S-Clarke

It's a huge psychological boost for the oppo, for sure. But we've won games without him this season, and we will do again.

This.

Wait to be deafened by the sound of boo's...

Reading have drawn level. Harte with the delievery, and Gorrks with the goal.

So far it's a draw, 2-2. 2 say Lambo is out, 2 say he is fit and starts. Who will get the winner?

FWIW i've heard we've resigned Phillips and he starts up top with Forte who we have recalled.

I love this forum

Let's just say that no one knows, and when the team sheet comes out we'll be the wiser.

Why have you posted this twice?

I can smell horse****

Hull 0 - 1 Cov

Probably a draw, but any result is good for us.

WHU lead.

Shouldn't you have done that before posting this stupid thread, which worries people for no reason?

Back tracking now.

Well this thread is fun. By the way, they would try all possible available ways to avoid surgery at this stage of the season. If it was a bad injury they would try things before going for surgery, fact. + He's all over the saints player videos from Thursday training.. I think your source is having you on. He may well not be quite 100% today, but he hasn't had surgery.

We still have a long way to go, but to put it into some sort of context we'll need a run that was worse than our run over Dec/January in order to fail. That period accumulated just 9 points. 9 points now will give us 87 points which should be enough for top 2, maybe not top spot - but top 2. Stop panicking!

So when does the match against Barca kick off?

They're now losing 3-1 though, was good whilst it lasted.

Let's just calm down a bit. Long way to go.

What a great worse case scenario that is!

Love it. This ''TV'' jinx **** is doing my nut in too. Good correction there!

I still don't understand attitudes towards this game. It's being built up like we're playing Barcelona or something. And even if we do lose it, the wheels haven't and won't come off. We will need to go on a run off form that was worse than January to fail. That's how close we are, in many ways we've 'bought' ourselves a bad result based on our terrific run of form recently. Whatever happens this weekend, nothing is defined. This match is being needlessly built up.

His views are clouded by the fact that he doesn't like Cortese. Simple. Ignore anything he says is my advise because it's not reasoned. I keep seeing this from lots of people ''Southampton spending money they don't have, spending above their means''. Surely spending money we didn't have would mean that the £33m wasn't converted into shares? I'm sure Chelsa and Man City spent alot of money they didn't have to get to their level, but in reality it's never been a worry because they know they have a solid base. Comparing us to the Skates and their financial mess up is a bit of a joke, and if we did have the money from our investors frozen we would need to cut down a bit - so would city, chelsea etc etc... If you want success you need to spend, and sometimes that requires a little bit of investment from the owners. What's wrong with that? People seeing this in a completely wrong light as usual.

IMO these articles are planted to try and destabilise the club at an important time of the season. Similar happened last year if you remember. There are some very bitter people behind the scenes who feel the club owes them for some reason and they have not taken kindly to being locked out my Cortese. I think NC referred to ''dark forces'' in the background on a few occasions.