Lighthouse

F**k me, who dug you up?

I'll happily drive him to Reading or Burnley personally, I don't see what he offers us. Gabbi can do that but his running is far more effective at creating chances. Long just runs onto balls over the top and is usually offside or misses the target. He might do a reasonable job for a bottom half team who play backs to the wall but I'd like to think we're better than that.

Strange how often people who identify as some form of alternate sexuality are obese, have bizarre hair styles and random bits of metal stuck through their face. It just seems like some weird hipster, next level fashion statement to me. Or maybe they're just a bit ugly and can't get laid, so they're trying something from left field to distract people from it. Don't get me wrong I'm not particularly interested in how people chose to sexually identify, however it seems to me that the people who don't want to be identified as a gender are in fact the ones who spend the most time talking about their gender. Most 'normal' people don't feel the need to talk about it, as it doesn't particularly bare any relevance to life.

Call him Mr Redmond Call him Mr Long Call him Mr Pied

WTF? I can't think of much worse TBH. Big time Charlie on big wages, who wouldn't be arsed.

Absolutely! That noise...

How about some pleasant nostalgia over the last 8 years (and a month or two) 8th August 2009 - Our first game under the new regime - Millwall at home The team for that game: Davis Murty - Thomas - Perry - Harding James - Wotton - Morgan - Lallana Saganowski - Patterson Subs: Bart, Lancashire, Gillett, Holmes, Pulis, Gobern, Thomson Things started sluggishly and even without the minus 10 we were in the relegation zone until October. Then, after losing 3-2 in injury time at home to Bristol Rovers, we turned it around with a 4-1 thumping of Gillingham. Since then we've risen like a Saturn 5 rocket to where we are today. For me the best moments were: - Watching Long score at Anfield at an apres ski bar in January this year. Absolutely bananas - Winning the JPT - Going on the pitch when we were promoted from League 1 after beating Walsall on the last day. - Listening to the radio commentary of the Coventry game and thinking I'd give a kidney to be there. - Forte's 2.5 minutes of fame against MK Dons - Winning away at Millwall with 2 penalties in injury time - Lambert's header at Fratton Park - Winning 1-0 at Old Trafford - Winning 1-0 at Old Trafford again. This time we snatched it at the death. - Billy Sharp's last minute goal against Pompey - The away day at Sunderland when we got a late equaliser to all but secure safety. - Cuco's screamer and beating Arsenal 4-0 (another apres ski bar special for me) - Coming from 2-0 down against Liverpool to win at the death (and again, I should ski more often) - Gabbi's equaliser at Wembley - The 8-0 win against Sunderland, I almost lost my voice. - Only getting to 7 home games in 2014/15 but winning all of them. The low points - Markus' passing away - Making the long trip to Boro, going 1-0 up in the first minute, knowing a win would promote us after Reading drew and f**king it up. - Going out of Europe so weakly against Midgetland and Be'er Sheva - David F**king Norris

TBF we've already got him on a 100ft square banner but we never get to see it.

And Marcos Almeida, don't forget him

They've taken us from bankrupt in League 1, minus 10 and Olly Lancashire to top half Prem, a cup final and a European campaign in 8 years. Can't really ask for more than that. Thank you.

Same team for me. We've got the right idea we just need to get one of our 19 shots past the 'keeper this time.

Here's a stat for you - we've scored one goal at St Mary's on a Saturday this year.

So we're still playing that insufferable assault on the tympanic membrane then.

The cheer in the pub when Watford equalised.

I think it was a lot better than many of the blanks we drew last year. We played with tempo and intent and the game was far more entertaining as a spectacle than many of last years performances. Even down to the basics, like putting Boufal on when we needed a goal instead of f**king Pied, we looked much better. On another day we'd have taken at least three of those chances. Gabbi, Tadic and Yoshida could probably have had double figures between them.

Wont happen and with good reason too, nowhere near enough hard work in those three. I'd be fairly sure of the team that started against Sevilla being used, with the possible exception of Yoshi.

Big is pretty much the most meaningless phrase in football. Try telling Liverpool they aren't as big as Man City or Chelsea and see what they say. It's just a generic term used to cover trophies won in the past, stadium capacity, size of the city, wealth of the owner, recent league position, famous past players etc. depending on who happens to be arguing.

Does help that we hadn't actually had one for about 15 years until last season. Beat Leeds opening day in the Championship if that's any consolation.

I'd vote for total silence whenever he scores a goal. Granted people tend to forget themselves in such circumstances but it would be by far the most effective message IMO.

Pretty obvious he was bluffing I'd have though, there's no way a manager wouldn't have heard about a player who's name is all over the press as signing. Also in that video MP says, "welcome, NOW I can say it," or words to that effect. Suggests to me they had been in contact for a while previously.

Been wrestling with a chant too, I'm not sure mine will catch on. Bismillah! No, we will not let you go (Lemina!) Bismillah! We will not let you go (Lemina!) Bismillah! We will not let you go (Lemina.) Will not let you go (Lemina.) Will not let you go. (Lemina.) Ahhhhhhhhhhh No, no, no, no, no, no, no (Oh mario, Oh mario) Oh Mario, let me go Beelzebub has a Virgil put aside for me, for me, for meeeeeee!

Well... Cheers, mods you can lock this now. G'night all!

You'd have to assume one of these two players is leaving. Clasie would be the more obvious candidate but it wouldn't be beyond the realms of possibility for Hoj, his agent or Saints to decide the Premier League isn't really for him and ask for a move. It happened with Juanmi and a few others.

It was crap nine times out of ten, high, slow and easily defended. In fact I can only remember one actual goal, a last minute winner from Tessem. He didn't get the hang of it until he went to Stoke. Anyway, welcome to Saints Mario!

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