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At least that one was in the starting lineup for Norway; our one only came on as a sub and, of course, didn't score either. Whether Ross Wilson would have known which one was which is debatable. Generally speaking, a player who isn't considered good enough to be a regular starter for Norway isn't good enough for the Premier League, although, having seen him play, we all knew that anyway. But, apparently, young Ross didn't.

But Britain won control of the country during the Napoleonic Wars and the remaining Dutch settlers lost the Boer War a very long time ago so South Africa was very much part of the British Empire. The only people who speak Afrikaans are descendants of white settlers and it's possible some of them may have moved to the Netherlands in recent years but you wouldn't notice them as an ethnic minority on the streets. As I said, I was amazed how few black people you see in the Netherlands. I expected that it would have become much more ethnically diverse because of the EU but it really hasn't.

That would mean the people taking back control from Downing Street and that's never going to happen, as they wouldn't allow it to. If we leave the EU, there will be even fewer checks on their power. A handful of individuals, namely the PM and his/her cabinet, will be able to do whatever they like with the country and that is going to mean looking after themselves.

Although it doesn't seem to get mentioned much nowadays, immigration, especially of non-white ethnic groups, was the key issue behind the Brexit vote. Having just returned from the Netherlands, I was amazed how much the ethnic makeup of that country is determined by its colonial history rather than its EU membership. The population is very largely, white Dutch and the main minority groups you see are Indonesian and Surinamese. Black people are a rarity as the Netherlands never had African colonies. In the school groups I saw, there were far fewer black faces than you'd have seen in England before we joined the EU. Most were all white Dutch. It made me realize how much this applies to the UK too. We have a large muslim population because the British Empire included what is now Pakistan and a large black population because of our colonial history in the Caribbean and Africa. In reality, leaving the EU will probably have no significant effect on the ethnic makeup of this country, although we might lose some of the workers from Poland who do poorly paid jobs in farming and residential care homes. We'll probably have to attract their replacements from our former colonies.

Unfortunately, Brexit is no longer about what the British people want; it's all about Theresa May getting her place in the history books.

(Sorry, I seem to have quoted the wrong post earlier) I think you're right. Brexit will lead to the break up of the UK. An independent Scotland will return to the EU. Demands for Irish unification are going to increase too. In some ways the English nationalism which has driven Brexit is similar to the Serbian nationalism which led to the break up of Yugoslavia.

I think you're right. Brexit will lead to the break up of the UK. An independent Scotland will return to the EU. Demands for Irish unification are going to increase too. In some ways the English nationalism which has driven Brexit is similar to the Serbian nationalism which led to the break up of Yugoslavia.

Farage is trying to persuade Italy's new right-wing alliance to veto the British government's request. He reminds me more and more of Oswald Mosley, who was a friend of Mussolini.

That is the thinking behind having both Ings and Austin. If we added Carroll as well, we'd have 3/4 of the season covered. Long could run around for the remaining quarter, although we couldn't really expect any goals from him.

Good players end up either wanting to punch him in the face or just ignoring him. Hughes just doesn't have the type of personality to command respect from a team: so different to Hasenhüttl, who does.

It's the clubs that bought our best players who usually profited from them the most. At the time Mane was sold, it appeared we couldn't get rid of him fast enough. The SFC showroom was like a revolving door. Mane was here for less than 2 years. We could have kept him for another year and benefitted a lot more.

Why there is so much fear of another referendum. The ever-widening gap: https://whatukthinks.org/eu/questions/in-highsight-do-you-think-britain-was-right-or-wrong-to-vote-to-leave-the-eu/

You seriously believe that our board and owners didn't want to sell those players to Liverpool? The only reason the van Dijk sale was delayed was because Gao wouldn't part with his money to Kat if she sold any more players before he took over. Of course, Les Reed put a PR spin on it. That's what he was good at: hoodwinking the fans.

You wouldn't really expect any with old Les doing the negotiating for us. No wonder we've got no money left. Hopefully, we'll be a bit smarter in future.

Jay Rodriguez scored his 18th league goal of the season tonight. He may not be world class but how we could do with him right now.

Incredibly, there are still some who feel sorry for Kat because she loaned the club money. They forget she demanded that the loans be paid back plus interest. As you say, thanks to Cortese, she is nearly a quarter of a billion pounds better off.

The defence always looks so much better when Klarer plays. He is one of the main reasons we've got through to the Premier League International Cup semi-final.

Big mistake to leave our best defender Klarer on the bench.

Fonte captains his Lille team to yet another victory. They continue undefeated this year and are almost guaranteed their place in the Champions League as they are now 10 points clear of Marseille. They've only conceded 1 goal in their last 5 games. St Etienne 0 Lille 1

Who will take him? He's struggled to play more than a handful of games every season throughout his entire career. Lemina's league appearances of more than 45 minutes: 2012/13 4 2013/14 7 2014/15 13 2015/16 8 2016/17 8 2017/18 19 2018/19 16

Magnificent!

We haven't beaten Spurs at St Mary's for 14 years. We're due a win! https://www.11v11.com/teams/southampton/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Tottenham%20Hotspur/

It looks like Glenn Murray's goals are going to keep Brighton up. That's his 13th goal so far this season and he has the knack of scoring in 1-0 wins and 1-1 draws.

You're one of the few people who's seen enough of him. He reminds me of Gaston Ramirez: a few games each year he makes an appearance and shows some flashy skills then he disappears. The number of games he's played more than 45 minutes in: 2018/19 16 2017/18 21 2016/17 8 2015/16 7

To this we could add the Kelvin Davis coaching story. He got his coaching badge and then, as his first job, his hero, Les Reed, made him the coach of a Premier League first team. St Mary's is full of fairy tales like this.