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First ever football team in the Eurovision Song Contest?

Bournemouth 1 Leicester 1

Great miss at the back post from Lovren

Got any "glad I was proved wrong in hindsight" cards left up your sleeve Alps?

Palace take lead at Stamford Bridge

Cheers again

Cheers

Any volunteers to keep an eye on a stream of the Celtic game to see if VvD does a 'lap of honour' at the end?

Liverpool #meltdown

I guess there's less chance of key players being rested for this now that we're out of Europe?

Good news.... Liverpool play the Russian team FC Rubin Kazanon on the Thursday before we play them at Anfield on Sunday 25th October.... Not so good news.... the Thursday game is at home too...

Yeah, but does he mean a 'calendar week' or a concurrent 7 day period? (Sunday being the first day of next week of course....)

Saints win.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34030774 Southampton v Norwich (13:30 BST) Norwich have picked up four points from their first three games and, apart from a bad spell in their opening-day defeat by Crystal Palace, they have looked pretty solid. Southampton have not really got going yet, and playing in the Europa League again on Thursday will not help them this week either. They have got the last few days of the transfer window to get through too, but I think things will be looking up at St Mary's pretty soon. Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC INTERNATIONALS: José Fonte and Cédric Soares have been named in the Portugal squad for games against France and Albania. Good news for a CB who's 'getting on a bit' and 'out of form'

I remember the days when footballers played through illnesses.... http://metro.co.uk/2010/12/01/gary-lineker-admits-pooing-himself-on-pitch-against-ireland-at-world-cup-599043/ [video=youtube;9t_8pfbCH-4]

The mods can't even be arsed to make this match build-up thread a sticky. If that isn't a sign of how dire things have become then I don't know what is.

Surely that's too premature as well? If we're bottom 3 after c.10 games then that's probably the time to start the sabre-rattling? (for those that are inclined to do such things)

Here's a new super yacht to keep an eye out for in the Solent when the annual "Katharina looking to sell the club" rumour kicks in this season... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3212897/The-superyacht-masts-taller-BIG-BEN-sails-size-football-field-Russian-billionaire-designs-luxury-vessel-set-begin-sea-trials-later-year.html

Am I reading too much into Guan's post on the "Sunday's reception" thread last night (below) by thinking that it was a subtle hint that VvD will be unveiled at the game on Sunday, or was it simply Guan joining in the frustration bun fight?

Source?

Alderweireld? That chap who decided he wanted to play for Spurs regardless of when, what or how Saints bid for him?

In before MLG..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect [h=2][/h]

I think the 'dislike' comes more from his timing, rather than the content, of his articles per se. He seems to always pop up with a 'cage rattler' just before the end of a transfer window, or just after a run of disappointing results, or just after a clutch of player leaving rumours. Maybe it's just coincidence. Or maybe its completely connected. Or maybe he's just doing his job of laying down click-bait. Who knows.... Either way, I suspect we wouldn't have seen an Ashton article, accurate or otherwise, about Koeman shaking his head at an U21 game if we'd had a better start to the season and no agitated player rumours. But that's what he's paid to do and he does it well.