Pamplemousse

We're going down with Puel

That is a ludicrous comparison

JWP has played better than Hojbjerg recently As for Long - apart from scoring the goal at Swansea, he was anonymous for most of that game. He's better when we will be playing on the counter attack - we will probably be dominating possession for large periods of this match.

#SaintsFC team to face #SAFC: Forster, Cédric, Stephens, Yoshida, Bertrand, Romeu, Davis ©, Ward-Prowse, Tadić, Redmond, Gabbiadini.

This'll be a good way to commemorate George Burley's time here

I agree about the minute's applause thing. It's rather tiring now.

Imagine what can be done with an entire TWO WEEKS for the next match It would be typical Southampton to lose at Sunderland but then go on to win at Wembley.

Wishing us to lose. You are not a true Saints fan.

I have to be right eventually, so I'll go for 5-0 to Saints. Easy peasy

Premier League HTH

I've found that American 'soccer' fans are generally much more knowledgable and intelligent than the average British fan. You demonstrate that point rather well... Also, as a 'tourist' who went to an MLS game, I was welcomed with open arms. As I would, and most Saints fans would do, to any tourists who want to come to SMS.

I was just about to post something like this. Why are people so desperate to play down us reaching the final? Why are people unable to recognise that it is a brilliant achievement? I don't get it. As for other managers, Koeman was interested in the cups - we got to the quarter finals of the League Cup twice and the team bottled it on both occasions. In the earlier rounds, you could arguably say we named stronger teams than Puel did. For the big occasion (two of them), Puel got the team to perform. That's a fact.

Good, we don't need fans like you.

To be honest, this has been my inkling for a while. I don't see anything to suggest he will leave this summer. Hopefully we'll get another year and he'll improve so much that Barcelona/Real Madrid can blow any PL Club out of the water for him.

Difficult one. VVD definitely. Romeu is a good shout. JWP as well (he gets a lot of stick on the forum for his on the field performances) but off the field he seems level-headed and a good chap. Mouez Hassen and Jérémy Pied have both liked my tweets so I'll say them as well.

As is well documented, the bestest clubs go for quality over quantity

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38885629 A return to his spiritual home?

I do agree to a certain extent, although the club have said that they always take their time over making signings, and deals take a while to sort out - negotiate with the club, with the agent, etc. Nevertheless, they knew Fonte was leaving, so they should've had an idea of some replacements.

Nah doesn't cut it for me. No mention of how he hates Pompey.

Good riddance to hypochondriac. Hopefully he learns how to be civil in his time away from the forum.

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They'll also want to play well. A bad performance = being dropped. There will be 2 weeks, so plenty of recovery time if anyone picks up a little knock.

This forum IS primarily for people to take shots at each other. Go and discuss football somewhere else.

One of the better refs in the league.

Your point doesn't make any sense. It we don't win it, then that means we either draw or lose. That's the 'X' that happens.