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Personally I'd have thought a three match ban would have been a fair exchange for putting him into orbit late in the game. As for the kicking the ball out and then getting it back however the opponents decide is a nonsense. In the first place it's the referee's responsibility to control and stop play. Secondly, play on until the referee stops the game, then contest any restart bounce up. Thirdly if the ball is kicked out then play it like any other throw in.

I probably didn't make myself clear by putting 3/5, because it was mostly five at the back so in the midfield space we were left with only Romeu and Clasie willing to run press and tackle, against a side that was given the space to pull us around, whilst Davis doesn't either defend or attack and lacks the will to provide a physical challenge. Pelle looks like a player that has run his course, only Koeman doesn't see it that way. He has been poor for a long while now, but yesterday he was dire and turned the game in Chelsea's favour by surrendering possession so easily. We have been much improved without his one dimensional, selfish, immobile imitation of a traffic cone. Playing as we are, his need of a spoon fed service isn't happening as he isn't the focal point any more.

On reflection I think we got the tactics wrong. The 3/5 at the back against sides that can dominate possession surrenders the midfield and forces the team to defend the penalty area. Against Arsenal, one of these sides we completely dominated by playing a back four and pressing up behind a middle four compacting in midfield and denying the space and time on the ball to pass the ball around. Then getting the ball up front quickly behind the centre backs for our quick strikers. Yesterday and against similar teams we should adopt the same tactics but whatever we play, Pelle isn't mobile enough any more, as if he ever was. Targett dropped too deep probably because Bertrand was very central leaving him vulnerable without cover. Five at the back is all very well and works against the average side but against the best sides we have to adopt a more proactive pressing counter attacking game. All in all we were possession wise dominated by Chelsea's passing and movement, however we restricted them and created the better chances. After Pelle gave the ball away and the linesman flagged for Kenedy kicking out the referee was wrong to allow play to continue which resulted in Fabregas's soft cross going in. If Chelsea hadn't scored then it's possible that they wouldn't have scored at all.

The five at the back allowed us to defend but light in midfield. Clasie and Romeu were great but Davis didn't help them one iota when we needed a more combative player rather than a player that neither tackled or was dynamic enough to get up quickly to help the two strikers. Consequently we were over run. I'd like to see Wanyama play with Romeu and Clasie and go back to 4-3-3 etc with Mane alongside Austin and Long. Pelle was a disgrace for an international. Back heels and flicks without a target were the easy option just giving the ball away time and time again. Mane should have come on for Long and JWP for Davis. Pelle plays like a traffic cone, his lack of movement has got worse.

Not Southampton but the Compass at Winsor between Totton and Bartley.

With due respect to both camps nobody knows how the referendum will end up. Only a small percentage of the population has been sampled in a unique referendum. Whilst everybody might have an opinion nobody can be sure which way it will go because of the unique factors, For example, Fishing communities-out, Farmers in etc. Dislike of the EU/ like EU, worried about immigration/not worried, work for companies connected to EU conversely no connection but hamstrung by EU regulations etc etc There will also be a percentage of the vote that is completely hacked off and will vote out to give the arrogant career politicians of all parties a bloody nose. I don't like the EU, I despise the politicians and I'm voting out especially as I detest the fear campaign and feel we can do well out of the EU.

All Mercedes 4 x 4s are made in the US as part of the trade deal.

I'll have to check with my son who works for Mercedes, but a mate is awaiting delivery of a new Mercedes, he says that he has been told that his and indeed all right hand drive Mercedes are made or assembled in South Africa he didn't know which. As to the EU debate, last year in the first two months about 4,000 immigrants came through Greece and 10,000 through Italy, in the first two months of this year 102,500 have come through Greece and 7,250 through Italy. Last year over 1m came through Greece in the twelve months. This is the worst weather of the year over there. I just can't begin to imagine how many will come into the EU by the end of 2016. It isn't going to get any better in the foreseeable future. The sooner we can get control of our borders the better. The EU sure as hell have no idea how to deal with this, apart from throwing billions at Turkey who will have no problem continuing to look the other way.

Isn't going to happen but England not having to bankroll them would be a bonus. Scotland going alone totally independent without subsidies from England would be from an English point of view really interesting. It would leave England an even richer country of 55m.

Any nation that thinks it's a country and can't make it's own laws or manage it's own immigration and is subservient to an organisation like the EU isn't a country it is really a devolved government much in the same way Scotland, NI and Wales have devolved governments within the UK. That is not for me, It's time to dump the EU and go it alone. Anybody who thinks a nation of about 60m with the fifth biggest economy in the world won't survive or be welcomed to trade with others is ignoring the facts. We don't have to be like Norway or Switzerland if anybody doesn't want to access to our market that's fine, but it won't be Germany or France and really who cares about most of the EU countries whose economies are bust and relying on hand outs a lot of it ours.

