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I don't have any stats to back it up at that moment but I think you'll find it is worse than a lot of teams.

That's two very experienced manager's in Mowbray and Coyle now that have publicly said Sam will make it at the top. Clearly Poch saw something too. Really hoping for the lad after all he's been through, that he can make it here.

Maybe Hojbjerg can put in a good word for us, both played at Danish youth level so probably know each other

I agree, many of JWP's criticisms are based are round his physical attributes, which Clasie doesn't offer anything more in terms of. But Clasie doesn't have the final ball that JWP (sometimes) offers.

His addition has convinced me further of what I have personally felt all season, us being 'boring' is because we don't put it in the net, not down to the style of football we play. The style of football in the last two games has been the same, but it becomes a hell of a lot more attractive when we score at the end of it! I'm on board with the idea of not getting too carried away though, Amr Zaki, Michu, Cisse as mentioned above, all have burst onto the scene too. But his intelligence off the ball is what gives me hope that we are not seeing a temporary purple patch, and also the fact that he hasn't come from nowhere, he's played for some top clubs already.

Yeah they were, but I guess as we are actually in Europe ourselves it kind of doesn't work! (not that I, or most people would be bothered) But if we are being accurate the Naples is better.

Was thinking after I saw the video that it needed another verse, and came up with pretty much the same! Seems ideal and easy to remember.

For anybody that uses Snapchat, Saints' official one managed to catch the second Gabbiadini goal as it went in from within the bottom tier, if anyone knows how to save that (I don't!) then that'd be some quite good footage to share. Be quick though it'll expire in about 30 minutes!

I will never forget 30,000 saints fans swinging the scarf the club gave to everybody round their heads when Gabbiadini scored that fantastic goal. Amazing sight, and having watched it back it looks equally amazing on TV. Proud day, win or lose.

Absolutely. Just a whiner, rolls around and screams at the first opportunity. Complete and utter ****.

Amazing day until the 86th minute. I go into games against big teams expecting to miss out on the big decisions, but the most frustrating thing is the fans of those teams thinking we just blame everything on officials, because they don't support a 'small team' so they just do not understand. One of the biggest positives from today was watching the game back on Sky and hearing Martin Tyler actually criticise United for surrounding the ref and rolling around to get Stephens and Romeu sent off. I just wish we would ****ing do it. If United had have had that goal disallowed (which they wouldn't have), then they would have screamed at the referee which would in turn see him go and consult his assistant, which in turn may have seen them conclude that actually the player who scored wasn't offside. Instead we look perplexed briefly and they carry on as if nothing happened. Likewise with Lingard cynically tripping Redmond when already on a yellow. Herrera would've flown throughout the air like Tom Daley and every player in red would've been in the ref's face until he has no option but to send the player off. It's a horrible part of the game, but it exists, and we need to ****ing get involved or we just lose out. Wanyama being sent off vs. West Ham last year, Noble & his gang hounding ****tenburg when Vic didn't even play the man - red card. Later in the game, Byram flies through one of our lot, off the floor and studs showing, no reaction from our players - yellow card. So frustrating, i'm sick of being the nice guys because we don't benefit in any way whatsoever. But I love my club, what a show.

It's been the cup run of the unlikely hero (Hesketh, Boufal, Clasie all scoring their first goal, Yoshida and Stephens keeping a clean sheet and Sims setting up the winner at Anfield). I would love nothing more than an unlikely hero in 16 hours time, JWP would be my bet.

Choosing between a young lad who's barely played and one of the best centre forwards of the last 20 years is not the same as deciding between two average CM's and CB's.

JWP has definitely earned his start in this, plus now Carrick is fit he will play so it won't be an all energy midfield from United, so he won't necessarily be exposed on that front. We can't afford to waste possession too much in this game, so Hojbjerg shouldn't feature from the start for me, and as much as I love him, Boufal would probably be on the bench for me too because as great as he is, he will give the ball away a fair few times because that's the nature of that kind of player. Boufal or Tadic, not both. I'm so excited.

This didn't happen. I don't remember ever watching Mane and thinking he was putting in anything less than 100%. His form may have struggled, but his effort did not. Wanyama, there's a case to be made, but even then I don't particularly agree.

Of course it was a shot, he had one option in the middle and he was well marked and only about 10 yards ahead of him, there's no way he's played a cross like that to pick out that man.

To be fair Carroll's impact was on the ground that day, not in the air, that was just poor communication between Stephens and Yoshida leaving a massive gap, not a lack of aerial ability.

Have to say he is one of the ones that has come through a tough start and shown his quality elsewhere, finally. Is he this first of our big departures to sign a contract extension with the club he signed for? Or has Lovren had one too?

Think Carrick's return to the side has coincided with their fantastic form, if i remember rightly. Him being out is definitely a plus.

That would be a hell of a miss-hit!

I'm not sure about forcing players to stick around but I think there should be a limit on how much wages can rise on a new contract, maybe a percentage increase or something. I know it'd never happen, but would remove an element of the temptation to move for money, but would probably see more players move for career purposes and football reasons, rather than money.

That's my biggest hatred of United, the embarrassing coverage they get. If Pogba scores, he will have absolutely justified the £89million price tag . The excitement has really hit me this morning though, cannot wait!!

I feel like this slipped under the radar

I have a seat in block 552 seat 364, so i'd say yes! i'm pretty sure when i bought that (today) there was a block available next to it too which was 501 or something.

Sims would be a very good option off the bench, although I agree it'll be difficult to fit him in. If we can though I definitely would!