East Kent Saint

Cheriton Tescos 5 miles from home !

Yep did a early morning shop so won’t have to drive for a week ! I thought Tesco’s would be packed due to forecast as usual but quiet , mind you it was early as I had been watching the cricket 😀

Ralph was quoted in the press that Saints couldn’t afford the players he wanted .

Lemina and Read holding Wham !

Barca routinely have this amount of possession but fail to win every game , Arsenal have shown than passing it into the net is not the solution as well .

I’ve enjoyed watching England on C4 , getting up at 04:00 has been worth it ! I was hoping Saints would at least get a point today but no . An og yellow card that could have been red , a fight back that ran out of steam , pretty disappointing but looking forward to a revival . Keeper and defence need to pull their finger out etc . Ings I suspect is not 100% but we live in hope for another season in the Prem !

Apparently, at Spurs , Gascoigne was sometimes so wound up before a match they gave him a tranquilizer to calm him down !

Kat had to sort out the whole of her fathers business empire , some was closed , some was shaken up and then she had to sort out Saints . Started off well but probably decided it was not what she wanted to do so tried to sell up , not many takers were there ! Gao bought 80% then China banned taking money out of the country so he had to borrow cash to go through with the deal . I don’t blame Kat for our situation , as Burnley have shown being taken over by rich Americans is not brilliant if they load you with £90M of debt to complete the purchase.

Dean & Mason to be banned by Saints , I like the idea but will it happen ? Refs have been substituted in the past but have Saints got enough clout ?

Warning signs were there , Saints and Ralph being praised on TV and media , players being interviewed by press etc a sure sign of a reversal of fortunes 😀

Ole was saying that they didn’t get decisions as the players didn’t crowd round the Ref ! Man U used to be the worst offenders when it came to intimidating Refs.

Er I think he means VVD should be back for next season , he denied rumours VVD will be back this season.

I admit I gave up last night and , Likely Lads style , tried to avoid the final result this morning but it was a bit of a shock to see 9 -0 and 2 reds .

Rashford told us Jose taught them all about winning pens for the team !

Klopp is saying he loaned him out as Liverpool were short of tall players for defending set pieces and he would probably get a lot of game time with Saints. He’s hoping he comes back up to speed so no thought of selling at the moment.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55908503 So Ings has come out well ?

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55905232 Good job Ralph takes it on the chin !

Winston Smith works in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, where his job is to rewrite historical documents so they match the constantly changing current party line.

Messi's contract leaked , £492 M over 4 years , potentially . Messi on £10 M a month , no wonder he wants out .

Another disappointing Jan window for Saints ?

Maybe they were going with the Refs decision ie deflection on to hand therefore no pen , rather than was it going in the goal. VAR needs a review , not changes on the hoof. A few years ago a Uni did a study on fouls and concluded that if a player put his arms down to break his fall to the floor it was probably a foul BUT if they threw their arms up as they went down it probably wasn't. I think more studies should be done , look at Grealish when he hits the deck , both his legs are straight out behind him showing he has held his lead leg back or Salah who colapses like a sack of spuds at the slightest touch etc . Factor that into the VAR and decide on what and when it is used for.

I few years earlier we went on a school trip to WHL , arrived in coach park and watched Terry Paine and co get off their coach ! excitement , we lost 5-3 but were coming back strongly and if we had another 10 mins ..... stopped for cockles and other strange thinks on the way home !

Apologies, I don’t listen to J V so made an assumption. It’s normal for us to turn the News off these after the headlines to maintain sanity 😀

No in previous matches , a bit of a generalisation I know but Bertie seems to be often up the pitch when a bit of defence is required. May be just my impression.

Where Stephens is being slagged off it is noticable that Bertie is nowhere to be seen in the left side defensive area at the time .