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Southampton v Huddersfield - Amelia Chaffinch - 18-12-2018
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Terriers v Saints
Saturday 22nd December
15:00
John Smith's Stadium
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According to wikipedia, Southampton, the place, is noted for its association with the Titanic and the Spitfire.
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RMS Titanic leaving Southampton
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Spitfire production in Southampton
Southampton, the football club, are known as The Saints. Formed in 1885 as St Mary's Young Men's Association by members of St Mary's Church. Originally they played on The Common but, being the common, they were interrupted regularly by people exercising their right to use it. They moved to the Dell in 1898 and were there until 2001 when they moved to the St Mary's Stadium.
Thanks to Arsenal's paltry efforts on Sunday, Southampton won, putting them up to 17th and dropping us to 19th. Arsenal are therefore utter cockwombles. Until that their form looked at least as bad as ours, if not worse. Now it goes W, L, L, D, L, D whereas ours goes L, L, L, L, W, D.
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It doesn't get much closer than that. Last season was the first time we had played them since 2010/2011 and we managed a 1-1 draw at their place whilst it was 0-0 at ours.
Chris Marsden played for Town from 1988-1994 and for Southampton from 1999-2004.
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Simon Charlton came through the youth system at Town to play for us from 1989-1993. Southampton signed him from us and was on their books until 1998.
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Southampton have appointed a new manager, Ralph Hasenhuttl, since dispensing with terminally dull Mark Hughes. Hasenhuttl translates to rabbit hutch in English. Thumper, as I will now call him, is Austrian born, spent his playing career in Austria, Belgium and Germany. He went on to manage in Germany with his last club being RB Leipzig. Therefore, Thumper is relatively unknown here.
Lets hope Thumper isn't a happy bunny on Saturday and returns to his hasenhuttl with his tail between his legs.
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So who do we need to watch out for? Well, Danny Ings is their top scorer on 7. In fact he got 2 of them against Arsenal. Other than him I'd say Charlie Austin who seems to be the striker likely to come on as sub. He also got a goal against Arsenal. He's on 3.
As for Town, Mounie's available again whilst we know that Mooy, Williams, Smith and Sabiri remain injured.
I know that some of you see failings throughout the team but all I see are good performances in the main. We generally seem to outplay the opposition and it's simply a matter of not scoring. I think, in some part, it is merely a lack of luck. We just need to get the rub of the green. We have the greater possession and more shots but don't score, whereas our opponents seem to get a solitary chance and take it! We have the fight.
Our team needs to go the whole Hogg like we know they can. 
So come on, Town team, are you going to be the iceberg that sends them down like the Titanic or the Fokkers* who get shot down by the Spitfires?
"Oh when the Town
goes marching in,
oh when the Town goes marching in"
Lets not be hearing any of that Saints marching in nonsense.
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The Twelve Questions of Christmas
1. Tree - real or artificial?
2. Snow or no snow?
3. Frosty the snowman or Rudolph the red nosed reindeer?
4. Slade or Wizzard?
5. Morecambe & Wise or The Two Ronnies?
6. Die Hard or It's a Wonderful Life?
7. Away in a Manger or Fairytale of New York?
8. Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve?
9. Christmas pudding or Sherry trifle?
10. Christmas pudding or Yorkshire pudding?
11. Tree up in November or tree up on Christmas Eve?
12. Leg or breast? 
And... once again... I never tire of this....
* using artistic license for comedic effect before anyone points out they were unlikely to be shot down by spitfires. 
RE: Southampton v Huddersfield - St Charles Owl - 18-12-2018
The Twelve Questions of Christmas
1. Tree - real or artificial? Normally a real tree but this year its artificial as we are away for most of Xmas.
2. Snow or no snow? Snow - but only for Xmas, don't need it at any other time!!
3. Frosty the snowman or Rudolph the red nosed reindeer? Horrible choice if I'm honest but I'll go for Frosty.
4. Slade or Wizzard? Wizzard
5. Morecambe & Wise or The Two Ronnies? The Two Ronnies - funny even today!!
6. Die Hard or It's a Wonderful Life? Die Hard - great Christmas movie
7. Away in a Manger or Fairytale of New York? Fairy Tale of New York, one of the best Xmas songs ever!!
8. Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve? Christmas Eve
9. Christmas pudding or Sherry trifle? I'll have to go for Christmas pudding but if you can provide a trifle without sherry in it then I would switch!!
10. Christmas pudding or Yorkshire pudding? Yorkshire pudding - one of the things we do every Christmas to try to retain something from home!!
11. Tree up in November or tree up on Christmas Eve? Tree up at Thanksgiving to be accurate, so the Third weekend in November, which is traditionally the start of the holiday season over here.
12. Leg or breast? Leg all day long!!
RE: Southampton v Huddersfield - jjamez - 18-12-2018
1. Tree - real or artificial? Artificial
2. Snow or no snow? Snow
3. Frosty the snowman or Rudolph the red nosed reindeer? Rudolph
4. Slade or Wizzard? Slade. I have something in common with one of them
5. Morecambe & Wise or The Two Ronnies? Too difficult, but I'm 25 and love barker in porridge
6. Die Hard or It's a Wonderful Life? Die hard
7. Away in a Manger or Fairytale of New York? Neither?
8. Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve? Christmas eve
9. Christmas pudding or Sherry trifle? Chocolate or toffee pudding, otherwise I'm dieting
10. Christmas pudding or Yorkshire pudding? Yorkies all the way
11. Tree up in November or tree up on Christmas Eve? On this year, it wouldn't be up at all, but xmas eve
12. Leg or breast? Beef
RE: Southampton v Huddersfield - ritchiebaby - 19-12-2018
The Twelve Questions of Christmas
1. Tree - real or artificial? Artificial - real gives me the needle!
2. Snow or no snow? Snow - it keeps the nervous drivers off the roads and out of my way!
3. Frosty the snowman or Rudolph the red nosed reindeer? Frosty everytime.
4. Slade or Wizzard? Wizzard at Christmas time, but Slade are better.
5. Morecambe & Wise or The Two Ronnies? The Two Ronnies (after extra time and a penalty shoot-out).
6. Die Hard or It's a Wonderful Life? Not really keen on either - I'll watch a Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special instead.
