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Someone should have followed up about Sam McQueen as well, think he is long term absentee and Hughes seems to forget about him unless asked specifically. Shame cos he could do a job that lets Bertrand played in a back 3 which we know he can do well.

looked. Long didn't exactly look full of confidence either, but new manager and style helped to bring it back. We need someone with a bit more finesse than Shane to play against Chelsea, ideally I would play Austin, but he doesn't give the impression that he could do the full 90 yet. We all know Gabbi is top class given the right service, think he would be a better bet than Long for this one, and if Long is not fully fit (which Hughes confirmed he has only been back training today).

No McQueen or Davis either. Not sure Long was the right way to go for Chelsea anyway, would be tempted to start Gabbiadini.

Seldom seen Yoshida do this, but Hoedt does often.

Guess its dependent on Long's fitness. Didn't look good on Sunday. Would put Davis in instead of Hojbjerg (if fit) and Sims instead of Tadic. Problem is we are screwed if either CB gets a knock or a red, really don't want to have to depend on Bednarek.

Picked up an injury yesterday apparently.

What are you on about? She only got control of the Club in 2014, and by mid 2017 had sold the club a process she started at least a year earlier. 2 years from getting control to putting the club up for sale, didn't take her long did it.

Or could be the fact that he has been ill during the week. He was mentioned as a doubt by Sparky. Guess Davo is not fully fit yet either. Still persisting with the woeful Tadic, but otherwise guess that is the best team for the job from the players available.

McCarthy Cedric (or Pied) Stephens Yoshida McQueen Romeu JWP Lemina Davis Sims Austin Subs Taylor Pied/Cedric Hoedt Bertrand Hojbjerg Gabbi Long Hopefully Tadic, Boufal and Redmond not even on the bench. Might even consider Bednarek on the bench instead of the awful Hoedt. Lemina to push forward more, Romeu to provide the DM anchor role (and try to avoid getting a yellow)

Targett probably.

Conceding from our own corners is nothing to do with selling off "our two defensive lynchpins". Unless you think they would have scored from the awful tadic corners, then they would have been in the opposing penalty area for the corner. The issue is that we have awful AMs taking awful corners and they are unable to get back and defend, and we do not cover our corners adequately with players in the middle of the park. Trying to blame this trend on central defenders is laughable. So much of our problem this season has been down to our AM trio of Tadic, Boufal and Redmond. At least when JWP takes corners we don't usually end up conceding from them.

We get overrun in midfield because we play Tadic, Boufal and Redmond (in any combination). Need to drop all three if we are to have any hope. McCarthy Cedric Stephens Yoshida Bertrand Romeu Lemina Davis JWP Sims (or McQueen) Austin Trouble is Romeu is still on 9 yellows and there is one more game before the amnesty, but we need him back in the DM position, allowing Lemina to get forward. Need to get the players in who give a damn and not keep hoping that the pathetic AMs that we have been relying on will suddenly understand how to attack with purpose. Might even be worth giving Pied a go at RB.

Sturrock

Quite true, a noted photographer, but not known as a footballer. Hoedt on the other hand, is a footballer, but is inexperienced and prone to many costly mistakes, Stephens and Yoshida should be the preferred CB pairing at the moment. Hoedt is a decent backup and will develop in the next couple of years into a very good CB, once he learns to cut out the silly, avoidable, costly mistakes.

Tadic, Boufal and Redmond.

The irony of being endorsed by Diego Maradonna.

Bit of a joke really. Fonte, Lallana, ridiculous. Doddsy, great bloke but best LB, not even sure he would be top 10. Franny, definitely having a laugh, legend yes, but ultimate XI, hahaha.

The FIFA document uses the words "Clearly wrong" with regard to penalties. Clear and obvious is a simple clear and obvious extension of this is wording. The term clear and obvious may have emanated from Howard Webb and subsequently been understood by referees and professionals, including pundits at least in this country.

People are mentioning clear and obvious because that is what it is meant to be used for. It is meant to be used to overturn clear or clear and obvious errors.

Arsenal = Henry Bournemouth = Phil Boyer Brighton = Liam Brady or Jimmy Case (Jimmy Melia) Burnley = Paul Gascoigne Chelsea = Chopper Harris Crystal Palace = Ian Wright Everton = Bally Huddersfield = Denis Law Leicester City = The Boy Lineacre or Peter Shilton Liverpool = Emlyn Hughes Manchester City = Mike Summerbee Manchester United = George Best (by a mile) Newcastle United = Jackie Milburn Southampton = Mick Channon Stoke = Sir Stanley Matthews Swansea = Ivor Allchurch Tottenham = Jimmy Greaves (Pat Jennings) Watford = Luther Blissett West Brom = Jeff Astle West Ham = Bobby Moore (Geoff Hurst)

While you are indeed right about the Arsenal game, he was still poor otherwise, he was however protected by our superb defence/midfield. Shot stopping, kicking, coming for crosses, he was always poor.

You won't see anything related to Jisheng Gao and his dealings in these accounts. The accounts are to June 2017, Gao acquired Sainsts in August 2017. need to wait another year before anything becomes public in terms of his "dealings", shady or otherwise.

You are wrong:-) The Club have been running girl's "academy" (Regional Talent Club) for a couple of years or so now, several of the girls have been called up for age group international duties. There used to be an informal tie up with another women's team (Southampton Saints?), Fran Alonso used to be the Coach, but that was back in the Poch/Koeman era. Problem I see is that the Club are not guaranteed to get a licence for the Championship, which is apparently way over-subscribed. If they don't get in it will probably be a long time before a vacancy is created. Hope they succeed, Saints used to be the top ladies team in the country, but it all fell apart and then was finally killed off by Lowe.

They are, this is an application to join next season, our status viz Premier League should be resolved before then.

Ralph really hasn't done a pretty decent entertaining job. As it says in the Echo today commercial revenue remains disappointingly low. That has come from an interview with our MD. So the Club are disappointed with the results. I don't know why anyone is surprised that a hockey coach has come motivational speaker has not delivered a significant increase in commercial revenue. Perhaps if the club employed someone in this role with suitable experience things would be better. Ralph is poor at his job, just like Les, and should be replaced. I don't blame him as such, being given a job that he is not well qualified for is down to the inexperienced person who appointed him.