The Cat

How come Toney is still playing, did he get away without a ban?

Our best CB. Struggled to understand why he wasn't picked much before now, although obviously we don't know what's going on behind the scenes. Said it after the Man City game, but his positioning and reading of the game are superb. A great player.

Love the pre match and first half comments on here. Page 8 is particularly funny. Thought we played pretty well, the better team until they scored and then scored a deserved equaliser. Ward Prowse incredible. Great goal, beautiful free kick to win it.

Still think it's cheaper to drive if you live in Southampton once you add up train fares and/or flights. I've driven to Bristol and flown to Newcastle a few times because you can park for free in the nearby village and flights were dirt cheap. There's no flights up there on a Tuesday though.

He was the best Norwegian on the pitch on Tuesday!

Should have left the names in. Twats like that deserve to be exposed for being twats.

1-0, Michael Svensson goal. They had a concert afterwards, and unlike our last game at the Dell didn't let fans on the pitch. We then also won our first game at the Etihad. 3-1. We managed to field Kevin Phillips, James Beattie and Marian Pahars that day and they couldn't cope with them.

Can't let a rain theme go by without posting these classic songs. Dry the Rain - Beta Band Prayers For Rain - The Cure King Tubby - Rain Roots

Ignore the assist, his best bit of the night was when he chased Grealish across the pitch into the centre circle and then clattered into him.

That's good. He definitely landed awkwardly just beforehand though.

He was my MOM. Don't think he put a foot wrong. His positioning is spot on and he deals with things with a minimum of fuss. Very good player. Play 4 at the back and make sure one of the CB's is him.

He was injured, I just posted my view of it in the match thread.

Hope Lavia is ok. He landed awkwardly before going off, looked like he possibly jarred his knee a bit. Was shaking his head as soon as it happened but hopefully that was just a reaction to knowing he'd have to go off after such a great performance rather than an acknowledgement that he'd got an injury which might keep him out again.

Jones got a big round of applause as he left the pitch. Well deserved for tonight's performance.

Orsic coming on

De Bruyne, Aka and Akanji on

Wessex League standard.

Man City players all called back in from their half time kick about. Just Saints out there at the moment. Wonder if Pep is laying into them while making multiple subs?

Wow, what a first half. Sat behind the dugouts marvelling at how Lyanco has morphed into Cafu.

It's a Papa John's game, I'm surprised anyone went to be honest. Wouldn't see me making that trip a few days before the same fixture in a league game.

Good time for Nlundulu to go there, they play Pompey soon.

People posting "typical Saints" about the sort of thing that happens at pretty much every club.

That was my oldest son's first game. Consequently he thought Guly was one of the best players in the world for a while.

Some nice finishes here. Love the nutmeg from Morgan for the second. Ballard's goal was well taken too.

I know him from when I worked at the Police. They must be paying him pretty well if he's chucking in a decent pension early.