Sheaf Saint

Sh*t, bugger, balls. I had a fiver on 3-1!

OOOooooh, wrong option. Should have played it left to Shaw!

Crikey - West Brom winning now!

WBA have equalised against Chelsea, we move back up to 3rd.

Received a pass from Boruc and just let it run past him straight to a Hull player. Really sloppy and unnecessary.

Was just thinking the same but it looks like Davis is coming on instead.

Brilliant finish from Sagbo but what the f**k was Wanyama thinking!?

http://www.stadium-live.com/Channel11.html

I'd love to see J-Rod get a goal today to boost his confidence going in to the international games.

No they haven't, which makes today's performance from us even more special.

Hull have looked half decent since they got promoted, but today they are receiving a proper footballing lesson. Just following on from where we left off against Fulham - total composure on the ball and maximum workrate when we lose it. In years gone by we would still be nervous even when leading 3-0 because we all knew there was a good chance we would f**k it up, but not this team. Good times indeed.

That was simply outstanding from Lallana. What an amazing time to be a Saints fan it is at the moment. We are completely irresistible.

JWP's deliveries are just getting better and better. At first I thought the comparisons with David Beckham were a bit OTT but the way he's playing at the moment they are starting to look well justified.

"We are Southampton - we're off to Brazil!"

Christ almighty. we know he's good at hitting penalties, but that was just unstoppable!

Awesome - it worked. I went for a shit and come back to find we've scored. The live table looks rather lovely right now!

70% possession so far according to BBC. Seems like more than that to me.

Lovely little build-up play there from Lallana.

Well we've got through the first minute without conceding, so that's an improvement on last week.

http://www.stadium-live.com/Channel11.html

I'm beginning to wonder if he will ever feature for the first team again.

If there was any common sense in the world, the club would use some of the away fans fund to reimburse those fans that have already paid for travel/accommodation.

I'm sure his beard wasn't grey when he joined us in January. Has the stress got to him already?

But that was surely the point of the exercise, no? To play some of the fringe players in a competitive match against a half-decent standard of opposition, rather than U21 games or pointless friendlies. I don't see it as 'assuming they would be good enough', rather a case of 'wanting to find out if they are good enough' because ultimately the result didn't matter. It's obvious Poch din't place any priority on the league cup otherwise he would have fielded a stronger team. He clearly saw it as more of an educational experience, and he will have come away from this match with some valuable insights into the capabilities of his reserve players.

Lallana on for Davis