Baird of the land

Reasonable manager IMO. Not best but certainly not worst out there. Personally hope hull stay up.

Excellent result. Sounds like the midfield 3 played top drawer, especially Davis and Cork. That makes up for the slight disappointment of not taking all 3 points saturday. Can't believe we're within touching distance of Man U. Hopefully we can keep the momentum going in the Cup on Saturday.

I'd like to see a couple of changes considering its part of 3 games packed relatively closely together. Opportunity for Wanyama, Chambers & maybe JWP to come in.

Frustrating result, but i suppose 1 more to the total. 2nd goal we conceded was disappointing but they'd probably equally say the same.

The only way i can see a small element of it happening is with the rail seating idea. That would keep a lot of the safety of the all seater notion(allocated seat per person) whilst actually being safer providing the rail to stand against. Still don't see it happening anytime soon because Hillsborough groups will likely oppose even if evidence shows it'll be safer in reality.

Would be an amazing appointment if they could pull it off. If he doesn't go there and Poch is nabbed by Madrid in the summer i'd love us to make a play for him.

The move to remove his back room staff seemed fishy. I doubt laudrup was happy and they've gone for the nuclear option. Really hope saints don't end up in a similar position and we can keep potchettino and build on his initial success.

Given Lambert went down at the start of the 2nd half i'd assume he was still feeling it slightly yesterday.

Still think Gerrard can be an important player for england but he needs a ball winner alongside to free him up to be a threat. Think Wilshere/Henderson alongside Gerrard would be a disaster. If they don't gamble on a newby like cork the next best option would be Barry who has been excellent for Everton this season. Though i'd much prefer a younger option alongside Gerrard personally due to conditions in Brazil.

Thought he was meant to be off to Chelsea. I'd like us to go after Alex Mccarthy of Reading personally.

Definitely Cork and Clyne in for me. Bring Vic back in one of the numerous away games we have following the stoke game.

Cole can't get in the Chelsea side. If it wasn't for his reputation and no of england caps he would have no chance of going to Brazil. Sadly unless he gets injured don't think Shaw will get to go.

I'm very dubious of the value of pass completion statistics. Do they treat a simple 2 yard tap back the same as a through ball. Wanyama today did a number of short passes back to Fonte but had several wayward moments when trying more complex passes.

Been saying Fulham look relegation fodder for a while now. After seeing them in person i saw nothing to change my mind. Scattergun desperation approach to signings doesn't impress me either. Maybe Norwich as they didn't impress me despite them somehow beating us. And maybe Cardiff.

It was good to see cork coming on and helping change the game. It should have happened at times earlier in the season too imo & i hope Cork has overcome any reservations Potch might have had about him.

Was at game today. Personally thought the entire team was below par today 1st half and he wasn't particularly worse than others. Some people just like a scapegoat. Cork coming on coupled with no doubt Potchettino's HT team talk helped us play a slicker faster passing football. I love the fact we have 3 excellent centre mids that have different attributes about them. I prefer the style Cork adds to the team personally but we definitely do need the physical attributes of Wanyama on other occasions.

I think the ball winning cm is one of england's big weaknesses currently. Cork looks made to fill it but sadly i assume he'll be ignored.

Lallana has to be a starter imo. He's right at top of his game at the mo. Also think Cork should be in the England team as he just the sort of player england have been lacking alongside Gerrard. And Jrod is playing better than Wellbeck so should be in with a shout of the Left attacking berth.

Having the sit quietly in the Fulham while in front of me Saints demolished Fulham in the 2nd half was hard work, especially as Saints fans were in fine voice. First half was very drab with very much a feeling of after the lord mayor's show to it in comparison with Arsenal performance. Fulham just about shaded it calling Boruc into a couple of smart saves. They were saves i'd always hope a keeper of Boruc's ability would save though. I can understand the decision to bring Wanyama back in as i do think he acts as a defensive shield. Today Fulham were sitting so the decision to bring on Cork who i personally think aids the slick attacking passing football we played in 2nd half. Lovely to see Saints english attackers taking it in turns to get on the scoresheet and the 'off to Brazil chants that followed'. Once Lallana scored he just got better and better. Jrod's goal was nice but if i was a Fulham fan i'd be annoyed at Hangeland giving him a free ride to do so. Good to see Rickie score, which should shut the 'his legs have gone' crowd for a day or two. Personally thought his link up play in 2nd half was excellent but it always has been. The way we play means he gets less scoring opportunities than he did in the lower leagues but he's still class. I just hope the inability to bring in cover for him doesn't backfire on us.

Still hoping that we've got a loan target on ice waiting for his team team to tie up their preferred signing. Wouldn't even mind the likes of Vydra from WBA as cover if Mel gets the attacker he's after. I think the idea of no real competition for Rickie beyond a academy 18 yr old who had 1 league start would show a real lack of common sense.

I have no issue with the strategy of focusing on purchasing small numbers of top quality players each summer. However when circumstances force you to let one of those players leave a loan player to cover the gaping hole that leaves should be the minimum expected imo.

I'll be very disappointed if we don't even bring in a loan striker to bolster our attacking options now it appears Osvaldo is gone. Depleting our squad is hardly a sign of having any ambition for the rest of the season.

Harding isn't going to be happy with Fox once again arriving at the club he's at!

Shows how far we've come that i'm frustrated we didn't beat them. Hopefully we'll learn to kill teams off when we have the chance in the future. Great performance by the team. Put Fulham to the sword on Saturday by playing with same intensity please.

I'd opt to use Wanyama and Davis off the bench and save them for 90 minutes away to Fulham. Boruc Clyne Yoshida Fonte Shaw Cork Morgan JWP Lallana Rodriguez Lambert Subs Davis, Chambers, Davis, Guly, Wanyama, Gallagher, Hooiveld