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Never understood why Watford come out to Johnny Todd/Theme from Z Cars. I can understand Everton doing it. Couldn't Sir Elton have written them their own tune?

Good grief. Sky host just asked if Jarrod Bowen is the greatest player ever to play in the Championship?

Good to see Derby lose, for entirely personal reasons. The only Derby supporter I know is a right **** (word self-censored). Also, Charlton are my second team.

I know this is the transfer thread, not the match thread, but as everybody else is commenting on yesterday's game... I thought we did what we did in quite a few games last season against an "inferior" team: kept possession, played out from the back and generally made them chase the ball. Then, when they were tiring, we brought on a proper striker, beefed up the midfield and attacked. Yes, there were one or two chances for them but we have to accept the risk of this sort of tactic. But, I agree, we need a second striker.

Radio 5 Live building it up as the second big match of the day (behind W Ham v Pompey) as it's our "first game since Spygate". As if that makes a difference.

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Loss of bonus for getting to EPL (assuming we would have won the final), loss of EPL-level wage (assuming we would have won the final), loss of reputation and threats to his life sufficiently serious for the police to offer protection. None of these, admittedly, have been imposed by the FA. But he hasn't exactly got away with it.

Just describing the half-time show as "crap" was enough for me. Top pundit.

Quite pleased to see Digne getting criticism. I remember a really bad tackle on one of our players - a scrape down the calf and Achilles. I don't remember it well enough to know which player, or which game, but it was possibly in lockdown 😉. Ever since then, I've watched out for him and he puts in quite a few dirty tackles (as well as some excellent ones, in fairness).

Tend to agree. Yes, Leo can be exciting to watch but how many of his runs end up in goals or shots on target (either by him or someone he's passed to)? He tends to cut in and aim for the far corner of the goal. When it works, it's brilliant to watch but, more often than not, it's either cut out by a defender or goes sailing beyond the goal. I like him. I'd rather have him in the team than not. But I'm not blind to his limitations and, obviously, real experts who scout for Premier League teams will see these too.

This is the piece: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/13/tonda-eckert-southampton-fa-investigation-spygate?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other No real news, just speculation. As I've said before, Tonda has already been punished when the club was expelled from the play off final (no promotion bonus, no EPL salary etc). Anything more than a stiff telling off or suspended punishment would be outrageous both for the club and Tonda as an individual.

No. We need there to be no ban or, at worst, a suspended ban. The club has been punished already out of all proportion to the offence. Tonda has been punished, presumably, by not getting his promotion bonus or Premier League wage deal. Give him a telling off and we can all move on.

But he has been punished. I would assume he was on a large bonus if he had got us up and a much-improved contract once he got there. The FA should say they have looked at the situation and, in view of the punishment already handed out by the EFL, no further action is required other than a warning about future conduct. I hope the club and its lawyers are saying the same thing.

Just renewed. The purchase page offered me a load of "bolt ons" to buy without explaining what I'd get for the quite large amounts of money required. It's very unlikely I'd spend more than the basic cost of renewal, but it's definitely not going to happen if you don't tell me what I get. I've been back and checked the website and can't find any information there either. If it's not there, or hidden away, how do they expect to sell these extras?

OK, I don't like boxing. I don't like the idea of a sport where the aim is to injure your opponent and to inflict possible permanent brain damage. But, if I were a fan, would I want to watch it from the sort of distance likely (apart from the ringside seats) at St Mary's? Surely the whole point is to see the intricate hand and foot movements or, as a non-fan, have I completely got this wrong?