John Boy Saint

Sat in a bar just off the centre of Prague old town, had a nice dessert, and drinking double shorts (sod the beer). That performance is still like a cut that has had lime poured on it!! Shane Long can wave his hands in a sod you motion at the fans that were venting their anger at such an abysmal performance, most folks at the game have shelled out a decent amount of money, probably each in the region of how much he earns in the time it takes to curl one out of a morning!!!!!! You are a professional football striker: learn to stay onside man! Redmond........ A Norwich fan said, when I asked him about Redmond: nice footballer lots of running and stuff but beyond that he is bloody thick, he gets into a position then goes "Duuurrrrrrrugh what do I do now" Claude you are bloody deluded if you still believe he is a new Henry. all of you fellow posters can slag me as much as you want........... I don't care because however you cut it that was a $H1t performance and I am ****ed off!! Barman......... Same again!!

Time for bed, me and Mrs JBS have seats on an Eastward bound plane in the morning................ what a Wizard wheeze!!

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Solid defensive performance Clattenburg putting in a predictable performance, summed when he thought he was at Twickenham with the first half advantage he played in Liverpools favour, VVD defends well............. "Here you go boys have another go at that from here". Highlight might well be the sparkly new PA speakers dangling from the roof........... Pitch perfect audio for the first time since the Stadium opened.

That's nice and easy, straight line route from the hotel to the pick up point,......... Might be needed after an evening on the Dark Beer and Becherovka............. Hic! .................. Handy for a hair of the dog too!!! :spaz:

Err The Daily Mail link was the easiest to link here for a general overview in relation to the op........... That boat is actually sat there, there are tons of munitions aboard all rotting away in the salt water. The catch 22 has always been is if they start moving them will that trigger a reaction, a controlled explosion isn't controllable, i first heard about this 30 years ago.

Hmmmm so we have Clattenburg on the whistle, what joy!! Just don't boo him or question what he does under his duvet when the lights go out, as he said recently that he gives nothing if the fans get on his back. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/2082834/ex-referee-graham-poll-slams-mark-clattenburg-claiming-his-decisions-are-influenced-when-home-fans-are-on-his-back/ So be very very very nice to Mark on Saturday.

I bet there are a few lurkers in places under Southampton This is the one you don't want to go off: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2195590/3-000-ton-timebomb-shipwrecked-Thames-estuary.html

Is anyone staying at home free to look after our Gerbils?

Chelsea certainly have their tails up at the moment, makes our 0-2 sandwiched between two 5-0 drubbings look slightly respectable.

I would say Killer just edges it still, not only was he a good defender but he also got Claus to stop being distracted by the pretty Butterflies that often fluttered across his side of defence , thus turning them into a potent defensive force.

Watched his post Inter interview on Saints last night, what a very pleasant and assured young man.

Wow! That was the perfect tonic after the spawny win Inter got off us at theirs (still baffled how we didn't win that). Even better win after the shenanigans from Inter before the penalty, anyone with half a brain could see what the slimy buggers were up to, that was an Italian masterclass in disruption........and it worked: that said Tadic should be nowhere near the penalty spot ever again when we are awarded one he must have missed far more than he has scored over the time he has been with us. As has been said already James Ward-Prowse was superb tonight, always showing for the ball, always looking for an effective pass. Romeu plays like he would like to punch someone at any minute, but is dominant in his position, I always thought he was short changed by RK, as a player his education shows through. Hojbjerg was the only weak link in midfield especially second half with his duff powderpuff passing and bloomin passing it backwards repeatedly when there was a forward pass on. Once again Maya had a cracking game, I will readily hold my hands up and admit I have been a fan of his for a long time, the guy reads he game so well (when he has made a rickett its invariably when he has had a brain fart and over analysed the situation in front of him). Virgil is immense, it's when he decides to go for an amble up field is almost as if he has just gone "Yoshi hold the fort while I show these buggers which way we are playing". Sam McQueen that boy just gets better and better, I just wish he would be a tad more confident when faced with defenders and believe in himself that he can do em with his ability. i have seen better games at SMS over the years, but this one was a bit special, as regardless of where they are in their league, how much of a pickle they are in with the manager, or the fact they have had to leave out some expensive players (thems the rules) they were the seeded team in our group and tonight Southampton beat the famous, the world over, Inter Milan right before my very eyes................. 6 years ago on the same night we were playing Dagenham & Redbridge in the league: what journey!

All of this could be like some people put their houses on the market just to see what the value is, and how much it potentially is worth by the interest shown. Chinese could be the bait on the hook to catch the Sultan of Brunei or someone of similar mega wealth who has cousins who can assist facilitate the FFP chicanery that Man City have pulled off. You might find behind the closed doors of SMS, whilst this sustainable approach is working nicely the timescale of becoming a football superpower at the current pace is going to take donkeys years to achieve so a little accelerant is required.

Thats after 10% of the gate has already vanished Britannia Road........ So those remaining have to cover for them.

Never been any different, I thinks it's in our DNA, Lawrie McMenemy always said that we were a quiet bunch as a crowd way back in his day, and that the players had to get the crowd going. He did say that once we get going we can be as noisy as anyone. I think yesterday going 1-0 down so early just knocked the stuffing out if all of us fans and players. As for the game, once again we slipped back into that too slow mode, and opting for the square ball rather than popping one over the top, for the likes of Redmond, Martina, and Bertrand to run onto, summed up towards the end when McQueen had acres of empty pitch to run into, had started on his way then had to check his run because Jose pretty much passed it square and by then behind him. Once more the only player to cover himself in glory for us was Romeu who was superb all afternoon, Clasie has me scratching my head especially when you have the likes of Reed in the squadwho to my mind is far more dynamic and not scared of anyone he is up against (that said having run himself into the ground on Wednesday this one was too soon for him), just needs game time to get match conditioning, but ability wise I would be controversial and say Reed is the better prospect. Tadic is another to frustrate, first 5 minutes a joy to watch then pretty much vanished, I would have thought the arrival of Boufal would have upped his game. At the end of the day Chelsea have a lot of expensive players on the pitch, and yesterday showed they have found their old selves again, after the blip of last season, and got an on paper result.

Sorry I couldn't find a tongue in cheek emotji thingymabob, seems a few have grabbed this one and run with it

Cucu Martina will be next in the Bucket market Liverpool to be thrown at the wall

I tip my cap to you Billy, that was a game of very little content, but you worked your magic on it once more.

Well for a Dull drizzly Saturday night that was quite an entertaining half of football

He must has realised the schadenfreude was about to go into overdrive on here, and thought he had better shut us up

Hahahahahahahaha!!! Lovren ............ What a fantastic brainfart!! The gift that just keeps on giving!!!!

Oh dear they have just put their foot on the gas

Yup my error, was listening with half an ear on the radio, summary was a bit airy fairy.

Must have gone out shopping for some new tights......... So in his absence I will deputise and start it. Listening to Arsenal hammering on the door of the Sunderland defence, but failing to break through at half time. Arsene will be sending them out with dynamite second half.