Tonda Eckert rang the changes for this game, but it made little difference as the key 3 man central defence remained unchanged, in the end a draw was a fair result, but of not much help for Saints.

Those that had suggested that Tonda Eckert did not have a plan B perhaps saw this theory thrown out of the window, as he made 5 changes from the starting line up at Birmingham, however it made little difference as he kept the same back 3 and although they kept a clean sheet, we struggled to move the ball out quickly from the back and get our attacking players running at the Millwall defence.

There was little of note to write home about in the entire 90 minutes, although both sides had a really good chance to win it.

Millwall's came half way through the second half when Taylor Harwood-Bellis struggled to control the ball wide on the right and was caught in possession, Millwall broke quickly and the ball was crossed into our box perfectly, behind the defence and just out of where you would expect the keeper to come and collect. The visiting player met it perfectly, but Gavin Bazunu pulled of a World Class stop to keep the scores level.

The Saints chance came in the dying seconds of injury time when Taylor Harwood-Bellis had a free header and put it wide when it looked easier to score.

So what can I write about this game that I haven't written before, for me our purple patch was driven by our ability for our defence to get the ball moving forward quickly, that worked well when sides hadn't yet worked us out, but now they have sussed us and press us hard and quickly our back 3 struggle to get it out of defence quickly.

They end up passing along the back line with the opposition happy to press and let them do this, they are too pedestrian, it is not the formation that is the problem but the players used in it, they are all too similar with no contrast and to be blunt no pace, passing ability or organising skills, we need to make changes.

So the question is whether Saints are going to make my job easy as they have done in recent weeks as I can just virtually cut and paste any report I have written in the last 4 or 5 games, or is Tonda Eckert truly going to deal with the problem.

I am truly concerned and with Ronnie Edwards looking likely to leave in January, we will lse the one player whose skills are lacking in that back 3.

The one highlight of the game was Gavin Bazunu, he didn't have much to do but he did it well and again he earned us a point with a superb save .

Most Saints fans I have spoken to felt he was the man of the match and since his return to the side he has played his part in our good run, there will be those that will disagree and claim he is the worst goalkeeper in the Championship, but the stats don't back that up and he is improving every week.

If we are to challenge for promotion then we have to take some drastic action, firstly Tonda Eckert needs help, he needs experienced coaches around him and not those whose only experience is at academy level.

Ronald Koeman had no experience in England but appointing Sammy Lee gave him the experience that he was lacking, Eckert needs the same, he has some great attributes but no experience as a manager at this level, he needs someone alongside him who can fill in the gaps he lacks.

Secondly he has to re jig that back three, he needs strength, he needs pace, he needs passing ability, he needs leadership, but most of all he needs passing ability, the key points in why we are failing to win games we really should be, this needs to be addressed fast.

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