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Interesting that he appears to wear No.24 frequently in the youtube vid, and that number happened to be vacant in the squad list... Perhaps this one has been ongoing for a few weeks (like Ramirez )

Dickson going out on loan....... possibly.

Highly doubt it'll be Ramirez.... playing it down too much.

There is a 'holding' system queue in place at the moment online - they press the activate button at 0900hrs!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_B%C3%BCttner Someone is having fun with wiki!

Almost feels like a victory - in that Saints proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that they can mix it with the best, despite fears of a mauling.

Would not all be surprised if he ended up at Everton, if it sells Leighton Baines to Man Utd.

I was at RNAS Yeovilton to see the launch of these Hawks - awesome sight and sound!

It's in the Echo today, or rather a story about an England Goakkeeper called Butland is...

Bloody McGoldrick.

A couple of work colleagues had known him for years, and were very upset at the news yesterday

He'll be the difference whether they go through or not IMO. Misses far too many chances - looking back at the Saints Cardiff game at St Marys he had at least three very good opportunities and fluffed all of them. No doubt in my mind that if the chances that he has had tonight fell to Joe Mason, it would be 2-2 now.

Alex McCarthy would be worth a punt and getable, if he didn't play for Reading that is.

View from Itchen South - first is a bit blurred...

I am in the "Not Recognised" camp.

The Championship presentation will have to wait to the final day, so it'll either take place at Birmingham or St Marys if it is undecided come April 28th. With that in mind, the FA would have to supply two Title trophies surely, unless it has a heli on standby!

This. Promotion first, then Championship if possible.

You could sense they could do something special back in October when Saints played them. Superb achievement and well deserved

West Ham play on Monday I believe so Saints can shoot them out of sight without them being able to do anything about it....

I asked my Hammer work colleague on Tuesday whether he thought Birmingham had a chance of catching West Ham and take 3rd place. "No chance" he said, but he still harbours hopes, albeit slimming ones, that the Hammers will make up the same points difference over Saints/Reading...

My point was he has improved greatly from earlier this season, not just from Saturday - apologies for any confusion etc.

Lallana looked like he'd had a talking to about his tracking back and helping out Fox. He was outstanding today.

Adkins told him to turn around and go and applaud the fans - it looked like he was gesturing that he needed some liquid from the bench crate. He got some, and came back onto the pitch and made his way across to the fans. Fan reactions weremixed - got a good response coming on, then murmurs all around about his (lack of) workrate, criticism over his weak header straight at the keeper, and finally raptuous applause for a tackle!

Expect 1-way traffic now all game....

Agree, but Sharp was the Donny penalty taker so not really a surprise to me when he stepped up. As others have said, 1st goal was not a penalty but we have had our fair share of those this season, and the 2nd and 3rd were human errors. Sharp's movement was decent in patches, let down by some dodgy offside calls. Butterfield worries me, several times he and De Ridder looked on different planets when they are supposed to be working the same flank.