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I've got to admit, I wasn't expecting him to "Norris" me for publicising his article. Possibly the weirdest response to a tweet I've ever had. Then he goes on to imply you've got be a weirdo to read the News Sport section! It's not as though I was abusing him. Very strange to reply at all!

Me too. I'd call them or text them. The obsession with public posting will **** up our society in the medium term.

In fairness, a lot of the comments are pointing out what a torrent of ****e comes out of Allen's pen!

Why is that unfortunate? If we pay Morgan £120k a week then Boufal, Van Dijk, Fonte, Romeu, Tadic, Bertrand, Forster etc. will want £120k a week. As far as I know, our current top earner is on about £80k/wk. This is probably the same problem West Brom would be making for themselves. Which is why he won't go to West Brom but might go to Everton or West Ham. This is also why the likes of Everton and West Ham end up with expensive crap in their squads over time.

He wasn't chasing a loose ball, he received the ball turned his man and drove towards the box. The ricochet was lucky but he created that shooting change for Jay Rod. If you're going to flag something as ridiculous as his contribution to Bournemouth's goal - which was not remotely his fault - then you should acknowledge his far more direct contribution to our third goal. On the whole, I agree that he is frustrating. He needs more coaching on his decision making and end product. That's obvious. But it's also obvious that he's potentially a very decent player. Your post was absurd.

Wow, how cutting. What is boring is a slightly modified version of the same half-a-dozen posts being repeated by the same half-a-dozen individuals. It would be boring regardless of content and regardless of complexity. The question of the limits of government surveillance - the compromise between freedom from intrusion and protection from terrorism - is much more interesting than most of the half-baked posts on here. If you want to keep on with that well-trodden path though, then fill your boots. I was just trying to move things on a bit.

In an attempt to steer the conversation away from - "it's the Muslims" - "it's not all the Muslims" - "but they are the worst!" - "but it's not because they're Muslims, it's because they're just a bit backward...." - "but that's the West's fault" - "and the West used to be backwards too, you know!".... Zzz........ Here's a different but relevant topic: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/dec/21/eus-highest-court-delivers-blow-to-uk-snoopers-charter

That is interesting! Cheers. Where's the embankment on Hill Lane then? Edit: that has just been posted!

That'll be £60 million then!

[video=youtube_share;Sc37Kk6quFM] Number 1! Sign this guy and he can do the free kicks and other set pieces. Not bad.

If the match had been a sat I would have gone. Because it was on Sunday and on TV I didn't bother. If it was a match at Fratton I still would have gone, regardless of it being Sunday or on TV. So, yeah, we can have a gentle rivalry but they are a nice, friendly, noddy little club so it's not important. Skates are noddy and little but it's not friendly.

Yeah, all he did was look fed-up at being subbed. Which is quite natural. He didn't stage a sit-down protest or start throwing things about. I expect Puel told him in no uncertain terms why he was subbed and all is well. As for the team, it is an interesting dilemma. I think the "first XI" is clear in terms of nine people. The only question marks are: i) Fonte or Yoshida and, ii) who the third forward is (assuming Boufal and Rodriguez are first choice). I think Davis and Clasie are clearly the best two to partner Romeu and the rest of the back four is obvious. Although West Brom are doing well they are still a very limited side. I would be inclined to pick our best team against Spurs and Everton and make-do against West Brom. In any case, five points from the three games would be excellent.

No, he's a useful squad player and, I guess, a popular character and no one would want to spend much money on him apart from some sort of desperate relegation battler, so what's the point? And I doubt he would want to leave us for a worse team when he has a decent length of contract with us so we would have to force him out, which isn't good for the dressing room. So, in short, no. I agree he doesn't suit our style that well but we would be silly to actively look to sell him when we aren't exactly blessed with striking options right now.

Score a goal Pierre Emile Oi-berg We will love you more than you will know. Wooah--oo--ooh.

I also agree.

To be fair, Mings probably was a massive waste of money.

Our fixture list this year is a bit weird. Home on opening day, last day, "boxing day", and new year eve. Seems a bit unusual. I think our fixtures are decent though. We got a lot of the difficult aways done early on and don't have a really bad run at any point.

Not in their positions. As a midfielder in our midfield three. I suggest you watch some football and educate yourself as to player positions. Jason Puncheon has not played as a wide attacker frequently for a long time.

I'll tell you who would really improve us right now: Jason Puncheon. I'm not saying we shouldn't have sold him when we did but if Palace go down I'd love to see us bring him back.

And Stoke is more than another game if you live in Stoke etc.... For the vast majority of Saints fans it's just a league match. That night change over time if we continue to be in the same division regularly and the Skates continue to be an irrelevance but that would take quite a few more years.

That's mental. It's just another game. But Romeu is suspended so I'd be up for Reed playing as well!

What a great legacy. Best wishes.

A nicer kit than either of our usual two!

Exactly. We don't have a single striker that any decent team would be interested in signing as their primary goal-threat.