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No sign of Yoshida in today's training footage: Still nursing the injury he sustained on Saturday, one assumes.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/4188037/crystal-palace-and-southampton-leading-race-for-8m-rated-benfica-right-back-andre-almeida "Crystal Palace and Southampton leading race for £8m-rated Benfica right-back Andre Almeida"

Indeed (The pessimist in me is just playing the reverse psychology card )

Would appear the only direct flights from Juventus (Turin) to UK on a Sunday are via London.... https://www.skyscanner.net/transport/flights/trn/uk/170820/cheapest-flights-from-turin-to-uk-in-august-2017.html?adults=1&children=0&adultsv2=1&childrenv2=&infants=0&cabinclass=economy&rtn=0&preferdirects=false&outboundaltsenabled=false&inboundaltsenabled=false&ref=home

Unless "a southern airport" excludes London airports, a flight into London would still be a valid stopover route to the midlands I suppose

"Saints need players like everyone else but not a midfielder." Hmm...

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Rule #135 in the SaintsWeb Forum Thought Police Manual: "Never refer back to how bad we were several years ago in order to justify a dip in recent performance" (Hashtag schtickmeister)

Cheers for passing on these snippets. So, if/when Virgil is still here on 1st Sept, he's going to have the right hump with Cedric and Bertrand, if they were instrumental in convincing the board not to sell him. Perhaps doesn't bode too well for team spirit whichever way the cookie crumbles?

Agree that Lemina looks like exactly the kind of player we need to play alongside Romeo. On the surface, he looks like a hybrid of Wanyama and Schneiderlin.

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Full time. 2-0 Decent enough performance from Saints. Stephens my man of the match

Free kick to Saints 25 yards out Tadic shoots over the bar. 1 minute remaining

Gabbi off. Gallagher on McQueen for bertrand Great skill from boufal, blocked shot by Gallagher

Decent chance for Sevilla but skied over the bar

2-0 !!! Gabbi

Long in on goal but... Offside

Great shot from Flanagan on edge of box but good save by keeper

Long on for JWP The game has never really got going this half. Too many subs

Tadic almost through but too ponderous

Boufal on for Redmond

Sarcastic cheers for Forster as he prevents an own goal

Cedric off. Replaced by Flanagan

Free kick to Sevilla in dangerous position. Yoshida coming off