Saints once again failed to hit the back of the net as they went down to a very disappointing defeat at the Hawthorns.
Saints ended the weekend in sixth place after going down to a solitary goal against West Brom, scored after barely a minute had gone.
It was a case of deja vu as the visitors enjoyed 64% possession and had almost double the efforts that the home side had on goal, but out of our 12 shots only 2 were on target and the truth is we are not working the opposition goalkeeper enough.
But good sides don't become bad sides overnight, a goal will change things and once we get it things will change, but until we do the pressure will mount on us.
It truth there was not a lot more that Ronald Koeman could have done, he started with an attacking line up and wasnt afraid to change it after only 25 minutes, but despite most of the ball we couldnt turn it into goals.
But we created chances and no one is hiding on another day we really might have had a goal perhaps more, but nerves are getting the better of us at present in front of goal and we need to break that circle.
The game as a spectacle though was broken up by the blatant time wasting tactics, Tony Pulis has already inflicted his own brand of winning nasty on the Baggies and Ben Foster was time wasting with only 15 minutes on the clock enraging the travelling support.
But even after this defeat we are still sixth, we are still only 2 points from a top four position and after Chelsea's win against Spurs in the Capital One Cup Final means that sixth will guarantee a Europa League spot this season so there is still plenty to play for.
Perhaps the sour note though is how many Saints supporters are turning on their own players, the abuse meted out to Graziano Pelle and Dusan Tadic was appalling, I can understand people's frustrations but it helps no one with the screamed abuse hurled at those two in particular, some people were literally frothing at the mouth.
The season still has a long way to go, perhaps it will not pan out as hoped a couple of weeks ago but there is still money in the game yet, what we do need though is all our supporters behind "ALL" the team on Tuesday, if they are then perhaps we can break this vicious circle we find ourselves in, if they don'e and resort to abusing certain individuals then I fear for the rest of the season.