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Fonte starts 2nd half

P.s. Yoshida having a good game

At the game. Not as much intensity from Saints as the Espanyol game. Redmond quieter in this game too although had a good effort that hit the wood work. Nice composed finish by Long for the goal. Looks like Fonte could be coming on at half time

Just catching up on yesterday's events. Good to see Tinpot Town have decided to retain the same levels of chortle fodder this season. The only downside though is that it further delays the return of the Corporate "we only post when we're winning" Ho brigade. Was rather hoping they would get promotion at long last this season just to raise the chortle bar up a few notches for next season. Hey ho (pun intended), can't have it all I suppose... [emoji38]

Slattery back from his long term injury today...

We did.... (unless finishing 3 points shy of 4th place doesn't count?)

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This. I know the forum police frown upon "look where we were 'x' years ago" posts, but for me the dark "will we still have a club to support tomorrow?" few days before Markus bought the club are still relatively fresh in my mind, so my expectation bar is never too high, regardless of what's happened in the ensuing years. That said, my gut feel is that we'll comfortably finish top half this coming season.

Posted on his facebook page in June....

On the cards or wishful thinking?

Decent play from Saints in spells. Redmond looking lively.

Fonte turned up pitch side in civvies about 5 minutes before kick off and went under the itchen stand

Greetings from St Marys. Just Itchen and Chapel stands open. Crowd very sparse at the moment

Some light entertainment.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p042xhvq (usual tinpot klaxon applies)

Chomp chomp chomp

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If that's the case, I wonder why Puel talked about an ankle injury when asked about JRod's absence from the squad yesterday.... (Unless I completely misheard what he said?)

Indeed. Auto-correct is one of my favourite features on this pesky 'smart' phone

In the post-match interview yesterday, Puel said something about JRod coming back from 2 years out and mentioned his ankle, saying it was "not a good problem". Which is all gobbledygook to me. I think our club interviewer needs to adopt a different questioning technique with Puel as his answers are often difficult to follow. The comment about JRod is from 02:10 onwards on this clip: