Baird of the land

It's interesting that they have conceded a third as many playing the same way as us.

The way i saw it the 2nd and 3rd goals are the slightly concerning ones that make me query his reaction/movement/positioning. I think other keepers would put themselves in better positions and therefore save them. The 2nd is standing flat footed for a long distance shot and then can't react when the ball deflects. If the ball is being hit left to right, surely if he was moving that direction he'd have been better placed to react to the deflection. The 3rd he seems to be unbalanced , meaning he is struggles to shift his weight and get down to his left. He's certainly not the reason we lost but i don't think the stats are completely lying either. He's going to be our keeper(because he's the only 1 we've got who can play way martin wants with the ball), so hopefully coaching staff can work with him and develop.

Best move for both Saints and Moussa. I do wonder if under different coaching if he'd have developed more, whereas we seemed to take him backwards whilst trying to smooth his rough edges.

Interesting hearing on TSP that leicester have 5 senior keepers. Reinforces the feeling that we should have done something different than the Lumley signing even if we were aiming for Bazanu to suddenly find his feet. Right now we're in a position where we really have no alternative to keep persisting with him and hope that he has more competent displays where we protect him better (Qpr) than games like saturday where he was poor and we exposed him badly.

Regret paying £11 to watch that garbage on Sky.(though glad i switched off just before end and missed 5th) Annoying there's an internatonal break as you worry the reaction you'd expect to this pathetic display will be muted by time. Not sure anyone comes out with credit. Bazanu made a couple of saves in 2nd half but first half he was dire. I really worry in particular about his reactions, he seems so slow to get down and across for shots. Wings is a major issue for me. We've lost a quality wide player in Tella and not replaced him. We badly need some good version of sulemana as Edozie isn't good enough to start and that just leaves fraser.

We've been completely soft today. all 50/50 sunderland seemingly want it more. Holgate not exactly looking great and Bazanu awful. With exception of a 5 minute spell where we could have had a penalty we've been desperately poor. No clue why adams wasn't brought on.

We don't seem to have anyyone up front. Get adams on pls

so the 3 in the starting lineup we rejected bids for (Smallbone, KWP, Mara?)

Earnshaw 'best transfer window ever', hmm short memories

Not a fan of the lineup. Why drop charles who has been really good. Hopefully Mara is upfront rather than out wide where he has never shown any aptitude. No Sulemana on bench, guess he wasn't expected to stay and we'll see what happens after this week

Isn't Larios also an option for that side or am i misrembering

One thing from the highlights reel is that he is no Le Tiss/Lambert from the spot.

my Only concern is wing position where we’ve weakened. Really reliant on sulemana coming back and showcasing why we spent so much on him.

If true You really couldnt make it up. Saints spend all their energy trying to sign an injured player and then pull out when they discover he's injured.

Wonder if Roberts is merely a fallback option if we don't get primary wide targets such as buchanan

Liked the looks of him at the World Cup. If Athletico are seriously interested can't see it happening though.

I'm fine with it. Was going to be difficult to get someone to come and play 3rd fiddle to Armstrong and stewart anyway, so might as well be Mara if he's willing.

Nice to see the obligation to buy included in the deal.

Seems a good developmental move for him. Hopefully we can get Stewart, plus 1 more to go along A.Armstrong as our options upfront.

Yeah i'm not particularly excited by the prospect of Roberts either.

If Mara's off there must be someone else coming in.

Let's hope he's the new ricky lambert.

Guess it protects our financial interests because he'll be our asset rather than walking.

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/38231500/spain-jenni-hermoso-dismisses-luis-rubiales-kiss-amid-outcry

Has Moussa been padding his wikipedia.