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Dani only retired a couple of years ago, still only 34. Surely you weren't referring to Peter, he's even older than me (by a distance). I wonder whether the agreement to loan Gaston out at the last moment was a bit of a hasty decision by RK. Think he could still be a useful addition to the squad, playing in the hole. His big problem was that he gave away possession too often in my view, that and the fact he was always injured, jet lagged or other excuses (including family bereavement). He will be back next summer come what may, we'll see then what happens I guess, but would not be disappointed to see him back with us.

Thinking we could cope with Europa League (or CL) with the squad size we have is really stretching the limit a bit. We would be seriously in danger of exiting through the trap door if we tried it. We don't have a big enough squad for 3 competitions let alone 4. I'm sure the Club realise this even if some of our posters here don't, we would probably need to bring in about 6 more players minimum.

Worked well against Villa having that front 4. Davis is not DM (unless a crisis). Replace Morgan with Cork and Mane with Long, otherwise same starting line up as yesterday. Assuming Davis is fit, otherwise Harry Reed in for Davis.

Seriously wonder about some people who think bringing on a very young attacking MF to replace one of the best DMs against the huge Man City midfield would have been anything but a disaster. I like Harry, but that would have been men against boys yesterday. He is in there as backup for Steve D at the moment, I did think perhaps he was a better option than Bambi on Ice when Davis went off though, but bringing a youngster on when we are already losing can be a confidence destroyer. fact was that pushing Toby up to DM was a very shrewd move, he showed that (withut Cork) we do have so many options with this one classy player (he is also reputed to be very good at RB). Yoshida did nothing wrong, and actually looked very assured, due to his good understanding with Jose, it is encouraging to know that in an emergency we can drop Yoshida in if needed with no real worries (have no idea about Gardos yet, he really has not been given a chance to show whether he could come in there or not, I'd rather stick with what we know for now in such situations).

Why? We are below the best two teams in the league, by a mile. Who are the other 4-6 brilliant teams who will rise above us for us to fall to 6th-8th? of course we will know better in a week's time, but really Arse and Man U are really not that good, and both have massive injury lists with key players out.

Guess you didn't watch the game then, because Toby was not CB when we let 3 goals in, he was in DM instead of Morgan. he was probably 2nd best player for saints though, Wanyama was Saints MOTM for me. But Aguero was MOTM, three assists and what seems now to have been s stonewall penalty (didn't think so at the time).

he certainly did make an error of judgement yesterday, similar to the one against Villa. The difference this time is that he reacted to his error very quickly and made a brilliant recovery to prevent the goal. No argument about his recovery and save, but he still should not have put himself in that position in the first place. Despite what some of the posters are saying, yes we do need him to be a sweeper, this is the way the position now should work, see Lloris if you want a great example. Anyway, the real big mistake yesterday was the shot he let through his legs, fortunately Toby was on hand to clear off of the line otherwise that would have been a complete howler. It is one of Forster's weaknesses, getting down to low balls,the downside really of his height and bulk meaning he is good with crosses and high stuff. There are other ridiculous comments by some on here that because he has let in lowest number of goals that he must be a brilliant keeper. fact is that he has also had lowest number of shots on target against him because our team defend from the front and especially our midfield/defence stop shots even getting in. I haven't checked the stats but i seem to remember very few shots on target yesterday, possibly two other than the 3 goals - if correct (and I am happy to have those stats corrected) that would be a 40% save rate which is very low. Up to yesterday it was 75% which was the highest in the league. By the way, I don't think Forster could have done anything about any of the goals yesterday. The bottom line is that just because a keeper is behind the best defence in the league doesn't mean he is the best keeper and that he is above criticism. i don't want Boruc back, but it would be good to have some real competition for the jersey, having Kelvin and Cropper as backup is patently ridiculous (Cropper seems to be 3rd choice now ahead of Gazza).

Also very thankful that Toby was on the line for the one that went through his legs.

