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Totally agree.

Excellent post, especially regarding JWP.

He was level with the last defender, hence onside. Look at the slow-motion replay.

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I will always remember him nutmegging Jaap Stam and the stooped header goal (for a short player).

He's as left-footed as Gareth Bale - not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

Agree with St Marco. I hope this rumour about Saints' interest in Real Madrid striker Mariano Diaz is true - he looks a beast in the mould of Diego Costa - http://www.realmadridnews.com/southampton-interested-real-madrid-striker-20280?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+realmadridnewscom+%28Realmadridnews.com%29

Jurgen Klopp walks into a bar. Barman: "Why the Long face?"

Link: http://futnsoccer.com/2017/01/10/report-southampton-fail-with-massive-35-million-bid-for-midfielder/ Frankly I don't believe it, it's not like Saints to bid £35m for anyone. We're a selling club, not a buying one!

If you want a Saints legend with coaching experience, what about Marian Pahars? He will teach Boufal and Redmond how to nutmeg defenders.

I rather like the idea of James Beattie managing us. He rates Harrison Reed and would almost certainly play him more often. Beatts will also be able to coach and advise our strikers.

The club should hire you as Public Relations Officer, you do make a very good case.

Thought you might like to know the latest about Chinese football: https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-bubble-warning-spending-tops-1-billion-083505240--sow.html

RIP Rolland Paris who did an excellent job of designing our crest. I do prefer the original white football to the "modern" black and white one, it suited the crest so much better. And the font for the words "SOUTHAMPTON FC" seems a bit dated to me, they should modernise that.

I would say: Excelled - Conte (Chelsea), Wenger (Arsenal), Klopp (Liverpool), Mazzarri (Watford), Pulis (Baggies), Howe (Bournemouth), Karanka (Boro), Burnley (Dyche) Disappointed - Pep (City), the Not-so-special-one (Utd), the Ginger-**** (Everton), Leicester (Ranieri), Pardew (Palace), Bilic (West Ham), Moyes (Sunderland) Neither excelled nor disappointed or where you would expect the club to be - Puel (Saints), Poch (Spurs), Stoke (Hughes), Swansea (Bradley), Hull (Phelan)

I really don't know what anyone sees in JWP except for the occasional good corner kick. If he wasn't "one of us", I don't think anyone would be pining for him to play for us.

Wenger versus Puel. En garde!

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Not to pick a fight with you mate but: I'm happy with our defensive options I'm like you unconvinced (at this stage) by Claude Puel, not convinced by the diamond (whatever it is) I'm delighted about the acquisitions of Hojbjerg, Boufal and Redmond Whether or not we'll finish top 6 remains to be seen (at the moment it looks unlikely) I'm unhappy we have too many shortarses now, having sold Pelle and Wanyama, we need a target man like we used to have in Pelle (why didn't we sign Das Bost?)

Do you mean the Charlton players or our Saints nippers?

5 interesting facts, previously unreported, about Sofiane Boufal: http://worldsoccertalk.com/2016/08/29/new-southampton-star-sofiane-boufal-in-five-points/ A bit of a mummy's boy apparently...

French managers e.g. Puel like to say "possibilities" and South Americans e.g. Poch, Pellegrini, Aguero always say "important". I always hate it when one commentator asks another, "Was that a penalty for you?" especially when it's a stonewall pen.

http://wearehooligans.com/2016/08/29/southampton-sofiane-boufal-sadio-mane-version-two/

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