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Calculation must be: in the league, little chance of Champions League, little chance of relegation. So why not go for it? A good cup run could be good for morale, supporters, finances.... Happy to see Mayuka play. Personally, think he's pretty strong. There were times last season when he was match-saver. With no Jay Rod or Osvaldo, this is Rickie's chance to shine again.

Well beaten by a better team, though that lucky first goal helped. Main positive was Chambers. Ramirez had a great chance to shine and blew it. Lovren seemed really off his game today too. The appalling conditions, and scary first 10 minutes can have done nothing for confidence. They came back well in first half, and then... ouch!! We really, really need Wanwayma back and Osvaldo to come good. Meanwhile, Chelsea look a good bet for champions.

Shocking conditions. Chambers has played a blinder. And thank god for Kelvin Davis. Showed his years of experience on more than one occasion. Ramirez mixed half. Lallana, Cork, Davis fantastic.

Fingers crossed for Lovren. What a terrible start.

I like the team. Going with 2-1 Saints. Wd love to see Ramirez have a blinder. Rickie on in 80th minute for winner.

Really proud of the team. For all 90 mins they played thrilling, high-intensity football. A joy to watch. We deserved to win this one, but that's football.

Yup... great play by Saints. On another day we'd have won that one. Proud of the team. Chelsea should be concerned. I think we'll win on Weds.

Fantastic football from Saints in first half. Cork has been unbelievable. Lallana is usual brilliant self. So deserved a wonder goal. Lambert mostly really good... he tries killer passes and only a few come off. Fonte, Lovren strong. Chambers awesome. Watching on a superb HD stream from al jazeera. Saints will score second half. I just hope they get two.

the team, out of order... K.Davis, Lovren, Fonte, Lambert, S.Davis, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse, Cork, Lallana, Chambers, Shaw. promising!

I predict none of 1, 2, 3 or 4 will happen. Instead: - we will win a league game by 6 clear goals. - Osvaldo will score a hatrick ... and also be sent off (in different games). - At least 2 new players from the academy become regular starters. - Adam Lallana wins player of the year for Saints and creates the goal that takes England through the group stages of the world cup - We win thousands of new supporters who can't resist our brand of footballing entertainment.

"England ace Adam Lallana".... Gotta love the Sun. Not a lot. But gotta love them. Often wrong, but never in doubt. Congrats, Adam. We've known you were ace for a long time. Please don't consider United. We need you here.

Fox, Hooiveld. With the exception of Lovren, this is a team we could have fielded a year ago. Nervous.

Spurs (H) - W 2-1 Cardiff (A) - W 0-1 Everton (A) - L 2-0 Chelsea (H) - W 2-1 West Brom (H) - W 5-1 Sunderland (A) - D 2-2 Arsenal (H) - D 1-1 Fulham (W) - D 0-1 15 points. You're welcome.

Or Schneiderlin. Or Boruc. Or Wanyama.

Frustrating/exciting in equal measures. Defence looks sooo fragile with Jos and Gazza. JRod getting better every game. Davis, Cork outstanding. We really need Lallana fit and playing. He's so core to our creativity and even to our ability to rapidly win the ball back. It often starts with him. Chambers such a great prospect. Lovren fantastic. Rickie and Ossie disappointed. 1-1 a fair result on the day, but I think we'll end up above them when all's said and done.

This is exactly what I argued for back at the start of the season. Reclaim the Morgan/Jack combo in a 41221 formation and let Vic be the rock in front of the back four. It does mean JWP and Davis on the bench, though. Truth is we have a lot of great options.

Such a great game. The Osvaldo haters put away for a while. There will be more where that came from. Whole team just awesome today. We absolutely deserved to win. Lallana incredible today. Cork fantastic. He was my personal MoM for coming back after a season on the bench and a mistake on Weds. But Luke, Davis, JRod, Lovren... all wonderful. And Chambers is exciting to watch. What a team! We'll be top 8 come end of season. And maybe top 6 or better.

Epic first half. Epic. So proud of how we're playing.

Put me among the optimists. I predict: - at least one spectacular save from Gazza - a break out performance from Osvaldo - terrific battling effort from Jack Cork - dazzling game for Lallana Torpedos be damnned. I'm going for 2-2.

Some of the comments above don't seem logical to me. How do you blame Gazz for not having made a save this season when the only opposition he faced produced only 3 (lethal) shots on goal? Most commentators/watchers have agreed he was not to blame for those. I'm worried about the injuries, esp Wanyama, but Chambers has proved fantastic cover for Clyne, if need be, and Cork was one of our players of the season last time, and is likely to come good with a little more playing time. Osvaldo showing real signs of coming good. What better stage for him than Man City? Football has a huge chance element. The wailing that's going on here is like criticizing a poker player who loses after going all in with A-K against 4-6. We gave ourselves every chance to win yesterday. Just didn't happen. I think Man C may get a nasty shock Sat.

Watching on NBC in the US, with 15 mins to go, the commentator was saying "Surely only one team can win this. It has to be Southampton. They have been utterly dominant... passing fluently... looking very dangerous." On any other day he'd have been right. PS... don't forget the clear penalty on Oswaldo. On the replays, it was crystal clear he was taken out with a clumsy tackle. Football!!!!@#$!

If you replayed that game 10 times, we would win the other 9. There were long spells where we were playing brilliantly. But the defensive frailty w/o Boruc (and with a game-starved Yoshida) is certainly alarming. Hard to account for wonder goals, though. City on Saturday will be huge.

Listen, people. We are by far... by FAR... the better team. Anyone can see that. We could easily be a goal or two up. And chances are we come back and win this one. But there's a huge luck/random/break-of-the-ball factor in every game. If we were 2-1 up on almost exact same performance, we'd be purring. So get behind the team, and look forward to an exciting second half! I thought Lallana, Lambert (except for a couple of miskicks), Clyne, Shaw, Lovren, Wanyama, all put in a fine shift. Some of Lallana's tricks breathtaking. If there's any justice, this one goes 3-1.

Dream scenario tonight: Man U/Everton... draw Liverpool/Norwich... draw or Norwich sneak a win Swansea/Newcastle... home win or draw Saints win by 3 or 4 goals. In that scenario we can edge out 4th place by end of eve. Unfortunately you could get good odds against that combo of results. I'd settle for any win and a move to 6th. I'm excited to see what this team can do. Yoshida's great. Glad to see him get another chance. Wd love love love to see Lallana/Lambert/JRod dazzle some creative goals....

I think Lallana might be feeling that groin injury... Expect he'll be withdrawn at around 60 mins. JRod looking really sharp. Would love, love, love to see an Osvaldo goal.