VectisSaint

Stek hasn't done anything wrong (and the Willian free kick was in no way the fault of the keeper, personally don't think anyone would have got that in the same circumstances, it was just a superbly placed and paced free kick which he has now repeated several times). Personally I think Stek is as good if not better than Fraser, but has not had that much to do to be honest. But when Fraser is fit he will be back between the sticks regardless, because he is our number one keeper and will be better long term.

There is no doubt the ball hit his arm, but no way was it deliberate, so not a pen.

At least now the Island will get a Southampton postmark instead of Pompey. Would be better if we had IW back, but postmarks are a thing of the past, eventually there will be 3 or 4 regional centres only.

Thought they only did that to injured horses. Seems harsh.

Pelle booked twice, 46 and 90 minutes. Which one wasn't a yellow or has the ref ****ed up?

Looks like the second one wasn't...

Thought he was booked at the start of the half as well. Certainly showing yellow on my app and I remember Big Adam saying it straight after half-time.

Football or Novel Writing?

It Suggs!!

Another one of Ronald's weird selections. Midget midfield to cope with bfs hoof ball. Really don't get the Cedric thing.

Redknapp talking ********, whatever next...

He lost his front teeth in the early days at Dirty Leeds playing in a reserve match, probably 12 or 13 years before he joined Saints. He earned his nickname Jaws as a result, likened to the character in the Bond films. Still I guess the income he received from Heineken adverts went some way to paying his dental bills. A more appropriate image:

The counting of chickens is going well. The same was said about J-Rod.

Really hard to believe that some people are seriously suggesting dropping Davis, after his recent run of form (or even regardless of that, just that he is key to our game). He is nailed on to be a starter in this one. Can't really see anything other than a straight swap of Vic for Romeu, assuming everyone is fit. I do think we will see Reed on the bench though.

New Adidas "Emperor" design. Not just Laceless.

They had 3 against us...

Ronald just said we don't have a player like Vic, so we can't go like for like (but I would expect he will be picked). At least now it is very unlikely that they can be suspended for the same game.

He met up with quite a few of my friends as well. We must have some friends in common I guess

Those high notes are a killer...

Its not a myth that the ones that are designed and made to be associated with and raise money for the British Legion, will always have the leaf at 11 o'clock (if they have a leaf). Therefore it is perfectly clear that these are unofficial knock-off items that provide no support to the Royal British Legion charity. You may like to own one, but it just would prove that you have not supported the charity in any way, and nor has the person selling them. Red Poppy item designs are copyright of the RBL, this one is not to the official design and is therefore a fake (in my opinion). There is also nothing in the link that you provided about the leaf, only the way they are worn, this refers to the often mentioned and discussed opinion of whether they should be worn on the left or right. There are myths that women should wear them on the right, but these are myths.

The pattern was the same, just that we were only 1 goal up. we backed off and let Man U back in the game. They were desperately bad that day but we managed to encourage them so much that they were able to score 3 times (IIRC they were their only shots on target). The only difference with United was that we suddenly woke up with a few minutes left and managed to sneak a goal that mad the score look better.

Not only are they knock-off jobs but they have no connection with the British Legion. If the people who had knocked these out had any understanding they would know that the poppy leaf should be at "11 o'clock" as were the official Saints/legion ones for sale in the MegaStore. Don't touch these EBay ones with a bargepole.

I assumed it was Kelv...

Long back in full training. Fonte also training and Cedric seems at last to have been able to dispense with his eye plaster/bandage. No sign of J-Rod. Video on Twitter.

Don't know, whatever he was smoking maybe? Davis had the armband from the start of the half. Seem to recall it was even announced, or maybe that was on MOTD2 or SNF or something. Just checked on MOTD2 on iPlayer, around 27.53, skippers armband clearly seen on Davis left arm (just after Stanislav's shot deflects off Yoshida)