SNSUN

If you ask me...

Just seen on the Beeb commentary: Can anyone at the game today relay how it was? I thought Kelv was very good last week, aside from one dodgy dish out. He's a man on form....

The table's looking rosy, shame I couldn't listen to the game, but a win's a win. I looked at the bench today and thought that, despite a lack of quality up front, (I'll give Bignall time...), it was immensely strong. COmplacency could set in against Dagenham, but I don't think it will. I reckon a hefty scoreline could be in order, with a similar performance to the Huddersfield home game last season. Our favourite scoreline is back, a run of 3-1 away wins would be lush.

Adkins seems tactically sound. Whilst I could only follow the Twitter updates today, it sounded as if the game was physical, which meant that bringing Bignall on instead of Guly was a wise move. The future seems to be bright with Adkins, but he's only as good as the players he has at his disposal. At the moment, that's great, but keeping Lallana in January is crucial.

I hope to be there, and after today working all through the game, I need my Saints fix! We seem to have clicked again, I'm hoping Dagenham and Redbridge won't know what hit them.

Great news if true, was one of the best players on the park last week at Oldham, was suprised to see him benched today, but it's comforting to know we now have 3 excellent central midfielders. And Wotton. :-)

I think it was tradition. The school was 700 years old.

You can spunk on an arse all you like, as long as you clean up afterwards. It's just good manners. The same applies to faces, tits and avatars.

My second school's motto was Manners Maketh Man. We got punished for not doing something correctly, and thus it has stuck. That said, it doesn't bug me if other people do it incorrectly.

Saints champions, Brighton second, and Bournemouth up through the play-offs. The four south coast teams (that count) in the Championship next season would be interesting...

Yep, but more often than not it's Punch on the left and Lallana on the right. I'd like to see that more permanent. Punch can be a threat cutting in from the right to shoot, but I'm a believer in having left footers on the left crossing balls in.

My head has this one down as a draw, but there's no reason why we can't press on and win this. The new manager curse is a load of balls, our team is starting to gel and we have better players on every bit of the pitch than they do. After watching the Oldham game, my biggest concern was players not chasing the ball. It happened more in the second half, but not enough in the first, some of the players just expected the ball to come to them. Fight, and there's no reason why we can't beat the crud that we were drawing against away last season.

I'd rather see Punch on the left and Lallana on the right, but as that's not going to happen, my choice would be to start The O.C.

I don't have 3 favourite films anymore, to even try to name 3 would be insanity. As a child though and into my early teens, my 3 favourite films were: Back to the Future, Ghostbusters and Forest Gump. Ghostbusters has somewhat lost its charm, it certainly wouldn't be in my top 3 now, but I still rank the other two up there. Forest Gump is entertaining and sweet, Back to the Future is just a good story. Tom Hanks is one of my favourite actors though, there's not many of his films I don't like. The Green Mile is one of the only films I've ever watched that had me close to tears.

Yup. I was having a butchers at "the bible" this morning, and blow me if I found out the Preston legend Tom Finney also played a game for us. re: Austin Hayes, it also said we started playing a friendly in his honour between Southampton youth and a mixed 11. How long did that last?

I'd have got in front of him, stuck my bum out the window, shat on his bonnet and driven off. You've got to be creative........

From Swindon (?), M4 it to Junction 3, follow the signs to Hounslow West, park there, £4.50 weekdays, free at weekends, then tube it in to Earls Court. I can personally recommend this way, as it gives my company money. :-)

Good job we've got our own Lighthouse then. That's almost self-promotion...

Yeah, but they're all so inbred their toes are stuck together, so they have to attend en masse.

Was it The O.C. that took a corner when coming on on Saturday? That looked pretty good. It'd be another string to his bow to practise corners and become the regular corner taker. But I did spot the irony at scoring from a free kick two yards away from the corner flag!

I wish we'd play Punch on the left and Adam on the right, as I feel Punch would be better whipping in crosses for Lambert rather than cutting in to try shooting, but Lallana is doing a good job on the left. IMO his best position would be playing just behind one, or two, strikers as a play maker. He has a goal touch as well as an eye for a pass.

I agree, his shot stopping was top drawer on Saturday, but he did very nearly put us in the shyte with on of his throws. Still, without his saves we wouldn't have won. It's comfortable to know that if Kelvin does screw up big time, we have a good young keeper in reserve.

Tough draw but we can still win it. If it's played on the Saturday I can't go, so SUNDAY PLEASE!!!

First proper chance I've had for internet access since the game on Saturday - a good win, not a great performance, and we were indebted to Kelvin for some good saves, but a win's a win. Their keeper made a great double save, but there was no stopping young Alex, a great cameo, had his second gone in instead of hitting the post, it would've been goal of the season for sure. Davis: A couple of great saves, and unlucky not to stop their goal. 7 Butterfield. Solid if unspectacular. 6 Harding. Poor performance today from one of my favourite players. I think he only got forward once, in the second half, and looked shaky defensively. 5 Fonte. A good performance, a couple of chances, but was quite suprised when he got MOTM. 7 Seaborne. The bloke next to me thought he was Morgan for some reason, commenting on his good performance. It was a good performance for me, and his distribution was good IMO. 7 Puncheon. Despite his shot that hit the post, did little to suggest he put more effort in. Was rightly subbed. 5 Lallana. Kept possession well, and was better in the second half. 7 Morgan. MOTM for me, was everywhere, him and Chaplow were running midfield together, a great little pairing. 8 Chaplow. Close run second for my MOTM, worked his socks off and didn't look like tiring. 8 Lambert. Off the pace, was suprised he started, last season's shot would've stayed under the bar. 6 Guly. I was one of the first people to stand up when he went off, great touches, looked class. He's not a striker but looks like he's the creativity we need. Good performance. 8 Barnard. Put himself about well. 7 The O.C. Awesome cameo. Another talent to ease the pain of any potential Lallana sale. (God I hope we keep them all!) 8 Hot Wotty Botty. Solidified the defence, and I seem to remember being impressed by one of his passes. 6

Is it just me, or is anyone else worried by Lee's hotheadedness? I noticed today when a decision went against him, incorrectly so I mustard mitt, he screamed red faced at the ref. Having seen him sent off against Swindon, and hearing about his bar brawl, does he need to tone it down? I'm all for passion for the game, but it worries me he'll see red again if he keeps it up.