Patrick Bateman

I imagine it would be easy to get frustrated with Lovren for not playing the long ball forward to Lambert to knock down to him. He should be annoyed!

Ormerod (loads of effort) , Kanchelskis (pacy wide man) and Davenport (defensive lump). Easy.

For nostalgia ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY0LQCfrjFA and (Golac features in this)

Well before Sky Sports came along, if you couldn't make the match in person, the radio, or Ceefax was the only way to know what was going on. Sky have invested a LOT of money in to football and whilst it is tiresome, some of the things that have happened, they can't be blamed for trying to protect their investment.

We are batting above our supposed average and where many think we'll finish. If we stay in the top 5, that would be a stunning season and completely unexpected in anyone's eyes. If we ARE to stay there, I do think we need a little more depth, simple as that. A centre back to compete with Lovren and Fonte and another creative spark who can play a killer, defence splitting pass to compete with the guys at the front. That'll do me. Arsenal will, I think, win this league, although it'll be silly to write Man City off obviously. We were unlucky today in some respects and on another day it could have been 0-0. Hey ho.

Actually I also thought Cole was good, much much much better than Baines. And Gibbs. He really is an exceptional left back. Smalling is horrible.

Perfect summary in my opinion. Was gutted Lambert didn't replace Sturridge to at least allow him and Lallana to try to link up.

Christ! Our's went on in September!!

I presume people jump on the Henderson-hate bandwagon are basing their opinion solely on the fact that Liverpool got mugged for £20m, which at the time was a huge amount of money for him. Have they seen him play recently I wonder? He is a good player who will be (I'm sure) a very good player over the next couple of years.

Am I alone in thinking Lallana was really good? Lallana, Milner, Cahill and Rooney. I'd start those 4 against Germany. It's weird, this was a match where it was obvious to see how good Rooney is and how he's in a class of his own in the England team, bar perhaps Gerarrd. Add Gerrard to the 4 above and that'd be quite nice.

Johnson is an awful right back. Jones is, not a very competent centre back. Baines isn't as good as Cole. Lampard, "bless him", should step down now as he's looking past it. JRod, unfortunately, isn't ready for this. I like the idea of continuing to see Wilshire, Rooney, Lallana and on current form, Milner. Shame Gerarrd isn't playing today.

That's the most wonderful sentence I've read for some time! I just hope we can keep this up as a club.

No. Puncheon is a very good player and had a great purple patch for us last year and as tw*tty as it feels to say this, we're now playing beyond his "level".

Everything.

Honestly? A bit p*ssed off as it's now an Americanisation, although we were obviously Southampton St Marys in the 1800s anyway ... no, wouldn't be keen.

Loid?

+Surman, Steve Guppy and Jutkiewicz.

Agreed - it wasn't the best atmosphere by any means. The second half especially was like a library for the first 10 minutes or so - then the continuous OWTS started and it picked up again. Still, the Kolo/Yaya Toure song isn't as dreadful as that generic song that Hull were singing and Swansea and and and.

He was faultless today, absolutely stunning - what a player!

Fantastic, thank you for sharing!! Audrey looks stunning in colour, but the real eye opener for me is the bomb test - seeing how clear the water actually was and how idyllic it was, amazing.

For the first time ever I've used the block function on here. My forum viewing is so much more pleasurable without seeing Barry and Glasgow to name just two that have been removed. I only see the interesting posts now.

Agreed and not just at academy level. For years we've suffered the "won't play for England/national team while at Southampton" syndrome and in Morgan's case, that is still so. But finally we may start to shake off that tag, which may also hopefully mean we get to keep them for longer as they don't get their eyes opened up by other teams (Theo/Alex to Arsenal etc).

Yep. And anyone who couldn't see that after tonight is blind, or stupid. I've watched him a few times in the U21s, in a couple of cup matches and he offers, well, not a lot. Weird signing and needs to go.

Agreed. I feel gutted though as (like others) I was so excited when we signed him.

So, Tadanari Lee? I honestly don't know what to make of him. What I do think is that he probably won't feature again, ever, unless we draw some lower league team in the FA Cup 3rd round.