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Whose possession? Which matches? I'd be interested to know how they did that analysis and arrived at that conclusion.

Take your point. First time I've ever quoted him. And the last.

I'll bear that in mind next time we go 1 up. Thanks.

"That a side of Liverpool's calibre should change their formation is a tribute to Southampton's talent and high tempo style. Arsenal, for one, have struggled to cope with the pace and fluent passing of the Saints...". This is from the Sunday Times reporter at the match. Some of us may quibble with the reference to pace, though I take it he's referring to moving the ball quickly which is something we can do, but he makes a good point. Despite Liverpool changing formation to a diamond, playing two up front the whole game to occupy our defence and despite England's captain being detailed to do a job on Lallana, we played well in the first half. Take a look at Liverpool's forums and see what they think. Only on here do you get witless comments like those in the OP.

I know. I was there. Are you saying that will always happen when we go a goal up away from home? Of course not, so what's your point?

Palace, like West Ham and Liverpool, a team with much to play for. An early goal and we'll beat them. Concede early and it will be a struggle to break them down.

Oh yeah, sorry. Goals scored.

Shall we let this one just hang in the air for a while.

This is what I think too. Don't have any stats but I attend the matches.

Post 25 plus the league table.

Joint 6th highest goal scorers and good to watch.

Goals scored PL Liverpool 73 Man City 69 Arsenal 52 Chelsea 52 Man Utd 43 Everton 38 Southampton 38 Joint 6th.

I've watched Saints all season. On the rare occasions we break quickly we don't get enough players in the box. When we do get enough players in the box it's after a slow build up so the box is defended. Our delivery then isn't good enough. The final pass generally isn't good enough. When Lallana is shackled (was Gerrard really doing this?), we don't create. They had a right back playing left back. He was rubbish when he had to use his left. We didn't have the means to exploit that by going on the outside.

Two teams that play in a similar way. What's the difference? They have quick, lethal strikers. It would have helped though if our CBs had been on their game today. Lovren not match fit.

Correct. The problem is inadequate supply.

Doubt it. Hodgson's going to be there.

Recognition is nice. Cash from a sell on clause would have been nicer. Let's hope we get one when Shaw goes.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/26/luke-shaw-manchester-city-manchester-united-chelsea? Man City now.

http://foreverwestham.com/2014/02/blog-topics/lets-hope-west-ham-fans-are-never-like-southamptons? And still they whine. What's that Shakespeare quote about protesting too much.

Definitely extended. I just bought London to Southampton for Liverpool and Norwich, £20 the pair. Here's a link. http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/Winter-Sale-Terms-and-Conditions.aspx

I'll save you the trouble of reading the article. It's not worth the trouble. "Would we be attractive to Mauricio, could we poach him? Why not! Southampton fans won't thank me for suggesting we should, any more than they'll like me saying that West Ham are a bigger club, but we are. We've a bigger ground, a greater fan base I think. We can argue about finances; both clubs have been in a parlous state in recent years; but surely we must be slightly better off?"

If PSG don't want him there's always West Ham. They're a much bigger club than Saints and with more money apparently. http://www.kumb.com/article.php?id=3374

Lallana's was a foul but didn't warrant a booking, especially coming towards the very end of the match. Also, it looked like he was being fouled himself beforehand. All happened right in front of the referee. Can't say it was vindictive but it was unnecessary. Something else I thought a bit odd was when, after one of their first half goals, Nolan went over to shout something to the dodgy linesman instead of celebrating with the others.

Just about anybody could have predicted his negative impact given his record, in particular the Manager who worked with him at Espanyol. He was not a credible striker in the first half of the season so nothing to suggest he was the player to push us on in the second half.

The Academy of Football eh. They sound like Stoke fans.