Expecting the truth from politicians is the height of delusion. I have no time for them. I have even less time for the bureaucrats of Brussels. We've been royally stitched up. I can remember before EEC and in my opinion there was no problem travelling or trading then, but then it was never about trade or travel it was about power and the formation of a federal state run by the bureaucrats with the complicity of the politicians taking the population for mugs as Cameron is doing now.

We can't control our immigration, can't deport undesirables or have supremacy over the European court. The benefits deal is a myth and can be overturned by legal challenge in the European Court or by vote of the EU parliament after the referendum. The red card only give the right of discussions if backed by a majority, doesn't change decisions. If we leave we would be able to make all those decisions. I understand under international law the status quo applies to all cases under treaties that are terminated so that all those here and UK citizens in the EU can stay.

Hampshire, I was joking about Europol, it was the local plods.

Jesus, not that:blush:

The last one that got in broke a window to get out and away from my dogs. I'd have loved to have seen his face after he opened the kitchen door and faced by a couple of ten stone ****ed off dogs who wouldn't let him out. Europol were no help, never caught him.

Cameron can rank himself as the equal of Heath and Wilson in their approach. Heath lied to the people getting us in, Wilson lied to the people to keep us in, now Cameron is doing the same. We voted for a common market not a European state and I for one am voting leave before Turkey and Bosnia join and the Islamic torrent becomes a tsunami. Open borders from Afghanistan to Dover, no thanks.

Landed a Vampire wheels up as an experiment on a rubber mat on a carrier. Presumably to jack it up and then fly it off. I think the damage to the a/c put an end to that idea.

My wife was worried about the effect of an out vote because of the effect on the jobs of my son and son in law. My son works for Mercedes and my son in law for BMW. I asked them in front of my wife what the effect on them could be, significantly they both laughed and said do you really think that Mercedes and BMW plus VW etc never mind all the other German manufacturers plus their equivalents in France would for one tiny second allow the German government to jeopardise their profitability by not doing a deal ASAP. The strength of the out vote is that there are a lot of people that will vote out and unusually all of them will vote. There are a lot of people that would vote to stay in but some of them won't bother to vote. The more the opinion polls and the in supporters bang on about the in vote winning, plus the government machinery and the political parties doing the same it will end up with a complacency bubble resulting in a mediocre turnout but all the outers will vote. Unfortunately for the in vote, it's the don't knows, don't care and too thick to have a view that are most likely to not vote. I think there are a lot more out voters that really care than in voters in the same category.

If Cameron and the stay in part of the government lose they have to resign and give way to the leave part of the government to negotiate any deals. In my view there is no way than anybody who is supporting the stay in result should be allowed to take part in any subsequent negotiations with the EU. I personally think there are a lot of people who are going to vote out who aren't making any noise at all, just waiting for the opportunity to burst the political bubble that they despise. People from all political persuasions.

Charlie Austin is superb the way he made runs off Long in the short time he was on, anticipating the breaking ball. There is a real pair in the making there. I have little time for Pelle because he wants to be spoon fed and is utterly selfish especially with his constant moaning. He doesn't play in the channels like Long, Austin and Mane and his central positioning and lack of runs reduces our cutting edge. We should use him as required and get the best price in the close season and replace him with pacy alternative. I watched Juanmi in the under 21s the other night and he looked no better than his rare displays in the first team.

Well worked goal. Nice cross field ball from Davis to Cedric back to JWP first time into the box and Long headed down which beat Fabianski. If a goalkeeper comes out fast into a crowd stretching and gets two hands on the ball but can't hold it as a player simultaneously heads it, I can't see a foul, looked a good goal to me. Very solid although I prefer Cedric at right back. I suspect Romeu's yellow card made Koeman's decision to sub him in case of another. Yoshida does seem to attract controversy. Looked like he was fouled but I've seen them given. One can see the effect of Forster, It looks like the defence have absolute confidence in him. Very efficient performance.

Looks like a blanket defence with the Statue of Liberty up front.

I've given up on referees. They can't even penalise blatant shirt pulling and holding in the penalty area whilst hypocritically penalising the slightest touch or hold elsewhere. At free kicks, except near the goal they are allowed to be taken instantaneously but near the goal they perform their time wasting ritual. In both events if the players don't immediately retreat they should book all encroaching within ten yards, always allow the player to play the ball immediately from the right place except for a penalty and again immediately book any player who doesn't retreat ten yards if an immediate restart is stymied. As for shirt pulling immediate booking and a penalty. Within a month there would be no holding and no need for the referees to hold play up. The Leagues and referees just don't have the balls to apply the rules because the bleating would be ridiculous. The same for players challenging referees. There would be a few short sided games but properly warned in advance there could be no excuse and the game would be drastically improved and probably a lot more goals scored.

Match analyst.

What makes them think he would choose WHU over Saints. It sounds as though his family life, now being able to live in Bournemouth, had a big influence and he jumped at the chance, rather than wait for his contract to run out and cash in as a free agent. I personally think if Saints were in the frame WHU had no chance of signing him.