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This is spot on. Virgil could probably be the top scorer in the Europa if he scored the chances he's had from JWP's delivery.

Is he far away from a return?

I think our 1st team is weaker than last season, but our squad is stronger overall.

WBA @ Home last season

I reckon if we are to keep Van Dijk for another year, we might have to "do a Spurs/Bale" and keep topping it up at the end of the season.

Interesting to see Wimmer linked. Pretty sure the price quoted isn't right as Levy normally gets top dollar. But Wimmer fits our profile. Left footed too.

Decent team

About time Fonte scored too.

I didn't watch it, but this quote is quality: Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Puel on Dušan Tadić: "We need him to come back on his level, that's important. He will wear a mask, but it's a beautiful mask!" #saintsfc

Keep on bumping those threads. I expected him to have done something stupid, so was interested to see that he has (hopefully) sorted himself out. Time will tell.

I'm not too worried about player freshness between Palace & HBS. Saturday to Thursday is enough recovery time. Thursday to Sunday (HBS to Boro) is when you'd have to rotate 7 or 8 players again.

Clasie has largely disappointed me, but the one thing about the systems we play: 442 diamond / 433 / 451, is that they all play with 3 central midfielders, so he will always get a chance to play & impress with Claude's rotation policy. He took that chance last night. Well done to him. Hope for more in the future

Don't think he's trained yet. Sims on the bench is good for now - aren't we lucky Good to have options. Davo sounded good tonight. He could play Saturday, but I'd have JWP in for set pieces.

They are on the ropes and will have players missing. Tough to predict Claude's line-up as usual. I'm predicting 7 changes. ----------Forster---------- Cedric Fonte Virgil Bertrand ----------Romeu---------- -----Højbjerg---JWP------ Redmond------------Boufal -----------Austin----------

Just got in and seen the team: -------------Forster------------- Martina Yoshida Virgil Bertrand --------------Reed-------------- ------Clasie-------Davis-------- Boufal-----------------McQueen --------------Long---------------

Greatest typo ever?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/11/30/leicester-close-wilfred-ndidi-14m-deal-genk/

Possibly. Went off as well as Gardos. I wouldn't imagine he would have featured anyway as it's unlikely he would play Monday & Wednesday.

Chris Wise ‏@chriswisey #saintsfc boss Claude Puel tells me that Dusan Tadic can't train at present because nose injury is too painful. He broke it in two places.

If he does, I fully expect the Liverpool Echo to be all over it! Something like: "We understand the player has a release clause of £"X"m & is understood to have his heart set on a move to Anfield"

Chelsea now too.

I won't believe it until I see it on Noah Liebherr's Instagram

With Palace's record at defending set pieces, I'd rather JWP plays at Selhurst.

I'm still amazed nobody bid in the summer. We've sold a lot of players over the years, but Virgil is somebody I could literally see just about every big club wanting.

Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Puel: "It's an important game. It's an opportunity to try to win something. All my squad is ambitious." #saintsfc Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Puel: "The last game against #EFC was a fantastic game, with good intensity and a good physical level." #saintsfc Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Puel: "Every time we can rotate the team and keep the same philosophy. #Arsenal are the same. It will be a good game of football." #saintsfc Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Puel: "It's important to continue to develop young players, and not just from the academy, but the whole team – every player." #saintsfc Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Puel on #SaintsFC's @VirgilvDijk: "He has the ability to become one of the five or six best defenders in the world." Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Puel: "Do we have the squad to win this competition? Yes. But we must win tomorrow and every game is very difficult." #saintsfc Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Puel says Dušan Tadić and @Mattytargett remain out, while @StevenDavis8 and Sofiane Boufal are available for the trip to #Arsenal. #saintsfc