trousers

Too dark?

And a northern accent to boot

Just hope we haven't rushed back Vestergaard and Romeu if they're not quite 100% fit. (Ralph and the backroom staff obviously know best though)

Matt le Tissier?

Medically impossible... I've just counted.... 4 fingers and a thumb on each hand...

This 100%. It reallly isn't rocket science, is it, so why can't the FA/PL 'intelligentsia' see that the current way of interpreting the footage is fundamentally flawed? (yes, that was a rhetorical question!)

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/he-s-a-wonderful-talent-aussie-teen-praised-after-impressive-saints-debut Eligible to represent both England and Australia at a senior level, Watts also proved himself a strong presence in the locker room during his time with the Joeys. “He’s a good kid, he’s got a bit of a dry sense of humour,” Morgan said. “He’s got great relationships with the other players - he was very popular from the minute he came in. “He’s really keen to play for Australia, he’s very proud to have played for Australia even though he’s grown up in England. His father’s an Australian born and bred, he’s a doctor that works in London.

I'd rather he scored for us to be honest

To be fair, we could possibly put out what is now our first choice 11....? (Walcott for Redmond/Djenepo possibily the only exception) McCarthy KWP - Vestegaard - Bednarek - Bertie JWP - Romeu Takumi - Redmond/Djenepo Ings - Adams

Totally. In fact, I think we should own this 9-0 malarkey from here on in and engineer one each season.

We lost our next 2 games after last season's 9-0, so no panic if we don't bounce straight back this time either...(although, those 2 games were both vs Man City of course)

How come they missed out the "Do all teams that lose 9-0 go on achieve top 6 form in the ensuing 12 months?" question...?

As soon as fans are allowed back into stadium again, I hope the club withdraw their request for Dean and Mason not to referee our games so that we can express our appreciation of their services to football in person....

How many feckin' "muscle injuries" is that so far this season? Gotta be some kind of record, surely?!

I assume the cutoff just applies to the next day's games rather than the whole gameweek?

Dean & Mason

One assumes they did exactly the same after Leicester and before our ensuing excellent 12 month run...?

Everything looked ok a fraction of a second before the tackle... just looks like two players going for a loose ball in this freeze-frame... (I'm not attempting to excuse a bad tackle here, just highlighting that there may be a relatively fine line between a good tackle and a mis-timed one, especially when you're 19 and pumped to the brim with a heady mix of adrenaline, fear and excitement)

Ok, I'll give you the arousal you crave by biting... Can I ask why you didn't post this a couple of months ago?

Indeed, if it goes to 4-1 then we enter an alternate reality (#BTTF). We'd have still lost but our heads would've been up rather than down

He wanted first team football. He wasn't getting it at Saints, ergo, leaving would be a logical path to take. Perhaps we should be applauding his ambition and desire rather than getting parochial about it...?