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If we're going to sit deep then we should at least bring on another player who is taylor made for such situations... #diallo

I hate being a Saints fan... Sitting here as jittery as f*** despite my team seemingly cruising along at 2-0 up with 25 mins to go...

Ssssshhhhhh ( FFS )

How has Ings not got a touch on that?!

Come on Ralph. 10 mins up...

Because Bertrand catches the defender's leg rather than the other way around..?

If we're still 2-0 up after the first 10 mins or so I'd be tempted to bring on Diallo for Redmond and push JWP a bit further up

Fingers crossed for a good 90 minutes Saints performance today rather than the 45 minutes one we often get served up

Tempting fate klaxon...

Surely Walcott changes that now though?

Usual Ings... All over the field!

Optimistic. At least another 3 needed for me

Woop woop

FFS MLG... I was attempting to see if anyone else would pick up my deliberate misinterpretation of the article. At least give the others a couple of hours to discover it before you jump in with your reveal. Jeez, I thought we had an understanding on this by now

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12113276/fa-threatens-premier-league-clubs-over-january-foreign-signings "The Football Association has urged Premier League clubs to accept its new system that will block "lower quality foreign players" from joining in the January transfer window." So, so more signing 'hidden gems' like Mané for clubs of our stature then...

Pompey top of the table... quelle surprise... https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/hampshire-news/hampshire-area-coronavirus-infection-rate-4637369

Damp

He's been "poised to sign" for several months now if previous reports are anything to go by...

Yep, we've all known that for several months.... What we don't know is the "why?" bit

What was "the situation"? Cheers

This lengthy interview with Fran Castano (the chap who discovered Salisu in Ghana and knows him inside out) makes no mention of any issues that he thought Salisu would suffer from in transitioning to the Premier League. Yes, he talks about him being "very shy" but that's about it.... https://www.polishnews.co.uk/mohammed-salisu-to-southampton-fast-rise-from-ghanas-grime-pitches-soccer-information/ You'd have thought if Salisu had 'long term issues' then this would have come to light before or by now. (Not that I'm spending far too much time pondering on the mysteries behind this transfer of course )

My hunch is that this is more likely than a more run-of-the-mill injury issue. There's no news reports on ye olde internet to suggest he's either injury prone or that there's anything serious about the muscle injury he picked up in July before he joined us. And, of course, there's always the possibility he caught the Coronavirus and is suffering longer term issues with that (the so called 'long covid').

From Tom Leach, Hampshire Live reporter who was asking questions at the press conference today...