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To stay up from here would eclipse the great escape season, hell, it'd even give the most special season ever a run for it's money! Put a fork in us, we're done.

It's alright lads, Oliver Skipp is coming on.

If selling him means we have more money to improve and potentially bring Premier League quality players in this window who'll help us stay up, we have to do it, in my opinion.

Looks like his contract is up this summer, so fits the cheap full backs line in Percy's article.

Put a fork in us, we're done. We're just not good enough. I did think potentially if we can get 3 or 4 players in this month, that might give us a fighting chance, but I don't even think that anymore (and I'm sure we'll just be scratching around at the end of this month and end up with more tut). We're cooked.

That's a terrible goal to concede; we're so bad.

Next job for Stevey Cooper?

More fight in the performance than I was expecting, but always only a matter of time before their class was going to tell. I've accepted we're down, I don't see us getting 5-6 good players in, in January, to sufficiently strengthen us to give us even a fighting chance.

Credit to the lad, looked way more assured than Ward (not that it's hard), but looked capable.

Yeah, we're utter dog muck. We need a humungous slab of luck and a good window in January to stand even the tiniest bit of surviving.

Let's face it, we've been due an absolute shoeing for most of this season...luck was always only going to last so long, then you throw in injuries etc. Next game is massive now though...

What a man, I hope he makes a full recovery. My parents met him a few years ago in Bristol and they both said what a lovely chap he was - think it made my Dad's day (he's always been a big City fan). All the best, Nige!

Imagine some people don't like football! Could be a massive point. Go on lads!

Come on Citeh!

Faes dropped!

Wasn't sure on Ruud to be honest, I'd have rather gone with Potter or Moyes but now it's seemingly all but confirmed, I'm actually really excited! I also think he'll be able to attract some good players in January and, lets' be honest, he's a massive upgrade on Cooper! Welcome Ruud!

Equally happy with Potter or Moyes.

Get in!

What are Southampton doing not just sticking ten men behind the ball and sitting in?!

Imagine being a player and going from working with Maresca last year, to Cooper this. He's totally incompetent and we're going down with him, we need to get rid just to give ourselves even a glimmer of a chance.

Hearing he really wants to play for sexy Stevey Coops!

Give us a few weeks and we'll be firmly in the bottom three, where we deserve to be under this manager. Get. Him. Gone.

I really dislike him, irrational I know as I've never met the bloke, but he just smacks of that guy at work that somehow gets promoted and is just completely out of their depth.

He won't though, will he? We could lose 8 or 9-1 tonight now, but they won't sack him.

So open, felt like they were going to score every time they attacked, to be honest. We weren't terrible in the first half, showed glimpses but just shows where we're at. Still going to be a long season, and I still don't really see a philosophy, style or way of playing really.