'Officials didn't get it right - neither did Saints'

What a difference a week makes.

Two wins in a row, a clean sheet, off the bottom, and Adam Armstrong back among the goals. Flash forward seven days and the hysteria from the Everton win is well and truly forgotten.

We had the luck last weekend with the decisions, but I guess, that's our lot. Once again, we find the main talking point from Saturday's defeat at Wolves is VAR.

Ryan Manning's leveller was cancelled out by a needless VAR check on an incident that was not clear and obvious. Matheus Fernandes was found to have impeded Nelson Semedo in an off-ball collision. If anything, it looked more of a foul the other way. A goal at that point could have altered the path of the game, but instead gave the hosts an added boost.

Then, two clear infringements in the build-up to Wolves’ second goal went ignored. The decisions last week were correct. This week, they were farcical and have left us all confused and angry.

Mike Dean weighed in with his thoughts: "They should have stuck with their on-field decision in my view. I don’t think it was a foul. I don’t think it should have been overturned."

Is it high time we had officials conducting post-match interviews to explain their actions and the need to challenge the on-field decisions? For all the good that will do.

In truth, Saints never deserved to get anything from the match. Seventy one per cent possession but failing to register a single shot on target has been symptomatic of our season. If we cannot get it right - and the officials cannot either - then what hope do we have?

We can rue our luck, but at some point, it falls on us. We are still searching for our first point on the road and now I find myself fixture-watching in early November and am very concerned with the run following the final international break of the calendar year.

Liverpool, Brighton, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Spurs. Strap yourselves in, Saints fans.

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