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David, yes, like I said above their form is good currently and I might pop along to see them as they are attractive opposition. Ofcourse they are higher in the euro rankings than Saints. Are we even ranked? But that doesn't make them a top european side. Fulham are ranked higher than Napoli though I wouldn't turn up to see them pre-season

Correct. Neither has won much unlike Real Madrid, Bayern, Barcelona, Liverpool, juventus, Milan, Manu. having said that Chelsea are 3rd in the Uefa club rankings. Man City are about 28th. Napoli are 55th.

Form yes but top European side, no. They've won the uefa cup once, as have Ipswich Town. I might pop along though since, as you say, currently they are pretty good.

There's nothing in the comments about Sharp but the referee patently did not cost them the game.

I wouldn't call Napoli a top European side.

Good lad Billy. I hope he plays today and we can all get behind him and help him score.

A cautionary tale and fortunately one that wouldn't be lost on Adkins and I hope the players who seem highly conscious of the need to stay focused on "one game at a time".

Dune, what have you got on yer 'ead?

I remember a few years back when our OS said tickets for the Pompey match " going like shell suits on the Paulsgrove"

Would have been pleased also for Lallana had he won but Lambert was absolutely the right winner of the award.

Got through on the 0127 number. It's worth persevering with it.

I hate Vivaldi or whoever the fck it is.

I was there but not on the pitch. I recall someone grabbed a corner flag and began swinging it around his head. Also, a bigger pitch invasion which could have been at the end of the rmatch...it was a long time ago.

Adkins doesn't sweat the small stuff, especially when he's on a beach in the Maldives.

Should saints get promoted, players from the championship I would prefer they consider; Curtis Davies, Matthew Phillips, Peter Whittingham (though do we needed him with having Lallana?). I think full back is a key position but I honestly don't know where we get what would be required in the PL.

Against a team that's defensively frail we played incredibly deep and just invited them to attack but the fact is they just weren't good enough to turn possession into goals and when they threatened we had top quality from KD. Saints were also very lopsided second half with no balance on the right. Nonetheless this does feel like a season defining performance. I was reminded tonight of something Pardew said after he left which was that Saints would do well because they were a team of winners. Wouldn't want to tempt fate by making predictions but this was a fixture I was worried about and we've come away as winners.

I reckon what Warnock has said is less to do with him being complimentary about Saints and more about setting us up as targets for his team to shoot down. Listen to what he says after we beat them. If he's complimentary after having lost the game then I'll take it as such but I'm not holding my breadth.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-24038948-robert-greens-west-ham-future-is-in-doubt.do

Standard reporting tonight that Green's West Ham future is in doubt as contract negotiations have stalled.

I was close to the pitch, near the halfway line and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be considering they play rugby on it. I thoughtSchneiderlin had a fine game and managed to play some football on it. The tactics may have been as much to counter Watford's style as to deal with the pitch.

Yeah I admit it. you got me. I only think Lambert's better because I'm a Saints fan.

Not a couple. Ten.

It hardly proves he's up there with the top goal scorers. 15th on the list and fewer than half the league goals scored by the top goalscorer. He's a good player, in my opinion Lambert is better. If Holt's so valuable to Norwich why have 10 of his appearances this season been from the bench, or has he been carrying an injury or something?

Van Persie Arsenal 22 Rooney Man Utd 17 Aguero Man City 16 Ba Newcastle 16 Dzeko Man City 13 Yakubu Blackburn 13 Adebayor Tottenham 10 Balotelli Man City 10 Dempsey Fulham 10 Fletcher Wolverhampton 10 Graham Swansea 10 Lampard Chelsea 10 Bale Tottenham 9 Bent Aston Villa 9 Holt Norwich 9

I think Lambert is better. How many starts has Holt made this season and how many goals, is it double figures? If we were to get to the PL I can't see Lambert being on the bench much.