Only one thing to say about that, rubbish. Absolute tosh (OK thats 2 things). He made a mistake for our 2nd today, but otherwise was the difference between the appalling way we played on Monday and the way we played today which was good (except for the front three). He is the link between our defensive midfield and the attack and made us spark today, but sadly none of Tadic, Pelle or Mane were at the races and could not take advantage of his industry and vision. 2nd goal was completely his fault, no argument there, but we were chasing the game already and it looks like he may have tweaked his injury. His corners were a bit hit and miss, a couple of them were top class, but a couple of others were not great. Vic and Morgan (first half) were outstanding today and really restricted Man City to scraps in the first half. Thought Toby did very well in DM position when he came on and had no concerns about Yoshida filling in for him. No blame for Forster for any of the goals, and his recovery from the Aguero (?) break was brilliant, but he should have got the ball in the first place, he hesitated again just like on Monday because he was poorly positioned (again) and does not have the confidence to defend.

Or even make his 6th appearance

J-Rod, JWP, Steve Davis, Guly and Boruc. There were a few others who I seem to recall used to play for us.

You must be looking at something that I cannot see.

Nowhere in the article are the three words "Morgan blames Chambers" used. You made the title up and it is misleading.

Agreed, apart from Shaw there was no sense that I was aware of that anyone was on their way on that day, likewise for the people that sit around me. Also, most supporters would have stomped down the aisles, not up, clearly it is artistic licence.

Clearly a typo, convert the US dollar figure back to GBPs and it is £105m (as opposed to 150). Strange thing is I really don't recall there being a lot of concern at the last game last season, sure I knew Shaw was probably on his way, but I didn't leave the ground that day with any sense of foreboding about what was going to happen in the summer. Still good to know that those in the heart of the club felt the same way about what happened in the summer as most supporters did, unlike some of the unbelievable Billy Big ******** types on here who try to make out they knew everything would be OK all along.

I said when they come calling. Because call they will, just losing SD last week was bad enough (and we are already denied the services of JRod and JWP). Pelle and Morgan 1 booking away from suspension. I don't see any reason to be afraid of Man City or Manure if we have our full team available. Chelsea are a different matter. There are too many similarities with last season for my liking.

Unlikely, there are no accents in his name.

Based on what he saw on Monday that is a fair assessment. We were ****e. But we still got a point.

To be fair to the **** most of what he wrote there is correct, though hardly insightful. Just a shame that by putting up the then and now teams he missed the key man out that meant we struggled on Monday night, i.e. Steven Davis. Being a little bit pedantic it would have been better if he had put Tadic on the left where Lallana was, not necessarily because he plays there all the time (though he does seem to be slightly more effective on the left) but because his other points were about replacing Lallana with Tadic. Unfortunately for the **** he is probably about to back the wrong horse again, just like he did pre-season, bigging us up just as we are going to start to slip up (for the same reason as last season, lack of strength in depth when Messrs Injury and Suspension come calling).

Not a problem, he can get another one next year, he could even get two one at the Neu and one at St Marys. Or he could ask his mate Lovern if he has one... ah slight problem with that idea.

It doesn't bother me that he has us down to lose, but its the usual stuff writing what he thinks about us (and Man City) and then making up a score which has no bearing on his "analysis". Apparently we are very strong defensively and have a goal threat in Pelle, so I predict 0-2. No logic in that. He may well be right (he does get it right very occasionally).

I like this bit: Wanyama, the flashy bigger-than-life baller who lives in a five-bedroomed posh house (Sh250,000 monthly rent) [£1760]

Forget it, I know the answer now

If Davis is fit he should be one of the first on the team sheet, think that was clearly demonstrated on Monday night. Assume what you mean from the bit in bold is that every chance they get they will score, so you are not expecting Forster to make any saves from on target chances. I'm not wholly convinced by FF yet, but I do hope that he will make some saves. His success rate is still about 75% of saves for on target chances.

How can anyone take seriously someone who is referred to as The Goat and more importantly does not know the difference between there and their: I've seen enough to know Southampton will not sustain there good form I hope we prove this "footballing expert" wrong. Still, if he watched us on Monday he will probably be as bemused as most other people about how a team that plays as **** as that is 2nd in the PL.