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@officialsaints: Saints substitutes: K. Davis (GK), Hooiveld, Ward-Prowse, Guly, Mayuka, Chaplow, Reeves. #saintsfc

Only 16,000 there? Crikey, that's bad... ;-)

Schneiderlin making the difference in midfield today

Fulham looking very average

Great distribution from Gazza there

Saints goal disallowed:-(

Fulham clear off the line

Great approach play saints

Lambert....great defender!

Hooiveld on... Yoshida to move over?

Richardson injured - hamstring

Yes!!!!Fonte

Is this now the match thread?

@officialsaints: Three changes for Saints as Gast?n Ram?rez and Nathaniel Clyne each miss out with a dead leg. Morgan Schneiderlin returns. #saintsfc

Is Tadanari Lee ever going to play football ever again, or what?

Not even on the bench. Odd?

Stu Francis

Nope

Oh contrare...feltching on a Thursday and frottage every last Monday in the month (except bank holidays and when Boxing Day doesn't fall on the 26th December)

As long as you promise it'll be run better than last time it was state owned

@Lord_Palmerston: You've got to love Cortese. Constant source of entertainment. Makes Mandaric look positively stable. Poor old Saints! @SOSPompey: @Lord_Palmerston just think, they're under his full control. Well, apart from the fixed and floating charge on all assets of course.

With or without crutches?

The 'competitive' part of it isn't the running of the service, per se, but (supposedly) the regular tender process when it comes to retaining or gaining the licence. So, a train company runs the service as if they were vying for punters so that their bid looks good the next time the licence is up for offer again. As I say, that's the theory...as long as you've got competent procurement people it works fine...doh...

Result

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach Schneiderlin back in full training today after knee injury so could play for #SaintsFC this weekend. #FFC too soon for Cork, though.