Football Special

Stephens marking Cucurella hopefully.

What a funny old game football is , paying millions a week on players and then doing stuff like this

Alternative is to follow the FA Youth Cup quarter final away to Watford, might be shown on their YouTube page keep an eye out for that

My memory isn't great on this, but I don't think Markus was actually that wealthy and the big Liebherr construction group wasn't owned by him, it was other members of the family

I've done it most of this season, and in some games where we take the lead lump on more like vs Newcastle and Man Utd where odds were too good to miss when you know what's coming

Big Les can't play as he's on loan from Chelsea, so Downes really has to step up. I don't want to see ABK ever again. Where is Wood and Taylor?

Not only that....but we're all spending more money per visit , hour before ko and fans zones / Dell pub are packed with people queueing up to pay £6.80 per pint , queue to get in club shop as well

Agree with both of you, SR have had their chance and they've blown it, time for them to pass the baton. Maybe that's why Rishi Sunak was there yesterday, brokering a deal with his father in law

He could have been playing for u21s to regain fitness but I hear he hasn't been interested in doing that

THB, Wood, Bednarek all injured now? And Stephens not back to full fitness, where's Taylor?

Amazing we're taking full 3,065 allocation, no matter what happens on the pitch it can't be as bad as this previous visit , a real low point for us as a football club

I think his youth football was as an out field player before converting to goal-keeping,

Centre back wise, I think Wood might reasonable option (where was he today?) And QPR contact tells me Ronnie Edwards is very much quality player for the championship so we have options there but need an experienced player alongside them like Fonte in his prime with us Regarding Bazunu, I remember saying at the time he was a £1M player at most joining us with league one experience, but because it was "Man City" we paid well well over the odds. Dreading having him back in goal for us.

I have no idea if that's true or not, but he's not making decisions on manager / player recruitment is he?

I think so, things were getting worse under Martin so it is a continuation of the decline , Spurs home first half was an horrific 45 mins of football

Fancy us to get something, they're on a losing run, there for the taking. Been a decent ground over the years for us

Was he in a race with James Ward Prowse there?

This picture sums up the game/ season

I'd say both shit managers with stupid commitment to systems ignoring basic football organisation, difference is Martin had a rapport with players who I think bought into his philosophy, Juric is out on his own , no way these players are playing for him

I've been so impressed with Burnleys organisation , they are so well drilled and know exactly what their roles are, can't remember when we last could defend like that. Leeds will give it a go and spend.

If any other club had sat through our last two Premier league seasons they'd be ripping the seats out and lobbing them at the directors box. I feel really sorry for the young Saints fans I see heading up to the ground knowing what's in store for them each week

Not enough for me, Solak needs to go out on the pitch, take the mic off Kenzie, get on his knees, apoligise and beg for forgiveness from the fans.

No I think the problems are very deep, from the very top there's absolutely no leadership and a culture of complacency, doesn't mean you can't send a message

When Juric was appointed he said he'd been close to joining us previously? Who at Saints decided he was the man for us? Talk of his high points return vs budget spent reminded me of the Nathan Jones appointment, recruited without any clear plan on how he'd replicate that at Saints.

We play Liverpool in between their two Champions league games vs PSG. Chelsea play in a min vs Aston Villa but have no game next weekend, probably another 5-0