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You saved me having to type out my thoughts NickG - cheers!

@SouthamptonFC: .@gasramirez10: "I am very happy with how the #BristolCity game went. We played good football with quality for much of the game." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: .@gasramirez10: "These games are important for me to get my confidence. Now I have to keep working for my chance in the league." #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC: .@gasramirez10: "We know that only 11 players can start each game, so everybody is fighting hard to get into the team." #saintsfc

Turkish to the match build up thread please. Too many people are leaving Lambert out of their starting line-up.

Or...."Always play the team you think is best suited to beating the opposition on a case by case basis"

The same thought occurred to me after I posted it. You can probably swap Cork for Reed but I guess my subconscious thinking was that Reed (from the little I've seen/heard) gives us a more 'dynamic' midfield option off the bench than Cork, coupled with the fact that its "only" Crystal Palace (yes, I know...arrogant and complacent...guilty as charged!), so it should in theory be a good game to blood one or two of the new youngsters. Cork will be a shoe-in if/when Wanyama or Schneiderlin get injured or suspended, but when he's not making the starting 11 I don't think he automatically warrants a place on the bench as he's not really an impact player which is what you want on the bench (predominantly).

"The best time to change a winning team is just before they lose a game" Bobby Davro, 1987

Boruc Clyne - Fonte - Lovren - Shaw Wanyama - Schneiderlin S.Davis Ramirez - Lallana Osvaldo Subs: K.Davis, Chambers, Hooiveld, JWP, Reed, JRod, Lambert

@gasramirez10: Thank you to all the saints fans for the great support received. I hope to keep helping the team to win matches. CMYR!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/southampton-2-0-bristol-city-match-2298364

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2430693/Southampton-2-Bristol-City-0--match-report-Gaston-Ramirez-Jos-Hooiveld-score.html

Corner created by some good play by Reed too. The 'next big thing' at Saints me thinks

Yay 2-0 Hooiveld

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/10281034/Labour-and-Lib-Dems-got-mansion-tax-sums-wrong.html

@SouthamptonFC: #SaintsFC substitutes versus #BristolCity: Gazzaniga (GK), Rodriguez, Lallana, McCarthy, Targett, Rowe, Reed.

@SouthamptonFC: #SaintsFC team versus #BristolCity: K. Davis, Chambers, Yoshida, Hooiveld, Fox, Cork, S. Davis, Ram?rez, Ward-Prowse, Guly, Lee.

http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-0-fleetwood-1-1-5516672

Palace - win Swansea - draw Utd - lose Fulham - win Stoke - draw Hull - win 11 points

"Mauricio Pochettino looks like the kinda guy your parents would approve of if he dropped by, looked a gentleman."

Quite a few leap to their feet behind the goal in the slow-mo replay

I'd go for something similar but, as I say, give Osvaldo another run out up top as a confidence booster. Will also be good to see how he and Ramirez partner up too.

I'd be tempted to put Osvaldo into the game vs Bristol City. He seems concerned about not having scored for Saints yet (re: his tweet earlier) so he should be able to get that monkey off his back vs Bristol City

Player of the season in the making me thinks...

This. Big Vic's positives far outweigh his negatives.

@officialpompey: Full time: #Pompey 0 Fleetwood 1

Mwah