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I just knew Lampard would score against us today

Wanayama needs to come off. He's just not there at all. Sloppy passing, not backtracking enough, not trying hard enough to win the ball back when he loses it.

I just knew there would be one or two numpties on here blaming Forster for that goal. It took a deflection and he was totally unsighted. Not his fault at all. Also worth bearing in mind that's only the second goal we have conceded at SMS this season.

Meh. Can't win them all. Frustrating, given Villa's poor form of late, but their game plan worked. They defended in great numbers, crowded out Pelle every time the ball got played up to him, and got lucky on the break with a poor defensive error, which have thankfully been very rare this season. Was always going to be a tricky game against a side who were obviously going to be fighting hard. I'm just thankful that we came through it unbeaten and with no new injury concerns. We badly missed S Davis in the middle tonight.

Time to wheel out the big nuns...

That has been the case ever since we got back up to the PL. 3 different managers and it still hasn't been addressed.

So you don't think that was more to do with said keeper getting injured in the same game, resulting us having to depend on Gazzaniga during a run of difficult fixtures then?

I think you mean mettle ;-)

Good effort Mane. decent save.

Agreed. Long isn't really suited to that role and it's leaving or MF too open behind him. Get him off for Cork and push Morgan up instead.

Just how the hell did we allow that to happen!? There really was no danger there. Oh well, these things are bound to happen once or twice in a season - and so far it just hasn't at all for us yet. Law of averages says it would do sooner or later.

No, just blind ;-)

Nope. Clearly got the ball.

Nice build up between Bertrand and Pelle there. Shame Mane couldn't find the finish but it came to him awkwardly. We're not firing on all cylinders but we're undoubtedly the better team so far.

Tomkins going down holding his face after being pushed on the shoulder was the worst of the lot. Total embarrassment to English football. The FA must take retrospective action against that sort of thing.

So the average Saints fan leans politically to the right, but is most likely to read the Guardian? Something tells me this is a load of codsh*t

Don't know why people are so upset about this. One thing that has become incredibly obvious about the way our organisation is set up is that nobody is irreplaceable. Move on.

No, we can't. For the very reasons you state that it might all come undone, we are going to wring every last bit of enjoyment out of it while we still can. Well I am anyway. Besides, I haven't seen anything about Liverpool to convince me they will finish above us this season. They are a disjointed mess at the moment and I don't see how they can improve, short of miraculously re-signing Suarez.

From the Spuds forum... ENIC is a c*nt, Levy is a c*nt, Poch is a c*nt, the players are c*nts. C*nts.

Yeah, I spotted that after I uploaded it and can't change it now. Bugger.

Edit: How do I make pictures full size in a post? It used to do it automatically but now it just attaches the thumbnail.

Oh how sweet the table looks tonight!

Arsenal 2-1 down now. If it stays that way then not one of the defectors who jumped ship will be in a CL spot this evening, but we will be. Ain't Karma a b*tch!

Yep. My fault. Sorry.

If the Swansea v Arsenal game stays like this then it could be the perfect weekend for us.