Cheers! Wish I put him in my fantasy team this week, I thought this wouldn't be his sort of game, happy to be wrong
Mane has quite roughly tasted the turf several times today. Stoke have been very physical on him outide of the penalty area. The one time they couldn't be physical, he scores.
Should be at least 3-0 up, got to make those chances count! I can see Shawcross going off, he deserved a second yellow for that foul at the end on Mané which wasn't given.
Great stuff then, nice to be able to bring Long on later against a tired defence. I hope we can get a goal fairly early in 2nd half, don't want to let them back into it.
Blimey - you lot are a bit miserable on here today! I think we're playing beautifully - lovely to watch. Pelle and Tadic again standing out, and the Morgan/Cork partnership looks tremendous. The reason Toby isn't jumping against Crouch is a clear tactic - they're letting him win the first ball and (effectively) defending the second. Moses has given us a couple of problems, but all told we're playing some gorgeous football. Loads of confidence in the team. My only BIG fear this season now is a Pelle injury - not quite sure how we could cover that - he's so very important to us right now. Exactly like a younger Rickie.
Don't want to get people excited but if Chelsea lose tomorrow, Saints will be 3 points, with a better GD behind. OK, it's a long shot. But it's football. Sometimes the long shots go in.
Tadić is tremendous today, his confidence is sky high. I'm impressed by our defense, Stoke created not one attempt at goal worth mentioning.
Me too. I meant that Saints deserved to be 3-0 up. I just wish the BBC site would show the "as it stands" table.
