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Any slight underdog overperforming in sport is considered to be "doing a Leicester" these days and it grinds my gears.

I worry that the club will just assume it'll be like the last time we went down. I'm not seeing anything to suggest we're taking the situation seriously. Momentum is massive in football and League 1 is probably the best example where good momentum will get you promoted and bad momentum that isn't stopped will get you relegated.

Best I can offer is 15th place and a 4th round away defeat to Walsall.

Gold on the home shirt

What a farce, honestly. Completely unfair on supporters of Southampton and Middlesbrough.

Will never forget walking back to the tube station flanked by hundreds of goading Arsenal man babies dressed in all the latest Arsenal merch. All immediately shut up when we reminded them we were top of the league. Arsenal then went on to get 1 point from their next 3 games whereas we won 19 points from the next available 21 (conceding just twice) to the point we had enough points to win the league on 10th April.

I agree but he did have a TV interview on the road outside Belvoir Drive about it.

Lovely penalty to be fair to him. Made me laugh listening to Chris Sutton on commentary talk about how great of a season he's had there. He's started 4 league games this season

Bang on. That's a lovely kit.

Clearly not a handball because the ball flies away at pace. Doesn't happen if it hits his palm.

99th minute when there's only 5 added on too. Absolutely stinks. What a shame.

Ref absolutely loved giving it as well didn't he.

What a disgrace.

My god this would be the softest penalty of all time.

Hearts, Hearts, glorious Hearts

Perceived benefits are different to material benefits. Some people think that breaking a mirror gives you 7 years bad luck for instance.

Clearly poor form and not 'the done thing' by Southampton but the whole thing is a massive farce. I would say that anyone that can work out how a team is planning to play a football match from presumably very far away is clearly an absolute genius and that anyone whose teams play in such an obvious manner will be found out immediately by a semi-competent manager anyway. The Southampton manager is clearly a bit of a prat. Should have taken the Bielsa approach and fronted up to it. However, he was definitely outdone by the Middlesbrough manager's tears in the press conference. Absolutely embarrassing. Southampton should get a heavy fine and a smack on the wrists for being so pathetic and we can all move on.

Send them up to the Austrian mountains or wherever it was that Sir Nige used to take them. Get them on bikes for 60 miles a day up and down the hills.

Having just seen the VAR process for this goal and listened to what they've got to say... I actually just think Raya should punch the ball. I think that aspect has gone from goalkeepers. They all seem to think they've got a divine right to be able to catch the ball without pressure. I'm veering towards it being a mistake from him to attempt to catch it.

Ulloa confirmed as a returning legend yet the last thing he did for us was wail to BBC News about how rubbish it was here and about how he was desperate to leave.

For me the issue is that Arsenal have consistently gotten away with similar decisions all season long. There is no clear line. It's a similar situation to the penalties both teams got when we played West Ham at home in the build up to winning the league. Neither of those penalties would have been given earlier in the season yet it felt like referees trying to make a name for themselves. Also, I think the West Ham player that eventually fouls the keeper is being pushing and shoved himself. It sits firmly in that area where the on-field decision was a goal so I don't understand the need to overturn it considering there is so much chaos and so many fouls in such a short period of time. For me, football has lost it's way as an entertainment business that became massive due to the raw emotion. We're lost in an era of super slow motion HD cameras that detect and exacerbate any movement. Football has a deliberately vague ruleset. I wish they took the mantra of "play on" and just let football entertain people rather than frustrating them.

Coady never played under Enzo. No wonder he slagged him off.

We can only wait and see. I personally think we were filled to the brim with fans who weren’t adding to the atmosphere and were going home bored after 80 minutes, and I think it’s those people who haven’t renewed.

Assuming this figure is accurate, it'll be interesting to see how 17k new fans affects the atmosphere in the stadium. I would like to think that it's 17k motivated supporters who have replaced 17k people who have sat there in silence for years and have refused to hold the club to account.

Standard ministerial behaviour in Britain these days.