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Our consortium of four average 2.5 away games, and we have been successful. Went through late, so I'm guessing we were lucky to get them....

I remember seeing Beattie score a penalty for the England U21s on TV - I have never seen a worst spot kick. Smashed straight down the middle, against the crossbar I think or perhaps at the keeper's head, hitting either then dribbling in over the line. When I saw his next spot kick on the box against Brighton I think (Cup game?), I was very surprised at his change of technique. Magilton always seemed to just smash them hard, low and straight as well, I always wondered why keepers never bothered to study his method!

Just popped up on SSN's Ins/Outs that Puncheon has signed on loan with Blackpool....

I hope to get there

Already had three "can you get a ticket for me?" texts... Hopefully, ST holders will get first go, then to those that have been to all three cup games so far or a certain number of games this season etc, rather than straight onto general sale...

Surely if Saints want Noone, they can put in a bid of equal worth, and then leave it upto the player to decide?

LOL. May have seen you in there... Three guys behind us told us the news at around 1215hrs. Cannot quite work out why he left it for a further 90 mins from his intial pitch inspection - expecting the pitch and surrounding areas to dry out in temperatures close to 0c? The ice around the local area was quite bas as well, especially in the Industrial Park close to the Anglican pub.... I recovered just in time before going arse over tit.

Isn't one of Brighton's other first choice stars suspended also? Liam Bridcott I think? Not saying we'll definitely win, but it certainly adds an advantage in our favour (as does Lambert's form to them)...

Didn't even last the length of an amateur fight. Way out of his depth and should retire now and be remembered for being an Olympic gold medalist rather than a poor professional boxer.

Second half Shrewsbury hardly threatened and it was all Saints, but they just had no end product and were choosing the complicated pass when a simple one would do far too often. Aside from a five minute spell during that period, I got the feeling that Shrewsbury had one eye on the replay and a possible TV pot of cash, but they were denied by the superb move that led to the opener. You can understand people leaving in injury time, but not five minutes from the end. Perhaps this result will stop that, for the next game at least... I still think the central midfield needs a box-to-box attacking midfielder, Ryan Harley at Exeter would fit the bill perfectly.

Chaplow will probably play if he has no future at Preston and he's still here on Saturday. I think it'll be a Fonte/Jaidi combo at the back, with the former wearing the captain's armband.

If Bignall does not get permission to play, a possible debut could be on the cards for Doble, or NA may revert back to a Lambert/Guly combo IMO.... I don't think you're far off though - could be that all the subs from Tuesday may start on Saturday...

Looks like it will be on Saturday 6th.... http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/Fixtures

Schneiderlin seems to be the best option IMO. Puncheon's are a bit hit and miss, by that I mean whether they curl out before they come back into play!

From where I was sat in Block 10, Guly was definitely impeded. The players presumably didn't bother to protest as they thought it was a waste of time.

That was bad.

Another shocking performance at St Marys, joining his effort against Blackburn in the Prem in Sturrock's last game... Has he been involved with Saints between those times, if so, was he as bad then as he was today? Got a great view of the challenge on Guly in the 2nd half, a clear spot kick, yet both D'Urso and the linesman were well behind the play..... Any other thoughts to share? mods please merge with other thread please!

Saints were superb, Guly ran the show and it's always good to see Lallana and Puncheon swap positions throughout the game, thus never allowing their defenders to relax and get used to their runs and movement. It should be the same starting XI next week, but would suspect Morgan may come back in instead of Chaplow. Well done to the referee today as well, whomever he was? If indeed there was one out there?

The 'argument' in the former took place just after the first pen - and as far as we could see (everyone behind was also interested!) there were one or two home supporters involved. A rather young looking steward then took charge.....

Did this 'argument' take place behind the Itchen South? Seemed to go on for a few minutes if so....

Sam Williams, Gavin Williams and Andy Williams!

I watched Yeovil on Saturday and they lost 3-1. They played a 4-(1)-4-(1)-1 formation - the brackets indicate their playmaker Gavin Willams who has licence to roam and get the ball and run with it. As was the case last year, most of their forward play came either down the left hand side or through Williams. Other danger players are Smith (LB) and Welsh (ML). Their lone striker on Saturday Dean Bowditch looked lively, as did the second striker, targetman Sam Williams (who scored) when he came on as sub. Tuesday may see the team switch to 4-4-2, but it would appear Yeovil's captain and right back may be injured at present. He certainly didn't play on Saturday, which meant Adam Virgo played there and he looked very shaky - if Puncheon gets at him, he'll have a lot of joy. Two words of caution - Andy Williams. Remember Bristol Rovers at home last season..........

I went to the Yeovil Exeter game yesterday, and upon buying our seats we were told that sales for the Saints game 'was slow'. With Yeovil's form taking a nosedive, it may appear to be a much smaller home attendance than last year...

Does anyone know what times the travel club coaches will leave St Marys?

Does anyone know what times the travel club coaches will leave St Marys?