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From POL

He refereed our 1-0 win at Sunderland, so we know he's not afraid to give penalties to the away side. Could come in handy, considering the home opposition.

So Bournemouth get two local derbies then...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35339614 Garth Crooks seems to think that because we have signed CA, Mané is leaving...

Charlie Austin woahhh He comes from Burnley He facking hates Pompey Close enough, no?

A quick look on POL and there is this absolute gem from our old friend Corporate Ho. He has conveniently forgotten the result the last time the two U18 teams met...

The skates on POL seem to think we're in for one of their players, Conor Chaplin. Needless to say they're not very happy. Unfortunately, the rumour seems to have been spread by one of those twitter ITK accounts.

The return of Appy. Not that they need an excuse to boo.

Credit to Wanyama, who had a good game. Looking forward to seeing how a confident Saints team go up away to Man Utd and Arsenal, places where we won last season.

Hopefully JWP follows this up with more consistent performances. I think his set piece delivery has not had the goals that such a quality deserves so well done to him. We got lucky with the penalty though, had that been awarded against us I would be absolutely furious. Seeing as we have had our fair share of awful refereeing decisions though I'm not complaining this time around

Kelvin will surely retire and take up a backroom role.

I hope Sir Rickie Lambert plays and scores an own-goal, just so the whole of SMS can sing 'Rickie Lambert Southampton's Goal Machine'.

If only there was a thread dedicated to next year's kit...

Brilliant performance. Cedric and Targett down the wings were superb, midfield excellent. Happy days, let's hope the blip is over and we can get back-to-back victories.

Surely Watford can't play that badly in the second half, which worries me because on our current form we will need more than 1 to win.

Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport 2m2 minutes ago Ok - #saintsfc keeping 5-3-2 with Bertrand replacing Yoshida FFS. It didn't work on Saturday so no idea why it is being persisted with. If we lose then I might start to join the #KoemanOut brigade

I think either Targett or Bertrand will be playing as a left winger tonight. If we were playing 3-5-2 or 5-3-2 then I think Yoshida would be playing.

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Villa, Sunderland, Chelsea

As glad as I am to hear that we are splashing the cash, we don't need a midfielder (yet!), the area we desperately need to strengthen in is in the forwards department.

How on earth is two promotions in two seasons mediocre? Not to mention that we haven't seen the sort of attacking football his teams produced since he left.

I reckon he'll go to Spain if anywhere. But it couldn't happen to a nicer club and a more deluded set of supporters.

No Rickie?!

JWP coming on

Palace have game changers. We do not. Is Mané actually playing? I've hardly heard his name mentioned at all.