John Boy Saint

Is it just me or has PEH reverted to giving the ball away for tuppence again

Bugger Obafemi broken again, what a shame

Ah inspector Taggart is playing for us again

ripple.is seems to be working thus far

Blimey Scousehampton are snapping Man U players like twigs, all 3 subs used first half.

There are often comments that footballers aren’t the sharpest pencils in the box, watching this is almost like Ralph has overloaded them with too much detail, we just look dazed and confused. wow how did he miss that for 3-0?!

That is quite funny - also funny that they fear Austin and Long like they are combination of Messi, Neymar, Pele, Puskas, Ronaldo, Shearer all rolled into........err 2.

I see we have Graham Scott on the whistle for this one..........if you are going to this one just try to remember not to upset him, the Chapel Itchen corner touched a nerve with him following an absolutely pants decision against us v Everton, then he managed to make 4 minutes of added time last 2 hours in retaliation. (Possibly)

Take her to the top of the eye and do it, has to be 100 times better than doing it up the @R$e! If it must be the Emirates make it the Emirates Air Line

Thought N'Lundulu looked like he has spotted an open door of opportunity, a bit of a handful: if he keeps up with his second half performance he could be moving himself up the rank.

Kelly Cates has an impressive Wizards sleeve! .....on her jacket!

Cobblers!! I bet when £100k+ per week is being flashed under your nose Blackpool looks bloody fantastic!

Apparently the pitchside Refs screen was broken, so the refs sat in the transit in the car park made the ultimate decision.

Liverpool have looked lacklustre against a tidy Bayern

That’s the damning nub of the matter, the reliability of having a first touch of a trampoline again and again, against a nipper who maybe raw but has shown nose for where the goal actually is, lost possession alone Obafemi has to be a serious option over Long to reduce that stat. Or do stick with experience and just continue to rotate Long and Austin for the rest of the season. At least with Obafemi Redmond has someone who can at least keep up with him and offer an option on the break.

So which Southampton Team failed to elected into another league at the end of last season, losing out somewhere along the line to Lewes!!

Amazing how holier than thou Keown has become, he was more than capable of an agricultural tackle or two, and talking about every Chelsea tackle like they are running round the pitch with scythes.

I see Magic Mushrooms are making a comeback! What a weird change of direction in a thread!

I have to say that is one to moisten the eyes on hearing the sad news of. Boyhood hero for many, probably made having to stand between the jumpers up the park for a kick about with your mates a bit more acceptable. I can remember the front page of the paper following the car accident that saw the end of his international career due to the loss of his eye: a shock to the nation. Alas that football team in the sky has just acquired a brilliant Goalie. RIP Sir.

Exactly as a mate who makes substantial amounts betting on Footballcalled ot, having made quite a few quid on Leipzig when Ralph was in charge there. He won’t have even looked at having a punt on this game, if he did it would have been loaded towards Cardiff.

I use to sit with the Landlord of the Junction Pub, we along with just about everyone in the ground groaned as we seemed to make a total right pigs ear of a free kick until Baird ran onto it and unleashed an absolutely unstoppable missile. The other memory of Chris Baird was v Portsmouth in the latter stages of the game, post match WGS said that he had instructed Chris to keep it sensible and tight at the back to see the game out, next thing he knows Chris Baird is sprinting past me with the ball then cross it for the goal to see the game out.

I think the fist clench was more at the Ref who actually for once doing what he should be doing and showed the silly sod the second yellow for dissent towards the ref. In real time Zaha was off the pitch and both were stumbling. As Shearer said with some glee on MOTD "watch Ward Prowse reeling him in", to be honest the way Zaha was throwing himself to the floor and winning fouls for non existent contact, I couldn't give a tinkers cuss about what happened to him. I am more pleased our players have a bit more bite, and not being meek sheep which we have been for many seasons. Re- wind back to the EFL final and the chalked off Gabbi goal, we just accepted the decision, no one in the team demanded the Ref actually go to the Lino to ask who was offside, if that had been the other team they would have been like a pack of rabid animals demanding the Ref to actually go and have a conversation.

Same in the Chapel, JWP was doing his nut, for the umpteenth time it was looking very likely to be punted left into congestion folks got up and were all pointing at JWP with half of Hampshire to run into. Ralph may comment about the fans needing to patient and understand that the players were looking for THE pass, Think when he analyses the video he might spot what the fans were getting worked up about. Dont think the 10 days off did us any good, which was a surprise, on the flip side Palace were well drilled and stuck to their task which also made us look flat. As for the cobblers about Zaha getting battered, on more than one occasion he hit the deck in the opposite direction to travel, he was getting the favour of the ref, and we seemed to stand off him a little as a result afterwards. As for him being sent off, both him and JWP were off balance and off the pitch, think he was more upset at the ref for not blowing in his favour then JWP didn’t bite on his chirp. But I don’t 5h8nk I have ever seen a player given a yellow then seconds later given a second, how many times have you seen Rooney booked then still be effing and blinding towards the ref as he walked away with a face like a smacked backside and get away with it. At the end of the day boys and girls, we have got to the end of January so far unbeaten in the league in 2019, that for Saints is pretty damn remarkable.

This I think is the key, Palace have their tails up and are stringing a few results together and look capable (with the odd wobble in the mix too). Ralph has had the lads for 10 days training, I am guessing they will be like coiled springs for this game. As you say the results of Ralphs training time with them has been impressive. Take the Arsenal game he had the players a week and a few days, sitting in the stadium after 10 minutes into that game against a side unbeaten in 23, my thoughts were, blimey can they keep this up for 90 minutes, by full time my thoughts were how has he managed to change the players and still have the same names on the back of the shirts. That's not getting carried away just noting that things have changed and those on the pitch look hungry for it again. Both Palace and Burnley are teams very capable of poking a stick in the Saints spokes..........but I am eager once more to get in the ground and the game to kick off, the uncertainty of result adds to the fun. And the possibility, and expectancy, of defeat is less than it was before Ralph walked into the building.

You’re right.........flatulence of the grey matter!!