Article: Manchester United v Southampton match thread | Southampton FC, Football

if Spider has lived here for 5 years, is he officially English

 

Best game yet, by some distance. He was stellar.

 

We had more %age posession, more shots and more shots on target; how can you not be sure we deserved something?

 

Guly changed the game.

 

Fan..bloody...tastic! We can believe our own hype now...never, ever give up...because the team don't. Well done lads.

 

Man United fans going into meltdown. Looking forward to 606.

 

British.

 

Really pleased, but you know what..? This team is getting to be so good that there is a tiny, tiny part of me which wishes we could have beaten them with one of our late shots on goal.

I'll certainly take the 1-1 though.

 

Haha, well done, genuinely happy that you scored. Look forward to seeing Moyes' reaction on MOTD

 

Unless you are United when it will be like a loss Sorry, United, we were only toying with you.

 

Fantastic performance all round (bar a bad day at the office for Dani). Yes, my Saints love is definitely brimming over for Mr Lovren today - he was again outstanding.

A fully deserved point. And we're a fully decent team.

 

I'm surprised. You're a little late to the converts party, Fran..?

 

I particularly like how Man Utd are traditionally the team of finishing strongly and scoring late goals. The tides are turning...

 

How many really good chances did we create? I count one. After they scored, we didn't put that enough pressure on their defence and it was only towards the end that we picked things up again. It was a great defensive performance from the team today but not a great attacking one. That's hardly a stinging criticism by the way, United are still one of the best sides in the world after all, they're always going to be difficult to break down.

 

French

 

Thanks. I see Pompey won today as well. Cherries did well against Forest 1-1, as well. So South Coast football is having a good weekend.

 

Well, yes. He'll get a second nationality or whatever you call it.

 

You know what they're beginning to say..? Southampton FC don't lose. They just run out of time.

 

Yeah, though he probably won't; as an EU citizen he has pretty much all the same rights we do, so no real incentive to naturalise.

So to answer oldstocktonsaint's question, no, he is not officially English or British and he certainly isn't eligible to play for England (nor would he be even if the education rule wasn't in place, as he has played competitive matches for the French under-21 side).

 

In the cold light of where we want to be, we dropped points.

However...,they could have turned us over 4-0 at one point!

Happy, but when you are used to being at the top, a little reserved at the result.
Now I know what those Arse supporters felt when they beat us at Cardiff!!!