Matthew Le God

As others have said, if in self defence from serious harm then yes. But I'd expand that further to include the defence of other innocent people from serious harm.

I'd be intrigued to hear you explain the logic behind that. Are we always going to be a newly promoted Premier League club?

Why would you want to move away from the 4-2-3-1 system that has been working so well?

If Juventus don't make a bid and Southampton do/have already then it isn't quite the choice you have stated.

Unlike Oxlade-Chamberlain, Bale and Walcott who were sold having only played League One or Championship football, Shaw already has shown himself to be more than capable to play at Premier League level aged 17 for Saints. Plus when Bale, Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain were sold were either in the 2nd/3rd tier and/or didn't have the Liebherr estate funding the club. Things are very different now, as I'm sure Cortese will tell any club bidding for our players.

The (ever reliable) Daily Star say Arsenal want to sign Leighton Baines to play left back.

The thread title is very misleading, Ian Abrahams has been shown to be clueless on numerous occasions.

Or... we could be positive and support the team perhaps?

Yes. Just use Artur Boruc.

The main point of opening post was using the fair play league (with Saints at the top and Stoke at the bottom) which has numbers of red/yellow cards as a key weighting factor.

Why do you see getting yellow cards as a positive? It is perfectly possible to be aggressive and not get booked, i.e. win the ball cleanly and also not time waste/dissent etc.

If you mean Hooiveld and not Hooivelt, then it could be because at 6 foot 4 Adkins thinks he offers a counter to Stoke's aerial threat. Today's team has a lot of 6 foot plus players, which we might just need.

Have you considered it is the same 4-2-3-1 formation as normal with Yoshida at right back?

Training is now more like how it is in real life and based on conversations they have had with those in the profession. Surely a good thing?

Apart from being quicker and technically better than Fox, Shaw is quite stocky, strong and pretty good in the air for his size.

I know how you feel!

Ramirez is on the bench so not an injury concern, Clyne not in the squad at all so clearly something wrong with him.

Cagliari are in a mess, do your work Mr Cortese... http://www.football-italia.net/28839/cagliari-will-consider-star-sales

I doubt that is how Cortese sees it, he has said as much in interview.

Williamson joined Saints at 18 years old having already played for the Torquay first team. He didn't come through the Saints academy at all.

I didn't say it was a "poor penalty", I said it was "one of Lambert's worst penalties in a Saints shirt" and he has a 100% penalty record for Saints with roughly 30 penalty goals since 2009. Its all relative!

Does it give your life meaning spending Boxing Day criticising people that correct other people on a football forum?

What about Kelvin Davis? The keeper we've had since 2006. I think Boruc should be given another go, if people keep harping on about experience at a high level then Boruc has more pedigree than any other keeper we've currently got.

Which bit don't you agree with? Lambert has scored every penalty he has taken for Saints, all I said this was "one of Lambert's worst in a Saints shirt". Its all relative, he scored, we all celebrated.