Baird of the land

I may still gripe that i would have preferred us to have brought in someone good like Mccarthy who would have been prepared to sit on the bench behind Boruc in the short-term(as he's doing behind green at QPR). The club being ambitious and deciding they wanted england's no2 isn't something i can complain too much about though. The bigger issue was the mistake in signing Gazzaniga, who from what i've seen shows no signs of capable keeper at this level and is woeful positionally. Maybe i'll be eating my words a year or two down the line though. Kelvin is a steady backup and hopefully he won't let us down over last 8 games and it will be helpful if we can keep the back 4 and morgan/Vic in front of him to protect him from facing too much pressure.

i like Richards as a player. Can play centre back too, think he might be a better natural centre back based on his early career till he was permanently adapted to fullback. Wouldn't complain if we turned to him, especially if McCarthy or Stephens are rated highly enough to act as undestudy learning the ropes.

Don't get why there are 3 left backs in the squad.

Would hope Saints would tell Arsene to go look elsewhere if he really is sniffing around Mane.

Annoyed Swansea haven't taken advantage of their dominance. Set up for liverpool to come out and Nick it.

I wish Long's finish had of been better personally.

Great Performance. Keeps us in the race.

Tremendous first half performance. Just hope they can keep it up in the 2nd. Little bit of luck about the penalty but think we deserved it for how we played. Costa's looking dangerous. Beaten fonte 3 times aerially.

Yep still want that.

Indeed i'm still hoping we get to a situation where they don't jump ship after having one good season.

Assuming this is more for fan's benefit rather than any real prospect of him signing a new deal.

Seems best suited to the advanced midfield role that Davis has traditionally occupied. He's clearly got ability to pick a pass. When i've seen him of late he's been getting in right positions but his shooting needs work. Adding goals to his game has to be a priority. The lack of quality setpiece takers in the team showed last night, so that's something he has deliver on when he gets further chances in the team Defensively he's got to improve. The workrate is there but the decision making isn't always and clearly wasn't last night.

A scrappy rather lucky win but i'll take it after the run we've been on. Looked much better when Tadic came on. Surely has to be the regular starter. Once we scored we went into complete panic mode. JWP almost handed them an eqauliser but at least he was involved in a positive attacking sense in the goal(even if his shooting still needs work) Hopefully the win will boost confidence somewhat. Though not sure what to do about Pelle.

Very disappointing display so far, so little intensity to our play. Mane's been the only threat so far.

I'd like to see the midfield three of Davis/Wanyama/Morgan starting again now they are fit.

Watched the game on tv alongside a liverpool fan, which didn't make for pleasant viewing. Poor play by midfield giving Coutinho time and space, for his wonder strike. Really couldn't afford to give them a lead to sit upon. Ref had a poor game, unwilling to make tough decisions. First penalty i could sort of understand him giving the benefit of the doubt but the 2nd one where Allen cleaned djokovic was inexcusable. Made worse by the lino being unable to keep up with play and spot Mignolet handling outside the area later. 2nd half reminded me of Swansea game where we ran out of ideas. 2nd goal was very poor from Targett and Forster could have done better too. Really need to regroup and get a win next weekend or dream could be well and truly dead.

Still got no time for him. Think its just a case of lip service for the sake of it. When it came down to it his actions in the summer showed his true thoughts about Saints. I don't think he's worth the effort of booing.

I'm still annoyed at his choice to go and play 2nd fiddle at Liverpool over being the main man in this new upwardly mobile Saints. Don't think he's ever going to be played to his best effect in Rodgers team as he's down the pecking order. I guess it's part of modern football i've got to learn to get used to, there won't be another Le Tissier. Personally i think Saints should just blank him. Not sure i see the point or value in jeering him, on making anti-Lallana chants. The biggest insult we can land is through support of the current Saints, ensuring Saints finish above Liverpool.

No, prefer gambling on the game changing top 4 dream.

I'd go for Forster Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Targett Morgan Vic Davis Tadic Mane Pelle Subs Davis, Toby, JWP, Elia, Reed, Djurcic, Gardos The Toby/Yoshida is the only one i'm really 50/50 on, just cause Yoshida's played well and Toby's been out for a while. After the way we've played in recent week's i'm not particularly confident. Just hoping we can step back up and expose the weaknesses in the Liverpool team, that are there to be exploited.

And yet a club of similar stature West Ham were playing a midfielder at centre back on Sunday. The club could have recalled Stephens in January but they didn't so they clearly don't see depth as an issue. Personally I'm pretty happy for Saints to continue to have quality core and support it with academy players.

Always expected Morgan would go this summer. My only disappointment would be if he goes to a non champions league regular club. The silence around Clyne makes it seem likely he might follow. I'd be annoyed if he left for a non champions league club especially if we achieved the the miracle and qualified for it. It would annoy me if Jrod left in the summer. It would enrage me if the club let Vic and Morgan both leave in the summer.

Disappointing if true if Morgan is doubtful. Personally i'd be tempted to start Tadic and use Elia as an impact sub.

Not a very good performance. The win was all that counted though. Hopefully Morgan and Vic will be fit to start next game and JWP can drop back down to the bench.

Loss of Targett is a blow. From replays i saw can't really say there was anything malicious in it. Wonder if it was just how he landed. Hope Saints can stay focused.