Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

I see Gaston is training in one of the training gallery photos. Is he actually fit?

All the jokes and furore aside, I'm sure what Clattenburg said is not a million miles away from the truth. I don't mean in terms of becoming big headed but playing for England, especially performing well enough to potentially secure a starting spot at the World Cup, will change you because it'll make bigger clubs take notice of you and those playing for England at those bigger clubs will no doubt extol the virtues of playing for their team. It's got to be a bit of a head turner and if Liverpool or United come calling. it'll take some serious ambition on our part to stop him moving. Over to you Katharina, Ralph et al to sell the vision to MoPo, Adam, Luke, Morgan and others that we really do want to progress or not.

http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/reading/transfer-talk/news/bridge-announces-retirement-from-football_153742.html Great player for us & had a decent career but always felt he could've done more. Shame to retire in this way too.

Even Osvaldo & Jonno Quick?

I'm sure most of the newspapers pretty much eat out of the hands of the bigger sides, even to the extent of helping them to unsettle their targets in return for an exclusive at some point in the future. I can see Man Utd asking for assistance in unsettling players they've identified in return for exclusive rights next time Rooney has a dump or Liverpool the same the next time Suarez feels hungry on a football pitch. It's the way of the world and, if we do continue to progress as little Ol' Southampton, something we'll have to get used to until we can demonstrate we can fight off the insane bids which come in.

Brilliant for both players & tremendous for the club as a whole. Well deserved as well.

Is it me or do opposition players shy away from trying to take the ball from Big Vic or avoid 50-50s with him? Quite a few times today it felt there were Everton players who didn't fancy putting their foot in against him.

Thought Davis was bl**dy awesome today. Covered every blade, won the ball and showed tremendous skill on numerous occasions. Great player.

Shaw: "when you said you were Albrighton, that's not what I thought you meant..."

1. Shilton 2. Golac 3. Dennis 4. Williams 5. Wright 6. Svensson 7. Keegan 8. Channon 9. Le Tissier 10. Armstrong 11. D Wallace 12. Niemi 13. Bridge 14. Richards 15. Ball 16. Lallana 17. R Wallace 18. Moran Manager: McMenemy

Needed a striker in January, especially when Osvaldo left, didn't get one & now reaping what we sowed. Disappointing end to the season.

For me, it didn't feel like 'us'. Yes, hoping for something stripey next year...

And on Twitter until very recently.

Good plan. I thought they could keep repeating "is he staying yet, is he staying yet?" until he gives in.

Catchy!

Anyone know anyone else who is doing it? Sounds like a 140 mile opportunity to drum into Ralph how much we need Poch to stay...

Interesting to see the official Saints Twitter account has changed its avatar from the silver badge on a black background to the normal colour version. It's not happening any more (and I prefer it!)...

Porch said in his press conference that Ramirez & Boruc would be assessed prior to the game so he doesn't sound too badly injured.

Is Cropper a realistic alternative to Gazza? He's been called up to the US national side so there must be something about him.

Anyone know why Kelvin is out?

Needs to be careful. All this religion didn't work for Hoddle...

Gutted, terrible news for the lad and the club as a whole. Get well soon Jay Rod. Does this give an opening for another youngster though? Josh Sims, Jake Sinclair or Omar Rowe maybe? Rowe's looked decent in the clips I've seen of him.

I follow a few players on Twitter but their parents? That is some seriously impressive stalking... Hope the diagnosis is better than hoped for although I do think it'll be a while before we see him back in the red & white of Southampton for a while. All the best for a speedy recovery Jay Rod. Also raises the question of whether we need 2 forwards in the summer or will Mayuka prove to be an adequate stand in?

Didn't the club do one about changing to blue shirts to match those down the road, one year? Not Saints related, I know, but one I fell for was in the 80s before the inter web doohickey and that's when Shoot had a front page cover with Ian Rush in an Everton shirt. Because there was no real way for kids to check this out, many fell for it...

Shouldn't this be a sticky given how often this has happened in recent years?