VectisSaint

So you didn't hear him after Europa exit?

Try telling Bristol Rovers, Macclesfield, Rochdale and Stockport (Rickie), Bournemouth (Lallana), Swindon (Walcott) that not much trickles down to the lower leagues. Bristol Rovers may well have gone out of business if not for the Lambert money when they got relegated from the Football League.

No.

Sven was a little more than 16 when we signed Morgan...

Clasie didn't do anything. A freak accident took Clasie out.

What a total nonsense of a press conference. You can see it ****es Ronald off, why do we have to put up with these total ****s asking all their questions about ManU. Ronald should just say "We are Southampton" and not answer anything that is not on subject.

Thanks, that's the chap.

Burley managed to turn him into the Pillsbury Doughboy if memory serves. It was after our assistant manager (whose name completely escapes me now) left and we began to see that George didn't have a ****ing clue.

Thanks for clearing that up then

Good to see he is still keen to play, sure he could be effective at that level, but whether Blackpool are good enough is another matter. See they are trying to sign Adam Hammill as well, he really did lose his way when/after he was with us, touted as a future England international at one stage with Liverpool, can't even blame Brenda for that one.

Except that it will be forever associated with the Royal Navy and thus (wrongly) the Skates (Ark Royal was based at Devonport not Pompey). Personally don't have a problem with a decent Sutherland Brothers song even if it was subsequently murdered by Rod the Mod.

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.