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Ali Dia!

The phantom goal! Couldn't believe that when it happened!

I'd never put Austin near the top of the list, he may have been a bit of a prat but he was a bargain and scored some really important goals. I guarantee you, if I ever found myself playing for Saints, I'd give 150% effort, but would still make the top of this list as I would be ruthlessly exposed for the **** player that I am :-)

Surely The Dell had the shallowest goal nets and wonkiest stand in British football? I think the Milton Road end was about 7 seats deep at one end and about 50 at the other.

I think when you take expectation, opposition, end result and legacy into account, the winner by a country mile is Carrillo. Nothing personal against him, but his signing remains an absolute disgrace and one that we still haven't recovered from 2 years later.

Haha, you're right so I'll rephrase... There goes any hope we had for a storming summer transfer window!

So there goes the plan for a storming summer transfer window!

I only get to see 1 home game a season and today was it. I have to say that I had a great time despite the result, and really enjoyed the 10-15 minute long mocking of the Skates during the 2nd half. I thought our fans were terrific today but genuinely wish the club would do everything possible to move the away end (I know the reasons why not though). Performance-wise, only the flurry of wonder saves from McCarthy kept us in it before the red card. We were all dumbfounded by it at the time, but it sounds like the correct call. I was totally gutted for Moussa and hope that this doesn't set him back as I see a lot of potential there. At half time I was confident that a fully-deserved defeat was inevitable. Fair play though, 2nd half we really rallied and I feel we did genuinely deserve to get a point for that effort, but just knew a goal was going to come out of the blue. It was a really bad error by Valery, but he's still young and hope he learns from this. This was my first ever VAR game and I have to say that I'm not a fan at all. The spontaneous nature of the game is being sucked away and every reaction you make is a little inhibited as you mentally think "is this going to be ruled irrelevant in a minute". That's a very dangerous thing to do as it's why I personally love football. Overall, a disappointing result but I'm personally happy that safety appears almost certain and think we will progress next season.

Why? Great support today.

So, it turns out you can be on the beach in February. Underwhelming to say the least.

Haha well that puts my theory to bed then

Yeah I appreciate that, but definitely wouldn't want to take a chance on it! I reckon 34 points would very likely see you relegated in this current season.

I don't have any stats on this, but I'm willing to bet money on the fact that the points per game average picks up significantly for most struggling teams in the final 10 games (look at our record in recent years for evidence). Some teams totally underperform, but when it really matters they put together a run of form to see them safe. In summary, I expect 34 points would not see any team safe this season.

So we were being complacent saying we weren’t in a relegation battle with 12 games to go. 1 game and 1 win later and no one is contesting it anymore?

Jesus, we’re like 60-1 to go down. Knock yourself out with an insurance bet, but the bookies obviously think we’re safe as houses.

As opposed to when we play teams, they would score 2 from 2 and us 1 from 6.

Was gutted when I saw this match was going ahead, just knew we'd lose in these conditions.

I had that kit Badger, so it was sold. I remember it being worn in a 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace, can’t think of another game.

As with most things in life, if you don't need to complete something until X then you often won't get it done until X. That's especially true when there is an element of negotiation involved.

Palace without a single shot on target (yet)!

Come on lads, one last big push!

We have no right not to win this, so why am I nervous as **** right now!

Crazy game, could have been 3-0 up and now 2-3.

I'd dearly love to see us win a major trophy, and we've come agonisingly close a few times, but I'd never exchange it for relegation (look what happened the last time). I think us Saints fans need to think more pragmatically, for me our "trophies" are Matt Le Tissier, Rickie Lambert, our academy, the Mane / Long scoring records and our proud tradition of being a Premier League club. Edit: Oh and smashing the skates 0-4 in their own back toilet!

Also, don't forget that every league place is worth >£1m in prize money.