee if we didn’t want to keep him.

So we didn’t sign vestergaard last summer. Good to know.

Maybe a loan in Jan. Carrillo shows you by and large what’s available in Jan imo, poor players who’s value is doubled because it’s Jan.

You could equally say the boring boring casual spenders moan that saints don’t do more transfer business. Happens every window without fail.

Agree glaring issues with pace and goals seem to have been addressed. If we have to wait longer to address other problem areas that’s understandable.