The Football.....

[SpokeyDokey]

If anyone was in doubt about the abysmal standard of Scottish refereeing, Willie Collum (who is actually one of the better ones) gave a penalty against Chris Smalling last night after the ball hit him in the face. Unreal.

It was indeed a very strange decision.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Off to Turf Moor tomorrow to watch our Chelsea youngsters get hacked to bits.

 

[StuAff]

Thank you Leicester, on behalf of the blue half of Hampshire. Shame they didn't get into double figures...

 

[Broughtonblue]

Well I'm happy with that, and what a tremendous performance on the anniversary weekend of our chairman
💙⚽️💙

 

[downesy]

Just need the villa to win now for an unlikely double ...eng v NZ was part one

 

[Dec66]

Well I'm happy with that, and what a tremendous performance on the anniversary weekend of our chairman
💙⚽💙

Very classy of Southampton to pay tribute to him on the front of their programme, I thought.

That'll be a collector's item with Leicester fans now, I imagine, after that result.

 

[Dec66]

Schneiderlin "jumped too soon" from Manchester United:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50186829

Most Evertonians agree with him.

"It took Schneiderlin some time to win over the Everton fans, too." So long, in fact, that it's yet to happen.

 

[Broughtonblue]

Very classy of Southampton to pay tribute to him on the front of their programme, I thought.

That'll be a collector's item with Leicester fans now, I imagine, after that result.

Absolutely, they were supposed to be our 1st opponents after the crash last year , league cup on the tuesday but obviously cancelled, but we went to the stadium anyway that night for a vigil and there were loads of saints fans there. To a man they said they were coming anyway , so still came to pay their respects will never forget how the whole football family supported our club in the aftermath and the programme last night shows the warmth continues. Burnley officials placed flowers at the crash site last week. Again spookily they were our 1st home opponents after the crash and the closest home opponents this year

 

[Broughtonblue]

Made me titter 🤣

 

[downesy]

Just need the villa to win now for an unlikely double ...eng v NZ was part one

Well part two failed but more than happy with just part one

 

[Stephenite]

Glazers not very popular at Carrow Road, I see. Solidarity.

 

[StuAff]

Glazers not very popular at Carrow Road, I see. Solidarity.

Not very popular, anywhere.

 

[StuAff]

Made me titter 🤣

On the plus side, the more blinkered sections of Saints' support have taken great comfort from Pompey's draw (thanks to a last gasp own-goal) with Bristol Rovers. Yes, an underperforming League One side dropping points at home somehow makes your Premier League record-equalling loss, also at home, look less awful. There's schadenfreude, and there's not-blissful ignorance.

Also, a poor 13 year old lad from Somerset (who has sadly chosen to support that lot) went to that as his first game. 9-0. In the rain. He only asked if they could go home in the 80th minute (and people were walking out after the first goal)..

 

[StuAff]

In other news, Spurs still spursy, Arsenal still unable to shoot straight, and Man Utd manage to win away and score more than once.

 

[Slick]

Despite making it look much harder than it really needed to be, my team manage another 3 points following a tough away European away tie.