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The thread is about southampton, but the conversation veered away to a separate discussion on Brighton fielding weakened teams in the previous rounds. Southampton have nothing to us v Reading or us v Port Vale (or us v Hull, really). How well Southampton played, how justified they were...

Did you deliberately ignore that first paragraph? It isn't about "weak players" it's about "weakened teams" - teams who have rested first team regulars giving spots to second choice, youth players, reserves, etc. Focusing on "weak players" distorts the discussion. I specifically cited Calderon...

"Weak players" well, you can probably point to the southampton players and argue they are not weak. But we are talking weakened teams - a team that features players who are not considered first choice, players may be considered good enough, but when looking at the squad as a whole they are not...

Didn't we play weakened teams when we face Port Vale and Reading and still won?