adrian lord

Tika-taka was always pretty to behold for a short while but rapidly became dull and tedious as a spectacle. Few are lamenting it's demise.

Why don't we abandon the first team and literally just be an Academy, feeding directly into the CL clubs? St Mary's can be sold off for redevelopment into yuppie flats. Bingo, loads of ££££££ for the Board.

As we speak, we don't have a single serviceable striker.

Christ, I just woke to find my mattress sodden with ****.

The trouble with human bites is that medically they are worse than a dog bite for infection risk if the skin is broken. The video clearly shows a voluntary additional neck extension and biting action, not merely a passive bumping of teeth and shoulder. Then, realising the foolishness of his actions, after a split but distinct second, he feigns tooth pain... The chap's a psychopath. God only knows what his poor wife has to suffer behind closed doors.

Gaston tried to stop Cellini demonstrating the bite marks to the ref and TV cameras..

Fifa - I have no confidence in them doing the right thing.

Half time was the good bit....

Futility. The single word that sums up being an England fan.

Anyone that thinks changing the bloody anthem will turn our meatheads into world-beaters on the pitch is ****ing deluded...

Well the WC so far won't have increased Lallana's value one iota, if anything reduced it due to showcasing alternative talent available.

We need an anthem that is "inclusive", and speaks to the Muslims.

I am appalled at the treasonous tone of the majority of posts in this thread.

Watch Roy play all the Saints (and Lambo) as starters for the what will be by then a dead rubber against Costa Rica....

Bless them, now they can get back to their WAGS, Kahn Range Rovers, Lambos, diamond-encrusted watches and elevated garden 5 a side pitches.

It'll be 50 years of hurt in a couple of years, for the Euros.

Hart is an arrogant **** and sadly, too many in the England set up seem to listen to his own hype.

Adam spraying the ball about now

Rooney!

Excellent news - and love the comments he's made so far!

We should look at signing that Lambert, he looks useful.

Yes, I met a chap at Neasden bus garage last week who thought we had done fairly well and said he had respect for us, although he reiterated his support for Chelsea and thought they would be in for Shaw, Dejan and Morgan once the WC is over.

All this season we have been praised and lauded unremittingly by the media - print and TV pundits. Common themes: - beautiful passing and pressing game - wonderful academy, English core to team, - youthful, give the kids a chance - something very special going on on the south coat etc. etc. etc.... I literally lost count of the lengthy eulogies by Gary Neville and also paeans penned in the serious press by top football writers.

That's the spirit.

I agree.