Fitzhugh Fella

Ex-Saints goalkeeper 1959-61, Bob Charles has sadly passed away. Bob played in goal when 3rd Division Saints famously beat 1st Division Man City in the FA Cup 5-1 in 1960, he was a larger than life character who made his debut between the sticks aged just 17 but a broken elbow curtailed a promising career. He played a total of 35 games for the club. He was in digs with Micky Channon and was a well known figure around Bedford Place in the 70s. He later had a car sales business in Portswood. Condolences to his wife Maureen and family.

Nearly became our manager before Nigel Pearson. Held talks with Crouch despite being with Stoke City at the time. His father-in-law is ex-Saint Bill Stroud

What's hilarious two of those players had great careers at The Dell and they can't even bring themselves to mention it.

Worth a read http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1982893-southampton-why-cant-the-saints-turn-possession-into-goals

Again wise words imo, you must have gone to a good school

Can't believe I agree with a Daily Fail columnist but I do.....wash your mouth my son!

Jay Rod? You're kidding right?

Well played that man, if you subtracted the empty away seats you could then half that.

Trouble is we have hit our glass ceiling in terms of achievement, those players who want more will have to move to get what they want

Well if he is a troll or a WUM then good riddance but sometimes those with the non conformists or non "toeing the party line" views get lumped into those categories. Sometimes on this forum it is regarded as heresy if you don't give 100% unwavering support to the current regime. I don't agree with him re MP, I think it would be madness to get rid of him but GS has got to be entitled to his views, although he does post far too much on the same subject, which is one reason he gets people's backs up I guess.

I am at a lost why someone who admittedly posts a lot of negative stuff should still be accused of trying to destabilise. He doesn't like MP for reasons I assume to be genuine (if not misplaced imo) so he is entitled to back that up without being accused of being a Pompey fan or trying to start a revolution. I don't agree with him Nick but there has got to be room on this forum for opposing views without shrieks of "you must be a skate" or in my case "you have an agenda". Just what are people afraid of? This is hardly 1916 Russia.

Pompey were the better side. The reason? The players all realised they were on show what with the cameras being there. They weren't playing for the best team in the world.... they were playing with an eye to being signed.

Give me Lambert over jayRod any day of the week. He has a football brain and is still a big presence. JayRod does not have much of either

I want him to stay but as the games slip by I get the impression he is not happy. Can't put my finger on it just get the impression he is going through the motions. I hope I am wrong and I hope whoever is running the club gets their finger out pretty soon.

Whatever the stats say some of the football we have played since he came in has been the best for a quarter of a century. Just the end result is lacking.

Either way (and I hope he stays, better the devil you know and all that) it needs sorting quickly for when the market opens

Sort of sums it up for me. Someone should tell MP to look up the word "clinical" in his dictionary.

I would still prefer Lambert any day over Jay Rod. At least Lambert has a brain.

Chambers over Clyne for me any day and it seems the manager agrees

Artur Boruc, New Years Day v Arsenal. Adkins had given him the impression he wasn't playing, so he had a "good" night only to be told he was playing when he arrived at SMS. Who can forget those first 15 minutes?

Fair points and yes her being at the home of the Hammers is good news. I hope she liked the jellied eels etc. I think all of us would feel comfortable if she remained our owner and was prepared to maintain the financial commitment. Like I said MP's actions in the summer will be the first clue.

Interesting read - I was under the impression Michael Wilde had little or no money left after his business went south? Obviously wrong, I also believe his New Forest house was recently on the market.

In James we trust!

David just because she is showing some interest in us doesn't mean she isn't going to sell. If you were thinking of selling the family silver presumably you would give it a good polish beforehand? We will soon know when we see what funds are available in the summer or even before that if Pochettino walks at the season's end.

Once a player has sold his soul to play in the States there is no coming back into proper football.