John Boy Saint

This Everton v Leeds game could be subtitled “The Bun Fight” ..........either way pretty turgid fayre: what time is dancing on?

The grass was too long - Strachan asked the groundsman to skip the last pre match cut and not water the grass. Funny really as we had to play on the same surface.

You’ve been watching too much Ice Hockey refreshing the team on the fly I had a mate from Toronto his step Dad managed a local Junior hockey team, they drilled changing on the fly to the point where the very moment the off coming players skate left the ice their replacements skate would be on it, and they would keep the puck moving to stop the other team changing, back then pro hockey players life span operating at optimum levels was 2 minutes then it fell off a cliff, they had it down like clockwork and breezed the league - these were 11-12 year olds. Intermission over

No Steve you have turned the clock back too far mate, wrong Everton game Jan 2019 "season before last". This one https://www.skysports.com/football/soton-vs-everton/390984

It’s a yep and yep from me too.

Sorry Steve look again it was deffo Scott - he has a face that looks like a scowl is the easier option.

Keane was sent off in the 6-3 - someone kept chipping at him bit like JWP on Zaha today and the Red Mist decended

Really?!!!! That long?

Well the Ref for this one is Jonathan Moss - get in front and he will let it flow in our favour - just as importantly the VAR ref for this one is Martin Atkinson............some might consider that as The Slow being guided by The Blind.

Ref Graham Scott failed on that front in the Game against Everton season before last (When he found what felt about 2 hours of additIonal time after the 90 were up). Stuart Armstrong had the ball in the Everton half by the corner flag got properly taken out by an Everton player, they both end up on the deck and Scott gave Everton a free kick - Armstrong gave the ref his tuppence worth on the decision earning a yellow, everyone in the Chapel Itchen corner was also chipping in their personal thoughts on the decision and when the yellow was given the volume from the crowd increased even more. Then the weirdest thing happened all parties on the pitch were moving away but that corner of the crowd were still voicing their displeasure - suddenly Scott spun round took a couple of purposeful steps and just glared at the crowd - to the point where you honestly thought he was going to whip out the yellow card again and book everyone in that corner. Quite a surreal moment to witness in a full stadium.

Good point and if you take away the nervousness of watching through Saints supporting eyes it was a good game. Like with other teams we tried to take them into the deep water but Wolves are a well organised team and kept dragging us back into the shallows. Wolves fans I was chatting to on WhatsApp with maligned the defence for our goal, but if you watch closely when the ball bounces off the Wolves defender by the goal line most players would have just let that go for the corner - Wolves defence accepted it had gone for the corner Except Che seized upon the opportunity in that moment of dalliance saw Theo was free and pinged it over to him, all whilst Wolves players were still thinking to get set for the corner. That is pin sharp thinking. Bit of a shame they equalised but the chances they had only to be thwarted by Alex at some point the coin was likely to fall in their favour given the players they have.

Sky 8pm - its often mentioned in the box at the top of the Forum Thread listing for future reference.

My customer up in Wolverhampton set up a WhatApp this morning just so poor me on my own can be picked on by all the Yam Yams working in his warehouse. Could be interesting as all of them are Season Ticket holders up there and without doubt know their footballing onions.

Mr Perma tan - Andre Mariner on the whistle for this one - wind blows in all directions when he is reffing our games.

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Rio Ferdinand saying himself that the Ref was generous to Man U in his decisions. Ref the same clown who even bought a 5p carrier bag to pop the penalty dive Son sold him in the FA Cup to knock us out last season.

Cheers .........saved me looking it up..........should have been more.

Phil Boyer

Edited mine too! no harm done

Applemakeyoulookatit auto correct strikes again

Taters questioning why matey is getting so worked up at Mike Dean after the goal was chalked off - Dean was indicating handball and pointing to his shirt sleeve - Like me I thought T shirt sleeve contact was no longer deemed hand ball.

Well that just got harder

When are refs going to wise up to the fact that Grealish is mugging them off, the guy might get caught now and again, but 90% of the time he is a feigning toad. This afternoon he was already falling forwards before Lamptey actually made, if any, contact with him.

Wasn't there something a while ago that he was in with that workshy bugger Lemina and his brother - Lemina had an "injury" and yet was out on the town in Bournemouth with young Micheal in tow........ work hard on full pay...........or you could also doss about with zero effort on full pay. That is where player contracts are very poor, all of us working folk know that if you cock about swinging the lead you will be found out and ultimately handed your P45, these guys can do pretty much whatever they like without sanction, unless they do something really bloody stupid to possibly have their contract terminated. Its a real shame because by the time these guys are 19/20 if they are in the first team they have done all the hard work.

I saw that yesterday too - that must have taken quite some time to work out.