Golac's Iron Gonads

Guardian minute by minute having a bit of a pop! Mocking club legend Brett Omerod and posting a pic of the Papa Lazarou style fan not once but twice https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2017/apr/15/southampton-v-manchester-city-premier-league-live

Didn't we also have a spell in December/January of only mustering one shot on target in about 5 consecutive games? Those games, like Sparta and Beerscheva away were bloody dire. Having your defense and defensive midfielders pass the ball around on the halfway line is controlling a game in the same way sizing up a snooker shot for 20 minutes is controlling a snooker match.

Goodnight, enjoy the rest of your Sunday everyone.

That man is Pippo incarnate! Wish we'd had him from the start of the season.

1-0 down before the match thread was even started, stellar stuff. I suppose we've got time to turn it around, I'll cling to that.

That Pogba, bloody useless. Every time I watch him I can't believe how much they paid for him. Poor passing, poor decision making, poor shooting. His only attribute appears to be his nimble feet when surrounded by a couple of player, but what's the point of that if you do nothing with the ball? Also, his hair is ****ing tragic.

great effort, sadly the center of defence looked a weakness and so it proved, far to much space for Lingaard's and the ego's winner. It's pretty obvious we've solved our goal scoring problem, hope we solve the center back problem in the summer, could have a decent season next year.

suppose it's too much to ask for a Yoshida winner but I'd bloody love it, come on the football gods work some magic

sweepstake for the time of our first shot on target? 39 minutes I reckon

looked like 3 men in the box, chance for a cross, ends up a Yoshida back pass to the keeper, a phrase that usually fills me with fear

Home banker. Where once we had Fonte and Van Dijk we have Yoshida and Stephens. Where once we had Wanyama and Schneiderlin we have Ward Prowse and Romeu Where once we had Pelle and Mane we have Rodriguez and Redmond. We've gone all in with a pair of 8s and are hoping 3 players have got less than that.

We're in trouble. Free scoring Sunderland next, they'll be fighting for their lives but we look like we have no fight left and Defoe will score, I'm sticking and tenner on it today.

What are Puel's options at center back? He's been left with nothing and we're staring at relegation if Van Dijk isn't back within 6 weeks. Oh and why on earth wouldn't he be angling for a move this summer after watching this season unfold, from 6th and in Europe to this utter dreck. Get your money on zlatan to score 2 or more in the final!

we are going down unless we can get Van Dijk back before April

If there were complications leading to an extended Van Dijk lay off coupled with one more centre back injury then we could be in big trouble. It would frustrating (no swearing means this does not convey fully how frustrating) if we ended up back in the championship because we let Fonte go for 8 million. My fingers are crossed every time our centre backs jump, slide in or stay down longer than a few seconds.

In much the same way I was curious to see quite how bad Trump would be Martina at centre back is something I reckon could be worth a watch, against Man City or Arsenal preferably.

Is Gardos the new Yoshida? He's always looked okay the few times I've seen him play. Is he now the Danny Fox of the team?

I'd rather Ivanovic than Terry.

I've always thought he was decent, not outstanding, and weren't most of his mistakes when he was playing out of position at right-back or left back? Happy to see him getting some plaudits.

idiot

what the hell? What's going on in the world? I'm scared very very scared.

I'd flippantly ask if he can play center back and think 'didn't we buy Soufal as a younger version of Payet? Can you play two of those type players in a team? Will Ward-Prowse still be the dead ball 'specialist'?'

Wow look what can happen when you have a shot on target.

People seem to forget (or simply weren't born) when you could pass back to goalkeeper. Christ, you could write off 10 minutes of the game with goalkeeper and center backs passing to each other.

Don't think there's much to it other than giving him a rest. Barring red cards etc I would put money on him getting 20 minutes today.