Saint Fan CaM

Not sure - it was retaliatory…he lost his head and that would have been seen as a factor.

Leading foot off the ground - one of those that’s often termed as a ‘leg breaker’. If VAR was involved we’d have gone down to 9 men.

Just a quick shout out to JWP - he’s come into the team and settled really well. Be interesting to see if Tonda keeps him in now Jander is back.

And normality is restored on the South coast. Clean sheet, bragging rights over ‘the visitors’ and one point off the play-offs.

The longer we go with a clean sheet in the second half the better chance we’ll have of a break away, so we need Larin for the hold-up and 1-2 with pace to break. Think Fellows could be a good choice to protect our RB position and carry the ball out of defence.

What a ball…Breeee!

Dunno - Tomorrow McStripe doesn’t roll off the tongue with ease to be fair. 😉

This is a good point, but only if he’s receptive to any coaching given. Usually substantive game time would provide an opportunity to see where he’s struggling to make an impact and allow the coaches to help him. Let’s hope the opportunity is not wasted because there’s every chance he starts on Sunday.

May I take this opportunity to congratulate the Saintsweb community on delivering 302 pages of wonderful speculation and waffle, with special commendation to MB for providing the contents of his fevered imagination. I have nothing more to add, other than to confirm Tonda is a very naughty boy.

Not directly obviously. At the heart of each case is a charge of cheating / bringing the game into disrepute, so there is a connection. Whether one case is more serious than the other is irrelevant unless you are acutely aware of how the FA inner circle operates, but the cases are indirectly related and are being handled at the same time. The charges against City could result in huge sanctions and we are already hearing that City will appeal before even hearing their punishment, plus it’s not clear whether the FA have the balls to face up to City’s lawyers. If you think both cases have not been discussed by the same individuals at the FA I’d say evidence suggests you’re wrong.

My money is on Tonda hearing his punishment first and it will be not too harsh - that way the FA/EPL will be in a better position to hand City a softer than deserved punishment. And let’s face it whatever they get, it’ll be old news 3 days later.

To be fair he didn’t specify which Monday it ‘could’ be. I am confident it could be this week, however could also be next week if it’s not this week. 😉

Will this thread reach 300 pages? Of course it will and then some. Sadly City debate has taken over even thought there’s a thread specific for that subject. Mods?

Or perhaps they support their home team but prefer not to live in a northern shit-hole? Just a thought.

Tell you what, he looked a top player with Ireland last night…probably their best…and that’s before he slotted home his goal. What a shame we couldn’t hold on to him.