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Warn me not to cut onions whilst watching such articles in future...! Very heartwarming. Thanks for posting

A comfortable 2+ goal margin victory. We march on!

And, not forgetting Dame Vera Lynn, of course... complicit the lot of them I tell ye

Next!

Can't believe you've missed our most famous supporter off your "well known fans" list....

Aye, could be, but good news that he's not going to be out long term, which I think people were fearing

Good read - thanks. Didn't realise he'd been diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis.... something he and I have in common then!

Ah, yes, that'll be it. Cheers

Btw, anyone know who the Northern Irish fella was that opened up the press conference this time? And any reason Adam Blackmore was 'relegated' to second in line with fewer questions than usual? (just my idle curiosity)

The vibe that Martin was giving off is that Downes would only miss this one game, but he wasn't explicit about it

As long as the ref isn't a tosser we should be fine

Yeah... @Wade Garrett is defo your man @Jerseybean

Martin: "Downes will miss tomorrow but won't be out for long" Good news!

Agree... it wasn't on target so should be a Smallbone OG....?

Yep, it's competition specific.

Hopefully he can hold out until after matchweek 37 (9th March) as that's the cut-off date for 10 yellow cards (after that the trigger is 15 yellow cards for the remainder of the season, but that would result in a 3 game ban)

Yeah, was a bit of a coin toss for me that one. I went for Stu on the basis that he has more experience and that could prove vital in the middle third of the park given Downes' absence. But, if he's out-of-form then, yep, there's a case for dropping him (although, of course, a player has to play in order to have that first game where his form returns... he's not going to be out-of-form forever.... #chicken #egg)

It is possible to be extremely happy about an unbeaten run yet not view it as particularly significant in the general scheme of things. The two feelings aren't mutually exclusive. #biggerpicture

Aye; if one cuts through Trump's usual rhetoric / hyperbole / poor attempt at tongue-in-cheek humour, there is a valid underlying point there. Out of interest, does anyone know the history / backgrouind behind why so many countries don't adhere to the 2% of GDP committment? Are there underlying valid reasons why they don't / can't comply or is all based on political posturing etc? (I've never looked into it so genuinely interested if there's any Saintswebbers out there who are experts in this area)

Bazunu, KWP, Bednarek, THB, Manning, Charles, S.Armstrong, Rothwell, A.Armstrong, Mara, Brooks Subs: Lumley, Stephens, Meghoma, Smallbone, Kamaldeen, Edozie, Fraser, Adams, Dibling F*** me, that was almost impossible... doesn't feel right benching some of those players, yet it feels right to promote the likes of Rothwell, Brooks and Mara. Don't envy Russ at the moment although, to coin a cliche, its a nice problem to have....

ah, thats ok then.... case closed.... #robustmyarse

I'm inclined to disagree (all subjective of course). My gut feel is that we'll stay undeafeated during these 5 games. My concern is more about how many of those will be draws rather than the wins we need to secure automatic promotion.

# MLG MODE KLAXON # If we want to guarantee automatic promotion, then every game is a "must win" from here on in....

Good to see all politicians being called out on this....