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Shaqiri saying that he's flying the Kosovo flag on one boot Swiss on the other which adds extra bite to today's match against Serbia and Tadic !!

Why have ITV employed an incomprehensible match commentator?

Sterling the open goal specialist !

Not the money then , just players preference . Let’s hope we can strengthen before World Cup inflation sets in

IMO it's all down to money , Saints still reluctant to offer enough , probably worried after blowing 19M on Carrillo !!

Eko banned but his “mentor” not !

The USSR linesman gave England the goal to beat West Germany because Harold Wilson refused to send British troops to Vietnam FACT .

It is the normal reaction to the end of the season , there is nothing happening so people amuse themselves until the transfer window is over ! Meanwhile we can distract ourselves with the “world cup” starting with USSR v Saudi Arabia , obviously not a fix !

Mane was not the finished article when he started at Saints , as I remember he was noted for the sliced shot that went for a throw in or the complete air shot ! He developed into a fast unpredictable player who could score or assist . I think it was Poch who told the players that the club's ambitions were being reigned in due to lack of money so they should move if they wanted success (based on no facts ) plus the other England players whispering in their ears (Lallana etc) . I don't think any club has had to replace so many top players apart from relegated clubs.

They didn't want to play for us anymore and made it obvious as well . Just pointing out their form has dropped off , obviously injuries , but Mane was pretty wasteful and Wanyama's form has been trending down this season.

Wanyama looked poor in yesterdays match , brushed aside for one goal , totally failed to mark Vardy for another ! meanwhile Mane misses 4 sitters including 2 one on ones even a 2 on one !!!!

Man C are on the beach , got the trophy , will surely be going through the motions on Sunday plus Redmond will be out to impress Pep !!!!!

Hughes struggled at Barca as he would/could not learn spanish , Linaker however did learn the lingo and did well until Cruyff came along and put him on the right wing ! The thought that Hughes speaks english to the team is a bonus rather misses the point that most of the players have english as their second language . The fact that he speaks english is obviously a benefit for most fans as english is their first language .

That was the best feeling at a game since we beat Sunderland 8-0 you could feel the energy from the crowd throughout the match . No player deserves any criticism for their performance because for every mistake made they did better things to redeem themselves .

Apart from Forster of course.

Also watching slow motion goals from behind the goal often shows a touch on the defenders boot or leg or shoulder , so what looks like a fantastic shot to us turns out to be a lucky deflection that wrong foots the goalkeeper rather than the goalkeeper being useless etc.

We just don't appreciate how difficult it is for match officials , it totally depends on what you see . The fans have opposing views depending on their viewing position and how a linesman can accurately note when the ball is kicked as well as if a player is millimeters in front of a defender at the same time god knows. We still can't agree on a decision after watching it 10 times in slow motion on MotD ! It has always been the case that top clubs, in a period of domination, will always get the benefit of the doubt (ie Liverpool , Man Utd , All Blacks , Australia cricket team ) so yes there is a bias but it is not predetermined plus you have to factor in the human element , ie making up their minds so that is the decision or wanting to make a point to prove they "know the rules" . I don't know the rules apart from the basics so get steamed up if I think it is a wrong decision ! Money is probably the root cause as usual .

Lambert was being sold to West Ham in Jan but NC left so he was looking to leave at the end of the season. Chambers was bid for by Arsenal in Jan and left at the end on the season as they were keen to buy him. Lallana etc were influenced by MP who allegedly told them that they should move to better clubs as after NC left the club's ambitions changed / financial constraints meant that the club would be mid table at best.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43877716 At least we are not going to Burma ................

Considering how well Hazard played and with a team that had better players on the bench than we could put out on the pitch Saints did well . It might have have been better if we had been given that goal or Gabbi had poked Austins shot that hit the post in but it wasn't to be . I thought that the players at least looked like they were trying but were just not good enough for this level.

People say how good the Palace fans are singing all match but if you look at them you will see that they are busy singing the same chants while moving around in formation etc and not watching the game most of the time , like wise ManU fans too busy jumping around if they are winning also not watching the football. Fans pay their money and can watch how they like . Standing is another issue , I would like to see safe standing for those who want that but I want to see the game not the back of other fans who seem to want to take issue with the stewards all match rather than watch the football . Anyway if Saints were winning most matches people wouldn't be moaning about all and sundry and more fans would be cheering , leaping about etc !

I would imagine he finds playing regularly in a winning team who will probably get promoted exciting and a better bet for the near future !

I hope not as we have bought our tickets already !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43644865 Good report jogged my memory , shocked that it was all 30 odd years ago

The points you overlooked was "key to the decline" ie the start of the decline and "Kat decided to sell" meaning financial considerations overrode decisions on signings . I watched Koeman salute the Northiam at the end of the season and thought he would be staying and keep us top half but it hasn't worked out like that . As for Brexit I thought remaining would be the lesser of two evils but "make up your own facts" is the worst case of pot and kettle in the history of the last 2000 years.