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I'd be disappoointed if he viewed them as a step up.

Mane with 2 years left and an african nations disrupted season to come. If he won't sign a new deal this summer's probably the ideal time to sell. From the potentially relegated teams i think Wijnaldum and Redmond could be good additions. I'm rather averse to the notion of Depay, especially his attitude. If we were to pick up any makeweight in the deal with utd i'd prefer a young player(as a nord iron fan i think Mcnair has the makings of a very good defensive midfielder if Koeman thinks Reed isn't up to the grade)

Decent display. Hesketh impressive in the 2nd half. Some nice play and a good goal from Gallagher. Gazzaniga some very impressive reaction saves and then a moment of pure sloppiness dropping a cross. Thought Jones looked assured and good to see Gardos getting more minutes under his belt.

Think both Clasie and Romeu have potential. I have been somewhat won over by Romeu the more i see of him. He's cut out the stupid wild lunges that could have earned him straight reds. Clasie on the otherhand has taken some time to adjust to the premier league. At times he oozes class whilst at other times he's gone missing. Given that Vic leaves as expected i think the pair have the potential as a combination. If Koeman stays i assume we'll go after another big man to compete with Romeu, whilst you would hope JWP would compete with Clasie.

Hope a different Swansea turn up at home to Liverpool next Sunday. As for the title race, feel next week will be key. If Spurs beat Chelsea and Leicester drop points at old Trafford the race suddenly looks much more open. Leicester still very big favourites though.

Just happy we got the 3 points. At times our defending and finishing seemed likely to let them get something. Long caused them all sorts of problems. Scored one and set up too but his finishing is so frustrating. Had him as my fantasy football captain and am frustrated he didn't get the hatrick his play deserved. Hopefully Koeman will force him to shoot using his left all next week. Tadic excellent too. Great result by Newcastle too. On to big game next week.

Thoroughly annoying. Still worried we will contrive to let them away with a draw to be honest despite the problems long is causing them. Hope Koeman lays into them heavily at HT. I'd get Mane on for Jrod too.

He's a defensive midfielder who's not got the sort of range of passing that Morgan had or some of our other mids have but this is more than compensated by his physical strength. Assume he's off to Spurs and we'll likely probably get a little more than what we paid for him because of the shortness of his contract. Don't think that's a bad deal considering he's been a good player for us in the meantime. I'd like him to re-sign but i'm not broken up by the prospect. We'll move on and sign another young defensive mid. I'll be more worried if we lose Mane because he's the sort of player that can turn a game on its head by his skill.

Hope that if he doesn't sign some kind of extension we have steel to replace him in the summer. I don't think him running down his final year would be at all good for saints.

Helps they had a much more balanced side, having an actual left back, no stephen taylor and playing 2 decent defensive midfielders rather than playing Shelvey out of position there.

Annoying Bournemouth couldn't do us a favour against a weakened Liverpool. Now need Everton to turn up midweek with a shock.

Think we need 9 if not more points from last 4 to have any shot at Europe. A must win. What are the rules regarding concussion?

Just back, very strange atmosphere. Won't ever consider saints Mary's quiet again. Clearly very unhappy fans there. Frustrating result, normally an away point there would be a good result but feels like a missed opportunity. European chances have slipped a bit. Felt we dominated the game, hit the woodwork twice, their goal looked to take several deflections. Good to see the reaction from saints in getting the equaliser. Want to see motd because I really felt long should have had the confidence to beat the keeper at 1-1 rather than trying the lay off.

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Guessing no McCarthy for them now, that's a plus.

Big game for Saints, think we need to find a way to win it if we are to have a chance of finishing 5/6th.

Solid result. Don't really get the criticism of Clasie or Pelle. Felt both had decent games. Against better teams Clasie's defensive abilities will be more tested but thought he zipped the ball around nicely. Long was top quality again setting the tone with the early goal. Terrible touch for the assist for Pelle though. Wish i could see what would have been the result last week if Long had been available to cause problems for Leicester centre backs. Mane was good once again, on another day he would have got a goal to add to his good play. As for Newcastle, a terrible defence with Shelvey completely anonymous in the holding role. Amazing watching the difference in a Shelvey who scored a cracker against us for Swansea last year and this disinterested player. Part of me doesn't want Newcastle to go down because we have such an excellent record against them.

It's amazing to me that mclaren could have gone to the board with a straight face wanting creative midfielders rather than centre backs and a left back in January. Just want saints to put the game to bed with a third and get jrod a decent runout.

Gaston's clearly a quality player, so not surprised he's scoring for fun in Championship. Sadly it hasn't really worked for him at Saints and he definitely doesn't fit the way Saints play under Koeman, not Potchettino before him. If he makes a success for himself at Middlesborough in the Prem next season i won't hold any grudges barring just hoping he doesn't score against us.

Forster Cedric Fonte Van Dijk Bertrand JWP Wanyama Clasie Mane Long Tadic Hopefully Long is fit enough to start I'd bring in JWP for his dead ball delivery as this seems an area Newcastle seem particularly weak.

The one moment i thought we were unlucky today was the huth handball 2nd half. To me that's a penalty most of the time, but when you are playing top of the table away the refs not going to give it.

Atrocious 2nd half performance from Saints. What was the plan to give Huth and Morgan some headin g practice. So one dimensional it was unbelievable. Did we even have a shot on target 2nd half?

Frustrating half. We've played well and then switched off for a moment and left a complete mismatch of an aerial challenge. Fair play to Clasie for trying to cover but we simply shouldn't have been in a position where he would be competing with one of their best headers. Lovely play by Mane that frustatingly Simpson got back for, don't think it was a penalty. Leicester are rather dirty imo. Vardy got's the new poster boy blind spot for ref's. Hopefully we can raise it again and get something from this game.

With the news from Van Gaal that shaw is unlikely to make the fa cup final if they even get there surely there is no way Roy can pick him. Hopefully that opens the door for Rose and Bertrand to get the 2 spots.

Was reading yesterday rumours that Jordan Ibe is on the way out of Liverpool. Would he be of interest to Saints?