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Any idea if he travelled over or withdrew before? Hopefully stayed here for recovery rather than faffing around in Heathrow departures queues

That's the sort of thing I'm talking about, a genuine collectors item of a fixture. Harrogate away would also get my approval, especially with a free guided tour of the town from Saintsweb veteran Turkish, tea & biscuits at his pre match

Every year I get excited in preparation of the FA Cup 3rd round draw hoping to get a non league minnow away but it never happens for us, no doubt we'll get Crystal Palace or someone like that again.

Plus Rotherham , another two points from that game could make the difference at the end of the season.

Just seen the list of players away on international duty, really not ideal preparation before going into a 3 game week

Would be good but I think Darren Moore is trying to get them organised at the back and hard to beat, they've won one of their last ten so expect it to be a tough game of us trying to break them down, similar to Millwall.

There does seem to be a contradiction where WBA are presented as penniless battlers where the owners were looking to sell everyone to raise cash and yet they seem to keep their best players and manager, think they're a bit stronger than they try to make out being plucky underdogs.

It's interesting but QPR being top on 30 points at this point is the reminder that anything can happen, they ended up in a relegation battle.

Not too bad https://www.11v11.com/teams/southampton/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Huddersfield Town/

I agree it's a good place to visit , some great pubs on previous visits , enjoyed it. Looks like a lot are going , 2,339 allocation, only 60 tickets left currently. Hopefully no one picks up any knocks away on international duty , is Alcaraz away in South America again? 3 games in a week with Bristol City and Cardiff to come at home as well , think we have a few players close to suspension now as well. Russell Martin will be in the stands at Huddersfield serving a one match touchline ban.

Maybe just enough to withdraw from the Ireland squad and be fit in time for Huddersfield, seemed to be holding his thigh

How many players do we have away on international duty?

Agree mate, at 1-1 took a winning mentality to get back in front, momentum, winning habit and all that, players look like they believe in themselves more now which has to be a good thing. Top 4 in the table have accumulated so many points for 16 games in, unbelievable really.

Just 200 tickets left now for today's game, would expect them all to sell this morning, another home sell out. Great to see, Premier league neutrals gone replaced by actual Saints fans enjoying football again. West Brom took full 2,825 allocation, didn't quite manage to sell them all but about 2,700 expected. Feels like a big game should be a good atmosphere. Are Saints fans in the military involved pre match again on the pitch / playing last post? Worth being in the ground on time for that. Match prediction 2-2

I've noticed they keep mentioning Ipswich will be looking over their shoulders at Leeds, we're not on the radar so much which is ideal. Ipswich last 3 games : Fulham (H) lost 1-3 , league Cup but broke their momentum Birmingham (A) - draw 2-2 with late comeback Rotherham (A) - draw 2-2 definitely a sign they're starting to slip a bit

It's a very tough home game especially with our defence likely containing Manning and Holgate. They set up the perfect way to play against us. They've only conceded two goals in last 6 games and look particularly strong on the break, obviously we can win but will need to be at our best, no silly mistakes.

Agree I think a draw would be a good result with a patched up defence , good side WBA

Bree looked in a bit of discomfort going off, will be a shame if he's out injured for a bit, Bednarek suspension bad timing really need him next week, then have a two week break . West Brom attack well on the break , I think we'll really struggle against them next week especially if Holgate and Manning are 50% of our defence.

Brilliant stuff , great atmosphere all round including Millwall end, hope we can keep that up

Agreed, Millwall set up to try to frustrate us and sit ultra deep, got to enjoy a win like that

If you're drinking in groups of 3 or 4 I'd say might even be easier to get an uber down the ground, especially if drinking around Waterloo/ Southwark/ Borough , more drinking time

Hope he makes it through without any problems, is game being shown on website?

True. Another option is taking a picture of the tickets. Worked for my Spurs mate at St Mary's last season, bloke with the tickets broke down on m3 so he sent them pictures of tickets and it worked scanning the barcode at the turnstile from the image without having actual ticket on them So many people.asking around for tickets for this one, I reckon we could have easily taken 4k or more.

Just an idea, call the club and say they haven't arrived, if they arrange duplicates to collect someone could try that giving your name at the Millwall ticket office.

Feel sorry for big Nige. Could be interesting