Baird of the land

abysmal from Saints.

Typical Saintsy thing to do to giftwrap Wood a goal.. Saints have had odd brief moments of looking at it, followed by spells of being very mediocre.

Guessing bigger clubs will be sniffing around free agents like Christensen/Rudiger etc. Curious what younger Chelsea players may be free agents available to be snapped up if it drags on into summer.

Man city.

Everton’s run in looks horrible. Games against wolves and Newcastle coming up seem huge.

i’d be tempted to give a.armstrong a start, given the villa result and the turnaround to the Watford game. Unleash a Geordie on the toon. also maybe Redmond for elyounessi. Really hoping Salisu is fit enough to start.

Fewlt a game too far Most annoying thing was gifting Ings a goal. Hopefully Salisu is back quickly & saints can rebound well from this set back

Felt Armstrong has been dangerous. Early chance to equalise and then a later shot blocked. Hopefully he can grab one back early.

I'd like to see redmond for Elyounessi

Very poor from saints. Lucky to only be 2 really.

Shame Salisu is out. Hope he's back soon. Curious to see if KWP comes on or he'e only there in case of emergency. Happy to see no Digne for them.

Russians like imperial stormtroopers in terms of shot accuracy.

Curious is it just retaliation for western censorship of Russian media or is he worried about Russian populace.

Putin isn’t going anywhere until nature intervenes. He’s spent years consolidating his position. The hopes of any rapprochement with the west lies long down the road imo.

Very sad news. Enjoyed listening to Marsh during the recent ashes. Shane Warne never seemed the quiet living type but still seems way too soon.

That was very much the 'Alan Ball era' approach in particular. Remember watching Baddiel's Le Tiss documentary where Le Tiss said he was concerned about his role under the new manager until he turned round and told them all to 'pass the ball to Matt'.

Pessimism born of experience. Hopefully even if we do we can still win like we did Wednesday.

Am i the only one who is sure we'll find a way to end Ings' goal drought?

Horrid draw, compounded by fact the other big two avoided eachother

Really smart piece of development from Ralph/coaches.

Very happy with performance of some of the squad players. Smallbone was very good, Valery looks like a cb and a.armstrong was quite lively. Caballero with a nice save at 2-1 after muck up for their goal but still unsure why we played him.

Caballero isn’t even our second choice.

Exactly my thought he’s taken out the (salisu, bednarek, Romeu, Adams & Broja) who i’d Argue are our better aerial players against a really physical team that’s good at set pieces.

Guess Ralph doesn’t think much of the cup. Wants the extra money for league placing. Shame can’t see us progressing with that lineup. West ham will be licking their lips at the prospect of set pieces.

Don’t see any logic in playing caballero. Does forster really need resting to prevent fatigue?