Pat from Poole

I don't. I went there for England v Tunisia in the 98 World Cup, and the hot weather, loads of bars at Le Vieux Port and large numbers of Algerians, Moroccans and Tunisians was a recipe for fairly major trouble.

He wins a lot of free-kicks. Seems to get singled out by the oppo defences for fairly rough treatment for some reason. I like him. It's not his fault that Hull took a short-term profit on him. More fool them.

Seem to recall there were rumours recently about us signing Micah Richards, but I would have thought his wage demands would be above what we'd want to pay. Plus he seems to be injury-prone.

I think that if you compare Bertrand and Alderweireld with Shaw and LOLvren, you'd say that they were arguably both more solid defensively than their predecessors, and also less inclined to giving away daft free-kicks near our goal (thinking of LOLvren in particular here). Also, much though I liked Boruc, at least Forster doesn't do Cruyff turns in his own penalty area.

One of my big concerns is whether we may lose Fonte to one of the big boys. He has been majestic this season. He's deffo good enough for Arsenal or United.

I'm not going to gloat. As with last summer, they could yet come in for some of our players with the funds from selling their star player; haven't they already been linked with Fonte?

One word, Steve. Redknapp.

If Boscombe do not fall foul of Financial Fair Play rules in the next three years, I will consider eating my garage.

I just hope he doesn't sign for Boscombe and score enough goals to keep those peasants up.

Mmmm. Different bench to warm, I guess...... http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/chelsea-rickie-lambert-liverpool-transfer-5635162

Think they're showing the Mayweather - Pacquiao fight tomorrow night as well. When it's working well, Sports Mania is really good. Though I do find I sometimes have to use NBC and Offside Streams as back-ups.

I like Pearson. I hope he keeps them up, but it looks like he needs a break from the game for his own sanity. I'm not sure how managers are able to do these post-match interviews and press conferences sometimes. I'm p1ssed off enough as a fan if we've lost, and am usually in a foul mood for an hour or so afterwards. Have no idea how I could face a mass interrogation after a defeat.

Totally agree with all of this. I started watching Saints in '91 as well, weirdly.....

Edited for daft typo.

A large part of me thinks that Alderweireld's repeated comments that he would like to say are just good PR on his part, so that he doesn't get any grief from the fans. Even if his wife does like the Southampton area, ultimately money talks. Both for Atletico and Alderweireld.

Higginbotham was a very average player, but speaks very well as a pundit. I think he could have a decent career as a pundit. He's a million times better than Savage, FFS.

We have a top-notch back 4 and centre-midfield which have protected Forster all season. If they're on their game, they'll ensure we don't miss Forster too much. That said, I'd have preferred it if we could have got Boruc back.

Yup, agreed. Best pub I've been to up there.

I go to football more for the atmosphere than the football itself. I was going to buy a ticket in the Itchen North for the West Ham game, but it's £40, the atmosphere's poor, and I can have a few beers at home and watch it on NBC Sports; it's a bit of a no-brainer.

We should offer Burnley £10 million and just do the deal. In the current market, it would be a fair price, regardless of his contract situation. There's no way we'd get him on a free in the summer.

Can't be true. Roger said he wouldn't have been at the game today......

Word on the Ugly board is that Ings was in the Itchen Stand today watching the game. I do rate him, am sure HDCAJFU.

Could he do an Alex Song and retire from international football? And then change his mind in a month or two......

Agreed. Have found this to be better than Sports Nation HD over the last few weeks.

Not sure I'd agree if I was an Everton fan. If we had just lost 3-0, would we be pleased that two of our star players had given their shirts to opposing players? Just goes to show that players haven't properly supported a club.