Sheaf Saint

Don't forget Fog on The Tyne

Hmmm. If Utd and Chelsea are both willing to part with the €60m release fee, then I think we can safely say that rules us out of the running.

It's been reported he is in talks with Everton. That will go down well with the Liverpool fans after last week I expect

There are a couple of precedents of Man Utd assistant bosses who have left to take managerial positions at other clubs... Steve McLaren and Brian Kidd. On that basis, no thanks.

Yeah I hadn't looked at it that way. Come on Utd.... Urgh. I feel dirty

I'm so torn with this. One one hand, I really don't want us to have to play the qualifying rounds in Europa like last season, but if the price of that is seeing Man U lose the final, LVG lose his job and West Ham miss out on Europa altogether, then it seems like a fair trade-off. I guess I'll just be happy either way, for different reasons.

Except head the ball on target, at which Pelle is far, far better. Don't get me wrong - I'm a fan of Long. But he misses far too many easy chances for my liking, particularly with his head.

I disagree. Yes it is a freak one-off, but they have proved that it is possible to win the PL without having to spend upwards of £150m on players, where it was always assumed to be impossible. When we were up in the top 4 in december 2013, there was a discussion on here about whether or not we were in a genuine title race, and many people were derided and ridiculed for even suggesting that a medium-sized club like ours could possibly challenge the super-rich teams. Leicester this season have rammed that derision right back up the backsides of those people and shown that mega money isn't the only factor in achieving success.

Looking on Wikipedia, Strachan and Adkins both did about the same time - just under 2 yrs and 4 months. Ron was appointed in June 2014 so, assuming he is still here then, some time in October this year will see him surpass that.

Correct

On becoming the first Southampton manager since Dave Jones to complete two full seasons in charge... And also the small matter of securing our highest league finish since 1984. And getting us into Europe for a second year running. I have to confess I was starting to have my doubts when results weren't going our way mid-season, but I would be delighted if he was to agree a contract extension now.

So the upward trend in our league finishing positions since L1-10 continues! Awesome stuff! :-) Couldn't be happier right now!

STOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Newcastle 5-1 Spurs!!!!!

Now Davis goes close. That's 3 decent chances in as many minutes. I would prefer if we could get a 4th because I can see Palace scoring another.

OOooh. So close from Mane. AND AGAIN!

Newcastle 3-1 Spurs

Can I have this week's lottery numbers please?

Stoke equalise!!!! Edit: Seems my feed is a little late.

Looks like a few players really are on the beach today. Far too many really poor passes from everyone so far. Just lack of concentration and commitment by the looks of it.

That really should be Ward's second yellow.