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Only saw a bit of the 2nd half, before the stream went and we didn't seem too bad, but I have seen the goal, which was soooo stopable. Close down the cross, and have the goalie move his ****ing feet. It will be interesting to see if we can play a Burnley style for the next few games against the big teams and pick up a point or two, but the coaching staff have no real alternative for an attacking formation, and the squad is too unblanced 2 strlkers need a target man to play off and we don't have one, we only have one number 10 in Boufall for a system that is built around that roll and we ****ed away 6 million on a centre half for the future ( would have been ok if he was the Polish Mark Wright).

It is standard practice to put a protective boot on, so it is no real indication of the severity of the injury. Fingers crossed though.

Thanks for that, very enjoyable and it will be on my Xmas list.

I use Sport Lemon most weeksusinf chrome and adblocker, but on Saturday, when I tried to restart the stream when it was buffering, every stream was blocked with a dangerous site message, the same with Firefox. I can get it to work by turning off the anti-phising settings but is this a new feature of firefox and chrome, or is it nore likely to be newer mallware on the streams ?

Streaming problems today, but we looked the more likely until Cedric slipped. At least we tried 2 up for while, and Boufal seemed lively.

I kept playing the Fifa Foootball Manager game for that era, just so I could sell Hughes and Ripley , no-one would buy Hirst no matter how many times you played it. Hughes for me is still the worst player ever to play a full season for Saints, a total mercenary who was too busy fouling his marker to bother to trap the ball. Palmer was already gone by then , otherwise I would have flogged him too!

Only saw the 2nd half. We were very good, pressed, and moved te ball quicker, the only real flaw was Tadic and Cedric kept winning corners, rather than beating the man near post. A lot more bodies in the box, which was good. If Romeu's effort from that corner had been scuffed more, Long would have had a tap in, although I have seen him miss tap ins before ...

Failed to pick up the 2nd ball for bith goals, which most keepers would have got to. If Lemina is not fit then PH must start, not the dwarf chuckle brothers. Ward-Prowse was invisible, Davis is too slow and not strong enough. Our front players got zero service today. Stephens was our best player by a mile. I think we need to play Long and Gabbi at Palace, with either Tadic or Boufal behind them. If VVD does ok for the reserves then try a back 3 again. And NEVER, EVER play Davis and JWP in the same team again!

Felt sorry for Gabbi. he was making loads of good runs, but no-one was looking for him. With an Eklund or a Berkowitz type player behinf him, he would get 20 plus goals. Lamina was excellent, Long got better as the game went on . but Redmond and Tadic were not at the races, and Davis's' forward ball were slow and poor. Would have settled for a point this morning, so not to down, and it is always hard to play newly promoted sides early in the season. much better after they have had a couple of spankings.

Corre Del Sporte gave him top ratings for England in that game, but what do they know ? If that header had krept inside the post it could all have been different for him. Paul Scholes' first game for England, he slipped and ended up near post instead of in the middle of the box. He scored, but if he hadn't slipped he would have been the other side of the defender who would have cleared it. It's not just talent, you need luck sometimes.

My first season ticket in 78 was £26 to stand under the West Stand. Not bad for 23 games .

Dr Sid Lowe on Football Weeekly was saying that Coutinho was a Barca target before Neymar left for PSG, more of an Inesta replacement.

I thought we played much better and should have won at a canter. We started Ok but got better once Tadic went right and JWP moved inside. On the wing JWP would not turn his man and just played it backwards and safe, making us lopsided. The bookings were bizzare, and although I can see why he didn't give the first Penalty, he would have if the same thing happened to Deli Ali. As for the 2nd penalty, I have not seen anyone knock the ball fronm hand to hand like that since the Harlem Globetrotters. Tadic MOM for me, made everything happen. Also good to see him Boufal and redmond on the pitch at the same time and us still keep control of midfield. Finally, am I right in thinkling that the last time we won our first game of the season at home in the top flight was the 5 nil against West Ham when a young Le Tiss got the 4th goal ?

Do any French residents pay for SFR sport (€9.99 PM)? According to the ads you can choose which match you watch. Is it any good and will it work on 3 Mps line speed ?

I wonder if they messaged the old agent VVD had when he signed his contract extension instead of the current shytster who is pushing for the move? Would be a great opportunity for revenge .

The whole "We have all the cenre halves we need " thing from Klopp is just a Kansas City Shuffle, the press look left while Liverpool tell his agent that they will match any loyality bonus he loses. The Guardain yestwerday wer talking of the dippers offering him £200,000 per wekk, which is more than I had sen listed anywhere else, so that would fit my theory .

Sod VVD, I'm more upset about James Richardson leaving football weekly !

The best bet at this point is a player exchange, with either Chelsea or Man City, for say Christensen or Mangala ( is he still there ? ) . Even if this didn't meet Saint's valuation, the value of the incoming player could be knocked down too, meanung both clubs save on VAT, and any other percentage add-ons would also be lower. Also, at the back of my mind there has always been a worry that he will come back with JAck Whilsires ankles.

Nick Holmes must be worth a shout. Consistent, brave , scored some crackers and was very good at going in for 50-50's and leaving his oppo on the ground, although he did have a strange habit of catching the ball before the ref had chance to blow his whistle Aresenal away and Forest away I think. Also, he bought my mates dayughter an Appletise the other week. Nice bloke.

Nick Holmes must be worth a shout. Consistent, brave , scored some crackers and was very good at going in for 50-50's and leaving his oppo on the ground, although he did have a strange habit of catching the ball before the ref had chance to blow his whistle Aresenal away and Forest away I think. Also, he bought my mates dayughter an Appletise the other week. Nice bloke.

If he has no pace, we can use the Woolston Ferry song again. Oh Will Ferry, He doesn't travel very fast .....

With Wenger sigingn his new 2 year deal, doing well at Saints could be a good audition for the Arsenal job .

Not a bad idea, looking at Silva's record. We got so many crosses in, particularly in the first half, with only one target in the box. The sysyem has to change to get more bodies in there. The goal was offside, and I don't think Redmond was off in the first half when put through, but we should have made Butland work in the first hour. Incredible save by Butland from Boufal, probably the best bit of fottball in the match.

The Comey sacking could well be a step to far, even for Trump. People forget that it wasn't the burglary that brought down Nixon, that could have been contained to Howard Hunt or Coulson, it was the cover up that did for him.

Allowing for injury time, and the 2nd half of the 3.2 win last year, that makes it over seven hours since Liverpool have scored against Saints! Great defensve shape, and Tadic and Boufal both defended well. We need someone to hit quicjk and accurate balls up to the feet of whoever is upfront when we are on the counter attack. With the service thety were getting, it doesn't matter if it was Gabbi, Long, Keegan or Moran up front. .