Lighthouse

I'd agree there is no chance, he isn't going to turn down Champs League football for Saints. He has a release fee of around £16m I thought, which is nowhere near double our record signing. Meeting that is the easy part.

I'd go with something like - - - - - - - - - Stek - - - - Fonte - Caulker - Yoshi Cedric - - - - - - - - - - - - - Targett - - -- - - Wanyama - Davis - - - Mané - - - - - - - - Tadic - - - - - - - - - - Pelle I think we need extra cover at the back as Targett and Cedric aren't quite up to the job defensively yet, especially with Clasie not being up to speed and injured. J Rod, Long and Juanmi all there is we need to beef up the attack second half

Really didn't get into that game although West Brom were hardly playing to his strengths. Typical Pulis performance, hit it long and kick the sh*t out of the opposition.

The Baggies have been awful though. No tempo or creativity apart from a few occasional glimpses from Berahino. They've resorted to hacking down City players whenever they break through.

28% possession at home. Lambert playing very deep, most of his touches are around the halfway line.

Can't believe how much space City are finding in WBA's third at the moment. The baggies just look static, no pressure and I don't think Lambert has touched the ball in the last 20 minutes.

Myhill could have had 2 pints and gone for a p*ss in between, whilst he was waiting for that to cross the line. I know he was wrong footed but wow. Going to be a long night for Lambert. Being used as a target man and City's back four are pushing very high up, knowing he hasn't got the legs.

I'd stick to talking about curly hair if I were you

I'm pretty happy with that. Missing Clasie, Berty and our yet to be discovered Toby replacement, not to mention Fraser so conceding a couple away from home is hardly a surprise. Good solid hour for J Rod too even if he did have a quiet game. Mané... If he was burying those every week he would be at Barcelona.

Amazing how Sunderland manage to stay up every year despite being so consistently awful. I think 2 years ago they got a draw at St Mary's and it was their only point in the first 10 games. I'll never worry about relegation as long as we're sharing the league with dross like this.

They had Beattie, Fuller, Delap and Higginbotham all in the team about 5 years ago.

He had a quiet performance in a game we never needed to attack. I'd start with him personally, we've still got Long, Rod and Juanmi on the bench.

Is Tim openly gay? From looking through his Twitter pictures I kind of get that impression, although I've never seen it mentioned before.

26 year old Fonte was playing League 1 football. Even in his first season in the Prem he made a fair few mistakes and was no better than Yoshi is now. I think he has the right attributes and attitude to lead the the team in the future.

Mmmmm

I might be around for this but I don't have a ST so I haven't got a Watford ticket yet.

You're not likely to get a jet from SOU to ORY, it's no further away than Manchester. There's a flight from LGW to Aalborg too, which is another way of doing it. 1 hour 45 drive from Midgetland.

When I saw this thread title started by Erico, I was expecting to read something about cross dressing.

I see him a a potential replacement for Fonte long term. A reliable player and always seems committed with a top attitude, could be a good captain for us in the future.

Don't know whether to laugh or cry at your posts.

Professional job from Saints. Through the tie safely with minimal effort and no injuries that I'm aware of. Couldn't care less how well Tadic and JWP played, we never needed to rip Vitesse to pieces and we didn't exactly commit people forward. The real test will come on Sunday.

Can't argue with that. J Rod for Mané at HT please.

That lad Smipe looks good for Vitesse. He's everywhere at the moment.

Wonder if the fullbacks are being rested, are injured or it's purely tactical.

Well done Extras, top batting.