Lighthouse

This sounds unlike the Eric I know.

I go paint balling there all the time, can't be more than an hour and a quarter from Marchwood. I can't see geography being an issue but if that last big pay cheque comes up somewhere...

I know I'm starting to get greedy here but the thing we're missing is a decent 3/4-0 spanking of someone, just to get the GD a bit further North. Charlie Nicholas said they'd lose 5-0 on Soccer Saturday yesterday and Jeff was taking the Mick for being so harsh on Villa. Probably a few smug texts being sent this evening.

TBF we’ve only got three.

There’s always the mediocre teams with more money than sense, I.e. West Ham and Everton. You never know.

Wow, what defending there. Bompey are really in trouble at the moment.

It could be that Bertrand's fate has been decided and this bloke is being brought in to compete with Vokins for a starting spot next season.

Lyn Oslo striker Tubold Breddi

Well, it's hardly cryptic, not that I know anything about him.

Surely that's just bookies reflecting the fact that a lot more money will already have been lumped on Saints going down. All clever algorithms to make sure they cash in regardless of who goes down.

I think he tried to overcompensate for our poor defence by flooding it at the start of the season and it just didn't work. They seemed to play with an attitude of, "there's five of us, that man/ball must be someone else's problem." Goals going in left, right and centre whilst the defenders throw their arms up and stare at each other. Fair play for Ralph having the balls to go back to two CB and say, "Right, Jan, Jack - I'm choosing you, step forward and take responsibility." It has the added bonus of allowing us to play another forward.

Don't know if it's been said already but hasn't the away team won the last 4 times we've played each other? Bit of a quirky stat.

I'll be honest, I hadn't even noticed they had so few points. Was thinking they were on about 18/19 but yeah, they're gone with 14. A draw in tomorrow's early game and City giving Villa an absolute rogering would round the weekend off nicely.

Deserves its own chant IMO. "I love VAR! You scored another goal but it's offside baby!"

I'll take a few more weeks of Burnley and Norwich losing before I start getting too bullish about Europe. Form is temporary. It was temporary when we lost 5 out of 6 home games and it is now we're beating 3 out of the top 5 teams. If we beat Wolves and get above 30 points in January, I'll believe we're pretty much safe.

Might get VAR 1 on the back of my shirt. My favourite player since Pahars.

Everything else going our way too. Arsenal and Palace draw Burnley hammered Brighton lose Wolves and Newcastle draw Norwich hammered Closer to 5th than the relegation zone now, 8 points above 18th.

Get! The! F**k! In!

Well, we lasted two minutes longer than last time.

We absolutely, definitely will not get an absolute hammering.

I'd say the first Gulf War and liberating Kuwait was relatively successful. On a separate issue, I'd say the shoot down has shown the good social media CAN do in this world. As much as I loathe it some times for the crap that gets posted, I doubt Iran would have admitted guilty quite so readily without all the photos and videos which leaked onto twitter.

First instance - Supposing it was a cross and there was another striker waiting in the middle but the deflection off the hand takes it away from him. Second instance - It's not the same offence for penalties either. There's a huge difference between accidentally scoring a goal via a handball and accidentally denying a scoring opportunity. That's what the rule is about - making sure no goal is scored from an accidental handball, either for or against, which is fair.

Vardy blasts the ball at Stephens from a yard away and it flicks off his hand accidentally - Penalty, in your opinion? Vardy trips Stephens when we're defending - Free kick and no card Stephens trips Vardy when through on goal - Free kick and a straight red Is that not a different rule for the same foul?

Yes, it's applied equally to both teams.

The offside law isn’t consistent for all situations. It changes for a goal kick or a throw in because it suits the game better. Red cards are different too. If you trip a player in the oppositions penalty box it’s just a free kick to them, if you commit the same foul when a player is through on goal it’s a straight red. Supposing McC pulls off an absolute worldy save tomorrow in injury time when it’s 0-0. Vardy is stood a yard away and the ball rebounds off his hand and back into the net. Completely accidental, so the goal should stand, correct?