Its bloody lovely
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It was somewhat prophetic wasnât it 
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Poch neglecting to mention our tactical change at halftime. Perhaps he should have reacted to that?
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And how his mobile phone instructions to the bench made absolutely no difference 
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If you lose itâs poor form to blame the refâŚbut if you win, itâs fucking open season!
So, how does Kevin Friend explain himself tonight?
ReallyâŚwhat the fuck was he doing?
It was like Chris Graylingâs thicker, less-organised brother had won a competition to have a go at refereeing for a day.
The inconsistency was breathtaking, the ability to miss obvious incidents, a failure to impose cards - he was out of his depth in every aspect of the gig.
He even fucked up the toss and got the ends wrong - the worst display since that appalling bloke did that thought-provoking, conspiracy-theorist-pleasing, bookie-friendly, Liverpool game.
I forget the name of that bloke from back then because he would clearly have been sacked after presiding over that historic mother-of-all-clusterfucks.
But I would rather plan my future around old bus slogans, or sign up to motivational speaking course run by Barry, than see Mr Friend in charge again.
The only time he should be allowed to pick up a whistle is if he goes on the BBC sheep-based programme One Blind Incompetent Fuckwit and His Dog.
Heâs presumably stuck in his dressing room tonight, still trying to work out which way up his fucking socks go.
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Kevin Friend booked Redmond for this too.
We were as good in the second half as we were poor in the firstâŚreason why we lost the toss and kicked towards The Chapel in the first. We never win when we play that wayâŚsee, the exception always proves the rule.
The second half was exceptionalâŚa real gutsy performance where the team spirit from last week suddenly reappeared. We were in their face from the whistle for the second half when we gave them too much space in the first and allowed them to settle into their comfortable passing game.
Friend was so poor the Northam started singing âone of you ownâŚheâs one of your own, Kevin Friend heâs one of your own.â
Hutch was the mastermind but why did we take so long to get fired up. I thought weâd really be in their faces from the off after last weeks performance. Itâs so infrequently we put in a 90minute performanceâŚannoying.
Sims made a big difference when he has all the physical stature to be blown away in The Premier League he has a great footballing brain and a good engine. Hope heâs now secured his squad position.
Saddened by the anti-semitic chantingâŚâYid Army, Yid Armyâ continually in the first half. Of course although it came from the Spuds supporters Iâm confident most of those chanting were not in fact Jewish.
On a brighter note I was pleased to be accompanied down the road after the game by an appoplectic Spuds fan. He was beetroot red cursing loudly shouting things like, âI CANâT BELIEVE IT, HOW COULD WE BE BE BEATEN BY THESE USELESS SOUTH COAST CUNTSââŚhe repeated this mantra all the way to his car. I said to my mate I wasnât sure if I was happier for the 3 points or for the entitled cunt suffering such torture.
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Called it 3 days ago, never in doubt! I shall never put a score prediction up here ever again!!
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The âYid Armyâ was coming through load and clear on the US stream I was watching.
Assume that the authorities will turn a blind eye to it?
TBH I donât give a toss to how fans identify themselves, but if the club gets fined etc then all to the good
There are too many games both here & abroad where important refereeing mistakes are made. VAR might help correct this but from what Iâve seen of it the process is so slow and almost hinders the flow of the game when itâs used. Iâd like to see refs demoted or even sacked if they canât get the important decisions right. Considering the money theyâre on and what they seem to get away with I donât think the threat of the sack should be seen as unreasonable.
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I agree totally BUT if they did get the sack, who would step up to replace them. Have a national ref lottery? Innit almost time for the âletâs blood new refsâ stage of the season? Will be âinterestingâ to see how that goes for sure!
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Probably more like âHow did you let Southampton win, you idiot!!â
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Surely a regular Championship ref can be promoted up based on their performance to replace asshats like Mr Friend while he gets demoted to refereeing in, say, League 1 for a while or sacked and goes off to stack shelves at Lidl.
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And how was this NOT at least an indirect free kick?
Meanwhile, what a brilliant match report if youâre a Saints fan!
Gold. That would be practical. Though we are talking about the Premier League head honchos here 
And today just got better
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2nd on MOTD
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