Totton Saint

Why is there so much intolerance, not to say hatred, in the world today. Stephens did not make Maddison do such an excellent strike. He had almost shepherded him out of play.

I noticed that most, if not all our corner kicks were headed out by the opposition. How we miss Vest

Yes - it did result from Walcott loosing the ball

could well do

Who is Jeff? May I ask why is your nom de plume Whelk? No obvious football connotations.

Sorry my previous post to you triggered the ensuing posts - all off topic I guess. I suppose should not use the forum as social media. Just that I worked off and on in a number of Muslim countries, including Saudi would you believe. Remember I said I had a good feeling about the Liverpool match and we won. Well I have the same feeling for today's game.

sorry to hear that. How did you become a Saints fan. Quite a devoted one going by your many posts .

Whelk Am I right in assuming you are female?

Time Boris intervened

This really sums up the whole fiasco. What is there to mull over - as you say make a decision. The way Covid is going we'll be lucky to finish the Premier league, never mind the cup.

Re Covid ,I saw a player from the ManU V Burnley spit before the the match had even started. So the theory that chemicals released from heavy exercise prompts spitting is spurious. I doubt spitting is socially acceptable in gyms. By the way does any older posters from Totton remember the setting up of Testwood YC football club with my class mates from Totton Grammar and us playing in the New Forest League against grown men Our first match was v Marchwood Power Station. We played with a ball donated to us by Sir Walter Winterbottom, the England manager at the time. We played in a strip donated to us by the Navy at Portsmouth. I later moved with my parents to Bedford

The beast from the East could throw everything into morre confusion if grounds get snowed up and result in even more fixture confusion. Would Leeds have time to make travel arrangements for the game to be played this Wednesday

I enjoyed that, especially us all being fed being locked down. Where did you get the video from. Great to see Worthington et al

I remember a full back, Murty (spelling?) did one or two pitch side appearances at Saints games . I liked him

Lots of teams do use plenty of passing back

A deliberate mistake to give you pedants something to satisfy your urges to pick fault.

Agreed

People can cry tears of joy - maybe Ralph was just getting in touch with his feminine side.

Good question. I never spat whilst playing foot ball, rugby, cross country running, or rowing for Bedford rowing club, I formed a football club whilst at Totton Grammar with my classmates in the fifties to counter only allowed to play rugby at the school. The Sunday People wrote about us. I thought one had to keep hydrated not loose fluids by spitting

Us viewers were drained, so imagine how drained Ralph must have been watching so close to the action. I think some of the critisism of Ralph is a sympton of the last remnants of British culture of reserve and stiff upper lip.

a) Why do players need to spit and b) why isn't it banned? I cannot think of a better(if that's the right word) way to spread the virus. For some reason the camera seems to relish revolting close ups of the players spitting. Players can later fall onto the spit that is laying on the grass not to mention the ball being handled when coated with traces saliva picked up off the grass.

The youngsters acquited themselves well enough v Liverpool so I say let them have their reward by starting v Shrewsbury. Our reserves should be as good as, if not better than league one players or they would not be in the Saints set up.

Higgingbottom has been a co -commentator a few times but cannot remember what the matches were but he did OK

Could not have put it better myself. The Telegraph had a bigger article about Spurs next game than the report of us beating Liverpool yesterday!