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The new one looks like one of those ones you win at a fete

Well it hasn't, has it? We haven't lost 4-0 to Villa again since we played them last week, he's a man of his word in that respect.

Starting Smallbone as second striker when we've got five attackers on the bench is a lovely bit of Ralph at his maddest.

Mate

Good block by Simple Jack

Photo please or it didn’t happen

Football Insider, quoting someone with a social media account who is basically just wondering out loud about deals Spurs could theoretically try and do https://www.footballinsider247.com/tottenham-transfer-news-two-spurs-stars-could-be-offered-in-part-exchange-for-livramento-insider/

Yep - 100%. Is it just me or does he look far, far better at centre back then he ever has at full back? Excellent tonight.

Great that the crowd was buzzing last night. If you’re going to do a Livramento song to that tune though, wouldn’t it make sense to start it with ‘Tino, Tino, Tino’ - his first name feels like something of a gift in that respect - and then follow it with something that rhymes? Can’t help thinking they haven’t thought this through

I was at that game as a kid, in the family centre at the Dell. It wasn’t full so we went up to the top row because my mate wanted ‘the best view’. It was astonishingly cold up there - a properly clear, Baltic night, accentuated by being high up and uncovered. It’s the coldest I can ever remember being at a football match. Then Matty turned in the best hat trick you can imagine. Went absolutely mental and forgot the cold after that. 4-1 win, bag of chips on the way home. Magic.

A version of OWTS seems to be forming part of the basic repertoire for a lot of clubs' fans now. Obviously Spurs have been doing it for a while, but I've heard 'Oh When The Reds' (the fast version) from Liverpool fans at several recent games, Wolves fans were singing 'Oh When the Wolves' at their game on Sunday, and I'm pretty sure I heard 'Oh When the Bees' watching a recent Brentford game. I know fans often nick songs from other teams and change the words to fit their own, but it still seems very odd to me when the particular song has been so specifically associated with one club, rather than just a general tune or chant. I can't imagine a scenario where any other fans would sing I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, for example, or You'll Never Walk Alone. Yet everyone seems happy to nick and repurpose a song that has until fairly recently been very much ours, and explicitly has Saints in the title. It's odd. Has such a 'club-specific' chant ever been lifted wholesale by other fans before?

If we can score early and start knocking the ball around we can win comfortably. 3-0. It’s Everton though, so we’ll probably dominate and then they’ll snatch a totally undeserved, 94th minute, wrongly-awarded penalty winner for a 0-1 travesty.

‘Papa was a rollin’ stone’ for a few minutes before that to build the tension while the last few minutes of all the local games played out and then the Bruce Hornsby piano riff would kick in to signify it was all over and we’d clung on for a point at Highfield Road. Great days

Haha - fair play

I thought Romeu was immense today, personally. Bossed it. Not just doing the destroyer role, his skill and technique playing out of tight spaces was/ is amazing. Could easily have got MOM today.

He was great today. His reading of the game seems to have really improved, he was in the right place at the right time, consistently. That's something that Salisu has shown he is outstanding at since he joined, I wonder if Jack's learning from him.

Because we'd buy someone better? He's doing alright at the moment, and fair play to him after his struggles in the past, but even aside from his known weaknesses he's still doing some weird stuff. He was very lucky to get away with that one that he dropped and then backheeled into his own net against Spurs on Boxing Day, and then again today he was lucky not to get caught by Fernandes when he basically forgot to pick it up. He's a lot more solid than he was, and long may that continue, but with a decent bit of scouting we should comfortably be able to find an upgrade as first choice in the summer. A Niemi type would be worth an extra 6-9 points a season.

Stephens was superb when he came on. Him, Ely, Forster - great to see players who have struggled in the past showing what they can actually do when they come into a well-organised, brave side brimming with confidence and belief. Having them show their quality really adds depth to the squad, its like making some solid new signings.

Yeah that was mental. Incredibly poor from someone who's meant to understand football for a living. Can't stand Pierce generally. I saw him in a gastropub once and he was unironically wearing a shellsuit. I miss the stately, measured dons of yesteryear. You wouldn't catch Brian Moore out in public in nylon leisurewear.

Melting the odd one into the top corner from miles away doesn't hurt either

Plus Stu Armstrong getting back to form in the last few games. Makes such a difference to us going forward.

Shoving his goal celebration back down his throat was extremely satisfying. He looked like he was going to cry at the end, the pluggy wiggy gimp. Lovely stuff.

Ah. I see.

No idea what this £45m business is about. Telegraph reporting its a free transfer initially, rising to a £10m fee if he makes 20 appearances.

My god, imagine being so breathtakingly stupid that you don't understand the concept of a team of the week f**king hell, that's almost impressive 😂