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Exactly right. Mike Dean turned what would admittedly be a poor scoreline into a humiliating one with his ridiculous decisions. Pretty much universal condemnation of him across the media for his display last night. There is no question that he has a problem with Southampton FC. Itâs way past time when referees should be obliged to give an interview after the game and justify decisions they make, after all managers and players have to. If Mike Dean knew he would be confronted with footage of incidents, and in the light of that had to explain why he made certain decisions it would concentrate his mind and curb his overinflated ego.
On another note there are worrying suggestions this morning that Jankewitz came out last night and deliberately got himself sent off, his agent said, âhe doesnât want to play at Southamptonâ. Looking at that tackle, at that early stage of the game, his first contribution, it is highly likely to be the case. He must have known what the result of his assault,(because thatâs what it was), on McTominay would be. I wouldnât be at all surprised if his agent put him up to it, they are mercenary bastards with no scruples whatsoever.
Might want to take it down
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When I read those reports, and Iâve no reason to doubt them, I immediately thought of Ralphâs comment quite recently that any player not fully committed to Southampton would be allowed to leave, that we didnât want anyone here that doesnât want to be here. I know weâre now in the middle of an injury crisis, but he was so definite about it that the statement suddenly seems a bit hollow.
Anything specific, or is that just a general musing? 
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Food for thought.
2nd Feb 2021. Man Utd 9 Saints 0.
2nd Feb 1974. Ipswich 7 Saints 0.
I fucking hate the 2nd of February. I went to that one, which was for some reason, a 7pm ko. We had been 5th at xmas, but had stopped winning, other than a couple of cup wins. Everyone thought it wouldnât last
We got relegated.
Groundhog Day!
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This is leveled out by everyone else being in the same situation.
A nice little take on proceedings from the Guardian:
To be resolutely fair to Southampton, they should have had a consolation to make it 4-1, but VAR spotted that Fred and Harry Maguire were offside, or something, we donât know any more, and it might not be too much longer until nobody cares. Also, the penalty that sparked the late three-goal flurry that turned a mere garden-variety thrashing into Thundering Humiliation II was fairly soft, while the second red, for Jan Bednarek, was a Mike Dean speciality.
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Everyone else has the same number of players out? Nope
Spot on. And we have appealed the red of course. Because it was bollocks
Havenât seen that confirmed
No ambition, no goals, where do we go from here?Club not said it directly but the usual informed media have clearly been briefed.
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I asked RalphâŚ
âdo you think United will score tonightâ
He repliedâŚâNeinââŚ
And I thought he was talking German !
See that the club are reporting racist abuse is being aimed at our players after last night. FFS 
Sorry @Bucks I moved your post as it was hidden in the other ones, anyway here is the Clubâs statement on the matter
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No apology needed. Shameful news
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We are all disappointed with what happened last night, but it is just a football match and there can never be any excuse for people to dish out racial abuse on the back of it. I hope the scumbags who did this get named and shamed and banned from the club.
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