On that subject, anyone else doing "Movember"? Despite an inability to grow more than dirty mark on the upper lip for a month, I've been doing it for 5 years and raised a reasonable amount. If anyone's interested, I have a "team" of like-minded blokes and the money raised goes to a brilliant cause! Let me know if you're interested or doing it yourself. Always happy to meet like-minded Mo-Bros and Mo-Sistahs!!
Oh, go on then... [video=youtube;dTfNj9_TmLA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dTfNj9_TmLA[/video]
Just showed a few of our goals v Sunderland and mentioned the confidence we must have, so a win predicted. This over confidence stuff is beginning to worry me...thank goodness for Lawro and his 1-1 prediction.
Impressive stats from the BBC: Southampton Southampton's tally of 16 points from eight games is their highest in a top-flight season since 1983-84, when they earned 17 points at the same stage and went on to finish second. The 8-0 win over Sunderland last weekend was their biggest margin of victory in a league match since December 1921, when they beat Northampton Town by the same score. The Saints have the best penalty record of any team in the Premier League (53 taken, 51 scored). Ronald Koeman has made the fewest substitutions in the Premier League this season (19). Fraser Forster has the best saves to shots ratio of any first-choice goalkeeper in the top flight in 2014-15 (75%). Dusan Tadic became the first player to provide four goal assists in a single Premier League game since Arsenal's Santi Cazorla against Wigan in May 2013. He is only the sixth player to assist four Premier League goals in a game (after Bergkamp, Reyes, Fabregas, Adebayor and Cazorla).
Ronald Koeman has made the fewest substitutions in the Premier League this season (19). Either he's brilliant at picking the best team - or the players are just too good to substitute!
Lawro "There is no way Saints will score eight against Mark Hughes' Stoke side" I do love a challenge!
Just to continue with his reasoning... "!...they have only conceded nine all season and have the best defensive record in the Premier League outside the top three." And Sunderland had equal second best record having conceded 7 goals in previous games this season, before playing Saints. So that's blown his logic out of the water with the shortest explanation I have ever written. Incidentally, Sunderland now have the fourth worst GD in front of Villa, Burnley and QPR. Stoke are equal 13th on GD. Saints are 2nd on GD. It's just so easy to pull stats around.
Betfair implied chances: 60 Saints win 16 Stoke win 24 Draw Odds on 6-0 339/1. Bet on it. You heard it here first. Vin
For the first time in agesssssss, the club have opened blocks 43 & 44 for Home Fans. Really hope we sell these out, atmosphere would be cracking.
