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Did cross my mind. Barnes looks like a great prospect from what I've seen.

Marcus Barnes injured? Or perhaps now in contention for 1st team squad...?

A question that occurs to me... If the FFP rules are inherently unfair to well run clubs like us who haven't massively overspent on wages before the rules were brought in (thus keeping our starting financial bar below others who overspent), why haven't the club made more of a song and dance about it in public? Surely a public statement from the club along the lines of "We would like to compete competitively in the transfer market with other clubs of our size but the FFP rules prevent us doing so thus rewarding other clubs for historic overspending on wages etc and penalising us for being historically prudent" Why are we not rattling the football authority cages more that we appear to be doing if the rules are not fit for purpose? The only public display of dissatisfaction over the last 5 years has been when Cortese voted against the rules. I appreciate that the authorities are unlikely to change the rules because little ol' Southampton (bless 'em) are getting a bit upset, but what's the harm in trying to stir up a bit of public debate about it? Yours thinking out loudly.

You were actually right some of those seasons....

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Decent performance from us. Restricted Utd (probable league winners) to just a few chances. Never a penalty IMO. We're still lacking that killer instinct (as per last few seasons). More positives than negatives. We match on.

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Never a penalty IMO

Decent half from us. Limited Utd to one or two chances. Fancy us getting a draw out of this.

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To save you having to type it out in full when either eventuality occurs, below are a couple of handy pre-crafted posts which can be cut and pasted to save a bit of time: "There, told you so" "Glad I was proven wrong in hindsight" You're welcome

Puel saying at today's press conference that "it's a bit coincidental these rumours came out the week before we play Utd"... subtle hint there!

Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport #Saintsfc boss Claude Puel just told me there is a "good chance" Jose Fonte will play v #mufc - but Ryan Bertrand still out

I've been bouncing this (conspiracy) theory around in my head for a while now. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if this was simply a case of Mourinho playing mind games to unsettle us for the game on Friday.

I knew there must have been a good reason why our old friend Wang Jianlin completed a buy-back of his $4.4bn Dalian Wanda property business this week. It's all starting to make sense now... I also wonder if this means we'll see Cortese resurfacing on the South Coast with his "good friend" Dalian Wanda.... http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?48666-Wang-Jianlin-looking-at-175m-takeover-of-Southampton-according-to-Sunday-Mirror#.V7QjFpgrLWU