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Nuremberg looking to sue us for a couple mill on missed add-ons...

Oh look.

He touched the ball 43 times, more than any other player including wood. Made 3 interceptions and 2 tackles, more than anyone other than wood, who also looked solid btw. The stats don't tell a picture of someone ball watching when they got more touches than any other player on the pitch (including Stoke players)

Solid half from Stephens, good recovery from last week and the dogs abuse he gets now just for existing. reckon we will win this one with some impact subs.

Not too worried as we can replace him with someone championship standard. It'd be nice to spend the money on some quality up the centre of the pitch, no more wingers please

Overrun? Lol. Not in soton at least, I think I've maybe met 3 Muslims in my working life, all of whom were stand up British citizens. Vast majority of people you meet are secular or Christian, and even the Christians are generally ok once you get to know them.

Pogba on the move. (MLS probably)

Kit superb. Maybe best kit we've had since the Wallace days?

Watford very lucky to get anything, celebrating like they won the world cup - strong indicator we are serious business this season - it'll be rare that anyone else gets that lucky I think. Bragg though, is a good sub, but we need more experience in the middle. Or a formation change. We don't really need two cdms in this league.

Manning out of position and scienza not tracking back has left us exposed on that side a couple of times now. It's too much pitch for Stephens yo cover on his own - not his fault - this is tactical. Manning needs to be more disciplined on the left for a while until we get on top of the game again.

They have 9th written all over them, they'll be flexing the legal muscles if they want playoffs again.

I don't think going to benfica would get him closer to the England team. He needs to go to a more competitive league (or stay in this one). Surprised there isnt a prem team interested, like a Fulham or an Everton.

He's visited the uni a couple of times, there's probably a bunch of people on here who knew him personally. I met him and he was a nice guy, and a human being, even if he wasn't treated as one towards the end.

Benfica would be a big step down, potentially career ending, if his career aim is premier league. I can see him going there when he hits 30, but right now he should want to stay in the mix, so EFL, prem, bundesliga are all viable, but Portugal? Nah.

Looks like Messi might be retiring, so if we were waiting for him, we should move on to the next target.