Manuel

He certainly has crazy legs.

Yes, very composed. Of course the test will be whether he can cope against teams stronger in midfield than Villa were today...

28 shots, 9 on target

Said that myself. Wonder if this is what Ralph was on about regarding his "bad attitude"...

El Ghazi just didn't want to play anymore.

CLD having a good game...

JWP vs Grealish should be interesting. I have probably seen a bit of Smallbone in the U23 but I'll be damned if I can remember whether he was any good or not. Presumably Ralph knows what he's doing. http://cyclingentertainment.stream/events/2020/sva/

Perhaps too old now to sustain the sort of fitness required by Ralph. Lacking pace too. On a free I'd say yes though, because there's a chance it could work and we'd have very little to lose.

Some of the Eerste divisie teams do seem very basic. Graafschap have a chance to go up though...the playoffs are decided by the "nacompetitie" rules. I am following Volendam.

I've suggested this myself. The sort of issue perfect for a referendum I'd have thought. The Beeb's a strange old thing. I think it's lost its way lately. It seems to want to appear as very right-on, lefty bandwagon jumping.....and is.....until an election looms when it becomes a Conservative puppet. Tough call but I think I'll keep the money.

Oooh, bit embarrassing to lose by 4 goals.

It's odd for me because apparently Vest was chosen because of his forward passing ability, and in fairness much of his forward passing was pretty impressive yesterday, direct and finding his man. Does Ralph really think that on balance this is overcomes his defending deficiencies compared to Bednarek?

McCarthy KWP-Stephens-Bednarek-Bertie Armstrong-Hoj-JWP-Djenpo Ings-Long Probably this then if Boufal's out. Vestergaard or Bednarek the only real decision.

http://cyclingentertainment.stream/events/2020/southampton-vs-burnley/

Those tokens they give you at the supermarket to put in the slot of your choice for a local good cause. I always take one but insted of slotting it, leave it on the top. The person after me will feel like they've won the lottery as they've got an extra token, and I get to corrupt a voting system.

Yeah I'd agree with that, plus he goes down at the drop of a hat. A bloody nuisance for defenders...less so for keepers.

I guess he thinks people are interested in him. I don't even watch the show and if I do it's only to look at Holly and wonder what they put in her tea to keep her so happy all the time. Perhaps Holly turned him gay! Now there's an angle.

I prayed to swap his broken leg for an ACL injury but then learned that you can be out longer with an ACL injury and had to pray again to swap it for a laceration. We settled on a "deep" laceration.

People who use the word "niggle".

I thought it was more of a female phenomenon, deciding you're gay after you've had your children, leaving a confused husband behind. Seen it a few times. I guess it must be a thing or the band Gay Dad wouldn't have had inspiration for the name. That name caused them problems by the way and apparently was a contributing factor to the band's split.

Biggest niggle for me is the concourse at St Mary's. Stop me if you've heard this one before but the customer service in there is terrible and I am not a fussy person. What they need to do is: - Take back control of it. It feels like a badly run franchise at the moment designed to make money and not give a toss about the product. - Get some local produce in. Local beer and foods. So much choice around locally and I'm sure local breweries and food producers would love to get involved. - Employ staff who want to work for SFC. They seem to have zero interest and would be happier flipping burgers at McDonalds. I suspect many are agency. - If you're going to advertise an offer or scheme, tell the staff about it. Big sign saying "Order your half-time pint voucher here" above the bar but none of the staff know it's there or what it means. - Expect that at half time you're going to have customers entering the concourse ready to purchase beverages! This should not be a surprise and it should be catered for. At the moment it isn't. It's a shambles.

Definitely. They should come with a warning.

I'm sure if you got rid of all the fancy stuff; flame throwers, music, shouty PA person etc, it would give more opportunity for singing....more time for it before kick off and other times. Perhaps songs would start to come back. I'd take that sort of atmosphere over pyrotechnics any day.

A few notes: Tired legs towards the end cost us. Funny seeing Vest as a centre forward for a bit. Never seen pints filled from the bottom before....don't fiddle with the magnet though, they can also empty from the bottom, as the chump stood next to me demonstrated.

With you there. Egg on Klopp's face if it happens.