Theregulars

The following are valid questions based on this season: 1. why doesn’t he know the best eleven? 2. Why can’t he work out how to involve tonali? 3. Why can’t we cross? 4. What’s happened to our finishing? 5. Why are so many key players not performing? 6. What happened to intensity, given no Europe? 7. Why do we so frequently fail to pass it to our own players? 8. Why are our set pieces so predictably awful? 9. Why has it become so easy to score against us from set pieces? 10. Why has our transfer policy resulted in a squad of squad players? I significantly and seriously want him to succeed but we’re not good enough this season and he doesn’t come across like he’s got the answer.

Not good enough

That’s the first time he lost the crowd, I thought. Really bad moment for him.

Comprehensively not good enough from anybody tonight. Concerning performance, didn’t have an answer to a mediocre team defending stoutly. This squad doesn’t pass the naked eye test if the test is “are you CL quality?”. So, so shit.

Hello, mid table.

Everyone remember this performance the next time you whinge about Dan burn

We’re not good enough to be in the CL conversation. Too many players can’t play more than 1-2 games well. Such a wasted opportunity from where we got to quickly

There have been so, so many games this year where we can’t pass the ball to our own players.

Worst for a long while. We’re incomprehensible this season.

Serves all the fools saying easy win right. We’ve been dire with the ball.

No composure whatsoever

I like money

Strikes me as a bit emotional on back of the manager they wanted in the first place coming back to beat them. How much better should they be doing with a team that starts winks and skipp in central midfield?

Southampton are the worst side in the division, comfortably.

Just think the way he speaks is weird. Doesn’t seem to think or choose his words, nervously bleats and makes needlessly odd comments. See for example the bit about holding hands with Howe or increasing transfer funds by drinking a lot. These aren’t the comments of somebody comfortable in the habitat in which they find themselves. it’s just an opinion.

He’s weird

They’re both black, so I’ll give him that

I take a harsh view but I think at some point one needs to make clear that the club wishes to move you on. I understand why some managers don’t want to be like that. I’ve no idea if we’ve received offers; I mean more that we’ve not purchased a reliably decent back-up striker knowing that Wilson is a cripple for the ages. Osula isn’t really that plan.

Oh lord won’t you buy me a dislike button

Only have ourselves to blame

1997-99

I feel so insulted by that it’s almost like someone just offered me £80m for Isak

Yes, they’re going back to Newcastle and you’re in the traffic to Croydon.

It’s almost - almost - like a business with finite resources wants to expend as little of those resources as necessary in trying to succeed while turning a profit

I, for one, feel insulted. Thanks @Yorkie, you reckless undervaluing chump.