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Bertrand goes close. Good save

Harrison Reed seems to be playing up front at the moment...

On the plus side, the new away kit looks quite nice

Vestergaard... Oops...

Tadic on one of his off days

Half time. Derby look much more 'match fit' than us. Redmond probably our best player.

Can't read anything into pre-season games

Woeful Saints defending... Derby through on goal... One on one with the keeper... Great stop McCarthy

Derby website. (I was sad enough to pay a fiver )

Saints in new yellow away kit

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The latter

Since when did Pompey online get taken over by rocket scientists?

You seem to be forgetting that it was the previous football club that played at Fratton Park which had an unfortunate track record with charities. As far as I know, the current football club that plays there has a clean slate in this regard. Similar with the number of trophies they've won.

How much will this 'book' thing you mention cost me?

Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase

Sad lonely people like me?

If you haven't grasped Glasgow's modus operandi by now you never will Chomp chomp chomp...

https://southamptonfc.com/news/2018-07-20/mark-hughes-derby-county-southampton-pre-season-friendly-preview Doesn't sound like Hughes is going to try and get away with playing 12 players then

Proteases

Thanks. Didn't realise until you posted that...

Oops! My usual trick! Start the season as I mean to go on (it's this bloomin' back 5 malarkey that confuses me )

Pay-per-view for a fiver on Derby's website for this game... https://www.dcfc.co.uk/page/derby-county-vs-southampton-live-stream-package Assume Yoshida and Cedric sit this one out due to World Cup duties? 1st Half ---------------------------- McCarthy --------------------------------- --------- Hoedt --------- Vestergaard ------- Bednarek ------------- Reed -------------------------------------------------------- Bertrand ----------------- Lemina ------------- Hojbjerg----------------------- ---- Redmond ---------- Armstrong ------------ Elyounoussi ------ --------------------------- Gallagher ---------------------------------- 2nd Half / 60 mins ------------------------------ Gunn ------------------------------------ ---------- Hoedt --------- Vestergaard ------- Stephens ------------- Valery --------------------------------------------- Targett / McQueen ------------- Davis / Clasie ----------- Romeu ------------------------ -------- JWP -------------- Sims --------------------- Hesketh ------- ---------------------- Austin / Gabbi / Long ---------------------------

Lo and behold...

Assume most people went for standard delivery? I assume those of us that paid a couple of quid extra for next day delivery got to the front of the queue by the looks of things