SaintBobby

bloody annoying...we had that

I think 9 points from this batch, which woudl basically leave us safe from relegartion barring a statistical fluke

Wanted the skates, was only 2/1 aginst when we come out at home. Ah well, not a bad draw if we can somehow get past Spurs

How do new chants actullay start?

And we are better away from home, right? ;-)

Not sure why Zaha wasnt sent off for poking JWP's eye. VAR apparently didnt have a view? Great win

Out as far as 28/1 following today's defeats for Villa and Bournemouth

Almost certainly.

I may be vociferosuly agreeing here, but isn't it comparing body parts that both the defender and attacker can "use"? eg an armpit v a a buttock...both can touch the ball legally, so if your armpit is 1mm beyond the defender's butt cheek, you're technically offside. What's happening is that VAR is exposing some of the weird laws of the game, I think. (it has other problems too)

I think you're right. Looks like there will be very little to split, say, 8th - 15th, but we should be alright from here.

Relegation now available at 25/1, to finish bottom now 250/1. https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/relegation For the optimists, it's now around 11/8 for us to finish in the top 10 https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/top-10-finish A top six finish is as tight as 14/1 with some bookies https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/top-6-finish

I still am gobsmacked at how amazing this turnaround has been. Stunning. Is it basically down to switching to a fairly simple and pressing 4-4-2 (or 4-2-2-2). Must be more to it than that! Anyway, happy, happy days.

No. It's bloody horrific as well as utterly incompetent.

I'm intrigued as to how we can win football matches off the field. Will have to give it a watch now!

What's happened here? They wrongly reported his death? Gees. (Link is down on Echo site)

What a ***t

What's his best position even? I wonder if he's better as a No. 10 then a winger?

The Jan 2017 one was grim. Jan 2018 was a totral disaster. Carillo. Jesus wept. I remember when we lamented what a waste of money Agustin Delgado was. That was all of 3.6m and he even got the winning goal against Arsenal, I seem to recall.

Yeah, agree with this. If the technological margin of error is, say, 1cm then it's ridiculous to say that an image showing a player 0.5cm offside is "clear and obvious".

yeah, I once worked in an office taht fed made up rumours to the Sun and Mirror football gossip columns. We had about a 70% hit rate. My favourite was that Michael Owen was signing for Villa as he'd been spotetd ina colonic irrigation clinic in Brum.

Well, it's spread a bit beyong Saintweb...but mayeb just because Saintsweb has that kind of reach. I agree there's probably zero in it, but seemed worth speculating about....

These rumours seem to have - just about - amounted to more than totally fictional and unbased fantasy. What are folks' thoughts on the credibility or desirability of a Red Bull takeover? My instinct is that I'd be in favour, in principle as long as there isn't an absurd rebrand. I don't feel hugely wedded to the name of the stadium. Would like to keep plain old "St Mary's", but could live with something different, I guess. Becoming "RB Southampton FC" would be a pretty serious red line for me though. I think there are rules around renaming teams, fortunately.

Can you change the VAR rules without changing the laws of the game? For example, could we at least say that those looking at VAR should only look at a player's feet not whether his head or armpit is offside? Might it be a good idea to change the laws anyway - only your feet count for offside, not whether you're leaning forward and your knee is 5mm offside? I know this doesn't solve all of the VAR frustration, but it might solve some of it.

When is Valery expected back? Is he still ill?

Getting which half a goal is scored in wrong?