John Boy Saint

Really??!! Starting one on the 17th of November is a bit weird, with nearly 8 months until they traditionally thrust the new strip upon us............... bit like wishing your life away. Anyone would think you worked for Taylor Made golf clubs (new set to sell every six months).

The Express have also said that we will have the worst coldest Winter since the Woolly Mammoths roamed the earth for the past 2 Autumns.

I thought Mitchell had already departed Spurs, as they had given him a shoe box rather a black box and he had been tempted by the lure of the Dugouts at Goodison. Someone good in our retentions department would be good this summer.

I thought the pair of them looked no different to the lads who had come through the academy, then you say over £25m combined transfer fees, the should stay in the U23s until their attitudes buck up, (no doubt get the Boufal is great brigade on my case now, "he has to be in the first team": played like he had ball sized holes in his boots tonight!!!). Fair play to Caceres looked pleased to be playing football, bet Alfie Jones liked playing alongside him....... he had a good game too.

Must have found a pair of Corteses shoes stuffed down the back of a radiator.

But you only had to look at all the Euro 16 Portuguese photos.......... who was he hobnobbing with in just about every single one - Stratospheric Global Footballing Superstar Chrissy R numero uno on Forbes Richest Athletes list 2016 with £88m earnings and he is a year younger than Jose: that has to smart a little and sow seeds of missing out and wantin.....expecting more. Footballers total detachment from reality came when C Ashley Cole was publicly and vocally incensed at the miserly £55,000 PER WEEK Arsenal had just offered him.......... something like "how can anyone be expected to live on £55k a week": ask your Mother you snotty little brat she was probably putting that silver spoon up your orafice as a single mother with very little loose change in her purse!

Never had the impression he had a chip on his shoulder where we were concerned............ might still have a bit of niggle at having a Chairman called Rupert and an ex-player on the coaching staff picking a fight with him on the touch line at SMS. As I said on the other thread where this features, it appears that Souness have been to sensationalist journalism courses.

Free to get in plus a live stream according to the linked article.

Interesting that Boufal and Højbjerg genuinely qualify for this by age, you forget that they are that young. Bit like Redmond only being 23 yet seems to have been around for years.

Looks like Souness has been to The Sun reporter academy at the Murdoch Journalism University, what horrible people Southampton FC are. Obviously something wasn't right in that he didn't get a shout in the Europa league. But then seeing him left for dead very cheaply early on in the Hammers game the other day v Watford did make me wonder if with all the player analysis that goes on these day, if the club had identified that things were waning with his performance that maybe it was time to let things come to an end and not stump up any more.

Think to a lesser extent you could add in Nigel Pearson in charge, along with Richard Wright between the sticks 2007-8 season. The latter from memory making some impressive saves to give us any chance of another last day escape from the dreaded drop into League 1, the former giving us a bit more of a rigid backbone to take out on the pitch.

Of course we want them both fit, but there is a bizarre theme running through a few threads that leans towards Caceres already has the 2nd choice centreback badge on his shirt in some posters mind, the bloke ain't played a competitive game for over a year now due to a ruptured Achilles, but because he has a sparkling CV he is going seal up the defence instantly.......... it's this presumptive assuming that baffles me.

Awww don't stop a good witch hunt

Ecstatic

Jeez would it? Why? that's Caceres playing with VVD

Sorry mate but that is complete horse doings, he hasn't played for a year, I trust Claude's judgement on the decision to play young Jack over someone who hasn't played in ages and is very likely to be very ring rusty, Premier League isn't the best place to experiment no matter what is on your CV, Rooney was good once too ages ago. i would wait until Mondays U23 game v Chelsea to see how he shapes up.

Bit of a shame 4 goals on the road but GD only improved by 1, should be high up the order on MOTD

Madness

Waiting on whispering Daves counter argument

Blimey Charlie get in

Gabbi sets some sort of record

Dave Merrington just done his nut at JWP being subbed as Boufal left the door ajar that JWP was keeping shut.

Just as an aside I know he is plying his trade in a lower league but having put away his 24th league goal of the season, how did Billy Sharp never get a crack in the Premier League with us?

Busted flush that boy

Do wish we would get a bit gobby towards the officials with these shonky decisions if we see them.