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We didn't sit back we were pushed deeper and deeper by two much better sides it'll happen a lot this season whenever we take a lead, and not just by the big teams. **** imagine taking a lead against Liverpool!! We will probably get more results chasing games especially at VP with the crowd behind us. Disappointed yes but confidence shot? Nah they have been to a top club and took the lead twice and ended up narrowly defeated. Last time we went there we came away with a spanking. As for Burnley licking there lips I think most teams will be like that, they will see us as a newly promoted team and want/expect to take points off us. Totally disagree nothing to do with poor strength and conditioning at all I'm sure the coaching staff are conversant with modern training methods, and it's not every game. The reason we are blowing is the standard of the teams we are playing now it's so much higher they know how to make you work hard pull you out of position etc. It's what subs are for when used correctly

Oh come on that's all a bit dramatic!! It's far to early to be pulling the pin!! We have made mistakes and lost a lead to 2 very good sides we are hardly getting smashed every game. Burnley are a decent side they will want to take a point from us at VP it's going to be a hard slog this season it always was going to be.............imagine if we had kept last years squad and not spent we would really be the whipping boys.

Can't recall saying that, think you may have got yourself all confused.

Another one that has to start the cup game want him scoring goals and building some confidence up.

Looks like Marvelous is getting the nod ahead of him now, hope he gets a run out in the cup game.

I can't comment on the game yet as I haven't seen it until I get home tonight. But just from reading the comments on here it does seem DS made a tactical error in not introducing the subs earlier. But at six games in and after losing against what is possibly a top 4 team (definitely top 6) at the Emirates I don't think it is time for big changes. We've tried to defend a lead firstly against Spurs (top 4 team) and then Arsenal and ended up sitting deeper and deeper under pressure and ended up losing.............. it's why they are top 4/6 teams and we are a newly promoted most likely bottom 6 team. They have the talent to break teams like us down. Just wait until we visit Liverpool & Man City that's when the real spankings will start. I think some fans have unrealistic views of where we sit in the pecking order.

Not ever going to happen in a 4-3-3 formation.

Can't make the bench for a PL game kinda lets us know what DS feels about the lad. Should be given a run out in the cup game though.

Absolutely agree...............SJM & Mingels are the first names on the team sheet for me right now.

Just not as well as Taylor though apparently. It may turn out we had ours pants pulled down when buying Targett. I hope not I hope he's a left sided Guilbert we'll see ,what was it on twitter the Southampton fan wrote attacks like a man defends like an 8yr old boy. I have faith in our manager though if he feels Targett can do a better job than Taylor he will play him he's match fit and available for selection.

So the answer is to replace him with someone who struggles to defend but is better going forward? I haven't seem Taylor make a mistake that has led to a goal scored against us yet, I've seen mistakes by Mings, Jack and Luiz that have led to goals being conceded but Taylor is the bad guy in all this........unbelievable

The manager seems content with him, singing the defenses praises in his press conference. Would be very surprised if Taylor loses his place anytime soon, he's done nothing to deserve being dropped.

A front 3 hasn't really worked that well for us so far, I'd like to see something like this it would stop Jack dropping deep all the time.

He's not even making the bench I don't think we will see him anytime soon, our defense has been pretty solid so far I don't think Dean will change it until things go seriously wrong. The only time I'd like to see Targett is if we played 5 defenders, he seems a bit of a vulnerability in defense.

Have a feeling the team will be the same as Monday but Trez coming in for either Jota or Al Ghazi, hopefully for Jota.

So is our attack though!

Anyone see how Conor played at LB for Ireland?

Starts at silly o' clock here but fortunately I have tomorrow off work for one of the kids sports day may be yawning a bit during the egg and spoon race. Against the grain but I'd like to see ------------------------Heaton------------------------ Guilbert----Engels----Konsa----Mings----Targett ------Jota------Grealish-----McGinn-----El Ghazi -------------------------Wesley-----------------------

That's what happens when you leave the mighty SJM warming the bench!!

Yeah realised after I posted!

Ooops

Lots of twists and turns yet!

Good call wicked left boot! He's playing Saturday

Selfish but I hope he just warms the bench tbh, rather not risk his fitness for the sake of the national team. Same with Heaton.

Who's mcguinn missed that signing, gone completely under the radar.