benjii

I do. Assuming we can stay-up, which I don't think a cup run will have a negative impact on, then a good cup run could actually make this an enjoyable season.

Yeah, to the clubs above us whose revenue is much bigger.

It's the vicissitudes of broadcasting revenue what done it. Europa League and League Cup run. At the end of the day, our wage bill will be a big whack of revenue (60%+ I expect) and we obviously have other costs so we won't have oodles of money swishing about, although evidently the team is underperforming this year. A rational analysis of the figures won't stop the usual dullards from giving it the "where's the fackin money gone then?!", "asset stripping, mush!".....

Programme about him on 5live now.

I don't think you were persistent enough. You should post more.

Oh yeah, if we lose against Brighton we're favourites to go down.

Lallana

It's too early to worry too much about other results, especially as it is so congested. It's very hard to predict who the final bottom three will be. We have enough games left to get the points that will keep us up.

Good plan. Play Hojbjerg deeper, give Boufal a start in the number ten role. Maybe play Davis or JWP instead of Lemina as he has previously been nursing that knock. Other than that, I would pick our "best" team, other than giving Yoshida some match time if he's fit. Getting Gabbi or Long scoring is more important than giving Obafemi game time.

Good one Virgil.

Agree, he was someone I enjoyed listening to. His voice is easy to conjure up in the mind.

Schneiderlin got relegated from the Championship. He obviously grew a lot as a player afterwards but I wouldn't focus on that. That said, no idea whether he is any good or not!

Yeah, that's how it has always been, which is why the ref made an error. If you kick, with the top of your foot, the back of someone's leg who is running away from you with the ball you will get booked unless you have denied a goal scoring opportunity and then you might get sent off. If they don't have the ball you will get sent off. If it goes beyond a robust trip/knock on the back of the leg and is a studs-up / two footed / dangerous etc. you will get sent off. I'm not saying it's correct but if that red card had stood it would have massively blurred the lines under the current way the laws are applied. There is a case for introducing some sort of "orange" offence perhaps, which brings a sin-bin or some other sanction over and above a yellow, for "cynical" fouls but with the prevalence of shirt pulling and general sly behaviour in the game that would cause all manner of refereeing issues, I expect. Under the current interpretation of the laws, the ref had no business getting the red card out.

I'm sure he'd rather be playing. I've met him and he seems like a decent and sensible guy. He's not flashy or a Billy big-balls and I bet he's gutted over how the last couple of years have gone.

Do you promes?

Exactly correct. Perfectly said.

Can't agree. Stephens is out of his depth. He's not a good enough defender at all.

This is clearly what it was.

Silva is probably better than MPell (a turd in a sock would be) but long-term I wouldn't want him here.

This is precisely the point. The bottom half of the league is rubbish. We can easily climb the table with some decent management.

We don't need any signings, we just need some competent management. Have you seen how crap Swansea, Brighton, Huddersfield, Newcastle, Bournemouth are? We can easily stay up if we get a decent manager in before the next league game.

Was at the Huddersfield match. FACT.

Expect us to lose but fancy Hoedt to score for some reason.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/3925722/southampton-jack-stephens-signs-contract/ This article works out at almost exactly £48k per week. Mental money for a League One standard defender.

Has anyone got David Comlay's email address? I need to rest some money from overseas in an account for a short time and am willing to bestow great honour and financial reward on someone for provision of most kind assistance.