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Stoke v City on now do NOT watch this on NBC as that irritating ****, Drury is commentating. he just said that one of the great displays of man management has been Guardiola and how he has turned around Sterling... really???!?!?!!

He did say this season that we had the best midfield options in the league.

we are going into the season, after finishing 3 points from the CL with a wide player who was in and out of a relegated Norwich side - AS our main striker

Blackmore saying 'gelling' is no excuse in the prem. Should stick to what the players know

surely, we will win this. I think 2-0 to saints we do look lightweight in midfield mind Long and Fonte to score

Puel says after the game that the formation/set up is not the problem. The players will get it right and the goals will come

I think he has no chance in this system Fuking odd stuff at saints

Nothing serious regarding Romeu anyway

Also, now we pass the ball around the middle, more often than not the opposition are set in defence and long am has to work in tighter spaces

Why bring him on to track back to the left or right back positions Totally weird

Agree with that. Don't think it will happen though

Because we pass it around the middle of the park quite nicely at times That is all. And not to be seen as a bed wetter

Long was excellent in the 2nd half of last season.

Then he won't be a success this season at all. Not a chance will a diamond work well enough at a club like saints

same as we did through out pretty much

no blistering retort. what are your thoughts on this setup/manager?

Though we started well, played some nice stuff and on top until they scored. VvD was god, thought Tadic was good and Hojbjerg was good. sadly again, I cannot for the life of me see how this set up will work long term with this squad. lots of pass pass pass, side to side backwards....in that time, the opposition get 9 men not only in defence but set with their men. we looked incredibly lightweight in midfield, something we have not seen at saints for a few years. United did not have to be any good to beat us. as this set up (and going forward) you could see the players heads drop in the 2nd half and lose confidence. but lacked all sorts in the 2nd half. seeing austin in the right and left back positions defending was just weird. this whole redmond thing...after losing the goals we have and redmond is there to replace that? poor lad I honestly feel that it is a countdown on what goes first, the Diamond set up (which is just odd with these players) all fart and little shyte or the manager himself (who I think will do well to last till january) we were excellent in the run-in last season and finished 3 points from the champions league. we look so weak and pretty toothless now. seem odd that we are changing the set up pretty significantly that got us 3 points from the champions league big game next week

you have to be kidding me ffs

what will go first, the diamond or claude not sold on him at all

why are we watching Austin on the right wing?

it is actually men against boys out there

funny how not a single complaint from any saint on the pitch

side to side, pass pass pass put the ball out united get 8 men set behind the ball in the mean time crap season ahead if he does not change it

we are so weak in attack. powderpuff and woeful from range

tell you what, redmond would have not got into our side last season. pretty gash tonight