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We will get our revenge here. They are poor, with awful fans and we are officially The Best Team To Play At Old Trafford This Season

Im not sure he will throw Forren in at the deep end by giving him his Prem debut at Old Trafford

If Fox plays we are dead meat...christ even WBA tore us a new one when he was playing

So with Guly injured and Lallana not yet match fit I reckon we will start like this: Boruc Clyne Yoshida Forren/Hoiveld Shaw Morgan Cork Punch Ramirez Rodriguez Lambert We might see Lallana for 20 minutes at the end I guess..,

I will be surprised if Chelsea or Arsenal don't bid for Morgan. He is the sort of top class defensive midfielder that could improve both those teams.

http://www.racingpost.com/blog/sport/ Do you think this guy actually thinks Nicola is a woman? Or is he just trying to be funny?

Thanks guys - have voted NO on both polls

We have polls on virtually everything else, so why not for the biggest change to SFC in years?!!

We need to have our voices heard and often the press quote the Saints Web polls. I reckon 95% of fans on here would disagree with the sacking but I would love to know for sure

Think Rickie and Ramirez will make an appearance on 60/70 minutes if it stays like this...

Vegard Forren now trending on Twitter - we must be popular!

A good profile on him here, from when he was Liverpool-bound: The five-time capped Norway international is, at 24, not a fresh-faced youngster to be developed in the reserves, but rather a ready-made deputy for Liverpool's established first-choice defenders Martin Skrtel and Daniel Agger. In fact, similarities are bound to be drawn between Forren and the latter. They are both strong, left-footed centre-backs with solid technique and a more expansive passing range than most Premier League stoppers, and the two Scandinavians share a fondness for bombing forward with the ball at their feet. However, Forren possesses a competitive nature and will not be content with merely being the Dane's understudy. The powerful Norwegian possesses the combativeness and guile to be a success in England – the big question is how much playing time he will be afforded by Brendan Rodgers. Liverpool fans may be concerned that their club could be set to spend £4 million on a 24-year old centre-half with limited continental and international experience, but there is every chance Forren could turn out to be quite the bargain. He might be a late bloomer, but during the the last two seasons he has been far and away the best central defender in the Norwegian Tippeliga. Under former Manchester United player Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's coaching he has developed into a solid performer on the domestic stage, playing in every single game of the 2012 Tippeliga as well as winning last year's NISO Golden Ball, the Norwegian equivalent of the PFA Player of the year award. His efforts with Molde in the Europa League, as well as his impressive performances during his first two competitive internationals in Norway's World Cup Qualifiers in October, are further evidence that this is a player who will be relishing the opportunity to step up a level. To summarise, Forren's rise has been one of 2012's major positives for Norwegian football. For the first time since Brede Hangeland's breakthrough there is a real feeling that Norway has finally produced another central defender who can make his mark in Europe, and the rave press reviews underline the fact that Forren most likely has outgrown the Norwegian top division. Norway's two biggest newspapers, VG and Aftenposten, along with broadcaster TV2 (who hold the TV rights to Tippeligaen) have all rated him as the top defender in the Tippeliga. This, together with his breakthrough in the national team, gives the sense of a potential that is finally being fulfilled. It says something about Forren that, after five international appearances (all of them in 2012), he is already perceived as one of Norway's most important players. With Forren's consistently excellent performances on the pitch in mind it was not surprising that suitors from bigger leagues started to make themselves known in late summer. He has had admirers in both Belgium and Germany as well as England, but ask Forren himself and there is no doubt which league he has his heart set on. "To me, the Premier League is the best place to play football," Forren told local paper Romsdals Budstikke. Everton and Fulham were thought to be the front-runners for Forren, especially after Toffees manager David Moyes scouted him at a recent Molde game. Now it seems Anfield, not Goodison, might be Forren's next home ground. The impression remains that Forren has been fortunate in terms of his career trajectory. He will now move to a stronger league better equipped than he would have been had he moved abroad a few years ago. The Norwegian appears convinced that the last two seasons have made him a strong enough player to excel in the hustle-and-bustle of the English top-tier. Should he leave Molde, it is also likely that he will take comfort in manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's assertion that "Vegard Forren is good enough to play for Manchester United". Like his manager, Forren is a supporter of the Red Devils – but then again rumour has it Solskjaer supported Liverpool before he moved to United in 1996. Maybe this is Liverpool's chance to get one back?

I think Jos will score a goal on saturday but in Villas goal not ours! Adkins will just tell them to repeat the second half performance from the home game against them - their defence crumbled under a bit of pressure

Agreed 100%

If he has had the scan and diagnosis then the club should just come out with a statement on it. I don't know why they would keep quiet and let all this gossip and rumour accumulate when they could easily put an end to the speculation.

This. I admit I thought Adkins should have gone after the 4-1 defeat to West Ham, which was just awful. He seemed a dead man walking then and has done well to turn things round...happy to admit that I should have had more faith in him when things were bad!

I have to admit I thought there was no way back for him after the 4-1 defeat at West Ham - that was just awful and he looked a dead man walking. Its impressive how he has turned things round and I am so glad that Cortese did not make a snap judgment and sack him after our tough start. He is clearly learning all the time, but so are the team and now we have settled into the Prem we are looking like a decent team again.

Thought he had a good game on saturday and looked pretty solid, mind you it was Reading and they were fcking awful

But with Fonte and Yoshida playing well and developing a decent partnership now...which one would make way for Dann? I guess Jos is our only cover for those two so far, therefore it makes sense to sign this guy and have 4 CBs to choose from in case of injury etc..

Still a better short term option than Gazza IMHO

I heard this too from a friend who works at Sky Sports and was talking to Matty the other day about it

That 'feeling' comes from years and years of supporting Saints...the older you get the more skeptical you become

Norwich are on a good run but all good runs come to end...starting tonight! We have our tails up and should have won by more than 2 against Newcastle so perhaps we will give Norwich a pasting tonight - would love to see a 3-0 or 4-1...something like that

Lets face it if Lallana played for one of the big six the football press would be wetting themselves...so Im glad he isnt getting the attention he deserves yet because we are not going to sell him even for £20m+

No I reckon Taarabt is the sort of headcase of a player that would benefit from Harry's arm-round-the-shoulder approach to management For me guys like Cisse and Bosingwa will be first to exile in the reserves as they looked totally uninterested playing against us