VectisSaint

No sorry, that is just so untrue. I have a lot of time for Bart and am not KD's greatest fan but Bart's howler at SMS against Blackpool was one of the very worst I have ever seen.

100% win rate in our last 1 away game

Sorry but this is wrong in so many ways.

I know the laws of football pretty well thank you very much, it happens when you qualify to be a referee. So stop jumping to conclusions and perhaps try understanding the rules yourself. If it was careless, which is the most any rational person could consider it then it should have resulted in a free-kick, but no caution. If it was reckless (which it wasn't) then it should have been a yellow. A red card is only applicable if the player used excessive force - quite clearly there was no excessive force, therefore it should never have been red. The reality is that it was a well-controlled tackle by Kompany who was very precise with his tackle and took the consequences into account, thus it was not even careless. Nani did not appeal, only the cheating thug and he managed to con the referee. It was actually a very well-timed tackle with both feet on the ground when contact was made with the ball. Sad really, would be a reasonable appeal by Man City, but as the FA do not accept appeals in >99% of cases it would be a waste of time.

You didn't reckon with Rooney getting in the ref's ear to get Kompany sent off did you? Cheating bastards. Tackle didn't even warrant a yellow, even Nani didn't appeal, just the thug, and a useless ref. Hopefully we'll get a Prem team at home (someone outside Top 6 and not Stoke), Newcastle would be interesting, could easily see us beating them while they are without Ba. I'm sure NC would like to give Pards a nice little welcome as well.

Again?

I think you mean "as a child I am always taught that it is dangerous".

Who is this Le Tisseir?

Beacause Dickson is not a RB, we have more than adequate cover for RB in Dan Harding (who has played there before) and also we have cover from Cork and Stephens if absolutely necessary. I doubt that Frazer is anything more than a minor knock, no point in risking him. In any case Dickson is only on loan, so could be recalled in an emergency if we needed cover at LB (assuming all three of our other good LBs were not available).

Very good summary of how I feel. This and Dubai Phil's response. I don't have a problem with the person we are talking about here per se, but the threads just become so ****ing depressing that any enjoyment of the game or banter is just completely lost. I finish the afternoon thoroughly down in the dumps not because of the result,t hough that doesn't help, but because of the mindless negativity and moaning which has nothing to do with a match thread. Please lets keep the match thread to posts about the match, and a few pictures of nuns.

No, vast majority of supporters wouldn't even know it exists. Views on here tend to be much more extreme than the average Saints supporter, and sadly nowadays there is very little evidence of anyone with insider knowledge and so the forum has become largely a waste of time for those of us who are really only on here to keep in touch with what is going on.

Agreed, problem is that some folks keep quoting him and so the drivel still gets downloaded, don't care too much at home but it is a pain in the arse when you are away and relying on the match day threads for updates on your phone. He just takes over threads and makes them even more depressing than they sometimes are (Brizzle C for instance).

Please just ignore the troll, then those with him on Ignore will not see the drivel.

We'll see next week, but I would have been very surprised for him to be risked today.

and we lost. I tend to think we got to Wembley despite Branfoot.

Butterfield was linked with transfer away before the season started (can't recall who to), don't think he injured just surplus to requirements and getting off the bus soon.

I would have been surprised if we had risked him today with no other fit/available experienced strikers for next week. No point risking him when he is only just back to fitness.

Because we can't win or even score unless our Talisman is playing. Bugger the other players, it doesn't matter if they are dead on their feet, with Lambert in the team we will win. In any case if we could get a replay we could field 11 youngsters and not risk any of our first teamers, we could even put Tommy Fourpast in goal to ensure we lost the replay. We only need first teamers today in order to get a draw.

Did you name your son Damien?

Sorry, you're right, my bad.

So assuming Lee signs, will he be the player born furthest away from SMS in the northern hemisphere. That discounts all of our Antipodeans and South Americans. Incidentally wasn't Charles Miller (Sao Paulo) or even the guy nicknamed Torpedo (Argentina) born further away than Guly?

Lallana made his debut against Yeovil when we won 5-2. He looked decent but nothing particularly outstanding.

Hopefully not, we have FA Youth Cup game this morning. Might see some of the Development Squad, given its 7 subs today (I think)

To be fair, at least that way he might get paid.

Given he never played for Saints is he really a "former Saint on the move"