Match Day Thread Southampton vs Crystal Palace 21/09/2016 Kick Off 7:45 PM

That was really Lamberts fault for missing on the goal line...

 

I hope so, he has been playing consistently well for the u23s/u21s in the central attacking midfield role, so will be well placed to be at the tip of the diamond.
He can still get a bit feisty, but if he can keep his head and not allow himself to be bullied I think he can produce at this level

 

In the context of this season, this is the least important competition so I'd go along with those who suggest giving the fringe players a game. In fact it is the least important of any of the competitions and is over-rated with the possibility of playing at Wembley that costs a fortune.

PS: This is just a subjective viewpoint, but I think this competition should be just for the football league clubs only. Play the final anywhere but Wembley. The London Stadium or the Millennium Stadium are two possibilities.

 

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PS: This is just a subjective viewpoint, but I think this competition should be just for the football league clubs only. Play the final anywhere but Wembley. The London Stadium or the Millennium Stadium are two possibilities.[/QUOTE]

What on earth for?

 

Well the Millennium was good enough for the finals when Wembley was being rebuilt, so why not now? And the football public are being duped if they think Wembley is the ultimate!! Hours spent getting there, pricey tickets, expensive food.

 

Palace could make a few changes.

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/...-alan-pardew/story-29729272-detail/story.html

 

Yes to this. Or even better, scrap it.

 

**** scrapping it. Just make it for teams not in Europe. The bulk of the games are before xmas while the group stages are on.

 

Just to put the alternative view forward - for a competition to be taken seriously you need a competition that includes the top teams, that finishes with a Wembley final and that gives a route to Europe.

To qualify for Europe in the league we need to average over 2 points per game. To qualify in Europe via this competition we need to win just 5 games. With a bye in round 2 that is even less than via the FA Cup.

If we were playing the same players each week I can agree it would be too much but with two whole teams to play before we even dip into the youngsters, I don't see it being too arduous.

 

Jay is fine if anyone was wondering about the scan. Maybe not tomorrow but most likely West Ham.

 

Good. Game management will benefit all of us.

 

I don't reckon winning the League Cup would even come close to winning the JPT. What a buzz that was. A Europa League final might cap it though!

 

Really? I would love to see us win a proper trophy, some of us aren't old enough for '76

 

I consider the JPT to be a proper trophy. No one will ever convince me otherwise, and I just loved it when we sang " You'll never win that!" to Chelsea

 

The fact is that we put the JPT Trophy on the map, the fact that we were restricted in numbers was really annoying.

 

How about Dusans knee?

 

We took 44,000 I believe? Probably could have taken more I guess. Anyway, that record attendance for anyone club at Wembley stood until Spurs played their first CL tie there.

 

Can't see him being there, he has started every game so far including 90 minutes for Serbia. We need to protect him more than anyone IMO.

 

We definitely could of sold more, at least 1 here! Not sure about the record either thought Millwall had 50,000 at a play off final?

As for JPT being a proper trophy why was there no bus parade? Don't get me wrong it was great to win it at the first time of entering the competition and a year after almost going bust but it's not a major honour.

Agree about the chant though, one of my favourite in recent years

 

Another of my gripes was that we never had a chance to see and celebrate the Trophy properly!