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I'm heartened by the words in his tweet. Making a decision that will benefit my career. That rules out Chelsea and Everton. Leeds and us neck and neck right now. That hat-trick has muddied the water.

I haven't prepared myself for Oriol leaving us in this window. He's been such a big player for us, during some real turmoil. Absolutely loved his time here, from his first walk around Soton vid. Great player, and super human being. I hope him and his family are really happy with the next chapter. 60 yellows, no reds, never equalled. Control.

Amazing work carried out in pre-season, even if it wasn't overly obvious at the time. But it felt like a step in the right direction to me, and watching it come together feels great! Now to put Wolves in their place after last season.

Holy shit, how did that stAY OUT!!!!!!!

Harry Redknapp. There's still enough time for him to get in 7 players in, and re-bankrupt them for old times sake.

VAR is shit. I miss the days when just one ref made a mistake, now we have four of them fucking it up.

Hopefully adding Utd to our pitch doesn't mutate the virus further.

For all the shit Shane Long got, I have to say, I enjoyed his time with us far more than Redmond. For all his limitations, you knew he'd try hard, do the graft well, fight for the team. Redmond, for all his talent, just went missing as soon as it didn't go his way. Made millions from us. And now we are supposed to cry. Fuck off. Do one kid, and be grateful you were given this long. Feel better now. Rage mode triggered, incoming.......... lol

Go and fall in love with football once again Nathan, you may well enjoy it. I hope he finds a club that's a good fit, and not just the best payer.

Nah...... It'll be 2-1 one way or the other.

Great draw! Lots of all prem ties as well. Great time for a cup run! Now lets get some more points on the board so we can have some fun.

When it weakens your chances of staying up.......

Why does it feel like we are always desperate to get these deals done? A loan with a fee is a shit deal. If it was a player we couldn't use like Theo, I'd understand, but Jan can be okay on his day. Yes he can, for every atrocious game for us he's had a very good game and scored some big goals! (mainly in 2-3 defeats) lol But to jettison him to villa to save us a few quid is stupid, and it makes me wonder what our plan and budget really is. Hold tight, let them force us to say yes with a permanent deal.

Is this the match thread? I couldn't tell...... -------------------------------------------- Can Ten Hag convince his team to run for the full 90 against little ol' us in a early kick off on Saturday, like they did so well against their fiercest rivals last weekend? If he can, and they are onboard we could be in trouble. But if secret agent Ronny & boy wonder Shaw have laid unsettled poison this week, we could well spoil the revival. I'm not brave enough to predict a home win, but I reckon it will be a good fight!

Moi brace and Walcott assist......to cement their legacy. But, I'll take that right now. Into the next round!

When a team performs like us, under Ralph's inconsistent stewardship, its never too early to ask the question; are 3 teams worse than us. I've been wondering this throughout the pre-season. I've always liked RH, but I have started to lose faith in him and his stubborn decisions. Some of our dreadfully long bad runs almost deserved relegation. The awful records we have set under his guidance still make me cringe. But. We have added five players that look to have brought something new and invigorated to the table. I'm really excited to see these new guys progress, and start pushing Walcott & others (not going to bother naming names, but lots of them should not still be here) out of our squad. From what I have seen in the last three games genuinely fills me with optimism. Its not about the three worst teams now, its about how well we can do with this new group.

Some inspirational Brodgers quotes from over the years to get your Monday off to a good start! ‘I’m not arrogant enough to think that I will be in a job through anything,’ Rodgers said, after Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat at Palace. ‘Any manager will tell you, you have to win games and you have to get results. And especially after how we have been developing as a football club. ‘I’ve got a great communication line with the owners, and we are always open and honest with each other. But ultimately you have to get results, and you have to perform. ‘In my first year here, we maybe didn’t get the results but we were performing well. ‘Owners and directors, chairmen and chief executives, they have to see development on the field, and I think barring this period, our development has been very good and fast. ‘But there’s no doubt that as a manager you have to get results, and that will support you and give confidence to the owners.’ Now, where's that one about ambition?...............

Pretty sure we have a sneaky bid still on the table for Drogs........

We need to keep Che, just so we can bump this thread and snigger at the football experts who want 12M for him.

Losing to us on a frequent basis since that battering must make it very disappointing for them. Long may it continue.

Fuck me, I can't take this much more. I( love the buzz but the drain is sucking me dry.

I've stuck up for JB a lot while he's been disappointing. I've had very little back in the last 12 months. £15M, no problem, we will have someone as incompetent but twice as committed to come in at the drop of a hat. Sell sell sell

That squad must be rotten to the core. Kinda feel sorry for them. Hope we can pile the misery on tomorrow. Nine would be fitting, one will do!

There goes Mike Deans unblemished record while in control of VAR. At least he had super long run before the first gremlin appeared.

Levy did very well to shift Dele on. Everton are going to have big trouble removing him. Who okay'd that deal! Barmy.