trousers

Would be happy with Brown (Phil not Gordon)

Controversial thought alert... I would drop Lambert to the bench for this game. From what I've seen/read he's a bit out of sorts at the moment (mentally? physically?) so the jolt of being relegated to the bench could be the kick start he needs (if indeed there is a mental element connected to him being off the boil at the moment). That said, depending on his state of mind, this approach could have the reverse effect....

Bobby Davro

There's a 'premium' upgrade available for £4.99 per season. Gives you video clips of games. Now, if they could integrate the iPlayer for live matchday commentary on my iPhone that would be the icing on the cake. No doubt contractural 'difficulties' prevent that happening though....

Agree. Although I'm sure the irony is lost on the clever people at The Sun....

It's actually available now. Just downloaded it

Free? WTF has got into Cortese? A chance to make a bit of extra cash on the side and he throws it away.... ;-)

The attendance was almost double that of the next best attendance of the night. Glass half full and all that.

Yes

What was the straight red for?

Have changed one line to make The Sun's piece a little more balanced:

Indeed. An astute chap on here (*cough* Trousers *cough*) posted the very same hypothesis a month or so ago... ;-))

That would fit my hunch that communications from an official outlet (twitter) have taken on a different style today...

Some strange 'tweets' from OfficialSaints twitter today. Seems to have gone from being very formal, official and restrained to getting involved in tittle tattle and somewhat confrontational. All a bit odd IMHO

Surely, once a card is shown it's final? The ref may well have shown a yellow when he meant a ref but what does the rulebook say about it? How long does a ref have, if any, to withdraw the card originally shown?

Saints twitter said it was two consecutive yellows - the second as a result of complaining about the first

Barnard off = exhibit A in the case for not playing the first team in the cups this season.

So, it was nothing to do with Pardew selecting strong sides for the cups why he left then....

officialsaints: Saints team vs Swindon. Davis. Butterfield, Fonte, Jaidi, Harding. Puncheon, Hammond ©, Schneiderlin, Guly. Connolly, Lambert #saintsfc

Did they define "working"? Is the manager of my local pub team "working" if he gets paid in beer?

In that case, my money's on Gonorrhea (currently manager of Italian Serie-B side Reggina)

Correct

Was due to the printing overheads for such a small print run according to Official Saints Twitter. i.e. they always intended doing an online version only, Pardew or no Pardew....

Indeed. I don't believe Pardew was on any betting lists before he was appointed last year either.