Pass the Dutchie

Which would mean Ron's decision was the right one. Make an underachieving player angry so they're eager to show you what they can do.

One of the best games ever:

I dislike it when players take their shirts off in 'celebration'. There are plenty of ways to show your excitement that don't harm your team.

If I'm daydreaming: Out: Victor Wanyama Sadio Mane Juanmi Maarten Stekelenburg In: Georginio Wijnaldum Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Hakim Ziyech Bruno Martins Indi Troy Deeney Marz Sels + longer/better contracts for the Koemans, Forster, Pelle, Romeu and Long.

Pelle and Mane both back and confident, hopefully. That'll make a huge difference.

Mane seems unhappy.

3 minutes to go...

And this is why you don't turn off your TV.

Incredible! 3-2!

Haha Koeman happy.

Mane!

Penalty now!

Saw that one coming from a mile. Ugh.

Under pressure right away. Come on!

So far so good: http://www.feed4u.tv/watch/1499012/1/Southampton-FC-vs-Liverpool-FC.html

I'm 100% fine with people disagreeing with each other on football matters, which is what forums like this are for, but it's really quite annoying to keep going to a topic hoping to find an interesting (or at least topic related) new post and instead seeing people comparing the size of their willies. Schneiderlin is gone. He did a great job here and he's a great player who will flourish again in the future. We can be grateful for what he contributed, understand his attempted move upwards after all those years, feel sad about his leaving, and make the personal choice to still support him as a player or rejoice in his failure. I personally prefer when a player is honest about his intentions (when sort of appropriate, like in this case), so the club can plan ahead for replacements, especially when the player keeps playing his best.

I don't think Koeman will leave anytime soon, but Ronald de Boer would be an interesting replacement. Or Erwin Koeman (which won't happen, I suppose). (Sorry for being very Dutch here.)

Enjoyed the Pelle stats piece. Thanks and good luck with keeping it going.

What would be your Saints best XI from a squad of all Saints players ever?

Van Dijk and Clasie are in the Dutch squad that will play England.

Virgil van Dijk has scored 3 PL goals in 26 appearances; Sadio Mane has scored 3 PL goals in 29 appearances. I (still) really rate Mane's potential, but something is wrong with this picture.

Right, of course!

I wish VVD would take more free-kicks for Saints. I know JWP is supposed to be the 'specialist', but he's never scored one yet.

What did he do wrong? Serious question, I just didn't notice him being any weaker than the others.

Surprisingly comfortable game so far, even without playing too impressive.