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Why is Benteke not being booked for going to ground when he doesn't need to? Doesn't have to be a Hojbjerg-esque Olympic dive to warrant a caution, does it?

Bit of a hotch-potch kit today

Posted on another thread:

I hadn't twigged that Armstrong isn't in the squad either. He's one of the new additions that gives us something different (a midfielder whose instinct is to attack rather than ponder on the ball), so a tad head-scratchy IMO that he isn't a regular in the starting 11, let alone the matchday squad.

No Gallagher either, despite making an impact on Tuesday

Spot the odd one out...

Agree that it benefits Bertrand/us physically, but what if he continues to be overlooked despite playing well in the meantime... it could start to affect him psychologically (i.e. "what's the point of busting a gut here at Southampton if it dosen't result in an international re-call?") (Ifs and buts, I know)

Chomp chomp chomp

Like clockwork, someone creates an argument out of nothing...

Not far off...

Assume we'll get the usual dull draw? i.e. Crystal Palace Can't remember the last time we drew a 'minnow' at this stage of the draw

Just watched the highlights (on Quest channel...WTF?). Amazing finish to the game but how on Earth did Newcastle not get a penalty in added time with the score still at 2-1 when the Forest keeper completely clattered the Newcastle striker?

Maybe his biggest mistake was trying to stay up when he was initially clipped by the defender.

Similar player to Lemina based on that IMO

This

McCarthy Cedric Vestergaard Yoshida Bertrand Lemina Armstrong Romeu Redmond Ings Elyanoussi Bench: Gunn, Targett, Bednarek, JWP, Austin, Gallagher, Gabbi

Cheers

Obligatory question: when is the draw for the next round?

Never any doubt

Sounds like Gallagher has made a difference

Austin misses a sitter?

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Nice one Cyril. (Slightly odd that Solent seemingly aren't alloweed to stream it over the interweb but the club are. Hey ho. Better than nowt)