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I've been critical of Redmond this season, as I don't think he has really contributed what we know he is capable of. But that bit of skill to get free and cross for Long was exquisite. More of the same please Nathan.

Well this is a novelty. Seeing Saints 2-0 up going into the second half and not feeling it necessary to lump a huge sum on an insurance bet.

He said 'better' players.

Most said the same thing about Leicester.

Or maybe he's just realised that the backup options we have are more adequate than he thought a few weeks ago, and that we can wait until the summer to get a permanent replacement for Cedric.

This is like a training match for Spurs at the moment. Boro can't get near enough the ball to even complete a pass.

I'd like to think we would take it seriously and put out a stronger team than we did against Huddersfield.

2-0 now. Didn't expect anything other than a Spurs win tonight really. Oh well, we've already beaten them once at SMS this season, we can do it again.

I would question your assessment of Digne, cos he hasn't looked that great on the occasions I've watched him, but I agree we should be looking at better than this lad from Fulham. With him on the left and KWP on the right, we would be looking at a significant downgrade on what we currently have.

One thing that I've noticed recently is that we seem to be always using our second kit in away games, regardless of the home team's kit. Against Chelsea and Leicester there was no legitimate reason we couldn't wear our traditional red and white, but we chose the grey/yellow one anyway. I'm not complaining, because I actually really like this season's second kit. But I'm just wondering what the the reason for that is? Is it a superstition thing because our home form has been so poor? Or is it a commercial decision? Would be interesting to see a comparison of our stats when wearing each kit so far this season.

As long as they are making a significant contribution and creating chances for others, yes.

If we win 8-0 we'll go above them on GD. Easy!

Yes. My claim to fame is that I went to the same school as him. Never met him though as he's significantly older than me.

Yeah agree with all of this. we've only had two home games (in the league) since our massive upturn in form - Spurs and Palace. Because Spurs assumed they could play their own game and beat us comfortably, it gave us the opportunity to press them hard and counter attack effectively. Contrast that with Palace setting themselves up as a very compact, deep-sitting defensive unit, and you can see why we struggled to beat them. This isn't a new thing either. We have really struggled to beat the bus-parking teams for a few seasons now.

Totally agree with this. Would remove a lot of the uncertainty and prevent the ridiculous delays we have seen with them trying to work out if someone's elbow is 2mm ahead of a defender's toe. It needs to be more clear cut than it currently is. The technology is fine - it's the rules that need tweaking for it to work properly.

Yeah his yellow card was immediately rescinded following the VAR decision.

I hate to break this to you, but it's been nearly 4 years since Ronald Koeman left

Yeah they've managed to stay within 6 points of us throughout our recent run it seems. Can't see them going down now unless Deeney gets injured again.

6-0 to City now. Could they???

This is turning into the best possible weekend for us really. A superb away win at the team second in the table, and every team below us except Watford dropping points.

The female 'race'?

Currently 2nd behind Liverpool in the form table!

Well no, because if the penalty decision hadn't been overruled then everything that happened afterwards would have been different. Butterfly effect innit.

Can already envisage the "ING-erland" headlines if that were to happen

Wonderful. Congratulations to you and your family. Exciting times ahead for you. If my wife knew I had been posting on Saintsweb within a couple of hours of our daughter being born it would have been an instant divorce! Enjoy fatherhood while you can.