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Makes me laugh that Puel was told to change our style of football on the pitch otherwise he would be sacked. That, he refused so what do we do next? Employ another boring****er.

We can all see that but the coaching staff can’t.

I think it’s time to get McQueen in the team with 3 centre backs. Offers more energy than Bertrand. As for the Barca player, I don’t think he is too keen as he probably does not want to be playing boring football under our current manager.

I’m good at these predictions. We will start well and go a goal up in the first 18 minutes. WBA will score on the 60 minute mark which will leave Austin coming off the bench to power a header in the 83rd minute from a gorgeous cross from Boufal.

Think I got that spot on

IMHO The current league program is much easier than its ever been. If we had a half decent manager then I would be confident in getting results at Liverpool, Chelsea, Everton and Spurs these days. At the moment we can’t even beat the likes of Stoke, Newcastle and Huddersfield which tells me something is not right.

I can’t remember the last time we approached another club to take their manager so that suggest it’s not an option. So who is out there if we were to replace Pellegrino? Big Sam? Frank De Boer? Someone unemployed because nobody else wants them? Not too promising if we are calling for someone’s head is it?

Tough games coming up and we won’t suddenly get better as the team is ****e. Problem is I don’t trust Reed to do the right thing in getting someone else in? We don’t poach other team managers and we hire ones that are unemployed. The reason why nobody employs them is because they are crap.

Better options indeed and it’s a shame Tuchel ruled himself out after a numerous of meetings with Reed before making his decision. Dont think we will ever know why?

I’m loving this dull football at the momem. My home no goals accumulator is totalling up nicely. Another blank on Sunday will bring me £450, lovely bubbly.

A safe prediction that the game will go like this. The toons will have two golden chances first half while we will have one scuff Redmond chance. Might be 0-1 at half time but that depends on how Forster is feeling. second half lots of procession and half chances until VVD pops one up in the last 5 minutes. Might be 1-1 or 1-0 to us if Forster plays well.

That I think is our problem. i love the idea of a 5 man defence, 2 attacking wingbacks with Lemina more attacking. The only problem is who are the three players that can create us chances? Forster Cedric Bertrand Hooet VVD Yoshi Lemina Romeu Gabby? Tadic? Davis?

It’s currently turned off with an electrical fault.

I’ve scored a goal just like that once, my keeper never spoke to me for weeks afterwards.

Maybe Reed has told VVD to knuckle down this season and we will promise to let him leave in the summer.

At last we can run a proper goal of the month competition.

Why the **** would he want to stay at a club that lacks ambition? I bet it makes his heart turn when he sees a packed Anfield on a European night.

Although Palace have been ****e this season, they have only scored 2 fewer goals than we have in the whole of 2017.

Nice fact. So we need to score 1.75 goals a game? That’s never going to happen unless we play average teams like Huddersfield, Watford and Swansea? oops!!!

Harry Kane has scored more goals in 2017 than the entire Saints team - FACT

This is the worry as I can’t think of one player that has improved for us this season? Is Pellegrino coaching them to be better individuals this season as Gabby, Romeu, Stephens and Bertrand have certainly got worse than when Puel coached them.

I don’t understand what system we are trying to play. Its predictable, boring and I we just dont seem to put the other keeper under too much pressure. How does it change from what Pellegrino is offering us?

Always believe the best way to score from a corner is the taker does a short corner and then lumps it 50 feet in the air on the six yard box for a scramble.

Felt our subs did not push us on and that we lost shape a little. Would of put VVD on as he offers plenty up front during set pieces.

I've done that.