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^This. Ultimately it's down to the Football League to get a cast iron agreement from all stakeholders to go ahead with the match before announcing the agreed date.

Any idea whether or not we've taken our maximum possible allocation for this one?

Banega maybe?

Not forgetting Tadanari Lee who has scored twice for the U21s tonight...

@SouthamptonFC: GOAL: #SaintsFCU21s 2-1 #BRFC U21s (Tadanari Lee 55)

This is all starting to get a tad surreal now. I know I predicted 4th this season but didn't expect this level of plaudits so soon...

@SouthamptonFC: GOAL: #SaintsFCU21s 1-0 #BRFC U21s (Tadanari Lee 40)

Is the Player of the Year for the 'calendar year' 2013 or for last season (2012-13)? Cheers

Norwich....

And West Ham are still at it too...

I see Everton have also been active in the 'charge' market over the last few months too. They've got 6 outstanding charges to our 1 at the moment

I'm sure the Pompey sleuths, who confirmed the previous loan was for c.£35million, will be able to fill us in with the details on this new one shortly...

Boruc Clyne - Fonte - Lovren - Shaw Schneiderlin - Wanyama Davis - Lallana Lambert - Osvaldo Subs: K Davis, Chambers, Yoshida, Cork, Ramirez, JWP, Rodriguez

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Will be a contender for player of the season at the end of the campaign. What he brings to the side completely outweighs any weaknesses.

Lineker responded to the criticism on twitter last night by saying that the MotD footage is edited 'in real time' during the match rather than after the game has finished. That would go some way to explain why the highlights don't always reflect the game as a whole as they will simply pick out the 'exciting bits' as they happen rather than focus on the more subtle aspects of a team's good performance.

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That said, the post match analysis was full of praise for Saints... Inconsistent coverage from the beeb

The bloke compiling the MotD highlights was obviously a Man Utd fan...

I want to see Ramirez and Osvaldo in the same team. I'm convinced they would link up well

Another 2 point swing on the equivalent fixture last season. Excellent progress.

Gut beats head and heart

Rooney hits the bar

Fonte possibly at fault there?

Cock