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Most points won from losing positions? Has to be Southampton's Fightback Kids. They are the best team we've had since 2016.

I was relieved he was subbed when they were 6-0 up at St Mary's in April. The rest of the Chelsea team were content to take it easy for the final half hour and didn't seem bothered about breaking the 9-0 record but he would have gone all out for more goals.

Now this is what you call being good at set pieces:

I liked the MOTM vote, where everyone could vote for their favourite player regardless of how he played. At least that's what I did.

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I feel so sorry for them.

I'd prefer something not like McCarthy, like Caballero or Lis.

The new owners, new coaches and new players are beginning to have an impact. The Fightback Kids, the youngest team in the Premier League, are only going to get better. Of course, we still need the experience of Che Adams, who just turned 26 last month. Exciting times.

He's very underrated by many Saints fans but he's one of the best defensive midfielders in the game. He'll do well at Real Madrid if Spurs are prepared to let him go. They'd expect at least £40 mill for him though.

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Is he just a harmless lunatic or are we going to hear about him one day on the news and say there were always signs?

Does that mean he's banned from his parents' bookshop as well then?

Let's hope it doesn't take too long for Ralph to learn that, with the players he has, 3 at the back doesn't work. It just leaves us totally exposed. When he did it before. it was, in effect, 5 at the back, as he just needed an extra central defender to cover for Vestergaard, but the way he's playing it now, we really are left with only 3 defenders, which is suicidal when they are players of such limited ability.

And they've got Mitrović: one of the best old-fashioned centre forwards in the game. He's 27 and at his peak now.

It will be interesting to see how many games he gets this season. I expect he'll at least play in some cup games: Former Celtic hero gets the last laugh after hostile return to Scotland (67hailhail.com)

You're right. Even Eastleigh have got a better goalkeeper than him. I had a ticket for tonight's game but when I saw McCarthy's name on the team sheet, I decided not to go. He just annoys me too much. I'll go on Saturday though as I'm optimistic he won't play then. It would be useful if they notified us more than an hour in advance when McCarthy is going to play so we can stay well away.

We were one of the top teams in the Premier League last season for putting high crossses and corners into the penalty box for a tall striker we didn't have to head the ball into the net. I assume those will be our tactics again this season but hopefully, we'll have a new striker who is good at heading.

So, 1 win in our last 16 games (the 1-0 v Arsenal). At least if Ralph plays Bazunu instead of McCarthy, we should get a few more scoreless draws. Gyökeres scored for Coventry at Fratton Park today and of course he scored against us at St Mary's last season. I think he could be the tall, 10+ goal a season striker we need. He's a Swedish international and still only 24 so maybe not too old for our owners to turn a profit on.

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Wow

Belotti Fry Tiago Djaló Malinovskyi Getting rid of McCarthy would be as good as signing a new player.

Eastleigh beat Swindon 1-0. I much prefer the Eastleigh goalkeeper, Joe McDonnell, to Alex McCarthy. I'm not saying he's good enough for the Premier League but at least he's good enough for the National League.

Decent first half performance from Saints. Bazunu and Lavia have impressed.

It wasn't particularly promiment and whatever makes you happy, makes you happy. I have no problem with that. You need to stop getting so over excited on the rare occasions I post on here. It's not worth a heart attack. But, as you've asked: When I started going to Saints games in the 60s, players didn't wear badges on their shirts. We fans wore red and white scarves and metal lapel badges, depicting the club's traditional red and white rose badge. There were also a few homemade banners with the club's crest on them. At away games especially, wearing the red and white rose badge was how you showed you were a Saints fan. Then, one day, it was announced in a match programme that there would be a competition to design a new club badge. Nobody took too much notice of it and assumed it was something just for schoolchildren. But, when the winner was announced in another match programme, most fans laughed at how childish it looked. Over the years it has aged and consequently gained more gravitas and there are obviously many fans younger than I am who now see it as 'traditional'. It's really not that big an issue. If the majority of fans are now happy with it, fair enough. If we win one more major trophy in my lifetime, I will be happy even if we wear blue and white checked shirts.