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Just not sure we can go again with the Vesty/Coady partnership. Their alarming lack of pace means the defence has to sit so deep that we invite lots of pressure and shots, which was part of the problem on Tuesday. So I’d be tempted to bring Okoli back in to partner Vesty or Coady, assuming he’s fit.

Can anyone explain how our 7 'big chances' tonight equated to an xG of only 1.39? Surely each big chance must have an xG of at least 0.25 to be classed as a big chance?

Obvious thing to do is to bring Stephy in and play BEK in the 10.

Don't understand McAteer starting over Mav. Really not sure what is going on with the latter.

Made the mistake of listening to TalkSh1te for 5 minutes in the car earlier. They had Neil Lennon on giving his "expert view" on Leicester, which was that we only have 2 PL level players in the squad, Vardy and Winks. He also said that RVN might want to have a look at the "goalkeeping situation". Dear, oh dear, the state of punditry these days.....

Hoping that's not true. Stephy surely needs to be starting, especially with Abdul out.

Listened to the post-match WYS pod from Saturday and even Nugent on co-comms was very unhappy with the selection, tactics and in-game management - and he's normally very positive.

Has Ruud got his own coaches yet? Tell me that Ben Dawson is not still at the club at least!

Isn't this exactly what Cooper was doing and it didn't seem to work? Maybe with better coaching it could work but I'm not sure that we have anybody in the squad good enough to play the role expected of the RB.

It's bizarre that VK is not keen on the LCB role. For me he is more suited to that than being a wing back or attacking full back. He's relatively fast and a decent one on one defender but not great going forward.

433 Enzo-style Mads Hamza Okoli (if fit) Vesty VK Ndidi Winks (if fit) BEK Buonanotte Vards Mav

RVN probably has to drop Faes but with Okoli being injured, Coady and Vesty are the only other options - and they would surely be the slowest CB pairing in PL history. Don't envy Ruud trying to pick a defence with what we have available.

Oh FFS, not another game. Please make it end!

Hopefully that is the last time this moron has any involvement at our great club. One of the worst managerial performances that I've seen in a long time.

Dawson is a certified moron. Seriously.

Hard to disagree with that. Even Southampton's general play and organisation is streets better than ours. We are so passive and easy to play against. Ruud has a massive job on his hands. This game was a write off as soon as we ended up with some even more clueless than Cooper in the dug out.

Utter garbage. Our default setting is to play back or sideways. There is virtually zero positivity or pace in this team.

Obviously the squad is not great but we're not helping ourselves by repeatedly selecting the wrong line ups. Surely if you've got one game in your charge, you go with an attacking line up and have a go FFS.

Hopefully he will go straight to the dressing room and change about 5 of the starting XI.

Surprised that Dawson hasn’t played him instead of Facundo.

Not to mention the useless Coady. Hard to imagine that 3.5 years ago we missed out on CL football on the last day of the season for the second time running. The club is just a mess. Fielding this line up in the Championship would be disappointing.

Fully expecting that Dawson will be sacked immediately after the game. To be honest, for picking this abomination of a team he should be sacked before the game.

Absolutely hideous selection, worse than Cooper would have picked. Echoes of those games that we wasted under Stowell and Sadler in the relegation season. Can't Ruud just take over now, please?

This feels right. Really hope that fans will actually get behind the team more in home matches now that we have a manager we believe in. Really need a more intimidating atmosphere at home, given the quality deficit we face on the pitch.

Hope this is true but I won’t believe it until I see it. Still scarred by what happened in the summer when we were told Potter was a done deal one night and then the next day we ended up with Cooper.