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VAR is fucked. In the Newky vs Arse game just now they checked for 3 things. 3. The damn stoppage was about 7 minutes. Newcastle scored. - did the ball go out of play? Yes. - was it a foul? No. - Was it offside? Yes. But the out of play alone should have been enough to rule that goal out.

Just gonna leave this here... 👤

We score... we win! But Ipswich equalise...

Repeat after me... Saints love a late goal this season. 👃

I had 1 nil either way so I'm still open minded we'll get the 3 points. But time is ticking. A point would still gain us a tiny bit of ground on the top 3 though as it stands.

Typical weekend where we can gain ground on the top 2, play well and do everything but score.

Yeah but these people have been incited by their maternal parental to wash their mouths out and commit acts of murder with their paternal parents' gun on people from Eastern Hampshire so I don't think they can be completely trusted.

Fixed it for you. 😏😉

I wouldn't mind him getting a sub appearance against Milwall but I'd love him to start against WBA at home, with the roar of the crowd when his name is announced really spurring him on to do well! I'd love to be there except I've been give a stupid fucking late turn at work ffs

I feel we have it in our locker to get a tonking win against someone soon... but not against Milwall. Either it'll be one goal either way or a draw. The rose tinted specs means I'll predict a 1-0 win to Saints, with a rare clean sheet for Baz and the defence.

Today's news: "In a decision that will surprise nobody, the World Cup has been awarded to the enormously rich nation of Saudi Arabia after the Australian FA were paid off handsomely pulled out of the running completely of their own volition. Fans of the World Cup have not been quoted as saying "Oh yippee, another winter World Cup! Why would anyone want to enjoy a warm summer's afternoon sipping an ice cold Cider in a beer garden whilst enjoying a game when they could be freezing their tits off drinking Mulled Cider whilst ignoring their Kid's Christmas activities at home." An anonymous media outlet said that they had tried to contact Gianni Infantino for comment but was told he was out helicopter shopping."

"It was the greatest Nil Nil of all time! One for the history books. Your grandkids will be looking back at this no-score draw with great fondness long after you or I have passed on. One day they will emulate this match in the playground - the day Maguire kept Haaland quiet." Or somesuch thing...

I'm not normally one that's interested in the Manchester derby but I'm interested to see how Haaland gets on against a centre back pairing of Evans and Maguire. Go Erling...

"Do you miss the Premier League" is a slightly vague question - do I miss last season and being beaten most weeks? No. Do I miss the Koeman days where we were actually run well and put together a good team that got into Europe. Most definitely yes. Any League is fun when you're doing well and crap when you're doing badly. I bet Villa and Brighton fans for instance are loving life right now - I bet they don't miss their recent Championship stint for a second. I'm enjoying the Championship this season, to a point, but if you offered me Championship or Premier League next season I know which I'd choose.

Right so far...

They are all winnable, as are most of the fixtures in this league, given that we have better players than most other teams. If we play as well as we can and can consistently convert chances, like yesterday, we can beat anyone. Inconsistency has been our biggest downfall this season though - but we're on a reasonably good unbeaten run now and playing with confidence - and most of those teams have been stuttering/struggling. It's difficult to actually pick a loss from those fixtures, even when trying to be pessimistic. I think Millwall away will be tough as could Watford be - but I see no reason why we can't get 20+ points from those - I think I've gone with 22 but I'm not going to list them for fear of reprimand in January!

I only saw the highlights but at first glance it looked like a Brum player's arm was keeping THB onside. Not that I fully ever understand the rules. However knowing VAR there would have been multiple lines drawn at quirky angles and a 5 minutes stoppage in play so I'm quite glad we don't have it in the Championship. I'm sure whether it was offside or not we'll get similar decisions for/against us this season at some point. Whether or not the Baz challenge was a penalty (I do think many refs would have given it), I know if it had happened against us, as a fan, I'd have been fuming with the decision.

Not with Trippier and Livramento now no but there were rumours of interest in the summer. I think Villa and Fulham were also linked IIRC. I'm not saying we would entertain selling them but there will be undoubted interest. Same for all Premier League clubs looking for a Championship standout - I think Leeds need to brace themselves for interest in their players too, specifically Summerville who looks fantastic. Leicester probably have the League position to tempt their players into staying (as they will almost undoubtedly be promoted) but if I were a Premier League boss I'd be sniffing around KDH in particular.

I agree - at least with Downes and THB we know we have them until the end of the season (unless there is a recall clause). With Sulemana and KWP we need brace ourselves for potential January interest from bigger clubs. We already know Everton have been interested in Sulemana and I think it was Newcastle who were interested in KWP. Replacing either with anywhere like similar quality would be almost impossible given our league status.

Completely missed today's game due to an incident at work but I could feel the LiveScore updates buzzing on my phone in my pocket. When I got time to have a quick look it was 2-1 to Saints and I was thinking "oh here we go" as I expected a late Brum equaliser but I was presently surprised to come on here when i got home and read we scored a third and we actually played well after a few dodgy performances. I'm glad to hear Bree had a good game at left back, glad to hear Charly and THB scored (AA too obviously) and glad to see Downes get MOTM when he's been excellent recently. The table looks a bit better tonight too, just a shame Ipswich and Leicester continue their unstoppable march and Leeds also want to make a fight of it. I'm looking forward to the highlights later. Keep it up Saints.

Trust the process. 🤯

If we are going to persist with playing AA then personally I'd play him there - he could do no worse than anyone else and it would free up the right spot for Fraser, SAA or Edozie - someone who would be more effective there.

The League so far Top 2 - - - - - - Everyone else - - - - Bottom 3. Fair play to Ipswich, they don't seem to be slowing down. Ultimately it is an 19 way fight for play-off positions right now which is madness.

Now the dust has settled - when we went 2-1 down I couldn't see us getting back into it so I would have taken a draw. We were pretty crap tonight, too many passengers and not enough quality. My GOD do we need to see Stewart on the pitch at some point soon. Papering over the cracks is definitely the expression I would use after that. A very undeserved point.

We did! One of those unlikely keys that's on a keyring but nobody knows what they do until they're needed.