Only viable sub for Fernandes is Lallana imo. What the **** bringing Smallbone back on is meant to do is beyond me.
Pretty obvious to everyone. He’s a class above. Problem is, he’s young. So we do need to protect him..
If you want to stay in the Prem, play Premier league level players. He’s giving more minutes, starts and chances to players he didn’t deem good enough to play in the Championship last season
Reminds me of way back when Jenas was in the England squad as a reserve but it was pointless. As a (late) sub he offers nothing as he isn’t going to be likely to get a goal and neither is he going to shore up the midfield to help see the game out.
Surely we should remember from the peter crouch days that tall players can have that done to them and the refs just don’t care at all. Happened for both England and Southampton
It's pretty poor that someone like Sulemana is on the pitch today. Last season, he could barely get off the bench. We signed Diaz & Cornet in the summer, presumably as an upgrade, and neither can get in the squad.