DuncanRG

Suspect we've approached him about a new contract and the agent is dripping this to get a better deal. Usual stuff.

Who was interested in Riyad Mahrez at Le Havre? Wait for them to play.

It's not great for him though. Say we've got a fully fit squad and you can put Valery on the bench, to cover right back, or KWP to cover both. Who gets left out?

Happy with that as a loan. Let him cover and if he's not great then nothing's lost. We've got a much better chance of signing a permanent Cedric replacement in the summer.

You talk about this far more than anyone at the club does. Everything alright?

That's not true, though. They're really, really, really good.

The only other version I've heard ('playing football the Southampton way') is literally a PR line from the club. It's embarrassing.

What's all this based on? We've seen the guy play one game at centre back.

I doubt we'd get him. Dortmund, Spurs, Leipzig and Arsenal are being mentioned.

He's hardly guaranteed playing time at Leeds. They play with one striker and Bamford seems to be in favour. Very odd all round.

Having fit full backs helps.

Best away day I've been to in years, maybe one of the best ever. It's incredible to concede and feel confident we'll get back into it. Quick shout-out to the Leicester fans who didn't sing once for about 10 minutes at the end of the first half. Lovely to shut them up.

Wanyama was one of our very best players since promotion but he'd be an expensive way to upset the decent midfield we've got going with Hojbjerg and JWP.

He's literally said that he's leaving.

Wait for them to adjust the rules. They've done it already and will keep doing it. It's still way better than living with stuff like the Watford handball. People just love to moan.

Like the idea of Djenepo taking on Aurier.

If Ings can play he should play. I was surprised that Long came off first yesterday, but they'll know how to manage everyone's fitness. The one thing we know for sure is that, if we get one chance all game, we want it falling to Ings.

Nah, Villa were awful. I don't think Sheffield United were awful, or even Brighton when they were down to ten.

Agreed. Don't think he even touched the ball.

We're just bad at football. Nothing else has changed, really, but it colours the whole experience.

There's no doubt the allegations are true, but it's incredibly difficult to report on and sadly interest in the stories has always been low.

Southampton exists because people like football. You're annoyed cause we're not very good at it right now. The pies don't matter much.

Indeed. That's kind of the problem. China is building an empire.

It's not just football. Governments, including ours, are silent about the Uighurs because China is a superpower. Respect to Ozil for bringing it to wider attention because it hasn't had nearly enough.

Footballers were famously teetotal in Matt's day.