Baird of the land

Utterly depressing seeing Long on the bench.

Shows what a joke VAR is. Never a penalty.

To be fair to Alpine his old post did seem to indicate it was regarding the championship. I was disappointed to see Tadic go but he wanted out(which says more about how backwards we've gone than anything) & he wanted to go to Ajax which stunted any chance of a bidding war for his services. Can't see how keeping an unhappy player would have benefitted us. Just wish we'd used the money better rather than on Elyounessi. Only thing that would bother me is if Ajax now sold him for massive sum.

Same lineup you’d expect. If ings is fit him on the bench for slattery.

Great performance for the most part. Very down after another late goal. We didn’t get out and invited it. At least Cardiff lost. Lovely goals by Valery and jwp Not sure there anything Gunn could have done for goals. Plus he kept us in it in first five minutes and saved a penalty.

Annoying that we won’t bring on gallagher and want to defend a defeat.

Not saying i’d Expect us to get all those calls but the discrepancy in the types of calls being given is really galling. As for the goal, very nice but de tea was clearly thinking i’ll Get set for the cross. Lol

Wonder is long injured or was ralph as unimpressed as me by his latest outing.

Bizarre logic imo, arguing players will be too tired to compete but then arguing but let’s play same 11 anyway.

Doesn’t think they could have done anything differently but readily admits they were paying for flight(not a cost share) with a pilot without adequate qualifications for such a commercial flight.

Think we’ll be ok but it’ll be interesting to see where we stand in 4 games time. Utd think we need a miracle. Spurs well at least it’s after their trip to Dortmund Watford, tough but could possible to get something Brighton, huge game, especially if we’ve slipped back into relegation by then.

I don’t believe it’s going to be anything other than boomerang long, followed by Austin 30 minutes unfortunately. I’d love it to be gallagher but can’t see it. Obafemi got fit for about a second and got a chance, so clearly Ralph doesn’t fancy Sam.

Just the thought of Shane Long running thither and hither..... Let's just hope we are defensivley organised again, like Chelsea.

Fulham didn’t really turn up but we were professional enough for the win. Hopefully will help confidence. Thought we should have pushed on and got more in the 2nd half. Yoshi looked very solid on his return. Good to see Bertrand getting back up to speed. Was incredibly disappointed to see long once again coming on. Utter waste of space.

Not sure why Fulham came in with the we don’t need a right side but I hope they keep it up.

Good intervention by Valery and save from Gunn.

the one time this midfield 3 worked imo, it was because Hojberg seemed much more advanced. Hope for a repeat tonight.

Austin running into channels lol.

Glad yoshi is in. Disappointed gallagher isn’t starting. At least he’s on the bench this week. 5 at the back and 3 more defensively minded midfielders is a bit overkill. Armstrong for jwp would have been better imo. Hopefully he’ll change sooner if it doesn’t work by half time or we somehow go behind.

Still can’t believe saints lost twice to abysmal Cardiff team.

That lineup is pretty close to what i’d Hope for. Wouldn’t have an issue if yoshi was in though.

Yoshi & Gallagher in.

Still back Ralph but he’s got it wrong two games in a row. Now a huge amount of pressure on Fulham game.

Not playing any strikers and not having gallagher on bench is working a treat.

Bringing on 2 strikers at ht. Be interested to see how self critical Ralph is post game