Saint Albert

What a great comeback win over a top 6 side. Well done to Hasenhüttl for making the necessary adjustments at half time. It was clever to bring Romeu off considering he was on a yellow and the injection of pace helped. What a great free kick by JWP. Too bad that West Ham lost to Cardiff but at least we’re pulling Burnley back into the deep stuff. Once again the refereeing has really wound me up. Friend should not be referring football matches. You could be forgiven for thinking there’s some kind of conspiracy favouring the top 6 sides... - Kane scores in the first half while just offside. Reminded me a little of Lukaku’s offside goal last weekend - it was a tight call to make but he was still off. - Vertongen kicks Sims in the face just inside the penalty area. The defender’s boot was shoulder height when it connected with Sim’s head. - Walker-Peters trips Armstrong off the ball as he’s about to go in on goal, with the ball played in perfectly for him in the penalty area. No red card. - Sissoko headbutts Redmond. No red card. What a disgraceful officiating performance. Spurs should have been down to 9 men at the end.

The Head Coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs allegedly earns an average of $6.25M per season.

Appols if already posted...Clattenburg reckons that both first half non-calls were penalties... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6766747/amp/Manchester-United-got-lightly-penalty-calls-against-Southampton.html

According to this Mail report (based on a Tuttosport report) Inter want to bring in Darmian in the summer instead of signing up Cedric... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6768763/amp/Inter-Milan-set-send-loanee-Cedric-Soares-Southampton.html

Although he’s French, he’s eligible to play for Tunisia from his mother, and there are a few reports in the non-mainstream press indicating he’s switched allegiance from France to Tunisia.

Valery’s turning into a good’un.

You’re comparing a board game based almost entirely on luck with a football match. Do keep trying though.

Gunn saves the pen.

And there we are. Armstrong just gave away a pen.

Because we played well, funnily enough.

5 minutes of injury time. We deserve something from this game.

****. Good finish from Lukaku.

3-2 Lukaku

The referee has started making some calls in our favour. What is the world coming to?

JWP scores a beauty!

Dangerous free kick for Saints coming up.

Armstrong on for Austin.

Lukaku might just have been offside for the 2-1 goal. His leg looked like it might have been beyond the last defender. Tight call though. Commentators think he was on.

2-1

1-1

Sanchez is back down. He could be done.

Good first half. Gunn kept us in it early, Saints grew into the game. Valery’s goal was a laser beam into the keeper’s top left corner. I think de Gea got a hand to it but it was too well-struck. Feels like we’re up against 12 men with the ref though. In fairness, he was probably unsighted for the shirt grab on the first penalty call. Smalling was a little bit canny there.

Possibly a reaction to the ridiculous non-call right before. Young pulls Bertrand down from behind inside the box. No penalty.

That was close.

This referee is really starting to annoy me. He’s giving us nothing.