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Forster with good save. Need a on form forster back- top goalkeeper.

I don't think we lost that because of a lack of tryjng, more because we were genuinely shi*e.

:lol: yet our very recently turned 21 year old James Ward-Prowse gets ridiculous abuse on here one thing i do like we are doing, offering players like Isgrove, Gazzaniga etc new contracts in the hope they improve.

Oh wow lol- with the number of threads created recently didn't see that- nor did the mods make the first one a sticky. Oops! Would give one of Fonte or VVD a rest- especially with a midweek fixture in mind- and I do think there is a fairly high chance that this goes to a replay- in the away game I'd play our best pairing but for this I'd like to think Yoshida is capable.

Right, time to move on from yesterday, and the cup may or may not be a welcome distraction. Stekelenburg Cedric?/Martina Fonte Yoshida Bertrand Romeu Clasie Davis Juanmi Mane Pelle?/Long Bench: Gazzaniga, VVD, Caulker?/Martina, JWP, Tadic, Reed, Pelle/Long Prediction: 1-0 I think Koeman will fire them up for this one... I hope so anyway, especially as a cup fixture. Will see any transfers this week as well... Might consider Seager for Juanmi too.

I always imagine it like being a bit late for a lesson- all your mates giggling at the back without a valid reason and so your punishment for it is missing most of your lunch break... Mane missed most of the game time- what I'd like to know is if he cared that he missed it.

I'm not worried at all- not until we are literally in the relegation zone. We've replaced 3 Champions League quality players in Morgan, Toby and Clyne with midtable Prem players who have room for improvement. This season is going to be similar to Everton's last year- I think they finished 12th even with a quality striker like Lukaku. You cannot expect us to be top 8 consistently, even if that's what we'd like. Also bare in mind our budget- when you consider it we really do punch above our weight.

Barring the odd exceptions, around £25 mill really. Aguero was £38m, Drogba was £25m, to find a 20+ goalscorer for a club like us you need good scouting or unearth an academy player.

Despite his antics, the sad thing is that he was rewarded for his time here with us by winning the Serie A.

If anyone fancies a game on Playstation, PM me ^^ basically if anyone wants to lose.

He also said we punched above our weight last season too.

Well our 'grade' depends on your expectations really. If we're aiming for the title: F If we're aiming for top 4: E/D If we're aiming for top 6/7: C If we're aiming for mid/upper mid-table: B If we're simply looking to stay up (Dalek): A My grade for the season? B- A cup final would boost any of the above by two grades.

nope because it rarely happens. off the top of my head, since we have been promoted, we have only won from behind 3 times. aston villa at home in 2012/13, west ham away 2014/15, chelsea away 2015/16. 3 times in 4 and a half seasons.

get debuchy? arsenal already have chambers and bellerin. maybe we can give them first refusal for wanyama or something. and he can't be as bad as yoshida and martina surely. his wages might be high. as for striker: austin, remy on loan, or someone like embolo? idek.

10 goals from a midfield only comes from a top top playeR unless you find a 'Mahrez' (whos a winger anyway) 2014/15: Silva and Hazard had more than 10. Chadli? He had 10. Mata/Gerrard=9 2013/14: Ramsey had 10, Lallana 9, Yaya Toure had 20. 2012/13: Cazorla 12, Fellaini 11 I guess goals don't tell the story, ofc not. I'd like someone who can score a free kick ffs- it's almost 2 years since we've scored one (Lambert vs Stoke February 2014). JWP- yet to see it. VVD- jurys out- failed today.

Brilliant first half. Poor second half. Really, a draw would've been fair enough but a bs Antonio goal and luck meant they won. Koeman made wrong decision with Gaston. Should've put Clasie on who I would expect could play 30 minutes at a good intensity at least- even if it is 44 hours since our last game. Gutted really- but we haven't won our last fixture of the calendar year in a while I think. Here's to a good 2016. EDIT: you have to go back to 2010 to find the last time we won our last fixture of the calendar year: league 1 fixture vs Huddersfield!

West Ham are a bogey team- what is it- 2 wins in 9 games?

No surprise. West Ham (and many outher clubs) convert their chances. We don't. They fully deserve this lead. Also remember Carroll missed a sitter. Meh. Lets hope 2016 starts better than the last game of 2015.

@adriansfc Your man Gaston coming on now! And Tony Gale is a c**t EDIT: and Juanmi! Koeman on the offensive. Mane off tho :/

It's okay everyone. The 'Dubious Goals Panel' will sort it out Similar to how they took away Mane's goal vs Sunderland last season.

Saints snapchat taking the p*ss out of West Ham. Love it

A draw with that Donkey Carroll scoring I reckon. Anyways, team for me would be this (forced to make changes unfortunately) Stek Yoshida, Fonte, VVD, Bertrand Wanyama, Romeu Tadic, Mane, Davis Long 3 change- however wouldn't be surprised at all if Caulker or Targett starts.

A blessing in disguise that Pelle couldn't play.

In my top 3 for goals at St Mary's- probably number 1. Osvaldo vs Man City and Lallana vs Hull are my other two- even though both are right ol' cun*s. Bar the goal, played well. He did what a right back should do today.

4-0 + Long first half disallowed, VVD header disallowed, Long hits the post- Saints you were excellent. We March On!