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Juanmi is having a very good season. His Real Betis team are 5th in La Liga and he is their top scorer. He got a hat-trick at the weekend: Resumen de Real Betis vs Levante UD (3-1) - YouTube

He's starting to score a few goals and that's great to see. His games for Scotland have helped boost his confidence.

No, they are not. Forster is much better than McCarthy and we've clearly seen that whenForster has played this season. McCarthy is a lower league standard goalkeeper who should never be in the Premier League. He found his level at Yeovil.

But, if ALL of the players get sent to jail, we won't be able to play in the Conference. We need a bit of optimism here: we need to keep some of them. And whilst we're being optimistic, let's hope Vestergaard plays at least part of the game tonight as he has made a couple of sub appearances recently. The last time we played Leicester at St Mary's we only managed to get a draw because Vestergaard was sent off after 10 minutes (and that's when he was playing for us).

Aren't our first team coaches Kelvin Davis and David Watson? If they resigned, they wouldn't get a job anywhere else.

Not really. It happened to him at Torino too. The last game he played for them they lost 7-0 at home and they made sure that was the last time he played for them by offloading him to us. Torino 0-7 Milan | Milan thumps Torino 7-0! | Serie A TIM - YouTube

To be fair, he also kicks some into touch but, of course, that still means they're going to an oppositon player for a throw-in.

Leicester fans' player ratings for the season so far: Youri Tielemans 7.2 Jonny Evans 7.1 Jamie Vardy 6.9 Patson Daka 6.7 Timothy Castagne 6.7 Kelechi Iheanacho 6.3 Kasper Schmeichel 6.2 Wilfred Ndidi 6.1 Boubakary Soumare 6.0 Harvey Barnes 5.8 Daniel Amartey 5.8 Ricardo Pereira 5.7 Ademola Lookman 5.6 Marc Albrighton 5.5 James Maddison 5.3 K Dewsbury-Hall 5.1 Caglar Soyuncu 5.1 Luke Thomas 5.0 Ayoze Perez 4.8 Hamza Choudhury 4.6 Ryan Bertrand 3.7 Jannik Vestergaard 3.4

Gong back over the years, the Saints goalkeeper McCarthy reminds me most of was Dave MacLaren and the one Forster reminds me most of was Campbell Forsyth before he broke his leg. Of course, our best goalkeepers were Shilton and Niemi but of the top flight goalkeepers we've had in the 60 years I've been watching Saints, Forster is one of the better ones and McCarthy is one of the worst. The goalkeepers I would have signed in recent years would have been David Raya after his appearance for Blackburn in the U21 Premier League Cup Final at St Mary's in 2015, when you could see he was something special, and, more recently, after the way he played in the Euros, Lukáš Hrádecký, both of whom we could easily have afforded.

Spot on. When you look at McCarthy's career before he came here, there was nothing whatsoever to indicate he'd be a first choice Premier League goalkeeper. His reflexes always looked a fraction of a second too slow. and, of course, he's always had that glaring weakness at the near post. He wouldn't even be first choice at a Championship side. He appeared to find his level at Yeovil:Youth careerWimbledon–2006 Wycombe Wanderers2006–2007 ReadingSenior careerYears Team Apps 2007–2014 Reading 70 2007 → Woking (loan) 1 2008 → Cambridge United (loan) 1 2008 → Team Bath (loan) 2 2009 → Aldershot Town (loan) 4 2009–2010 → Yeovil Town (loan) 44 2010 → Brentford (loan) 3 2011–2012 → Leeds United (loan) 6 2012 → Ipswich Town (loan) 10 2014–2015 Queens Park Rangers 3 2015–2016 Crystal Palace 7 The stats show that Forster is a vastly superior goalkeeper to McCarthy. We concede fewer goals per game, keep more clean sheets and win more games when he plays. They are not even close.

This is not the first time I've said this and sadly it won't be the last: I never want to see McCarthy or Walcott play for Saints again. They cost us so many points over a season.

He should never be playing at this level. Why can't Ralph see that?

I've just been speaking to a Danish fan who was at Hampden. He was very impressed by Che Adams and also said it was the best atmosphere he'd ever experienced at a game.

I listen to Lang Lang's Goldberg Variations all the time. I'm looking forward to seeing him perform them live at the Barbican next month. Lang Lang - Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria - YouTube

True. This is the first time for 90 years that Scotland have won 6 consecutive games and Che is spearheading the team.

I've been quite impressed by what I've seen of him so far, so there are some grounds for optimism. It will be interesting to see how he does when he gets his first Premier League start.

As another one bites the dust, I wonder if more managers have been sacked after losing to us than to any other team.

Block 43, directly behind the goal, used to be left empty for fan segregation. Now, it's been given to away fans. The fan segregation zone now is just half of Block 42, as it was for the Leeds game.

Brilliant. I still can't stop smiling after reading that again.

And the left hand (the dinosaur's claw under the pumpkin-shaped ball) is much bigger than the right. To fit all of those comic details into one statue has to be world class comedy.

It's comedy genius.

C.B Fry was the best all-round sportsman in the world. "Charles Fry was probably the most variously gifted Englishman of any age." John Arlott.

Vestergaard and Bertrand were Leicester's worst rated players again (they are every time they play). "Jannik Vestergaard: Even in the middle of a back three where he has more protection, his lack of mobility is exposed": Leicester City player ratings v Brighton: Barnes and Lookman take their chance in cup success - Leicestershire Live (leicestermercury.co.uk)

Forster was MOTM. Chelsea had 14 shots on target. If McCarthy had been in goal, we'd have lost that game comfortably, at least 3-1.

We look so much better without McCarthy and Walcott. They are our two big weak links. Unfortunately, Ralph brought Walcott on.