Pilchards

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.

And if we lose 2/3 nil are things seriously going to change?

Put the Mane one against Liverpool where he scored in the last few minutes on the list too. Great days

A player signing a 6 year contract gives them guarantees of course but those that are not so driven can become complacent perhaps? What does it matter that VVD signed his long contract because he would still go for ** millions even if he had 2 years left. Shane Long, Fraser Forster, Redmond, JWP, and Tadic to name a few have taken a mega step back in ability and effort on the pitch in recent months and maybe they lack that hunger and fight anymore?

We are not allowed to be unhappy plus we must carry on paying our money and watching the team score no goals. I can't wait for Saturday where I will watch anything over 25 yards fly in our net while at the other end I will see lots of tappy, tappy and a few blasts into the sky.

Agree with what you are saying but I would expect Pellegrino wanted to bring his own coaching staff but it was declined. Cortese in his interview yesterday loved Pottychino and backed him by bringing in 3 other staff members with him. I bet our current manager goes home moaning at his wife about the current staff around him but his hands are tied by Reed and co.

He would never come back as he would be slated badly for getting rid of all the deadwood in the club.

Not quite ****ed him off. Cortese wanted to speak to Adkins and it took him a full week before he could. Howe felt he was 2nd choice so he withdrew his interest in the managers job. Imho Cortese may of been forced to employ Adkins as he spoke so highly of Howe.

How do you go from an African representive (a job created by the club) to the youth coach? It's like someone high up is looking after his very own people.