Not too much football to go on about this week and in truth the more the current lockdown continues the less compelling football seems to become.  What with many of the so-called `lower leagues` being put in limbo, with empty stadiums, no atmosphere` and a succession of unexpected results, the whole thing seems to have lost some of its appeal.  Either that or I`m a bit miffed that the Saints have now plummeted to ninth in the Premier League.

Anyway, a quick round up of the teams in my line of sight and I`ll start with Southampton who have suffered a 2-0 defeat away at Leicester on Saturday but also managed a 2-0 win last night at home to Shrewsbury in the FA Cup.  At the moment we`re not helped by having at least nine players unavailable through injury or, in the case of leading scorer Danny Ings, a brush with Mr. Covid.  But it`s encouraging to see quite so many of our Academy lads coming through to plug the gaps.

Forest Green Rovers are having a tricky time - a home draw against Port Vale on Saturday was followed by a narrow defeat last night away at Tranmere, where Prenton Park is always a difficult place to go to.  But they came close, battling back to lose 3-2 which included our street`s local hero Scott (`impressive cameo`) Wagstaff coming off the bench after 85 minutes to score Rovers` second goal and coming close to securing a point but for a misguided header deep into added time.  They`re still right up there in League Two though.

And so to Gillingham, whose fortunes seem to be picking up after being on the crest of a bit of a slump in recent weeks.  They managed an impressive 1-0 away win on Saturday at in- form Accrington to rise to 12th in League One.  My neighbour will be chuffed, I`m sure - not only with the win but also the influence of no less than three Southampton Academy lads on loan at the Priestfield to get vital match experience under the beguiling tutelage of Gills` manager Steve Evans.

Now a few weeks ago I was over the moon with the Saints heading the Premier League table for a short while and as I mentioned before I have good friends who are Liverpool and West Ham fans.  For a short while I thought that the natural order of things may have become a bit unbalanced;  however, both Liverpool and West Ham are now above Southampton in the league placings.

I know my place.