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Will be interesting to see how that pans out. May have to switch back, as we left SFR for Orange. I still miss the FA Cup being free on France 4.

Thanks for getting back to me. Will do .

@mcjwills What bandwidth do you need for Sportsmania HD ? I live in rural France and only get 7 or 8. Would this be a problem?

Forget the legendary AC Milan game against Baresi, Guillet,Maldini,Inzahgi, Ronaldino, Rivera, Van Basten, Ray Wilkins, George Weah and Dasilly. In years to come all the talk will be ' I was there when we put 6 second half goals past 10 men, 7 losses on the bounce, York City. To give them some credit though, that is six more efforts on target than their last home game.

We really need another creative option on the bench, especially against teams that like to sit deep and counter. At the moment we only have Tadic who can do this, and if he is having an off day like Saturday, then that's it. It looked like Ramirez might be able to provide this, at least until January, but something else seems to have happened there and he is completely out of the picture. Mane is great, but needs a bit of space to get moving. We tried to address this we Djurcic and Elia last year, and we need to find another creative outlet for this season, or else the Watford, Palace and West Ham games will be repeats of Saturday.

Very poor. The absolute worst of Shane Long, not tracking back and diving all the time. Both fullbacks never got going at all. Midfield non existent after Claise went off Stoke were good on the break though. Special mention for Mason though. Never gave us any free kicks, booked JWP for his first tackle, and the Pelle penalty was unbelievable.

Sorry to have caused such offence, but I thought others who don't live in France might be interested to know that the clubs profile is rising over here. As to the rest of my post. maybe Clive Tyldesly has cleaned up his act, but I doubt it. It doesn't make me angry, just makes me not watch ITV Sports.

I watched a bit of the match on French TV. When Lallana came on, they introduced him as having come up from the 3rd Division at Southampton with Schneiderlin. Very educational for the French. I imagine the ITV commentary at the same point went "Lallana .. Liverpool ..Klop.. Rooney .. big club big club ..."

Bestest nil nil I have ever seen!

Under the Kingsland, there are 2 bars and two food kiosks, from memory, for about 8,000 fans. Contrast this with Bordeaux's new ground http://www.girondinsbilletterie.com/sites/default/files/upload/Plan-Stade-entree.jpg I don't think the plan shows them all, as I'm sure that the South End where I was had the same number of stalls as shown on the North End. They all sell lager, but it is non-alchoholic. Hope this helps.

The bestest stadium announcer .

Another home draw. As it was Mansfield's Cup Final, should it have gone to a penalty shoot-out ?

The step by step procedure in how to deal with a goalkeeping injury. 1 - Climb in pram 2 - Through the toys out. I am not a big fan of Kelvin, but the issue with him is that he was given an overlong contract for someone his age. Saints don't have the wage structure to carry an extra keeper, so we are stuck with this situation until the summer.

102 today, back on again tomorrow. Not only is he a better footballer than all of us , he's better at Countdown too! I wonder if Merson is on next week !

Romeu was great today, as was everyone. Think we might have a new winger this week, as Redmond is still in Matt Targets pocket. I know Target's crossing was bad, but he looked much more like a Left back today. Much improved. Now lets see how we are on Tuesday night!

Never like playing newly promoted teams so early in the season, as they are full of confidence from their promotion. If we have to have JWP and Davis in the same team, we need to change formation a bit , as neither of them is a creative AM. Sten Cedric Fonte Yoshida Target Romeu JWP Davis Tadic Mane Pelle This should give the fullback a bit more support and puts JWP in a role more suited to their abilities .

****e! absolute ****e! I always thought that Morgan was our best midfielder since Williams. Unfortunately I was right.

Saw Gourcuff play for Bordeaux once. When he is fit he is an incredible talent, great movement, passing shooting and is also brilliant with free kicks. He is still unattached at the moment, and is reputed to want silly money. If he could be persuaded to take a smaller wage, with a big appearance fee, he could be worth the gamble.

Organisation was better, but against a poor side. Cedric got better as the game went on, and the two DM's looked good, apart from the needless bookings. The ref must have been victim to one of Longs dives in the past, as he wouldn't give him anything. Hope Mane is ok for Thursday, and hope above hope that we get a proper attacking midfield player before September.

Horrible team, like a the crazy gang without the cartoon violence , but with a first touch. Bet Harry is saying what a great player Sparv is, despite letting him go. Played OK, apart from one of the CM's going AWOL for their goal. Although how Shane Long can turn a dangerous run at the opposition into an obvious free-kick to them in 2 seconds beggars belief.

I think that the plan is to use their glorious history to finance the deal. If they were to place a 2 farthing bet on retaining the FA Cup for 6 years in 1939, the odds that they would get, plus inflation could pay for the Milton Road end at least. All they would need is enough money for a 2nd hand Delorian and some plutonium.

Looking at how our full backs were exposed yesterday, it could be worth playing Davis in a wide position, maybe instead of JayRod or Long. Although this would limit our attacking options, it should provide more cover ( think Mardsden/Bridge for older viewers )

A game of 2 halves Gary ... Cedric looked shaky after the silly booking, but Martina looked very good when he came on. JayRod was well of the pace. On the positive note, we could easily have nicked it at the end and Davis had his best game for a long time. A bit worried that Long as scored twice already, as that only leaves him another 6 for the season!

I dare say the PA figure is a worse case scenario, as the facts of the matter are probably only know by a few people in the inner circle of both camps.

I would imagine that his contract was ripped up and no further payments made by Saints, in exchange for his registration. All in all, he probably cost us the basic transfer fee (he didn't do a lot to trigger add-ons ) and two years wages minus loan fees .