RobM

Well done ref!

WHam really living up to expectations today. ****s.

We can't afford to have Morgan sent off today.

Bloody good save there, that really should have been in!

Good game from Gaston so far.

Fox's problem is he is slow in the brain, so it's easy to catch him out and gain a yard before you've started moving. By that time Fox is playing catchup.

Be fair, Fox put in a wonderful cross into the box from high up the pitch earlier.

Another bloody good chance! Some great balls into the box so far.

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/180641/1/watch-southampton-fc-vs-west-ham-united.html Working well enough so far.

Great movement!

Not sure we can complain after having somebody booked for a blatant dive.

Ramirez makes me laugh when he gets moody and stroppy. It's like watching a toddler threaten somebody.

Very unlike Morgan to get caught diving!

And Lawro predicted us to win and we've never lost at St.Marys to WHam (or so I read)! It's over already quite frankly.

In the bathroom with his favourite Guly poster I imagine.

No JRod and Shaw edit - JRod on the bench. Must be 'nearly' fit but not quite then.

They weren't a sponsor, were they? They were just 'timing partner' or something equally as meaningless, they never paid for sponsorship as such. Eterna would have paid specifically for the exposure they're getting and will be supplying the watches. It's designed to get us talking about it and to increase brand awareness. It'll never work...

It looks like him, but it's actually Cortese in a Pochettino mask.

So all we've learned is we're not paying JRod enough to afford decent shoes.

He's been injured for a bit though hasn't he, so perhaps not as black-and-white as you make out.

Yes! Would be a great way to end the season and wouldn't muck up fixtures.

We can only hope for an extended ban that lasts the rest of the season!

I think that says more about our available options than the manager. Guly is a runner, somebody who will run the length of the pitch over and over again and can, despite popular belief, play some nice balls into feet. Fox is a left sided defender who can also get forward with a decent cross. Neither of them are anything other than Championship standards, but sadly they are the best cover we have for those positions.

I think he can take us to a stable top-10 position, but it's very rare that any manager can take a club from lower positions to CL football on their own. The managers that do deliver CL football have years of experience from other clubs, other top leagues, experience of equivalent top-flight european football from more than just one club. They tend to come into an established top-10 club and take them to the next step. There are exceptions of course, such as at Chelsea, but the work there was done before Di Matteo came along. IMO, our next step is an established top-10 position and then we will change managers again.

The problem is, we simply don't know if it's true. Those who do know, or would know if it is true, won't be able to say or stupid enough to speak publicly about the plans. But once a rumour starts it spreads and the moment somebody inside the club (even hospitality staff) repeats it, it gains credibility. I'd be amazed if this sort of thing wasn't being considered, but I'd be equally amazed if those involved in the planning were talking about it publicly.