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villa have been buying lower league players recently in ashley westwood, jordan bowery, joe bennett and matthew lowton. all have been involved in the first team squad, whether they have been impressive is another matter

interesting how most have us losing to Swansea. they're not a long ball team and I feel our pressing style can get us at least a point out of that game. also noted that their small squad size is starting to take its toll on their performances of late plus they are almost certainly safe for next season. just felt we could get at least a point against them

thing about the 'tennis system' is that when the challenge is called, the video replay will show very clearly in black or white whether the ball was in or out. but in football, whether tackles are deemed fair or not is really subjective to the individual and like kraken has said would only cause more problems. just my opinion

loved his incident with Suarez which got the latter booked. cheeky fella

oops, did I recall wrongly? just checked England played brazil feb 6 and we played city feb 9

did we not beat the champions of England after the last round of international fixtures?

why is he too old when the likes of Parker and Ferdinand are in there. not saying that he's good enough based on current form

I felt that was quite a sensible view from their end. from our end we would want that amount as he's the best we've got and we need that kind of money to replace him however they wouldn't want to spend 6 million who would probably have no sell on value at his age. not slagging lambert, he's been wonderful for us, but talking from a financial point of view

more shockingly, Raheem sterling was top of that poll. granted he made an impact in his first few games but has faded off and was last seen playing against our under 21s

C for me lallana left punch right jrod behind rickie. btw no guly?!

going by this, I'd rather dalek keep it up as the only time he's predicted us to win in this quote, we lost... and against qpr!

lol almost every thread is littered with Turkish vs olallana and 110persaint vs Saint Garett... constantly have to scroll past large chunks to actually read other opinions other than these 4...

I think both would have done about the same with the squad we have meaning finishing just above bottom 3, 15-17 position thereabouts. which begs the question, why even sack NA and replace him with MP halfway through the season and waste money doing so. especially when the team were playing at a peak prior to the sack, somehow, just somehow, if our position remains status quo at the end of the season I have a feeling cortese would again be looking for a new manager

don't see how anyone can argue the penalty call, clear push from shaw. if that were fox this forum would have gone into meltdown. poor poor finishing from both sides exemplified by holts penalty miss. draw was a fair result between two very poor teams in sh!t weather. and I think most of us are running out of patience for ramirez

****ed

Singaporean girls?! I'm Singaporean and wouldn't have them near my top 10

solution to what problem exactly? have all our full backs gone sick?

is holt out for this one? was expecting the main board to be flooded with threads comparing him with our rickie as is customary before a Norwich game anyway am predicting us to go in front in the first ten minutes before we suffer our fade out and concede just before half time. dominate for large periods during the second half before inevitably conceding an unlucky goal in the last ten minutes. story of our season. boruc clyne yoshi fonte shaw in defense, Morgan and cork sitting in front of them and rickie up top. as for the attacking 3 behind rickie, have no idea who to play as they continue to blow hot and cold throughout games. 2-1 norwich

3 years on and forren still hasnt made his debut!? must be really unfit then

other than your point on crowd atmosphere and ticket prices, how much different is the bundesliga from the premier league according to your argument?

http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tacticsandanalysis/id/977?cc=4716 a look into how our pressing game, which earned a victory over an albeit woeful city, was countered in quick successions by both newcastle and qpr. It highlighted another element of Southampton's game: with their midfield high up the pitch and their full-backs ordered to attack, their central defenders can be dragged wider which, in turn, can create room in the centre. The final statistics showed that Southampton had two-thirds of possession, three times as many shots and more than twice as many on target.

are we still pushing for a top 10 finish?

fox is getting raped

would like to see our intense pressing style return on Saturday as we seem to have lost that abit against Newcastle. if we can do that, won't even be worried if shaw is out and fox has to play as the ball won't make it into our half. come on you saints lets get a confidence boosting win before Norwich away. 6 points from these two games and I can rest easy and enjoy the football for the rest of the season

memory problems? It's Vegard Forren btw