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Austin would be very welcome....a young version of Rickie.

Yes, the squad was light on without Tadic and Morgan. I thought Djuricic did quite well against City and showed more of an attacking mid-field instinct than JWP has.

I made an assumption (wrongly perhaps) that because RK started with Djuricic against Man City and brought Elia on as a sub, he still had both in mind for staying. Why play either if RK had already decided they were gone?

Has he done much since coming on?

Djuricic had a good spell and JWP hasn't done much yet. We are certainly playing with more intensity in this half.

Long's had a good game.

He played well today.

And on his first half display he will get one.

Djuricic looking lively.

Have at least a couple of pints - terrific effort!

I took Ron bringing them on as subs. as an indication he'll keep both for next season.

Has to. Citeh will run riot if both Davis and JWP start in midfield.

Not long after Mane returned from injury and ACON, quite a few posters started to rate him as approaching elite status, despite his relative youth and inexperience in the Prem. Looks a good call to me - very few players in the game can handle a striker, winger, AM role the way he can. I do worry about a "big" Club coming in for him in the Summer.

He's a complex cove; our Alpine.

Good summary; and on the subject of Gazza, given the importance of next Sunday's game, why not start with Gazza and bring Kelvin on late in the game to rack up 300 appearances. Yes, Vlaar was unrecognizable from the superb World Cup defender 12 mths ago.

Apart from the obvious great displays by Mane and Long, Clyne looks to be back to his best and Wanyama is controlling midfield.

Leeds a few years back wasn't it?

It really has been.

Great goal.....funny thing is, for all our dominance...both JWP and Davis have been anonymous.

And you must be JWP's Grandfather.

Interested to know why you would pick Ward-Prowse as a starter. Surely Davis, despite his missed shots played a better all round game.

Yep, this guy (Mane) is star quality and the thought he could be bought cheaply is a delusion. What isn't a delusion is the likelihood that several "big" clubs will have noticed Sadio's unique skills and big offers in the Summer are quite likely. Hope he stays.

That was very noticeable today, with Spurs holding possession, like we did last season, for long periods, but with little threat. Spurs also played without width just as we often did under MP. A big difference we showed today was width, willingness to go direct with long balls and a player like Mane running at the defence and creating possibilities. The only thing I miss from MP's days is the sustained press, which admittedly left us out of energy in the last 20 minutes of the game.

Great game to watch and a joy to see a return of attacking football by Saints. Best game of the season by Pelle; Mane a handful all day, Bertrand, Morgan, Jose and Toby all good. Steven Davis and Ward-. Prowse were weak links in midfield. Good cameos by Long and Elia. In the end the difference was probably the performance of the goalkeepers. Sentiment aside, would like to see Gazza thrown in for the last four games.

Davis and Ward-Prowse look way too loose in midfield for my liking. Clearly a hand ball goal to Spurs.