vectraman

Well said! As usual it is all about money. It is time we all started to buy British. I certainly would be far happier spending a bit more to enable our farmers to use British labour, than importing labour from abroad. Cheaper for the farmer, false economy for the country.

Do not go!

Whatever her script writers tell her to go!

West Ham seem to be a bogey team for us in recent years - 3-1 to them sadly.

I thought Fulham's performance at St Mary's when we beat them 2-0 in Claudio Ranieri's last game was pretty dreadful.

Burnley play it very tight at the back, make it difficult to get in behind them. We historically struggle to break these sides down. Hope I'm wrong but a 0-0 or 1-1 on the cards. Burnley are a bit of a bogey side for us.

Andy Carrol. Paul Pogba. Mario Lemina....oh hang in a minute....

Saints....amazing! Unexpected, deserved, fantastic. Well done boys !

Nathan Aké was their record signing at £20 million when he signed for them in 2017. I’d say he was a big buy.....

1McCarthy 2Cédric Soares 35Bednarek 5Stephens 21Bertrand 16Ward-Prowse 23Højbjerg 17Armstrong 20Obafemi 9Ings 22Redmond Substitutes 3Yoshida 7Long 12Djenepo 14Romeu 19Boufal 28Gunn 43Valery

I like the look of that line up - but I would guess Ralph won’t. Ralph is a nailed on 3-5-2 for this, which is more 5-3-2 for us... RB - depends how badly Cedric P*ssed Ralph off against Everton - if he’s been forgiven Cedric will play. JWP will play regardless of form - so change Boufal for JWP- Redmond is also undroppable so will play regardless. Danso at CB - I would like to see it, but Ralph probably won’t so it’ll be Stephens. Away at Arsenal he will play 3 CB’s anyway so add Vestergaard to that too, so remove Djenepo. There, 5-3-2, includes the JWP/Redmond out of form but undroppables, and looks really unadventurous and dull. I’ll be amazed if it isn’t like this.

We won't be able to sell anyone - no-one will want any of our players. We won't be able to finance any signings because of this. We won't sign anyone because we have no money. If we are lucky, right at the end of the window, we may sign a player on loan. Business complete. I think our transfer dealings in January will be.....extremely limited. No point in speculating on new signings. If we get Reed back from loan at Fulham, I guess it gives a bit more cover in midfield. Experienced premier league centre back? Nah. Mobile CDM? Nah. Unknown last minute loan signing....could be!!

Armstrong- far more forward thinking than JWP. Boufal - far more attacking and mobile than JWP. Djenapo - quicker, more skilful, more attacking, far better option. Assuming we keep 532.

Exactly this. Let's keep up the improved performance against Everton next week.

Unexpected but brilliant effort Saints. Great stuff, against all odds. Same again second half please

We will concede in the first 10 minutes with that powderpuff, slow, ponderous line up. Glad McCarthy has kept his place, he’s going to have a busy afternoon...Don’t understand Stephens in front of Danso - is Danso that poor? The supertanker is back at CB too - City will just play triangles through this lot. Between 4 & 6 conceded today Our squad is so bereft of quality in midfield and defence. It looks like a mid table championship line up....

Targett wins it for Villa! Last kick.

Saints are the masters of surprise - we all think we will lose, the boys will pull a performance out of the bag and we win 1-0. I hope.....

It’d be a financial disaster. In a years time you’d all be sat moaning that Saints are sh1t and fighting to stay up in the championship is rubbish. How much better off we’d be getting relegated and being in league 1.... It’d be awful, and a place that we may never escape from. Leeds, Forest, Wednesday, charlton, Birmingham etc etc Watching a bunch of kids play because they’re cheap. The Wotte days revisted. Umm thanks but no thanks...

Exactly this!

Get in there !

Come on Saints let’s make this advantage count...

The season is not over after 3 games. The match is not over after 19 minutes!

You’ve got to come and try and catch it before you can drop it....I seem to remember he like the comfort of standing on his white line!

I think Saints being unable to shift the dead wood out is the same for all premier league teams, where ever they are in the pecking order. Ozil at Arsenal, Sanchez at Man U, No one will take them because of their wages. Same for us with Forster, Carillo, Hoedt etc Bale at Real - they can't get rid. . Imagine the carnage if we got relegated? A whole team on big wages that no one wants..... Ok relegation clauses would (I hope) halve them, but still - Forster on £30k!! We'd be doomed.