7. Away in a Manger or Fairytale of New York? Fairytale of New York - not the best but still a classic.
8. Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve? Christmas Eve - that's a grandfather speaking.
9. Christmas pudding or Sherry trifle? I'll pass and have another glass of malt.
10. Christmas pudding or Yorkshire pudding? Yorkshire pudding (filled with gravy).
11. Tree up in November or tree up on Christmas Eve? Neither - up 12 days before and down 12 days after.
12. Leg or breast? I'm a breast man myself (since birth!
)
RE: Southampton v Huddersfield - WakeyTerrier - 19-12-2018
The Twelve Questions of Christmas
1. Tree - real or artificial?
Artificial
2. Snow or no snow?
No Snow
3. Frosty the snowman or Rudolph the red nosed reindeer?
Neither
4. Slade or Wizzard?
Neither
5. Morecambe & Wise or The Two Ronnies?
Can't stick either programme, no doubt we'll be subjected to this dated crap in the holiday period
6. Die Hard or It's a Wonderful Life?
Die Hard
7. Away in a Manger or Fairytale of New York?
Fairytale of New York
8. Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve?
Neither, as far as I'm concerned its the time of year when the part time drinkers and full time wankers come out to play
9. Christmas pudding or Sherry trifle?
Disgusting stuff.
10. Christmas pudding or Yorkshire pudding?
Yorkshire Pudding every time.
11. Tree up in November or tree up on Christmas Eve?
If we have nothing to choose from in between then Xmas Eve
12. Leg or breast?
If we're talking Turkey then neither, its a 5 course curry for me this year.
If we're talking about something else....breast
RE: Southampton v Huddersfield - Amelia Chaffinch - 19-12-2018
The Twelve Questions of Christmas
1. Tree - real or artificial? Artificial
2. Snow or no snow? No snow
3. Frosty the snowman or Rudolph the red nosed reindeer? Rudolph
4. Slade or Wizzard? Wizzard
5. Morecambe & Wise or The Two Ronnies? M&W
6. Die Hard or It's a Wonderful Life? Die Hard
7. Away in a Manger or Fairytale of New York? New York
8. Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve? New Year's Eve but staying in
9. Christmas pudding or Sherry trifle? Sherry trifle
10. Christmas pudding or Yorkshire pudding? Yorkshire pudding
11. Tree up in November or tree up on Christmas Eve? Christmas Eve
12. Leg or breast? Veggie
RE: Southampton v Huddersfield - Lord Snooty - 20-12-2018
The Twelve Questions of Christmas
1. Tree - real or artificial? Artificial
2. Snow or no snow? No snow
3. Frosty the snowman or Rudolph the red nosed reindeer? Rudolph. Loved this as a kid. My grandad had it on a 78rpm record. I used to play it over and over at their house.
4. Slade or Wizzard? Wizzard
5. Morecambe & Wise or The Two Ronnies? Morecambe & Wise
6. Die Hard or It's a Wonderful Life? Never seen It's a Wonderful Life. Hoping to get it watched this time around, just to have watched it. So Die Hard, a Christmas classic.
7. Away in a Manger or Fairytale of New York? Love Away in a Manger, but you can't beat Fairytale of New York. A classic love song.
8. Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve? Christmas Eve.
9. Christmas pudding or Sherry trifle?
10. Christmas pudding or Yorkshire pudding?
11. Tree up in November or tree up on Christmas Eve?
12. Leg or breast?
RE: Southampton v Huddersfield - theo_luddite - 20-12-2018
The Twelve Questions of Christmas
1. Tree - real or artificial? Kim Wilde Rocking Around either
2. Snow or no snow? Snow on Xmas Eve for Xmas morning, melted by Boxing Day
3. Frosty the snowman or Rudolph the red nosed reindeer? Frosty if it's the song, Rudolf if it's a meal.
4. Slade or Wizzard? Slade
5. Morecambe & Wise or The Two Ronnies? Ronnie Barker, the other 3 can sod off down the pub together
6. Die Hard or It's a Wonderful Life? Haven't seen either
7. Away in a Manger or Fairytale of New York? Fairytale
8. Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve? If I'm in bed by midnight on both I'm happy.
9. Christmas pudding or Sherry trifle? Xmas Pud. I don't touch jellies since I found where it comes from.
10. Christmas pudding or Yorkshire pudding? Yorkshire Pudding with Rum Sauce? Now there's a thought, or a challenge.
11. Tree up in November or tree up on Christmas Eve? It's not going up this year at all. Only the spiders will see it so sod 'em.
12. Leg or breast? Both, with some love handles in between to grab hold of.
Nice one AmChaff
RE: Southampton v Huddersfield - theo_luddite - 21-12-2018
Before I forget
RE: Southampton v Huddersfield - jjamez - 22-12-2018
so what is everyone thinking today? change of personnel? change of formation? or same old same old, trying the same thing a million times and expecting a different result?
now which scientist said something about learning a 100 ways how not to do something?
i know a few people who are getting a little bit fed up of wagners tactics and reluctance to change, now i think he's allowed to stay until he chooses to leave, but i do pesonally agree that the tactics are starting to wear on me, especially at home, i dont mind going to contain away but not at home. hopefully we see something click and give saints a hammering