Solid confident performance throughout both the 90 minutes and the team.

KWP was MOTM for me, tireless in defence and attack. Crazy that Perraud can't get in the team. Richarlison Tool of the match. Armstrong again showed why he should always be in the team. In the second half he made several runs to create great chances.

Shane Long impact sub again and the post goal chest bumps in front of the crowd showed the team spirit that Ralph has built.

After a dodgy spell in late autumn we have really come good.

Can't wait for the next game.

COYR

4

Very impressive win. Solid throughout. Some great performances. Armstrong and Romeu were superb in particular. Played in a well organised and team orientated way with flair as well

4

Elijah K.
The ref did have a good game, except that he let a couple of blatant Everton dives go unpunished.
So i docked him a point.

1

Saints are looking an exciting and all-round assured team presently - long may it continue. Romeu, JWP masterful in the centre of midfield. Armstrong probably played his best game so far this season and seemed to have learnt from wasting too many opportunities against Utd last week by targeting the minutest of spaces to score after a another great Saints move. KWP was a constant threat down the left and Adams and Broja caused no end of trouble allowing our attacking midfield to fill the spaces and create the chances. The defence was solid but didn't really have much to do. Pickford was Their best player and that really illustrates Saints dominance of the game. To see Longy pop up and score a superbly timed and placed header sealed a determinedly confident contest.

2

Messy game affected by the wind but satisfactory result without really needing to lift our game too much.
They started faster and pushed us back, playing direct and using the wind to their advantage. Everything aimed at Richarlison and Calvert Lewin but without any real threat, Salisu and Bednarek holding firm. Once we got into our stride and particularly the second half there was never any doubt who would win. I expected a tougher game than this and if they can't produce better they may well drop and to see Longy score against them was a great moment for us all!

3

I gave the ref 8 points, but yes...., he should have punished the infamous blond haired, diving black guy with the huge nose and the attitude of a dissatisfied teenager - Richildlison - who always acts like he's been shot in even the slightest dual where he doesn't win the ball. He makes me absolutely sick every time I watch him play.

2

For the people going on about the simulation from Richarlison and other Everton players and why they weren’t booked, it’s simply because refs just shout play on when a player goes down easy in a non attacking area, but when it’s in the box and such, if there’s proper contact on the player (irrelevant of whether that contacts a debatable foul or not) then a player has a fair reason/excuse for going down, so you only really book players for simulation when it’s a clear dive with no contact, or there’s minimum (and when I say minimum, I mean not enough force to knock over some 6 year old kid) force and they’ve got no other reason to go down (as in they weren’t off balanced/slipping up or such), as well as them having to actually appeal it (as a player may have slipped up/bean family tackled but fallen over, but if they don’t contest it as a foul then it’s definitely not simulation), as when they do all that, then yeah they should be booked, but if just 1 of those reasons aren’t followed, then you don’t really give a yellow.
So it’s all well and good criticising refs for not booking players that dive, but there’s quite a bit that have to be checked/fulfilled for it to be a fair booking, as well as the ref clearly seeing all of this.

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