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Now let's make this a landslide

Boom!

5-0 to the mighty Saints.... COYR!

Cheers for all the replies..... it looks like I may have convinced her ladyship to go to New Zealand instead (coincidentally during next winter's New Zealand v England test series...!)

Which one? There are several (allegedly)....

Indeed 👍

Is this one of your "I know something but will pose it as a question" posts...?

Seems like a logical 'win-win' move to me... He's getting limited match time this season so he he'll hopefully get more minutes under his belt in Serie A and come back a better player if/when we're back in the PL next season.

Yeah... you read the thread title correctly... Lady T does indeed have the Falkland Islands on her shortlist for our annual holiday this year.....! Anyone been? Any tips etc? I've done some initial research on getting there.... basically two options..... an RAF flight from Brize Norton (via Ascension Island) or commercial flights via Chile.... Other than that, I've got a blank sheet of paper...

Window Payne? (I'm here all week, somewhat unfortunately)

Anyone got a link to any 'free' highlights?

# Devil's Advocate Klaxon # Given a hypothetical choice between: - auto promotion & getting tonked in a cup competition we're not going to win Or - play offs & only getting beaten by 1 or 2 goals in a cup competition we're not going to win Which would you choose?

Fair enough. I'm always open to persuasion

I agree that a defeat potentially adds risk to future results, but is that greater or less than the risk of being happy with a series of draws just because it preserves an unbeaten run?

Even if that means comproming the strength of the teams we can put out vs Millwall a few days before and vs Birmingham a few days after...?

Am I the only one who isn't too fussed about the unbeaten run, per se. Yes, of course it's not a bad thing, but we could go unbeaten for the rest of the season and still not get promoted. I'd rather get promoted without an unbeaten run than not promoted with one. In other words, give me 2 wins and a defeat over 1 win and 2 draws (using a 3 game run as an example) each and every time. (Yes, I know that the unbeaten run breeds confidence and keeps momentum going, but it doesn't necessarily increase our chances of promotion, especially if we end up drawing too many games...)

We're now looking at 8 games in February (if we win the replay) rather than 6. Hope these extra games don't prove too much of a distraction/ fitness drain. I know this'll upset certain quarters of the Saintsweb intelligentsia, but I reckon a narrow defeat today would've been preferable to a replay and then a possible 5th round game oop north sandwiched midweek between two important league games....

It's almost like it's not possible to play well but still lose...

Female selective memory.... My missus can remember exactly what I was doing wrong at 8.29pm on Friday 15th May 1998 yet the lady currently giving evidence at the Post Office enquiry has conveniently forgotten loads of stuff...