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Full time. Great win. The boys are having a brilliant season.

Boro 1-2 Saints (Johnson pen)

1-1 Afolabi

Boro 1-0 Saints

Not sure if 'Boro are showing it or not. Hopefully our OS will at least show goal highlights as they go in. Kick off is 1pm.

Agreed. (& to answer the question, a season & a half if we're lucky).

The boss is happy. Source: https://southamptonfc.com/news/2019-01-13/ralph-hasenhuttl-on-ward-prowse-and-shane-long-post-leicester-southampton-premier-league

Lets worry about staying up before we worry about anything else.

More on potential Mepham deal:

Derby will be a tough nut to crack. A good side who are used to winning games.

Good to see Alfie Jones back. Marcus Barnes & Tyreke Johnson starts which indicates he probably won't feature against Derby?

Doesn't really gel with Ralph's long-term talk, but Gabbi & Davis leaving have free'd up enough wages for a Cahill loan (if we wanted to go down that path).

I always like signing good championship players. There are some gems down there.

Also interesting re: Everton/Ryan Fraser:

Name rings a bell. Think Bournemouth have been after him. Scouting report: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5423639/amp/Brentfords-Chris-Mepham-modern-day-physical-defender.html Brentford have some good players. I like Ollie Watkins too.

Poor Morgan.

Derby's joint top scorer Harry Wilson remains an injury doubt. https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/injury-update-harry-wilson-ahead-2422407 That would be a bonus as he looks like a hell of a player.

He was bang on about Ings.

Alan Nixon on twitter: Centre half deal maybe close

Re-bumping this thread up again to gauge latest opinions. Really pleased he's getting a run. Hojbjerg has been one of our better players, so has been a big void to fill.

I suppose it's like any player. Find a system that emphasises & highlights strength's rather than weaknesses.

I wonder how many of today's bench will feature? Gunn / Cedric / Ramsay / Slattery / Elyounoussi / Sims / Gallagher

Typical Chelsea.

A good read. I always enjoy your match reports.

I think we will only see a couple come in. Don't really have the time/resources to re-fit the squad in this window IMO. That *might* change if we shift out Cedric etc but seems risky to me.