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It turns out they were right....

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/southampton-reject-liverpool-transfer-move-7195174

Link? Screenshot?

There's no point discussing matters of fact...

I've extracted my tongue from my cheek now... (p.s. if the UK withdraws from the European Union, will I still be European?)

There's always one surprise inclusion that no-one sees coming.... James Ward-Prowse anyone....? (before you ask, yes, I have gone stark raving bonkers)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35339614

Long is from the British Isles, so geographically he is British

Its possibly a bit 'chicken and egg' though. The defence may well be more solid because of Forster:s presence.

Forster Cedric VvD Fonte Bertrand Targett Wanyama Clasie Davis Mane Long Subs: Steklenberg, Martina, Romeu, JWP, Tadic, Pelle, Austin Man Utd 2 Saints 2 (Mane, Austin)

"Stroking his Hoddle model".... I've heard some euphemisms in my time but that's up there with the best

He always seemed to lack confidence in the traditional left back position, but this new role seems to suit him down to the ground.

Printing off copies of his annual script in plenty of time for August?

This is the biggest bonus of the last two games for me. Either by luck or good judgement, Koeman has found the best position for Targett. I was never convinced that he would make the grade in the traditional left back position but playing further forward has unearthed some hitherto hidden strengths. Happy days

That's the 'rub of the green' that we've not been getting the last couple of months, despite playing well in patches. Good to see it evening itself out a little today. That said, we didn't really need luck today - it was a dominating performance.

They didn't

You did say it was OK to re-post your quote about Pelle a couple of days ago, so here goes....

#Pat on the back klaxon# I predicted 3-0 in the build up thread Great performance again. I'm inclined to give my MotM to Long again but JWP deserves it for the goals. This evening I shall be mainly getting my entertainment from reading back over the meltdown threads from a week or so ago. Lol. Another good game this evening is to count the number of "I'm glad I was proven wrong" posts

Chelsea 3 Everton 3 8th minute of extra time and was offside...

Romeu has been excellent since coming on

Chelsea 2 Everton 3 [emoji38]