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They were both expected to be out for between 6 and 9 months as well. Best wait and see how long they are actually out before making comparisons, recovery times are not as predictable as some would have you believe.

You're right, it would be terrible to have them in the starting XI together again like we did with Norwich, I mean that was a disaster wasn't it. Must admit though I cannot see any justification for playing JWP when we have Romeu.

Maybe I missed it, but I was struck when watching that SRL failed to get (much of) a mention. He had a bit of a man-love thing for Dean Hammond though, guess he will be at Bramall Lane come January.

Just can't get the staff these days, illiterate economist bloggers. Taunton's has a lot to answer for.

Maybe not a broken leg type injury but 94-95 and 98-99 he missed lots of games trough injury and was plagued by hamstring injuries in the early part of his career. His experience in the latter part of his career probably helped to avoid some of the leg breaker tackles, that and his exceptional pace which left most defenders for dead.

Only if we can have Ronald as his assistant. New trend of brothers working as a team. [Didn't actually realise that Ronald is currently the assistant manager of Ajax Youth Academy. OK, so this is perfect as a succession policy]

Something to do with players that tend to run at defenders and who more often than some others have to be stopped by fair means or foul. It may happen more to younger players due to a relative lack of experience.

tu quoque, fili mi.

Sadly your attempt to link Luke's injury with fate and historical dates is fatally flawed. The Ides of September falls on the 13th, not the 15th, as any classical scholar would know. It is a common misconception that the Ides falls on the 15th of each month, in fact the Ides fall on the 15th only March, May, July and October. For future reference the following needs to be learned by all posters wishing to post accurately about Roman calendars: The Kalends always falls on the first of the month The Nones falls on the fifth, except as described by the following poem: March, July, October, May The Nones are on the seventh day The Ides falls 8 days after the Nones.

He was taken to St Anna Ziekenhuis hospital ahead of the Club flying back to Manchester [source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34268531]

Agree, frustrating that the next 2 parts don't seem to exist. Maxime Gonalons looked (on the basis of that article) a candidate for replacement for Wanyama or Morgan, but maybe he hasn't performed so well in the last 2 years (I have no idea about him, had not even heard of him previously).

I don't think its really anything to do with how people view the seriousness of the injury. Its more to do with the wider variety of people who would have been watching a Champions League match live (whether we like it or not, many people who are supporters of other clubs will watch CL matches, and of course there are many more neutrals watching). How many people would have been watching when Forster was injured (Saints v Burnley), it wasn't even obvious at the ground that anything serious had happened (unless you were behind the goal). Same with JRod to a lesser extent, I'm sure more people would have been watching as it was against Man City and if I recall was live on Sky (not certain about that). The reports so far only mention it being a double fracture, no mention of it being compound, but if it was compound (that's when the bone pierces the skin for anyone not aware) it is potentially far more serious, due to the risk of infection. I really don't think anyone should be reading too much into the reaction in terms of human nature, there are far more relevant reasons for this reaction. Wish the lad well and hope he fully recovers.

Apparently Jose Fonte is now with Liverpool (Sky Sources reporting on Luke's injury). Must have missed that transfer.

So what would you classify as a chance? It will be fascinating I'm sure.

You're right, not 14. It was 15. 15 shots, 4 on target. Plus 5 corners. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34160768

When is this comment often made? Has anyone in fact actually said this (you have put it in quotation marks so that means someone has said exactly what you have quoted) I've not seen anyone seriously saying this, yet apparently it "does your head in". Don't think having him come off the bench will unlock defences, it might work if he actually was to start, he has done it in the past. Issue really is that we have no-one with any real creative quality (Tadic is very hit and miss) and Ramirez does have this creative ability (spasmodically). We need to have someone better, but we don't so why not at least give it a try instead of pushing the bloke out of the club.

He doesn't. If he did then there would be a different, positive outcome.

Anyone know what has happened to Will Britt? Is he injured or has he been loaned/transferred? Wasn't mentioned when the commentators were talking about keepers earlier, only touched on Harry Isted, Gazza and Harry Lewis.

Except he didn't play for us last season (OK, he appeared twice before he was loaned out, once in the LC), so its 6 and 6 in 2 seasons playing for us, plus a goal for Hull. Still better in terms of stats than anything else we have.

We don't, we have one very average player, the rest are fine.

Certainly shown more creativity than JWP and arguably Davis when he has had the chance/been fit. There is little doubt about his creativity, his issue (when available) is that he is prone to giving the ball away while trying to be creative, and without someone with defensive abilities behind him this becomes a liability. I'm actually reasonably sure that with Ronald's organisation and set up this would not be as much of an issue as it used to be under Adkins and to a lesser extent Poch. In the end it seems irrelevant because it appears that Ronald won't take the risk.

He hasn't played for Uruguay since 2014 (if he is selected for his national team do you think he should refuse to play?). He hasn't really been "on the treatment table" at Southampton since April 2014. Why would these things cause any degree of friction amongst the first team (many of whom would never have met him until June)? There is no hint of any friction within the team, he looks happy, involved and fit whenever pictured on the OS. We all get you don't like him, but lets at least stick to some facts to beat him with instead of made up nonsense.

Myth.

Just the same, except Koeman never played for Saints as far as I can remember.

In many cases yes...