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Fair. I apologise. He aint' perfect. I still think I spoke truth. But it's a question that will take another couple of years to answer for sure....

To be fair... That's probably a fair result. We had the ball, they had the slightly better chances.

Ooops!

Can I just say, I think we have a world-class goal keeper.... Every month he's showing greater skills, greater confidence. V v excited we have him.

The team is wrestling w how much risk to take to break through. eg. Aribo's turn half way through was spectacular and nearly led to something. Stu Armstrong is 50/50. Some of his flicks have threatened, others have lost possession. Alcaraz, in principle is the kind of player who can turn possession into chances. But so far today he's turned possession into not-possession. But the point remains that against a team as good as Watford, we won't score w/o taking some risks.... I'd give Charlie A another 10 mins, and if he hasn't improved his outcomes, pull him for Smallbone. Despite the lack of goals, I've still loved seeing a lot of the one-touch play out of defense, esp in the first 15 mins...

Well... for those who've been reluctant to embrace Martin-ball, I'd say today's your surrender day. Even though, we coulda shoulda had a few more goals, what we saw wasn't just effective, it was f@#$in' ENTERTAINING. When you get joy just seeing your team zing their way out of defense, life is good! Loved the game, love the team, it's fantastic that we aren't just 11 good players... the whole bench gets it too and contributes beautifully. Aribo?!! wow. that was beautiful to see. We just might have a beautiful few months in store.

One small - or maybe not so small - thing I love is how Saints have changed their approach to throw-ins this season. We took forever under Hasenhuttl and often lost possession. Now, seems like the instruction is to throw quickly, even if it means going backward. I love this.

I'm with you. We're trying something bold this season. It hasn't always worked. But there have been powerful signs of the tide turning. I thought it was a fantastic game today. We stuck w our fast one-touch approach, even when it cost us. And in the end, we broke them. Slowly, surely... and then suddenly! Confidence is one of the keys to us continuing this upward cycle. Every overly-cynical supporter is not helping that. 95th min goals really do help. There's a real chance now that we power our way up to challenge the top two. We'll see. But personally, I'm excited again for these owners, this manager and this team.

There have been enough flashes of brilliance, mostly involving Sulemana, to give me hope. They're definitely being 'brave'!

4th equal. clean sheet. I'll take it!

LOL. and there goes one out of play

How good has Bazunu's distribution been? He must have completed 6 25-yard chip passes to the wings, releasing us. I'm not surprised they let him do the kick out from the kick-off. I think it's a key and growing strength of our game....

I enjoyed that... A lot. Yes, some annoying give-aways, but also a few electrifying breaks. The 'method' slowly gained control over the half. Provided we concentrate first 10 mins second half, I think we've got this. 0-3. first clean sheet in forever. you read it here first.

Gotta love this place. 3-1 up against a team that barely conceded last few games, and we're still in max neg mode. Live table... we're equal points w Leeds. We've seen glimpses of what the talent we own can do. that's pretty damn cool. for me, Stu Armstrong should be absolute team fixture. And v v happy to see ArmA growing in confidence. All that said no one wd like another Saints goal more than me. LOL

Exactly. If you're in our half of the field with the ball, and it looks tight to find a pass, it takes real courage to go for it rather than hoof. But going for it is much more likely to retain possession. It's just that when it doesn't you may get blamed for the goal. Our whole season depends on whether the combo of skill levels our players have + the courage they can maintain to stick with this style of play can turn the tide. If you're Man City, you use this strategy to win everything. We MAY be able to pull it off in the championship. And when we see real signs of that (as happened in our opening game against Weds) it's pretty exciting. Given that this is the strategy, it really is counter-productive for us not to get behind it. Because otherwise we're literally making it harder for our players to do what they need to.

I'm not sure if I'm more frustrated by the football or the fact that neither official audio nor video passes purchased from the site are working. that's really terrible customer service. I ended up buying a pass on the Norwich site and the stream there is working perfectly well, thank you Norwich. Still, missed the first four goals.

No. nor video. It's really terrible that they make a big deal of charging for this and then screw up the tech.

Is anyone else who's paid for the official stream getting a stupid error message on the website saying "no KS where KS required" infuriating.

It's wild that despite our relegation, and loss of several squad players, this actually looks a better team to any we had last year. Smallbone and Tella are big adds. Plus Edozie given an actual chance to play. Smallbone looks so relaxed. Killer through ball coming from him. One of the key benefits of our possession game is that it hugely limits Wednesday's chances to build anything. And just as last year mistakes bred a loss of confidence, the more we keep this control, the more confidence we'll build. Hope.

Can someone help me understand this? No matter how much I have already given up all hope, it still really hurts to be 2 goals down when our overall play has at least matched Forest. Like... I think it's grief I'm feeling. It didn't have to be like this.

What a lovely spirit there is here. Aribo has sometimes looked fantastic. I'd certainly rather gamble him than Moi. Sulemana, Alcaraz + him good be lethal combo. Let's at least give it a chance.

When you see what this team can do, it seems crazy to think of them being relegated. The key to the rest of the season is whether Selles and JWP can inspire this spirit for the rest of the run in. If they can, there's still a chance. I genuinely believe that with our new players we're capable of being a competitive mid-table team. Oy... so heart-breaking.

Man... Can't remember ever feeling so frustrated in a Saints game.

Sigh... not great results.

I'm watching Bournemouth. They just equalized. Striking how good Harrison Reed has been for Fulham.