Lighthouse

Target man or not, JRod has looked like a snake at an arse kicking contest whenever he's been asked to lead the line. It's got to be Lambert up front and if he isn't available then Osv.... Shar... Barn... Mayu.... Gallagher?

Boruc Chambers - Fonte - Yoshi - Shaw Cork - Morgan JRod - Davis - Lallana Lambert As highly as I rate Clyne, I'd be tempted to start with the more defence minded Chambers first and bring Clyne on to run at them with half an hour left. I was also tempted to give Gallagher a start up front but I think Arsenal might just be too big a step up for the moment.

I think most people call them w**kers.

I'd love it if literally no Saints fans went to this, just to make a point as to how ridiculous those ticket prices are. The working man's game my arse, that's a day's wages for someone on minimum wage. Sadly, hundreds of people will just continue to moan and yet still cough up.

Beating Brighton is always a good laugh so I'd take them at home. Other than that, the easiest team definitely through is probably Charlton or Wednesday.

Boruc had a back injury, think he is expected back in training tomorrow. Wanyama is probably available if needed but there was no sense in risking him today if it wasn't necessary. I'm not sure Fonte was injured as such, just rested to give the other two a run out. I don't think Lovren was ever going to be played today, injured or otherwise.

I think you're overestimating what was a bit part League 1 player.

This guy is a complete idiot who posts, "can't see anything but a defeat," in every pre-match thread. I'm guessing he is about 8 years old. Back to the match, sounds like we got the job done; got the early goal and kept them out. Please for Gallagher too.

Morcambe!!!! I mean... Guly!!!

It's no secret that Chelsea want him and United too probably. I was just pointing out that shortening odds don't mean something is more likely, they are just reacting to betting patterns. For example I am probably about 20,000/1 to get Jenifer Lawrence into bed. If a load of people started putting big money on it, the odds would probably come down to 1,000/1 but it doesn't mean it's any more likely. Also it's against Premier League rules to sell a player and loan him back immediately.

Odds react to betting patterns. Since Cortese left there has probably been a lot of money placed on Shaw to leave, hence the odds have shortened.

Balram Chainrai and Neil Tennant

I sent my kids off to this bloke, said he would take care of them in his 'Temple of Doom', whatever that is

Nobody knows but he has been doing it for as long as I've been posting on this board (best part of a decade now). He's not going to stop so for the sanity of everyone please just put him on the ignore list and don't talk to him. Everyone has figured out his ramblings are nonsensical, distorted negativity and bare no relation to real life. You don't need to point this out to us and wont look any more intelligent by pointing out the obvious, i.e. we aren't going down this season.

Me, all my family and to the best of my knowledge pretty much all of my friends.

I'd like us to send Lambert back to Bristol Rovers too. Been looking at the bottom of League 2 and I'd hate for them to get relegated, if you catch my drift.

The new McLaren. About as pretty as Steve The Lotus, which I sort of like

Yes, very.

All getting a bit messy over there, reports of protestors being shot dead. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25868765

Negredo is about 5 years older I think and was bought from a club with financial difficulties. Both will lower his price.

Value is pretty much meaningless as it depends on who is buying and selling. A couple of years ago Carroll was 'worth' £35m at a similar age to JRod and with a similar scoring record. Jay won't be worth £35m because Liverpool haven't sold anyone for £50m this week. I doubt the club would sell him for less than £20m so you could argue he is worth that.

The new Force India

Let's hope the designers have taken inspiration from some of history's beautiful low nosed cars, like the MP4-20 or the FW16

I can sort of see the logic behind double points but it does sort of make a mockery of the system when the Abu Dhabi race is worth double the others, for no reason other than being the last. It will be a bit silly if a driver builds up a deserved lead over the course of the year, then his engine fails in UAE and somebody overhauls him with a 50 point race win. Reminds me of Top Gear when the final challenge makes the points earned in previous challenges entirely redundant. Not sure how the noses will look. I've seen some of those sketches with the elephant noses and others with vanity panels. I doubt we will see exactly what teams are running until Melbourne. The official car launches often have parts of an airfix kit glued on to the side to throw other teams off. Secret aero parts are seldom revealed until the last minute. Whatever happens, I doubt the cars will be uglier than the stepped noses of 2012.

Today Caterham confirmed its driver line-up for the season. Rookie Marcus Ericsson is joined by the popular Kamui Kobayashi, the later having spent 2013 endurance racing for Ferrari. This completed the F1 grid for the new season and most car launches are scheduled for this week, ahead of the first test in Jerez. Only Mercedes and Marussia are maintaining the same driver pairings from last season. Significant moves include Kimi Raikkonen going from cash strapped Lotus back to Ferrari, who sacked him at the end of 2009. Daniel Ricciardo takes arguably the hottest seat available, replacing the retired Mark Webber at Red Bull. Kevin Magnussen appears to be the best placed rookie on the grid, replacing Sergio Perez alongside Button at Mclaren. The third and final rookie is Russian Daniel Kyvat. The 19 year old won the GP3 championship and replaces Ricciardo at Toro Rosso, becoming the youngest driver on the grid. 3 rookies and the returning Kobayashi means there is no space on the grid for Paul Di Resta, who returns to DTM with Mercedes or the two 2013 Caterhm drivers, Geido Van der Garde and Charles Pic. There are also significant changes to the calendar. The season starts with the traditional curtain raiser in Melbourne but will go on to feature the brand new Sochi circuit for the Russian GP in October. The Austrian GP returns to the calendar after an 11 year gap at the A1 Ring, now refurbished by owners Red Bull. As usual however, I will be sacrificing small animals to Satan in exchange for a trip to the Belgin GP at Spa. Custom driver numbers will also return to the sport, with drivers taking a number for their whole career. The reigning champion has the option of using #1 in favour of his personal number. Vetted has taken this option. Other numbers of interest are 22 for Button, the number he won the championship with in 2009 and 44 for Hamilton, a favourite he used in karting. McLaren will be the first to launch their car, on Friday. After ending their partnership with Vodafone it is suspected they will return to a chrome and black livery, without the red from previous seasons. It will be their last season running Mercedes engines before a return to the partnership with Honda, which brought them multiple championships with the likes Senna and Prost in the 80s.