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Great half from Saints. Back into our 2020 pomp. Here's hoping it's not one of our 'game of two halves' performances though. Thought Redmond was better than the scapegoat gang are making out.

Can't be long before we get the "wish we would stop fannying around with the ball at the back" brigade piping up...

I think the commentators are going to need a change of pants at half time given how much they're eulogising about Ings' goal

That ball from Ings was slightly behind Redmond to be fair there

Confidence wise, this is looking more like 2020 Saints than 2021 Saints

Another 7 goals and we're back in the top half

Nice cheeky block from Redmond there too

Boooooommmmm!!!!

Just remembered the game started at a ridiculous time on a Sunday... Morning / afternoon all! How we doing?

So, Ings and Adams were deemed offside (by millimetres *after* the ball had been kicked) in recent games, and yet this is onside... Righty-o...

Vas deferens

Wind

You might want to amend that before MLG logs on...

Yep. I would go as far to say Armstrong is our most important player and the one we miss the most when he's out injured.

As a Saints supporter, no matter how geographically distant, you're more than welcome to use "our" and "we're" rather than "your" and "you're"...

Ah, bugger. Radio Rentals in that case

Yeah, bit of an odd one. I may have imagined this somewhere along the line but did I read/hear once upon a time that Katharina's 20% share holding entitles her to veto the purchase of Gao's 80% if she doesn't approve of who the buyer is? Probably my memory playing tricks on me.

This might be a daft question in that case, but if all VAR requires is for someone to pop down to Rumblelows for a TV monitor, why haven't they use VAR at non-PL grounds, like Barnsley tonight? Genuinely curious

< MLG MODE > We've nearly won as many games as we've lost in 2021 (4 won, 5 lost)...

I don't think Ralph will start with Salisu in this one and pretty sure he'll keep McCarthy in goal for PL games, so probably this: McCarthy KWP - Bednarek - Vestergaard - Bertrand JWP - Romeu Armstrong - Takumi Ings - Adams Very strong team on paper... P.s. do we know how long Diallo is out for?

Definitely worthy of a Saintsweb Forum "told you so" medal

Not a bad shout actually. He's certainly got enough pace and seems fairly nimble.

You forgot your 'MLG note'... "Yes, I know it wasn't a league game but it was between two premier League clubs you tart (no offence)"

Will there definitely be no VAR for this game - i.e. does it only get used in the FA Cup for home games at PL clubs?. Just wondering if Bournemouth might still have all the VAR equipment in situ and whether it could be dusted off for the game?

Indeed. I'm pretty sure I've seen the likes of Harry McGuire making more mistakes on a semi-regular than Salisu did tonight