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Fantastic - simply proud of my football club and City.

Definite banner skin this one, as Ipswich are a decent well-organised side who will want to prove they can mix it with the big boys in the Prem. We will be without the skill and pace of Mane, however this has to be a great opportunity for Shane Long to have a full game and score I would have thought. Would like to see the likes of Seager finally given some game time too. Saints to win 3-1.

Oh how I agree with every word of this post! Well said Sir!

Great win. Wanyama def MOTM.

Winnable, but I think the ref and a stronger front line will see them win 1-3, with their third coming in the last 5 minutes as we try to find the equaliser.

Lets get something straight. The documentary is playing in the states because it will make money...I.e. from sports product advertising in the breaks. The Yanks love their success stories and this one that works well to draw in advertisers. If it pulls in any interest in Saints that will be a good thing, particularly if there's product branding involved somewhere.

Disappointing if true.

My take on the pen debate is this... it was simulation and the ref got it spot on. Watch Targett....he plants his foot on the ground and doesn't move it before the cheating Chelski player puts his leg to Targetts and goes over. They must coach this type of play at Chelski because it happened on more than one occasion during the match.

He had an OK game, however he was rooted to the spot when their goal went in - didn't even dive and I would have thought he could see the ball come in. Is this due to his size and not being able to get down to the ground quick enough?

Fantastic win - not because Palace are anything to get excited about (watch MOTD tell us how poor they were), but because it keeps the winning run going while going into the next two games - vital for the self-belief IMO. Mane was better, but still had his moments of running out of ideas and falling over. Clyne, Bertrand and Toby were class...Gardos and Yoshida good too. Very pleasing late Chrimbo present and now really looking forward to giving Chelski a run for their money (but not expecting much).

Pretty positive about this to be fair - low risk and everything to be gained for both player and club. I guess that if things look really bad for him we can cancel the loan and send him back pronto? If his Utube vid is anything to go by, he could be just the type of tricky fast paced attacker we're crying out for.

Prepare for a mega-meltdown. This one could be embarrassing - Hull style. If we get a draw, I will see that as a decent result to stop the rot.

Sad to say the support from the Northam has been poor over the last few games at home - the rest of SMS need the Northam to lead everyone else, but one goal down and the ground falls silent.

This is the level of signing Morgan (for example) would expect to remain interested in staying at Saints. Point is, surely if you're a club intent on bringing through talented youngsters, the best players to buy will be seasoned pro's around the 28-30yr old mark for them to learn from. I'm not saying we will get this guy, but he's the type of player we should be stretching to get as he has a great track record and will raise the bar for the entire team IMO. Trouble is we probably need 2-3 of this type of player to halt the downward trajectory we're witnessing of late - this guy, a wide playing striker and a really top CF.

Mirror and Mail reporting we're in for him. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2874551/Manchester-United-Southampton-alert-Wesley-Sneijder-seeks-Galatasaray-exit.html

Mane is an absolute liability to this team. If he knows how to play pro football he's making a damn good case of trying to prove otherwise. As a team we look clueless, but then how many regulars are playing in their regular positions? Strange strategy...still convinced we'll lose this and end with 9 or 10 men.

We will lose this as we're not scoring and don't look likely to score. They will park the bus and hit us on the counter which we can't defend against. 2-0 loss written all over what will be a major cup upset. It will also be the start of significant mutterings of the possibility of relegation too, but that's unlikely with some of the dross at the foot of the table.

Yeah let's swap a European Cup winning Manager with one who's failed in the Championship. Seems to make sense right?

We don't get too elated when we're winning and we don't get too down when we lose. What about when things look like they're built on sand? Meh, it's not a disaster lets face it, but the performances from the midfield and front line are looking consistently poor with no clue how to arrest the decline.

This really is a pivotal game in the season's fixtures. Retain any semblance of hope in the top 6 or fade away to mid-table - I see it really as decisive as that. The result will have a significant effect on the view of fans and media too IMO. Realistically - as always - it depends what team ManUre field and whoever it is, whether they want it enough. Their squad depth is far better than ours and RK does not seem convinced by Reed etc. If Schneiderlin is not back and we have to move Toby forward, we will lose (again) I fear - I'm a big believer in square pegs in square holes. Head 1-3...heart 1-1.

Excellent review.

Mane once again this evening showed that he is not to the standard required to unlock a defence. I really don't know what he is offering the team that Isgrove et al cannot. How long do we have keep this guy on the payroll?

Forster excellent. Mane in particular was useless, but Pelle, Tadic and to a certain extent Long were ineffective at best. Wanyama had a good game. Felt really sorry for Cork - one of a number of players that received no protection from the Ref against some dirty niggly fouls that Arse seem to get away with. Another result that the pundits will say "Saints were unlucky to lose that", when in reality we looked unlikely to win it due to being so ineffective in the final third. I dread to think what sort of team we'll field against ManUre.

Yeah, like the games against Liverpool and Spuds early doors...we thrashed them then.

This has got loss all over it...probably 3-0 again and I say that after witnessing our teams heads drop substantially at 0-1 and the white towel came in at 0-2 against 10 men (or was it 9 by then?). Fact is that we looked very tired and pedestrian in possession, with the finishing accuracy of a bottom 3 team. Tadic needs to be banned from taking corners and free-kicks on goal...he has never looked as good as JWP or even Davis and Toby IMO has a better shot on him. Bring on Utd and another thrashing. LOL.