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Surely if the club appealed the decision Austin would be available for Saturday. Obviously the appeal would be lost but it would delay the ban until we have some fit, or a new, striker ?

yes, it was definitely one hell of a fantastic moment.

Or some might think he will improve under a decent manager and add another pacey option to a severely under strength forward line.......

If we are signing a striker this would be a bloody good week to get it done.

Definitely a player Ralph can work with and improve.

well he goes away for the Asia Cup now doesn’t he ?

they aren’t doing a bad job with the “Harry Kane, he’s won more than you!” chant. Sorry but what has he won with either Spuds or England ?

You make it sound like an FA Cup tie where a first or second division team draw one of the big boys at home ! **** me, three years ago we were beating Man City and Liverpool. If you console yourself with that logic then great, knock yourself out. How have you rationalised the West Ham game out of interest ? Dave Merrington said he thought it was the worst performance of the season and if we carry on like that we will be relegated. So Merrington or Duckhunter ? Umm, tough one, which one knows more about football ?

If the manager gave some of those players a chance to show what they can do they blew it. None of the ones that came in added anything despite some trying to big JWP up. I think giving Ramsay his debut in this game was a mistake. Play him against Derby by all means but not today. Cedric should of played. He’s on the wage bill, he’s fit, he plays regardless of whether he goes in two weeks or whatever. Stephens - lovely passer of the ball but is not and never will be a centre back. Holding midfielder maybe, emergency right back possibly but cannot head the ball, has no awareness of where his man is when trying to mark someone. Hopeless.

If I never see him in a Saints shirt again I believe I could live with it.

Is Ramsay strictly a right back or a wing back come winger like the lad Johnson who came on against Arsenal is ?

Its uncanny just how many times they do bottle it yeah

Has St Mary's church stopped parking on their grounds for good now ? I assumed it was just why the works were ongoing but as the church has been opened again since October I fully expected the parking - and their coffee/bacon roll service - to resume.

well RH blamed him on Solent for their first goal, dont expect Kelvin saw anything wrong with a near post finish mind you He has been a little suspect on long shots of late - i'm not saying drop him but if RH wants to change them round thats fine by me

was it beyond you when they beat Arsenal ? Alarm bells ringing ? seriously ? Can you not just accept West Ham were better than us on the night and that we are a work in progress ?

Thats true, he was particularly good for a couple of months around the time of the League Cup Semi finals against Liverpool under the French guy

Its a shame really but for me JWP falls into the Neil Maddison category (for those of you old enough to remember him). In other words bags of potential but never quite got over the line.

He was good most of last week too, went a bit when he made the mistake for the second but overall good to see him back

Goes with what Don Hutchinson said on Radio 5 Live - RH will pick as many attacking players as he can.

Yeah Austin as a 15/20 min impact sub. Put him in the area and chances are he will score. Not sure that’s the case with Gabbi as much as I like him.

putting up with ****e for two and a half years and finally losing interest doesn't make you fickle to be fair. two and a half weeks yeah, but years !!!

Whoever goes there will have the curse of Fergie watching over their shoulders the same way he had Matt Busby watching over his when he first went there !

yes he made a mistake for their second, yes it affected him for a while but overall he looked the best he’s played since the great season he had under Puel. I thought he had a great game and thankfully he wasn’t alone.

no need to apologise, you can’t help it

well nobody has asked you.