for_heaven's_Saint

Merson talking about Mertesacker being suspended- I thought that he was back for this one?

At least he'd take responsibility and apologise.

You can keep playin afterwards! I'm not sure that too many of the players will be in the final!! Lambert and Lallana the only possibles as far as I can tell.

Davis back in. Keep it tight for 60/70 minutes and then we have both Tadic and Austin -our 2 recent super subs- to bring on.

Did he not play pretty well in our last game?

'There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by the Saints but FC Twente have ordered probes into a number of deals, including the one for the midfielder' Nothing to see here!

In terms of a player with a signature move they do every time, who can forget the Papa Waigo head chop and the Tadanari Lee bow and arrow?!

Where does this belief come from? Is it David Sullivan? Austin himself pretty strongly dismissed that he has any reoccurring injury issues: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/20/charlie-austin-david-sullivan-west-ham-qpr

Ronald Koeman's having a party, bring your Mane, bring your Charlie!

If you think Davis is still a good keeper and that the Leicester game is the only reason people think otherwise, you must have missed his other performances over the last few years.

I Think we need to get the ball out wide quickly and stretch the game. Mane on for JWP would help.

I'd have Mane in the number 10 role. Maybe Long on the right with Tadic Left. Wanyama and one of Romeu or Clasie at DM.

*Juanmi, rather than Mane.

I actually disagree with those saying we should add a flair player like Ramirez or Mane to the line up. For me this is a game to press high, work hard and force Villa into mistakes. My midfield/attack would be: ---Wanyama--- Clasie--Davis Mane-----Tadic ------Pelle-----

Seriously? I'd put money on him playing at least 1 game at RB in December. If Koeman was going to play Cedric every game he'd have already begun.

Can you provide some examples where a) past managers have actually done this and b) it has worked? Other than Ron changing our formation and style with Pelle out at Chelsea last year that is.

I'm worried that the players might get confused and join in, this distracting them from the game.

Pelle is an idiot for getting booked at the weekend!

One thing's for sure- we need to play far better in the second half than our last 2 home games. That said, if we're 2-0 up at half time again I'd be happy!

We couldn't afford to sell him at any price really at the moment IMO. Anyone good enough to replace him like for like would not only cost a fortune but would likely have wage demands beyond our current wage structure.

Or the Portsmouth News.

Great English in the opening paragraph ' THE father who mistakenly claimed a Cherries fan snatched from his 12 year old son a top player’s shirt after it had been handed to the boy after a game against Saints last Sunday has withdrawn the accusation.'

If/when it all goes tits up again, you can guarantee that all of the 'fan-owned' rhetoric will suddenly die away and it'll be the HNW shareholders who front the whole blame.

We'll be in trouble if we play like that in the second half without a 2 goal cushion. I'm not sure if it is just complacency or a change in tactics. Luckily we'd already won the game but could easily have drawn or lost against a better team.

I'd like to see Mane pick the ball up more centrally and running at/in behind their CBs.