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Personally I am surprised we went defensive. We are the form team in the league, let the opoosition try and nullify our tactics. By changing our formation we gave them a lot of credit. For next game I would hope that we stick with the 4-4-2 that has served us pretty well, 4-5-1 worked last year Lambert doesn't seem quite the figuerehead he was last year. Going 4-5-1 (defensive as it is )I would have started with Puncheon and reserved Chamberlain for an impact last third if required.

Good to see the Nick G vs Chapel End Charlie show return after a depressing defeat. (Not)

The thread seems to have moved significantly off-topic.

Declared, sounds like a cricketing term to me.... Hmm which Southampton school did Benali go to? 'Denno', calling him by a nickname you might have been quite close, even fleetingly.

Valid point. Looking forward to seeing if his team news is correct again.

The 'who is leftback' debate is very interesting. It is right up there with classic ITK teases like Help Me Rhonda and Tommac

Clearly there is no Nandos franchise in Carlisle

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A reminder to keep it on topic and keep it civil please. This is clearly an emotive subject with diverse views, which is fine, the need to throw personal insults into the mix isn't.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/portsmouth/8083375/Portsmouth-hoping-for-a-happy-ending-to-their-fight-for-survival.html 'Portsmouth hoping for a happy ending', when did Avram come back?

As others have mentioned, why keep a story inder wraps in case one of your rivals breaks it? Anyway, going with the assumption that something is being held back, perhaps it is being held to break when Pardew gets his next role, as opposed to when we would be more in the spotlight.

I am managing to average 16 mpg

Agree about crash test, biggest consideration for me now with a family. Two of my cars are 5* safe by modern standards, the other would be 1-2* on NCAP.

I thought Javi normally looked after the South Americans for the club?

I normally scroll up to post #1 to find this information out. HTH

The Chris Nicholl 4-2-4 formation

'In the know's' replaced by 'In Nandos' now? I'll get my coat.

It does make you wonder what you have to do fail the FAPT

138. The Brett Omerod / Posh Spice chant

I think we have reached a concensus here.

The left-back at the first ever Saints game I saw..... Legend.

My only experience with South African rugby is George stadium, Gosport Borough would give their capacity a run for it's money! My feeling is the IRB wouldn't pay tens of millions to expand our stadium for a few pool games.

May I suggest for UK users: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/front_page/newsid_9144000/9144877.stm From memory FA Cup commentary cannot be charged for!

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?26283-Saints-V-Shrewsbury-Match-Thread

Southampton 01 Davis 02 Richardson 03 Harding 15 Jaidi 19 Seaborne 14 Hammond 20 Lallana 26 Oxlade-Chamberlain 30 Chaplow 09 Barnard 11 Guly Subs 24 Bialkowski, 05 Dickson, 17 Martin, 16 Wotton, 21 Holmes, 07 Lambert, 22 Connolly Shrewsbury 01 Neal 03 Sadler 06 Cansdell-Sherriff 15 Holden 27 Geohaghan 04 McAllister 07 Wright 08 McIntyre 20 Disley 26 Obadeyi 10 Robinson Subs 25 Smith, 19 Goldson, 11 Leslie, 12 Neal, 16 Ainsworth, 17 Van den Broek, 09 Harrold