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That was a nonsense. Not sure if Pellegrino's fault or the players being lazy but that was a complete waste of time.

Nazi!

Well, didn't we only manage 4 home wins last season? We've got two already so not too surprising if we're ahead and let's not forget, we only got about 46 points last season and barely scored a home goal in the second half of the season. So we can be doing "not that great" but also slightly "better" at the same time. Of course, a cynic might also point out that we haven't had to contend with Europa and have also got ourselves knocked out of the league cup by a lower division youth/reserve team.

This. If we offered him what Koeman was paid there he would have come.

Completely different. Bellerin's foot had every right to be where it was. If you place your hand on someone's leg to try to pull them back you are trying to commit a foul. Very different from natural contact which occurs when two players run alongside each other.

I would suggest you consult a medical professional.

Exactly. The moaners need to maybe turn their hearing aids down a little.

Lol. What tripe. Go to any gig and it will be much louder.

Dunk is ****e.

I don't understand your first point. It's not strange at all unless you would play with literally one central midfielder which hardly any team has done, ever. Unless you think Davis is better than those two?

The final bit of footwork before sidestepping the last man on the edge of the box is much more intricate than it appears from the wide-angle camera view. Amazing composure and talent after having already run about 60 yards with the ball. The guy has reasonable pace, is quite strong, great balance, can shoot and tracks back. All this "plays for himself", "can only do ten minutes" guff is prejudiced nonsense. I will say that there is possibly a question mark over temperament as he's reacted to a few challenges whilst he's been here and you can see him picking up the odd red card.

Or maybe it's just wrong to say we've been terrible.

Nothing. But my point was that some people were questioning his application in his previous matches. I think he was just a bit rusty but yesterday was looking more like his best.

Quick shout out to Van Dijk today. Bellend or not he won virtually every dual, but the afterburners on a couple of times and looked like he's getting back to his best.

Yeah but how many assists did he get? Redmond got one once, you know.

Watford are nothing special at all, just on a decent run of form. Similar to West Brom last season.

Well that's what they do every match so it's probably a decent bet.

Very windy at the moment but the forecast suggests the worst of it is during the next couple of hours and it shouldn't be too bad by kick off.

#GreedyLabourBastards Always looking after their own. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41688280

We played the "Chelsea system" against Wolves reserves and it was the worst Saints performance for years. And why would you put Stephens in ahead of Hoedt? Mad!

That's a **** video to make my point. Sorry!

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Nigh on impossible to save .

Joe Kinnear has the mobile phone number of every big manager in Europe and they are keen to speak with him. Get Kinnear in as Footballing Director, reporting to the Director of Football but with a separate reporting line to the Football Executive Director, and we'll be saying Nagelsman before we know it.

Shilton, Italia 90 semi final. Absolute gash. The idea that we are in some post-halcyon age of poor goalkeeping is idiotic. And that "starfish" method works brilliantly for the best keepers. Look at the save de Gea made on Saturday at Anfield. There is no need to over analyze coaching methods. Forster is simply quite slow. You can improve natural speed a bit with some marginal gains but you can't coach him to be fast.