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Archer's wanky, pisspot one today takes some beating. I can't think of a worse one. All things considered like where the game stood at the time. Has there ever been one that sucked more? The rebound tame header straight back to the keeper just added to how shit it was.

No need for an 'Oops' - just wondered where the hell you found it. Should have known that the obvious answer was that you remembered it from a match thread from over 10 years ago. Fair play. Poor Iain Dowie... A couple of years back I used to hear him quite often as a co-commentator. Was brilliant. He'd try and speak as fast as he could think. Slow down mate! Take a breath. You're not making any sense! Was still way better than most of them though.

Hang on a minute here - she had a cat whose arse looked like Kenny Dalglish but you didn't instantly become a Lpool fan? What was wrong with you? It gave you a perfectly acceptable reason to support the team who won the most. Nobody could have called you a glory supporter. When Saints win the league next season I hope you are all prepared for all the Southampton based Lpool/Man Utd etc fans all claiming that 'they've always supported Saints as well'. Have you fuck... That really happened in Leicester in 2016.

Where the hell did you find this picture? I only ask because I took it. It's from just over 10 years ago. Palace v Saints March 2014. Final score was 1-0 to Saints. As for glory supporters? I don't care if your gran's cat had an arse that looked like Kenny Dalglish. I ain't talking to you about football.

Wasn't too sure what teams were seen as good/bad so took a grab of the best odds around at the start of the season to get a better idea. Bookies weren't far off - Ipswich to be promoted at 11/2 was the longest winning odds. You can get 200/1 on Saints to finish top 4 next season. Back to reality... *** Winner 4/1 Leicester 7/1 Leeds 8/1 Saints 10/1 Middlesbrough 16/1 Norwich 18/1 Ipswich 20/1 Watford / West Brom / Sunderland 25/1 Stoke 28/1 Coventry 33/1 Millwall 40/1 Blackburn / Swansea 50/ Bristol City 66/1 Sheffield Wednesday / Hull / Cardiff / Preston / Birmingham 80/1 QPR / Huddersfield 125/1 Plymouth Argyle 200/ Rotherham *** To be promoted (1st/2nd/Play-off winner) 13/8 Leicester 12/5 Leeds 5/2 Saints 4/1 Middlesbrough 5/1 Norwich 11/2 Ipswich / West Brom 6/1 Watford 7/1 Stoke 8/1 Sunderland / Coventry 9/1 Millwall 11/1 Swansea 12/1 Blackburn 14/1 Bristol City 16/1 Hull / Preston 18/1 Birmingham / Sheffield Wednesday 22/1 Cardiff 28/1 Huddersfield / QPR 40/1 Rotherham / Plymouth Argyle *** Relegation 15/8 Rotherham 5/2 Plymouth Argyle 3/1 QPR 10/3 Cardiff 7/2 Huddersfield / Sheffield Wednesday 9/2 Birmingham 5/1 Preston 11/2 Hull 13/2 Bristol City 8/1 Swansea / Blackburn 12/1 Millwall / Coventry 14/1 West Brom / Sunderland 16/1 Watford / Stoke 20/1 Ipswich 25/1 Norwich 33/1 Middlesbrough 40/1 Leeds 50/1 Saints 66/1 Leicester

I like these optimistic threads but... Not wanting to piss on your bonfire but a lot of bookies have these games priced up already. A Saints/Draw/Saints treble pays about 8/1. That's a long enough shot - let alone the umpteen games after that... Can't wait for when the BBC puts up their 'who's gonna win the league/get relegated' predictor page. You know - the thing where people spend 10 mins filling out the scores of 100-odd games and then solemnly declare that xxx team will stay up by 1 point. Interestingly the bookies have Leeds as favs to beat Leicester. I think there's def some value in the Leicester price. I'd have it as more of a coin-flip game. Especially after Leicester bottled it today. Can't see them losing 2 in a row after the season they've had so far. We shall see... https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/championship/leeds-v-leicester/winner

Away from football - has anyone ever met someone who has answered 'West Bromwich' when asked where they are from? I don't think I ever have. Easy Saints win tonight. Bring it on.

How much are you putting on? I'm guessing at least a couple of grand? Can't believe the bookies are letting people bet on something that is 'obvious'. They are literally giving money away!

I bet you think Pompey are gonna win the league as well don't you? Ages to go before things are nailed on - in any league.

They're gonna refund. Wonder if they actually tested it before putting it live? https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/refunds-to-be-issued-for-norwich-streaming-passes

Yep it's a rip-off. Paid up for the video and it doesn't work. Sums the club up. What a joke.

If Pompey had been taken over by billionaires and offered him big wages then it would be 'I've always wanted to play for my home town club'. As it is West Ham have offered him the highest salary so it'll be something like 'It's important that I play in the Prem League to increase my chances of playing for England and I've always thought West Ham fans are some of the best around.' (or whatever...). Out of interest - are we getting any quotes from the players who are going to Saudi? Have any of them tried to bullshit at all about it NOT being for the money? I don't blame the players for blindly moving for more money. Just don't expect me wish any of them 'good luck'. Hopefully West Ham play him as a defensive midfielder and his first few free kicks are bad ones. Not that he'll care that much really...

Thanks. Works fine after having to register. Better than nothing!

Love the team - looks quality. Saints to win easily. It's guaranteed mush I tell ya. Top of the league tonight.

I reckon they'll be about 30 games out of the 46 that ain't on ESPN+ so it works out about $7 a game for USA based fans. Would have bitten your arm off for that a few years back. Seems expensive now because we've been spoiled with the cheap Prem TV coverage of recent years. Will give it a go. Would rather pay a bit extra to watch Saints than some Prem game that I don't really care about.