Andrew

Extended highlights https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/highlights/southampton-h-highlights-17-18?autoplay=true&isloggedin=true#_=_

Palace will win that one I think, Zaha should be back.

Well if its any consolation Mark Hughes is the favourite for the southampton job.

That was an absolute stroll for city, for all the shit we got after our first match against them we gave them a tougher game than that on both occasions.

I dunno, when the ref blows up for one player to get treatment fair enough but they just seem to be expected to be uncontested these days, we had one a few games ago that was I think?

Both players were down and treated by physios, Otamendi just had longer treatment. Why shouldn't they contest it?

He's always been sort of square shaped.

Game over. Ending the weekend 13th with the best goal difference in our half of the table and 5 points clear of the relegation zone.

Pellegrino has been sacked.

Refs a fat sod as well, thankfully for him most of the play is firmly planted in one half.

You should keep drinking

Add to that, all the noise has been city fans until Sterling went down a bit easy just now, all stokes managed then was a "booo" Thought they had the loudest fans in the country?

Turned on just as they scored, haven't actually seen a stoke player have the ball yet

He can't deal with the inevitable slide that comes once the feel good factor of a manager with absolutely no standards wears off.

Hes been suspended for now.

Pundits always harp on about how spitting is the worst thing you can do to another pro on the pitch but I reckon people would be more upset if carragher had two footed her and broken her leg.

He struggled coming back after the injury, he looks a fair bit leaner now than he did in those first games after that.

I’m not exactly a big arsenal fan but them smashing Watford and deeney missing a penalty earlier after his smug as fuck reaction to beating them earlier in the season was fun

Has there been a more predictable weekend in the PL? Every result going the way of the bigger/better side this week, not an upset in sight.

It was pretty good to be fair, Kenedys today was better

Match of the Day good to watch for once, Jenas notwithstanding. Quite like Lampard as a pundit so far.

No idea. Rafa seems to know though, it might be tiny and Rafa just doesn't like the slight deviation, office "mavericks" are annoying as fuck, can't imagine its that different in a football team

Not as he was told by the manager. Don't get me wrong, I've no issue with Mitrovic but the lads admitted himself that he struggles to follow Rafas instructions properly, that he prefers Fulham and his national team because he has fewer instructions to follow so its little wonder he does better in their systems (and against weaker opposition with relatively better team mates in fulhams case).

And for every vardy there are how many nugents? In any case Mitro has been loaned to Fulham, not sold, if he does well and comes back confident, fit and willing to work his way into Benitezs side then thats all the better for us.

No, hes playing in a division below for one of the better sides in that league, while that doesn't invalidate his good form lets not pretend he'd have had the chances hes had against the defences hes been playing if he was still with us. Besdies which hes already pretty much admitted himself that he struggles with Rafas tactical approach and I'd rather have Rafa than Mitrovic Gayle got 23 in 26 starts in that league last season and is that top scorer you are referring to. Adam Armstrong has been excellent for Blackburn but its in league one so no ones losing their shit over it