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Prouse vs Zaha, or "no more Mr Nice Guy" under Ralph. Would like to see a little more of that. If we've got him in to be defensive midfielder. At the moment it looks like he's coasting, waiting for a free kick.

"Imps". Never knew that. How lame. 😄

https://mainsports.me/soccer/stream/southampton/live

Looking for us to get a free kick a few yards outside their box in the last 20 minutes, for old times sake.

We are on positive points!!

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http://www.fawanews.sc/Southampton vs Millwall.html

He was number 30 when he was 17 here. It's like he's going to have to prove himself all over again.

Having thought about it, "if" he's as capable as he was when he left us I think it could work. He showed he was adaptable over the years and could work well in whatever system was asked of him. Good attitude. If his set piece ability is as good as it was, teams used to hate challenging us around their box in case of giving away a free kick. Adds another dimension.

What is it with Downs/Larin's hand bandages?

All publicity is good publicity.

Excellent. Nice to have some good news for a change.

Yes and from the footage I saw, he was on the floor looking incapacitated. In mitigation it may have initially been perceived as intoxication? It also appeared pretty dark. I don't want to be the one justifying the police actions if it turns out that there were serious errors after more facts come out, but I think the criticism will end up coming down to - how long after he'd said he'd been stabbed was he checked for wounds - because in the footage I saw it was cut inbetween. If it was a few seconds, so be it. Much longer than that is perhaps a different story.

They cuffed him on suspicion of assault. Digwa said he was punched and had his turban knocked off, what we now know to be blatant lies.

I agree with this. When people are stabbed in this way external bleeding is often minimal and may not have been visible when clothed. The police are lied to constantly and after he said he'd been stabbed, "I don't think you have mate" was probably his impression at the time before checking. The police may deserve criticism for not checking for wounds sooner but I'm not convinced the rage against them is deserved.

True, plenty were expecting a fine though. I don't think any of us or anyone in the football world expected sanctions to be this harsh. It was the harshness that got us all hysterical rather than the offense itself imo. The spying was a ridiculous error but an easy one to correct. If we push on in the same way we finished this season we've got a good season ahead imo, with Tonda.

If we'd been fined like Bielsa's team was, I doubt the question would exist. Despite the shit show, he got the players playing. Deep breath. Get them playing again and fight!

I like what Tonda has achieved regarding the management of the players and I think we should be wary of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Get through this period of negativity and start again with Tonda in charge and fresh investment.

Appeal the points deduction. Sort out the absurdity that lead us here (pretty easily done I would think). Apologise to the supporters. Invest further in the team to ensure a normal automatic promotion next season.

Whatever the outcome this is an unnecessary embarrassment to the club.

We shall be....in the Championship where we belong.

We look so much more composed defensively in recent weeks.

Beaten by a deflection and a worldie. Our goal was more impressive. Never satisfied with a loss but the players and manager can come away from this with positives rather than negatives.

https://dlstreams.com/watch.php?id=108

I celebrated and then vomited.