Nordic Saint

We have only won 1 of the 15 games when Lee Mason has been referee and only won 3 out of the 14 when Mark Clattenburg was the referee, and he usually gives our players a load of red and yellow cards. If we make it to the League Cup Final, we need to hope it's Jon Moss and not Lee Mason or Mark Clattenburg refereeing. You can usually tell which team the referee favours by his body language. Most of the game he will face the goal they are attacking. Clattenburg nearly always faces our goal, no matter where the ball is.

I posted this in the West Ham match build-up thread: "We have a fantastic record with John Moss refereeing, including our 4-0 win v Arsenal, 3-0 win v Everton and 3-0 win v Norwich, and we've won nearly every away game he's reffed, including the 2-1 win at Tottenham and 1-0 win at Swansea earlier this year. We won every game he reffed last season." We can now add a 3-0 away win at West Ham to that. So, does anyone know which referees we have the best and worst records with? Our winning percentage in matches with John Moss as ref must be hard to beat.

The West Ham crowd is very good at winning cards and their target is obviously a red. They react outraged every time one of our players tackles. It's a tactic the St Mary's crowd should adopt. Every little helps.

Fonte has been our best player so far. He's starting most of our moves but they're breaking down with poor passing from Redmond and Davis.

We have a fantastic record with John Moss refereeing, including our 4-0 win v Arsenal, 3-0 win v Everton and 3-0 win v Norwich, and we've won nearly every away game he's reffed, including the 2-1 win at Tottenham and 1-0 win at Swansea earlier this year. We won every game he reffed last season.

Nearly half their team are ex-Saints players. Is Les Reed going to claim the credit if they win the Premier League? He tried to when Leicester won it, claiming they'd merely copied Saints.

The combination of Mane and Lallana is lethal. It's a shame we never saw them play together for us. Liverpool could win the league with a team nearly half made up of ex-Saints players.

Schneiderlin doesn't even make the subs bench for Premier League games now. Bournemouth here he comes?

Slimy Pardew reviled by most in the football world: https://www.balls.ie/football/johnny-giles-alan-pardew-shane-long-dive/347036

Probably a bit unfair of me to say he was not very good. He was an excellent lower league manager and won 3rd division and 2nd division titles with Plymouth, as well as being named divisional manager of the year twice. As I said, I never disliked him and am pleased to hear he is doing well in retirement in Plymouth.

Some I liked, some I didn't, and it wasn't necessarily only dependent on their results. How trustworthy they seemed was an important factor. I know some Saints fans think very highly of Pardew but I could never stand the man: Liked: Alan Ball Nigel Adkins Gordon Strachan Ronald Koeman Disliked: Ian Branfoot Dave Jones Glenn Hoddle Alan Pardew Others, like Jan Poortvliet and Paul Sturrock, were not very good managers so I wanted them sacked but I didn't particularly dislike them. I'm growing to like Puel.

Currently, getting slated on R5 for his poor performance. 'He's lost all confidence". Where will he end up? Bournemouth perhaps?

Foul by Harrison Reed Foul by Harrison Reed How long before he gets a yellow card? Let's hope he doesn't get a red one.

That's more or less Palace's first team, isn't it, with anyone left out on the bench?

Clasie is a very poor version of Schneiderlin. He really isn't like Reed as he doesn't have that teriier-like aggression. To me, it always appears that Clasie and Ward-Prowse are nice lads so they don't really offend anyone but they have very little impact on a game. either offensively or defensively.

Even if he was here for as long as 9 months, Alderweireld was never a Southampton player, the same as Sam Gallagher is not now a Blackburn player.

It looks a bit desperate to pick Alderweireld when he was only here on loan for a few months from his club, Atletico Madrid. Admittedly, he is now a good Spurs player. Forster Clyne - Fonte - van Dijk - Shaw Wanyama - Schneiderlin - Lallana - Tadić Mané - Pellè

Thank God we had Charlie Austin in the 2 games this week as he is our only reliable goal scorer. His fitness to play 90 minutes regularly is a real concern though because without him we're toothless up front until we can buy a new striker in January.

The turnover of staff at the club nowadays seems to be phenomenal as they are constantly advertising for new staff in all departments.

M83 - Junk

I think you were conned. He'll almost certainly be sold in under 2 years if he's any good.

The only songs that annoy me are the ones about Pomepy. Why do the Northam have to spend so much time singing about a League Two team during a European game FFS??? There's obessseion, then there's shooting yourself in the foot. They must love us obsessing over them on national TV during one of our biggest games. Liverpool fans wouldn't even bother singing about Everton during European games, let alone Tranmere.

I love these European nights. What was that about losing interest?

I agree: Martina and Austin should start. They were outstanding tonight. It was just about a perfect game with a very good atmosphere too. The Europa League should be our priority this season, and judging from tonight's results we could even win it.

There are only one hero allowed at St Mary's and he's not a player or a manager. Fan worship of players and managers is therefore discouraged.