trousers

In that case, I profusely apologise; here's your well deserved medal

Why didn't we get one of these "ner ner ner ner ner, told you so, where's my medal?" threads after the Palace game where our overall performance was similar to last night's and the results in each game could have easily been the same with slightly different rubs of the green?

Equally, there aren't many players that would have got onto the through ball there

HOJBJERG!!! WOWZER!!!

We look like a top 6 side in the first two thirds of the field sometimes. Shame we're not more clinical in the final 3rd

Redmond having a great game with Southgate watching in the directors box.

Has Ings touched the ball yet?!

He does like a backwards pass, doesn't he

Nah, they're much more amusing when they pop their head above the parapet

And there was me thinking that all Pompey fans had short memories... Just hurry up and get promoted to the Championship already (FFS)

3 for artistic impression

About bloody time. We've been waiting far too long for the laughs and giggles awaiting us nutjobs when they have to start competing with some decent football teams in the Championship rather than the tinpot opponents they've struggled against since their inception 6 years ago (yes, that 6 years of struggle has been equally amusing but it's time now to move on to new chortle territory)

Is he still plying his trade on that local rag? Given his unbounding journalistic talents I'd have expected him to have been snapped up by one of the high brow national publications by now. Such an injustice...

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He's now qualified this by saying there has been a question mark over their fitness this week but he's hopeing that they will be back in full training on Saturday and therefore in contention for the game on Monday. Sounds most likely that they will be on the bench rather than in the starting 11 Also stated that it looks like Ings has now overcome his blister issue

@AdamBlackmore #saintsfc manager Mark Hughes hopeful of having Charlie Austin (hamstring) and Shane Long (foot) in full training over the weekend - ahead of Monday night’s game v #BHAFC

Hughes stated he's got a fully fit squad in this morning's pre-match press conference...

Gallagher

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/southampton-midfielder-mario-lemina-record-uk-speeding-fine-96425-reduced-to-just-2301-after-court-a8527821.html "Southampton midfielder Mario Lemina has ‘record UK speeding fine’ of £96,425 reduced to just £2,301 after court error"

I'm not normally one to criticise the club, but that's a bit tinpot

Apologies if already posted... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/09/05/danny-ings-line-england-call-up-gareth-southgate-sticks-younger/ "Gareth Southgate is to closely monitor Danny Ings over the next few weeks with a view to calling up the striker for the next England squad."

You do realise that slipping in a non-fact amongst other facts is a well worn technique to get bites?

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