Jack

That's a bit naive I think. He's been generally good but is often guilty of being glued to his line instead of coming to claim a cross or a long ball and taking the pressure off. Maybe his howler vs Aston Villa plays on his mind, I'm not sure, but it's definitely something to work on. If he was off his line quicker against Newcastle, with a big shout, there's no way Gardos would've felt the need to try to clear it, and maybe I would've had more dream team points over the weekend.

That could've gone either way, but you make your own luck. Unreal week. Harry Reed my MOTM. Stepped up to the plate and didn't put a foot wrong. Unbelievable shift from him and we needed to get at Newcastle.

Good value on QPR picking up points. 3/1 for the draw. I've got 1-1 @ 13/2 and 2-2 @ 13/1 to make it more interesting

QPR's record at home isn't bad. United's away record is bad. United have 6 points from the last 5 games, only 1 win. I won't be backing United in my acca, that's for sure.

Tough one to call. Missing Morgan, Vic & Toby is huge for us defensively, and Newcastle are so unpredictable. ----------Forster Clyne Fonte Gardos Bertrand -------Cork-----Reed -----------Davis JWP---------------------Elia -----------Pelle Off day for Newcastle, another clean sheet for Saints, 0-1. Saints labeled boring in the press, Koeman happy with "amazing schpirit and organisations" United drop points at QPR, fans have a meltdown.

Strange to see Bertrand playing in the advanced role when it didn't work last time, and Isgrove was the best player on the pith when he came on last time out.

4th, on goal difference, after a late equaliser vs Citeh pushing United down to 5th despite them winning. 1. Chelsea 2. Citeh 3. Arsenal 4. Saints 5. United 6. Spurs 13. Liverpool

Nice surprise

De Gea and some outrageous smash and grabs are the reason they're not floundering in mid-table with Liverpool. I don't buy into this whole 'getting results when you're not playing well is a good thing', because they've only really played well against relegation fodder, and not even regularly. This is a great time to play them. Big Vic, Schneiderlin and Davis as a midfield 3 please, Clyne and Bertrand need to get forward early to put them on the back foot and give their full backs/wing backs (depending on whether they're 3 or 4 at the back) a lot to think about. Get someone close to Pelle so he's not just trying to hold the ball up for himself, get runners from midfield into the box and we'll cause problems. United make mistakes every week, we just need to take out chances this time instead of letting them off again. Oh, and another majestic performance from Fonte and Alderweireld would be nice. ----------Forster Clyne Fonte Alderweireld Bertrand Schneiderlin Wanyama -----------Davis Long------------------Tadic -----------Pelle 1-2

That's what I meant. Wasn't properly awake at that time in the morning

On the game - they didn't come out to try to win it 2nd half, stuck 10 men behind the ball and defended well, we ran out of ideas. Not the last time that'll happen this season. Our balls into the box weren't good enough so we tried to play through the middle too much and got crowded out. I was calling for more width in the last 20 mins, I thought we'd have got a breakthrough eventually but we didn't do enough. Wanyama bossed it again, Davis class again, Fonte and Toby were strong and Isgrove looked great when he came on. Tadic disappointing again, not enough urgency from him, and Pelle couldn't find the chances he needs. Frustrating.

I was in Block 12 (Itchen/Chapel corner) and I had pretty much the same experience. It's not hard to be outsung when you've got 5k travelling fans, but giving them the whole Northam end just removes any chance of a good atmosphere from us. Got to give Ipswich credit though, they were very good apart from the several renditions of 'oh when the town'. What the **** is that all about?!

No ice in Southampton this morning so I got out there. I thought I'd reccy my work commute so went from Sholing down to Fawley refinery, then down to Hythe to get the ferry back to town and home to get showered in time to get to the game. It's not the nicest route until I got past Totton but it was good to get out and give the bike a test. I'm going to take it back to the shop next week as the chain is catching on the front derailleur arm a fair bit when in the highest 3 or 4 gears. Other than that I'm really happy with it. 33.5 k @ 25.7 km/h ave. Plenty of traffic lights to slow me down. Oh yeah, I've put a request to join the Strava group too.

I've ordered clipless pedals and shoes already. There's been some useful info on here, thanks.

The bike shop had one 2014 Giant Defy 1 in my size, and I managed to pick it up for just over £800 with a helmet, a puncture kit with a couple of co2 bottles, tools etc, and a service in 2-3 months time. Looking forward to getting out on it tomorrow morning.

So tough. I'll go for Toby, with Big Vic a close 2nd. Honourable mentions for Clyne, Bertrand, Davis.

Another great write up, thanks! It'll be brilliant if we can take revenge on United in similar fashion, no reason why we can't despite their home form.

I'm off out to my LBS tomorrow with the intention of test riding some bikes and making a purchase. I'm a runner and haven't done much on 2 wheels since mountain biking when I was a teenager, but I've been thinking about getting a road bike for a while now and I've picked up a hip flexor injury that is taking forever to heal. I need to maintain my endurance fitness ahead of an upcoming marathon, but going to the gym isn't an option any more, I'm bored out of my skull after about 45 mins on the spin bike and really need to be at it for 2+ hours for the longer sessions. I guess I'll report back and join the Strava group you've got going once I'm on the road.

I think Big Ron has got a decent sense of humour. Honest when he needs to be but doesn't mind taking the p*ss a bit. I like him.

Good news. We need to have capable players who are happy enough to be a squad player, and he's exactly that.

Jay Rod was the same in the early days, he grew and grew and hopefully Pelle can do the same. Very much confidence players.

Ditto Shane Long

Should've scored the header, and the one that was cleared off the line he really should've squared for JWP. Even the way he was shooting today, surely he wouldn't have missed from 6 yards. He's a good player though, his linkup play is brilliant, just needs to be more clinical. I think it'll come.

Excellent result. Big Vic was immense, Mane lively and great finish, Fonte composed, FF very good, but I gave my MOTM to Alderweireld. He was everywhere both at RB and CB when Gardos went off. Gardos was lucky to stay on the pitch and Arsenal weren't great, but a brilliant performance anyway. Not many sides will be frustrated by not killing Arsenal off after an hour.

United have been poor again. Hope they don't force the winner. All this talk of them challenging this season is ridiculous, they've just had a lucky run recently when they've actually not been good.