Match Day Thread Manchester United vs Southampton 11.01.2015

Does anybody know any decent next day (over the weekend) couriers? I need to get a ticket for the United game sent from London to Dorset by Sunday morning.

 

I can't name any, but I use ebay a lot, and the couriers are pretty good 99% of the time. The only bummers are Royal Mail who will NOT get your post signed by a neighbour if it has to be signed. If it is a package and you are out they will take it back to the depot, and you can't have it for another 24 hours. Any other courier will try a neighbour first.

But I'd just google '24 hour couriers'. You'll be inundated.

 

http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/southampton/news/37453/

Disappointing assessment by the ugly inside as they predict we'll be 5th in the league....

The one game I believe they have wrong is Palace V Spuds. I think the Eagles will take at least a point against them, maybe all three.

 

Agree about Palace v Spurs. JP will **** all over them.

 

Obviously we have to get something this weekend or teams will jump over us, but we shouldn't panic on a week by week basis. We will still be so close that another weekend would see us restored. The important thing is to be in there...then it is up to us.

 

Actually we don't need to get anything if Spuds don't win.

 

I was making that assumption. Come on, Palace.

 

I'm quite surprised how confident the Utd fans are!

 

Not surprised because they are at home and on a roll...easy to forget your bad form. Look how quickly we have forgotten our run of losses. And their fans will be ignoring our league position and be regarding us as lil ol' Saints, but you can bet van Gaal won't after the last game.

 

Just discussed Elia on Soccer Saturday. In an interview, Elia said Southampton were like a gift from God (bless). All panellists thought he could be a terrific signing for us. They were giving Ron full kudos for stepping in quickly and getting a loan signing to cover for Mane. Stelling pointed out that Elia had scored a goal against Scotland at Hampden Park.

Tiss says United have won games recently without playing their best, rather than having improved dramatically. He thinks we will win if we play like we played at SMS. I love the way Matty refers to Saints as 'we' and 'us'...we know the other panellists support Arsenal, Liverpool etc but they don't do this.

 

Utd are rightly favourites in my book, and I would expect them to win. I'm really looking forward to the game, but alas I don't think we will come away with anything.

I said during Xmas that if we're still in the top four after this particular weekend, then we could actually do our. Our tough two months would be over, and we'd have played Utd and Arsenal twice. So lets see...

Oh, I'd personally go back to 3-5-2 now that Clyne is available again. Gardos has seemed alright vs Arsenal and Utd (albeit he should have been sent off vs Arsenal, in my view).

 

It's difficult to feel that kind of belonging when you support one of those clubs.

 

Cheers TSS. Thankfully, SFC have organised a duplicate for me to pick up at OT.

 

Will Elia play? What with Malanda (20yr old former team mate) dying in a car crash today. RIP

 

Well, if we win tomorrow we could go 5 points clear of 5th... gulp.

 

Old Saints would usually blow this......gulp.

 

Might motivate him to score and take off his shirt for a tribute.

 

Understandable reaction, but let's not take the foot off the pedal, eh..? Winners go for it. Losers say it doesn't really matter. Let's hope Saints are in a winners frame of mind tomorrow.

 

Here's Victor. Sounds like they are busy gardening. Is that a man with a leaf blower in the background?