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This

Guilty as charged m'lud. More than happy to be deluded and naively optimistic. Much preferable to taking this game they call football too seriously The planet is hurtling through the universe at circa 872,405 miles per hour on a path to certain oblivion. Cheer up

A bit like Austin and Carrillo... who have been kept well away from the pre-season trips?

Yep... They've just shown the replay and Yoshida clearly interfering with play on the goal line

0-4 Nicely taken by Stattery on the edge of the box but their defence is non existent Half time Edit: goal ruled out apparently! Pesky stream...

0-2 (Long 18 mins)

0-1 (Che Adams, 56 seconds)

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This

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/22/southampton-continue-to-invest-in-youth-after-gao-jishengs-boardroom-reshuffle "Southampton continue to invest in youth after Gao Jisheng’s reshuffle"

And not a single squirrel in sight. Hashtag disappointed

People who can't hold a plastic bottle of water without making a 126 decibel crackling noise every 12 seconds

We will finish 7th

Trevor

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https://www.planetfootball.com/in-depth/ralph-hasenhuttls-clear-messaging-has-finally-stopped-southampton-drifting/ "Ralph Hasenhuttl’s clear messaging has finally stopped Southampton drifting"

A striped shirt where the stripes actually go all the way up to the shoulder rather than abruptly ending at a needless block of shoulder colour? Nah, it'll never catch on...

So, the whole Paul Allen yacht saga was just a smokescreen for the eventual arrival of Mr Gao? Bloody knew it. All makes sense now.

I think people are simply highlightling that there are two ways of "sitting out a contract": (a) sit out contract whilst not stirring things on social media (b) sit out contract whilst stirring things on social media Yes, it could be argued that the club aren't treating him "fairly", but a player has two options if he thinks he's being treated unfairly.... lower himself to his perceived level of the club (i.e. tit-for-tat) or rise above it and maintain a mature and dignified silence. Austin appears to have taken the first approach. Nothing wrong with that of course, his choice. Yours observingly...

Pants

Some might say he's encouraging said derision by (subtlety) throwing a few toys out of the pram on social media...?