Lighthouse

*Annoying soundtrack alert* Can't say I approve of that.

Lovely technique and Le Tissier-esq in his casual body language.

I don't regard him as a Premier League quality player or having the potential to become one.

Sissoko has abilities?

106 seconds of in play time IIRC.

Well, my assumptions earlier on were totally wrong. Am I being optimistic in thinking 6 and 9 being free is good news.

Might I suggest you give West Ham a try. We've been above them the last 4 season running but they do at least sign players like Payet, Carroll and Lala or whatever his name was.

Don't be daft, it's obviously Peter Crouch.

It escaped from the petting zoo.

Would you rather read 'The Lowe Down' every few months?

They do say the camera adds 10lbs, which does make you think, 'stop eating cameras'.

Nice build up and effort, came from a good, pressing front 4 winning possession. Good to see.

Silly from Rom. I know he got the fowl but on another day he might not be so lucky.

If he stays and wants out next summer, he will have to put a shift in. No good in throwing a Diva strop if nobody wants you next season. He will have to do a Morgan/Clyne/Wanyama.

I'd say our strongest XI is an almost 50:50 hybrid of those two sides. The starting 11 plus Cedric, Bertrand, Gabbi, Tadic and Stephens/Virgil. Freshness wont be an issue, it's the first game for crying out loud.

Maybe, maybe not. To me it would seem that he is being viewed as a first team option at least. If that's the case, with him, Yoshida, Virgil, Gardos and Stephens I doubt we're after another.

Perhaps he was when he signed. The numbers would have been submitted several weeks before we signed Toby, he was just taking it from Lovren.

RE: Bednarek, was just going by this https://southamptonfc.com/first-team

Not that I'm really anal enough to be bothered about some numbers but they often seem to reflect the first team. Bednarek seems to be going straight in at 6, implying that we're not after a first choice defender. Gabbi at 9 would seem fairly obvious. 12, 15 and 18 all free.

It's more than just cock waving. If someone was building nukes to aim at me, I'd be trying to do something about it too. Bear in mind the US has absolutely no motivation for a war on China's doorstep. There isn't even any oil there for the conspiracy theorists to get their knickers moist over.

Forster to have an improved season and criticsm of him will die down. Gabbi top scorer on 15, Charlie with 10 Boufal shows talent but still doesn't deliver Good season for JWP. JS promising but gets found out more playing in a more attacking team. 8-12th

What an odd outlook on the situation. North Korea tortures tens of thousands of its own citizens to death in camps the Nazis would have been proud of, over the tiniest of indiscretions. You've seen what they did to Otto Warmbier for stealing a poster and you're okay with them building ICBM with nuclear warheads.

It's not so much of a deterant if you're using it to make megalomaniac threats against half of your neighbours and the US.

If you count an entire country living in poverty under the brutal oppression of a regime, which is hell-bent on building a nuclear warhead capable of hitting the USA; then yes. Are you just being facetious here or do you genuinely believe that a dictatorship fanatically obsessed with nuclear weapons is doing no wrong?

Boufal has the skills but not the attitude. He has the talent to be outstanding, if he could only apply himself. Tadic is exceptional on his day but inconsistent. Redmond has his moments and would be a good player to bring off the bench, if we had better starters. JWP is no world beater but brings something with his delivery, we just haven't found out his best position yet. Davis I'm no great fan of but you can rely on him to go to OT or the Etihad, not be intimidated and put a decent shift in. He's also a model pro and a good role model. Long is substandard, no arguments there. Targett doesn't look PL quality to me either. Gallagher is at least worth a try after last season. The only players we have who I don't really think warrant a place in the squad are Long, Gardos, Targett and Clasie. The rest all have a role, even if not as starters.