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Sorry to hear trousers is down. I hope you feel better soon @trousers

Us, the season after next? 🙂

Where SR often forget to change "position required" from Left Back. 🙂

If we can maintain that gap, we'll have improved on last season when Leicester were 10 points, and Ipswich 9 points better! 🙂 Now, could you stand on the end of that straw to make it easier for me to clutch it, please? 😑

Good news that, in response to Lighthouse mentioning "Jamie White was a promising teenager, thrown into a Championship team, struggled and ended up playing for Totton," you agree that my comment of "one of MLG's youngsters to watch in our FM2009 squad, as mentioned a day or so back," was completely accurate. Also good news for the protection of our nation, that your Defensiveness Shield is only a single button click away. 🙂

One of MLG's youngsters to watch in our FM2009 squad, as mentioned a day or so back.

Until he becomes a left back who can reluctantly be told to play in the middle of defence, it's not going to be an exact like for like comparison. That he can put the ball in the net, has a mind of his own and would feel no need to play for under the market rate for his abilities, then no. 🙂

He'd just seen a midfielder he needed to buy, and had to rush off. Or he spotted a brown envelope on the floor and had to ... tidy it away as he's a very environmentally conscious person.

Sharp

Somehow, I just knew the thread would go this way. 🙂

Saints fans of the '80s often wondered why they'd be looking into the flames of the various explosions in the show, and see the club badge beside something called Sport Republic.

We should have seen Megalomania not working out really. 🙂

Corruption

He'd be back to our 6 yard line, because that would be his job as a centre half. 🙂

Obligatory purchase at the end of it. That, and SAA hanging onto their training room door screaming "Don't send me back! Please, not there!" Edit: Link https://www.tribalfootball.com/article/soccer-ligue-1-done-deal-southampton-forward-amo-ameyaw-completes-loan-move-to-strasbourg-b1319caf-b608-4da2-aa7d-42bd50c92e0b

Oh no, is there another one?

Well, at least SR put on a light show. That's often been their best contribution. 🙂

Orleans and Dijon drawing and Le Mans losing to Nancy rubs in what a missed opportunity tonight was.

The irony of Stewart doing that unscathed, and the rest of us picking up injuries from fainting. 🙂

I think many of us are equally distraught at there not being more Rasmus' in the world. But if every club had one, we'd not have the unique vision that's led SR to where they are today.

Perhaps, like his view of some child abuse offences, it's "relatively trivial" and that the Hamas atrocities were "not the biggest crimes in the world." Mind you, this is the guy who told us the hostages were safer with Hamas. I thought of that when I saw footage of some of the releases. The baying crowds, obviously turning out to say goodbye to their friends. The masks to hide the tears of saying goodbye. And the guns because, although the hostages desperately wanted to stay, Hamas had to practically force them to go. Now we can add that the hostages must have been spending their captivity thinking of all the things it was "preferable" to. Only in SOGWorld.

That's it. From the expressions of the players, there's a feeling of that being the chance of staying in contention gone. VA got back on level terms through few chances. USB were more of a team. They'd have been a little disappointed to let 2 goals slip, only to be given enough gifts for a third to take one. Christophe and Fred could shed a light on VA's resources relative to the other sides in the top 6. What it's bought is a side that's a bit brittle under pressure. Some try too hard and make the wrong decisions. Others play it safe, when there are better options, or play it just too late for it to be useful. 5 minutes before the break, a spell when the subs came on and when they got the goals back were as good as it got. A fair bit of that was down to individuals, rather that a side clicking into gear for a promotion challenge.

USB get a third. VA had been pushing up to try for a winner. USB had a decent close range header followed by a through ball that was a warning. When that happened again, their forward did manage to get on the end of it. A shame that VA didn't do anywhere near enough in the first 45 resulting in having to increase risk to pull it back. USB not shy in trying to pull players back to get bookings or have contagious outbreaks of cramp.

Bah! I had that counted for a third there. VA's subs have injected some energy into things. While it's been disjointed, USB haven't got control of their lead, letting it slip away.

All square! Lovely powered header. C'mon VA!