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BBC Sporf @BBCSporf · 2h 2 hours ago #ThatMomentWhen You try and work out how Dejan Lovren is worth £20 million. Embedded image permalink View more photos and videos 0 replies 1,991 retweets 1,168 favorites Reply Retweet2K Favorite1.2K

Viv? Vic... COYR

I know others have already risen to this, but are you f*cking serious? Maybe you're on a wind-up and I can't really be bothered to check your history but he's our best player by a country mile. Even when he was struggling in League One I thought he was mustard, and he just gets better and better. Should be fully 90mins game fit for West Brom and on - if we have him Viv and Toby firing on all cylinders hoepfully we'll give all the billy big bootses a run for their money.

Yeah - we'd have massively overpaid for the likes of Austin or Ings in the January window, but sometimes you have to speculate to accumulate - either one could have pushed us on into the top four. Long way to go, but it feels realistically like that's gone now. What else? - Why are we turning into Arsenal - a squad packed with attacking midfielders who want to walk the ball into the net? Shoot, for ****'s sake, shoot. Just occasionally. - Rodgers is an A class cvnt and it's really ****ing annoying to lose twice this season to Liverhampton. But at least Lovren looked sh1te. - Roll on the next game - and knowing this team we'll probably go and win at Chelsea too. - Still hoping for 5th but not sure we'll finish above 2 out of Manure, Spuds, and Pool. - Also means Morgan and Clyney will probably get prised away this summer - more rebuilding to come. - Still remember where we were a few years ago though. COYR

Always wondered if the plan last summer was based on Reed - tell Morgan to get his head down for one more year and then he can go. Because we've got Harry coming through. He's not Schneiderlin yet, not by a long way. But he's a f'cking huge prospect.

Agree with a lot of what's been said: - Shouldn't have taken Harry off - left too much space there. A Shelvey goal was grimly inevitable. - Pelle did well trying to hold up the ball, chesting it off etc, but his problem seems to be positioning in the box. He was never in quite the right place. - We'll be a lot stronger when the three injured are back, and we should definitely try Elia and Mane each side of Pelle for a full ninety mins. But we really do need another striker. - I'm usually a glass-half-full fan when it comes to Saints, and we're still 4th for now, and we have plenty of winnable games to come. But this did feel like the weekend the stronger bigger squads laid down their markers for the rest of the season. We've only got one competition to focus on, and I still believe - but it's a big ask to stay in the top four from here on in. - Any kind of European place would be a massive achievement - and will go a long way in determining who stays and who goes in the summer. - Never dull being a Saints fan. COYR

Good grief - i didn't realise this was a linguistics class. Graziano's been excellent for us - just what we needed after SRL left. He's become an Italian international, he's in the top ten goalscorers in the league this season, and he gives it his all. Is he world class, like RVP and increasingly Costa? No, he's not. No-one said he was.

My brain won't go back a whole year, but my favourite December moment was Toby going ballistic when Big Vic lost Dann for Palace's consolation goal in our 3-1 win. We're 3-0 up, in the 86th minute, away, in the Premier League, and we f*cking hate messing anything up. We've arrived.

Sh1t game, sh1t penalty, sh1t goal, sh1t performance. Morgan out for three and a half games so far - 7 goals conceded, no points. That is key.

Ings so much more direct than our lot today ...

Made for Shane Long this game - get him on.

I thought the back four were as good as ever. Just one f*ck up by Fraser misjudging Agbonlahor's pace and tired legs/minds in the final third. But overall we were so much better than them it was laughable. Definitely needed a better option off the bench though.

Fair play to everyone who went. And to those who tried but didn't make it. I f'cking hate the M6.

Let's hope he doesn't nut Graziano in training.

Sublime from Mane. Lovely stuff.

I think Ospina dived way too early and Dusan had the composure to place it down the middle. Doubt if every penalty will look like that. (He'll still have to go some to be in Rickie/MLT territory though... )

Voted for Morgan in the MOM poll, but could easily have gone for Clyne, Gardos, Tadic or even Mane for looking so damn quick on his debut. Happy days.

Brilliant. F%cking brilliant. We have real strength in depth at the back now - Forster is a brick sh!t house, Targett was great, Gardos was cooler than a cool mush from cooltown, and Nat Clyne is so much better than Johnson, Stones, Chambers and whoever else Woy's got his paws on that it's not even funny. Tadic brilliant, Mane looks really tasy, Pelle didn't have his best game but causes bother and is always having a go, Morgan + big Vic taking the Ar$e midfield... Ladies, gentlemen, and forum trolls - we have ourselves a team! COYFR!!!

What a great 45 mins. Mane will scare a lot of defenders this season, Morgan looks well up for it, Tadic has been class and Clyne's screamer - words fail.

Is there no recall clause for Artur in the event of a serious injury to FF - does anyone know? If there is one, then having him play every week in the Championship is probably better for us than having him sit disillusioned on the bench...

Who can forget Spuds away a couple of days before Hoddle got the sack, with Beatts scoring a screamer in the first minute to give Glenda a helping hand out of the door? Good day out. (Mind you who can forget Spuds away last season? My little boy was pretty happy when we went two up, then Lovren decided it was time to audition for the Liverpool defence.) I'd be happy with a point at the Lane this year.

It's not really bitterness, it's more detached amusement. A great weekend for Defectors Watch fans. Feel a bit sorry for Rickie but I guess he knew he'd only be bit part...

After losing Shaw, Lovren and Chambers (+ now Boruc) from last season's defence, conceding only three goals in five PL games is an effing fine effort. Even really good signings need time to gel - all credit to Ron and the lads.

Big Vc superb when he came on, even without the goal. Just what we needed. Play not so great away from home and get three points - can't argue with that.

Yeah money talks. I think the plan has always been keep him for another season and hope that JWP and Harry Red (see what I did there) are ready to step up come next summer. But let's enjoy Morgan while he's here. Been my favourite player since we were in League one.