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Stephens is good on the ball and holds up well and often wins the ball. It is obvious he doesn't like heading the ball or competing to win in the air. his biggest failing in my book is his ball watching and being caught out in the goal mouth. Hoedt is decent enough in the air but in critical moments often slips and ends up on his backside. Yesterday we conceded a goal because he missed a challenge by going in with the wrong foot because he prefers his left foot. It was a situation that required the right foot in rather than being late and missing with his left. His other major issue is the number of Cruyff turns he makes under pressure, sometimes losing the ball or slipping over. he was also ball watching for the close in goal. Vestergaard missed his tackle for the first goal.

Live on Saints OS.

Bit Coin is a bit of an issue, something I personally don't want to get involved with. Sportsmania/ManiaHD when working are Bit Coin, Flawless as mentioned above appears to require Bit Coin for payment. I'm looking for a credit card based site.

Thank you All. It would probably help all those that need to commit to a streaming site for the new season if anybody with current experiences could gave a heads up on here.

Thanks, have you used either of these?

What's the latest with sportsmania/maniahd? It's over three weeks since the last report. My annual subscription has run out. I see they are still using bitcoin. If they aren't viable what alternatives are people using?

Anyone know if tomorrow's match, KO 1300 BST, is live on Saints OS?

For season ticket holders, log in to account, click on the basket, the tickets are there for both matches. Follow through purchasing to checkout. Go to your email from Ticket office and get the tickets from the attachment. Print at home, absolutely free.

I'm hearing both Vestergard and Marlon Santos, also looking at Ings. I'm not convinced that this is likely as it would leave us top heavy at centre back. Ings also a bit of a gamble due injury and how he would fit in or be better than the present forwards.

I think Long's wife comes from Berks. I've heard very settled in Wellow and could well veto any move out of the area. Personally I like his effort and pace. I'd take him every day of the week over Redmond, Boufal, JWP etc alongside two or three goalgetters. Against Watford away he put us in a winning position with two searing runs. We just didn't use him enough out wide.

Glad we've signed him. I've watched him for a while. Cracking left foot and an eye for a shot instead of passing the buck.

Didn't he have a decent season the season before last and looked a good player but with two years left on his contract refused a new one. That soured his position at Celtic. Now with a year left Celtic have to shift him or he'll go for nothing at the end of next season, hence the realistic rather than inflated fee.

Told this morning from a pal who works at SFC that Madisson was offered much bigger wages at LCFC than we were prepared to pay so he went there even though he originally preferred SFC. He was mates with Reed at NCFC. LCFC just offered silly money.

After the sterile crap of the last two seasons I'm hoping a British manager will put a bit of character and momentum into the team. I was considering not renewing but the way Hughes picked us up for the last few games and kept us up changed my mind. As for VAR, the Watford handball equaliser was a standout and cost us two valuable points, Alonso's foul on Long ignored by Dean that got him a three match ban possibly cost us another three points. After watching a number of incidents of goalkeepers hooking the ball back into play I'm convinced Hawkeye is the answer to that problem. VAR used properly could be the answer to big team bias as the referees have nowhere to hide.

My Mania HD runs out in July. I presume they are sill using Bitcoin for payment. I've found them pretty good all year with little problem. I see a lot of people are recommending Flawless. Is it worth switching from a Saints point of view?

I must admit this is the first World Cup or European Championships that I have been totally disinterested in. I do think that they are being held in the wrong country and I have the view that like the next one in 2022 they were bought and paid for rather than competed for. I really don't care who wins as long as it isn't Russia, Germany, France or Spain. I will say it would be nice to see Belgium play to the level that their players reach for their clubs which hasn't happened up to now.

Off topic but I have to wonder what effect a full pre season of Puel overhauling Leicester will have on their performances.

Loan Targett to Fulham for a season with a window call back clause. If he does well, great, if not at least we found out without it costing us. In the meantime he gets a step up in experience and if he does well we have a good player. He is probably the best crosser of a ball on the Saint's books. He rarely gives the ball away and whilst not being the quickest or good in the air there is enough there to keep him.

Personally if anybody wants to buy our right back I'd be delighted. We need a quick right back that is a good defender and can hold his own at back post crosses. Apart from being cheap and nippy, why anybody would want to buy a small full back for the Premier league where they would be quickly targeted and picked off, as is the case, is beyond me.

Your boys looked a good team yesterday, far too good for the cats.

The one thing I hope that Hughes demands from the players is a hard nosed attitude more in line with the top teams. Hojberg and Redmond in possession of the ball after being penalised just abandoned it and allowed a quick free kick that ultimately led to a goal. I'd like to see the players in those sort of circumstances deny the opponents possession, delay the kick. Later in the game learn to keep possession on the touchlines or in the corner. Play the ball off opponents, throw ins down the lines, kill off the game by continually stopping play. Better teams than us do it. Backing off onto the edge of the penalty area and hoping to survive an aerial bombardment doesn't cut it as far as I'm concerned. We need to be in the referee's ear all the time. We don't get our fair share from the referees because we are too weak and meek and accept our fate too easily. we need to grow a reputation of being a decent team but boy are we a nasty bunch.

It was in today's early Echo.

It looks that way.

I was talking today to an old friend that works for Saints. I told him some of the rumours that abound on here and his comment was "bull**** it's a done deal, everything is agreed just awaiting signature." He is pretty reliable so I'm trusting the information is correct.

I might be wrong but I thought I saw somewhere that it has been listed.