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Actually, I did think Paine's Voiceover was a bit over the top. BC deserved to win, no doubt, but even the City fans I spoke to after said they thought we might nick a point given the possession we had before they scored the second (though in truth we never looked like doing much with that possession). Anyway, it's over now. Line drawn under it and we move on to Hull. Together as one!

Poor display all round, but credit to BCFC, they got at us and knocked us out of our rhythm. Deserved win for them (though just before the second was thinking we might nick a point). As NA says, we don't get too carried away after a win, or too down after a loss. Onto Tuesday. Together as one!

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Bye bye Taricco. Will give Poyet something to whinge about and blame now.

Contact of mine from the club rates him "as least as good as Bale" (at comparative ages). Looking forward to seeing him. Good game to blood him in, no real pressure.

Great video. Our end looks fantastic, deafening noise too.

Thought Connolly was superb vs WHU - worked his socks off - and has been in most games. Need his guile and experience. Wasn't great yesterday, but few were - also he didn't get any service as we lost the midfield battle. SDR was exactly what we needed as an impact player, and got us out of jail. Reckon he'll start Tues, but NA will revert to RL-DC on Sat.

Welcome back our little ray of sunshine. I was worried about you after your almost positive post-WHU comments, but all is well again now I see...

Mainly looking grumpy and/or sleeping!

On train back to London. Few WH around. Great result, great performance - Jos, Fox, Deano, Chaplow, Connolly stood out for me, top effort all-round though. Don't even mind the dry train, well, not much...

Too much negativity on here guys. They may well be our toughest test yet, but we are theirs too. 5 home games, 5 wins, 15 goals scored. A packed fortress St. Mary's, we can do it, we will do it - Come On You Saints!!

Waited around to see them last night, and again for an hour or so this morning. Nothing. At least we got mentioned on R5L tonight. Claridge said he got stick yesterday at the match for never mentioning us on TFLS.

One footnote to the Leicester game, which may have been mentioned before, but did anyone notice how far away the bloody referee was for their third? - watch it again. No way he could have seen the foul on Lambert. I know Adkins is not one for whinging (which I like), but thought he might have mentioned that. Awful piece of refereeing.

Sounds like we threw the kitchen sink at them second half and deserved a draw. Shame to see th 100% and unbeaten record go, but in some ways may help us pressure-wise. We know we're good enough to be in the frame for promotion this season. Brighton and Poyet will no doubt be cocky as hell about being top and unbeaten...

Pathetically fickle fans, and a small ramshackle club. Also noticed Blackpools gates have halved. Clearly lots of JCL's last year.

Sensational win - despite the early 2nd half wobble. Some of the forward interplay was superb. Morgans chipped pass for the fourth was sublime. COYS!

So, essentially you want us to wear the Stoke kit, rather than the Saints kit?!?

Agreed. The absolute winner, without a doubt. End the thread now and start singing.

Like it. Or how about even further back, and a nod to a great classically versatile Player of the past, Nick Holmes (to the tune of The Blue Danube) La la la la la Jack Cork, Jack Cork La la la la la Jack Cork, Jack Cork (ad infin)

Looking for an issue that isn't there...

Re Huddersfield kit - me too. That in red and White would be perfect.

let's hope not - they look horrific. Memories of that awful (two game) European kit Lowe tried to fleece people with.

My god that is AWFUL! Looks like he's wearing body armour.

I'm sure he is! He's just negotiated an intensive and highly pressurised run-in. That he's done it with - on the face of it - comparative ease, keeping the team focussed and professional, is to his great credit. Enjoy the (brief) rest Nigel, you've definitely earned it mate.

Poyet will love that!

Great for him, though the cynic in me suspects he's in the 40 man squad to get a bigger crowd at SMS and will then be left out of the Championship squad. Maybe he'll "do a Le Tiss", play a blinder, score a hat-trick, and make it impossible to leave him out. Oh, hang on...