Southampton v Aston Villa - Pre Match Thread

[Richard E]

No. No. No.

Oooh might have to dig the Rothmans out

I don't think you should let it get you that worked up that you have to take up smoking! Just look it up in a reference book or something...

[villalion]

Dublin?

[MONCABA]

A very nervy draw methinks.

[passport1]

Filled with thd giddiness of recent results I have recklessly gone for an away win. The fact that their goalie looked less reliable than David James last weekend has increased my optimism.

[Matt Collins]

I'm unusually confident

They're in bad form overall. Much better form at home but they've had a very easy run of fixtures

They've been playing a central defender or a kid in central midfield and three of their best players are out

2-1 to the vanillans

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Lionel Martin and the lad Rudge having been playing well in the Central League team.  Rest a couple of the seniors for Wembley.

[silhillvilla]

Well I can only see Sid got 3 in 3 in 1978 and Lil Lee did the same in 2001. Can't find the one Rothmans I really wanted to check (81/82)

[Matt Collins]

Taylor definitely got something like 6 in 7 at one point - around the time we beat West Ham in the league cup after they fielded an ineligible player

[Ron Manager]

Who was our last midfielder to score in 4 straight games? I genuinely don't know.

Paul Mortimer.......only joking!

[tom jennings III]

Who was our last midfielder to score in 4 straight games? I genuinely don't know.

Paul Mortimer.......only joking!

Who is it then? Mark Kinsella I bet

[Dr Butler]

D.Platt ?  Kevin Gage ??

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[not3bad]

Hopefully we'll still want it a bit more than them.  Narrow win and relax.

[DeKuip]

Who was our last midfielder to score in 4 straight games? I genuinely don't know.

Platt scored in 4 successive league games (inc 2 pens) at the start of 90/91 - A quick check through all seasons since and can't another midfielder who's done it although Taylor, Hendrie (twice) and Barry all scored 4 in 5.
Platt's four were v Liverpool away lost 1-2, Man City away lost 1-2 (pen), Cov home win 2-1 (pen), Derby away won 2-0. He didn't score in the next game but did in the two after to make it 6 in 7.

[damon loves JT]

The fattest player I ever saw in a top-flight game was in a southampton shirt. Richard Dryden. He ran as if his entire training regime centred on the consumption of hot dogs

[PaulWinch again]

Hopefully we'll still want it a bit more than them.  Narrow win and relax.

Yep us to win, then Hull and Sunderland to win and Newcastle lose.