Saint Billy

That is my concern. Our these type of characters ever tamable?.

Sounds like a poor mans Balotelli

Great result, had a sneaking feeling Ronald would sort it out and get a win today. Well done Ron and team.

I haven't seen anyone praise him recently, I think most on here are shrewd enough to realise that Tadic is a quality player from his earlier displays but right now it is not happening. Whats your problem with that?.

Tadic has clearly suffered from a big dip in form so the obvious course of action is to rest him for a game or two rather than hope for him to play himself back to form and all the consequences that could bring. Why this has turned into a Tadic v Lallana debate is f*cking ridiculous. Imo it's good to see Ronald being proactive in sorting an obvious problem rather than risking it will correct itself.

Here we go, here we go, here we go!!

Man City in the frame so forger it, not that there was much chance anyway.

Is this the first sign of anti ronald sentiment. ........oh dear.

Its saints, too early for any prediction!

The main reason we are now losing is that sides have now wised up to the threat of Tadic and Pele. They were an unkown quantity but now their threat has been dealt with we are struggling. Tadic has been almost anonymous which has meant that Pele has been starved of supply. I think the only way to sort this to some extent is to switch it about a bit during the game positionally so as to make it a bit more tricky for the other side. Ronald must buy in Jan as our bench is far far too weak, we have no impact players at all to come on.

Not on your nelly!

God our corners are so sh!t

To be fair to Forster not one defender kept with Van Persie, their most dangerous player and we leave him unmarked!

Yoshi having a good game.

Mane, I despair!

Ok Pele against Man U.

Anyone remember the last shot we had on target in a game?

A few games back whenever we attacked we looked like scoring, for some reason now we do not look like threatening at all.

I think we will get a couple in but probably players abroad who we have never heard of ala Tadic & Pele....no bad thing!. Maybe Ings but not sure he would push Ronalds buttons. I think we need a creative midfielder who can bed in and be ready to replace Morgan when he leaves.

Frankly Trousers, No!. One shot on target!. That doesn't mean to say we performed badly despite the injuries etc, but had it not been for Forster it would have been a bigger scoreline. We were pretty unaffective up front. Got to say though, only one man in their side made the difference. Good almost convincing argument though Trousers.

On a train back from game. First half not too bad but not much threat on their goal apart from Pele missing an opportunity, but defence held firm and didn't give them many chances. Second half we were dissapointing and the only chances we had were ballooned over the bar. Injuries are now hitting us hard and could assist us in sliding down a few more places. What worries me is the sudden dip in form which for me started at the Villa game. We are desperately short of game changers on the bench and now with the injuries desperately short full stop.

Sorry Lou but I'm going tonight and I have never seen saints win at the Arse, I missed the League cup win. I hope you bring your luck with you tonight!

Dreading going up the Arse now. We were well and truly found out today. Not sure about the changes at half time not that it would have changed much. Whats happened to Tadic and Pelle? Mane can't stay on his feet, but the most dissapointing is the loose passing, wasted corners and free kicks. In total, a different side from that of a few weeks ago. A few weeks ago we would have given City a game but for some reason we are suddenly now looking poor. Whats happened?

Two big f'ups from Victor.

We do need more strength in depth, our bench is a bit lightweight.