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This right to go down malarkey is indeed part of the problem. It's not only Owen. It's a widespread view of pundits who, of course, tend to be ex professional footballers. It's a view which supports a culture of diving to gain competitive advantage and it's something about professional football which really ****es me off. You'd get laughed off the pitch if you tried in amateur football some of the theatrics you see in the professional game. I suspect players are told by Managers to go down at the slightest touch and leave their foot in. There's the bonus that you might get an opponent sent off too. It's cheating pure and simple.

Good point well made. Terry and others were in the ref's ear all game.

Pathetic post.

Have to see the penalty shout on TV but from the other end of the Kingsland it looked like an obvious dive. Who cares anyway. Apart from that incident, the ref fell for their falling about all afternoon. Just seen Mourinho's interview. He's thinking about his next game in making those comments.

We all like a tryer.

Yeah he should have positioned himself on the far post.

Rubbish?

If you can get to London on a cheap deal you can pick up tickets at £12 return to Birmingham, £15 on the better Virgin trains.

But we're in the top six, above 5 of last season's "top sides".

The stats reference last season's top sides. Currently Saints are above 5 of the 7 sides that finished last season above Saints. Performances this season against Liverpool, Arsenal, Manu, Tottenham were good and we have been very unlucky not to have taken points. First half against City was ok but eventually beaten by a better side.

This what the Liverpool Echo said: "Southampton were not made to work for them, they didn't have to be imaginative or beat Tim Howard with an outrageous piece of skill or shot. Instead they just lumped crosses into the box and Everton wilted. Three times." So much for Ronaldoesque crossing. I thought Clyne's crossing was pretty good too e.g. In the build up to the second.

Hunt the Pompey fan. Release one onto the pitch and unleash a police dog.

You sure you didn't dream that?

Stand him on his seat and hold onto him when we score the winner. Hope he enjoys it.

If ever there were a meaningless statistic...

Well done Koeman. Nullified their full backs and they had nothing. Aldereiweld is quality. Longs's best game. In a season of shocking refs that joker was dire.

“It is important because the academy is always the heart of any club. It was one of the main reasons I decided to come here. The opportunity to work with this club’s academy was fantastic. I think it is the best in England, maybe even Europe." So he didn't go there for the money then. Seems he may have been told to work with what he's got, including the rehabilitation of Adebayor.

Some trains appear to be running to and from Kent and there appear to be trains up from Brighton. Once in London it's easy enough to get out to Selhurst or South Norwood or Croydon on public transport. Try National Rail Enquiries. Parking and traffic are difficult around Selhurst Park so drive and park up at a station may be an option.

Whenever I've ordered on linked accounts all of the tickets have been delivered to me.

Given his attitute and his actions off the pitch, it's a definite no to having him back. In any case, he didn't show enough on the pitch to justify a recall.

I think lack of fitness is not responsible for the losses. We had a similar run of losses around this part of the season last year under Pochettino. In fact, we press less frequently this season than last. I've also heard it said by one pundit (could have been a Neville) that there was a view last season that Southampton tired in the final quarter of matches. The reason for the losses, like last season, is lack of squad depth coinciding with injuries to key players and a run of difficult fixtures, in fact probably more injuries/suspensions this season than last.

I No team ever got to 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th in a league on luck and sloppy goals.

What's your point? We can't do anything about tonight. It's gone.

We may well lose. I just want to see, expect to see, a decent performance against Everton. There was a comment on the Five Live Extra commentary that Southampton just didn't put in a performance for the 5,000 (they said) that had made the long journey. The team owes them a performance.