Fitzhugh Fella

Pat Parker, Saints centre-half between 1951 and 1959 has sadly passed away on Tuesday 28th. He played 145 games for Saints and despite being a Devonian remained in Southampton after football. The last time I saw Pat was the summer before last when despite being in a wheelchair he came to West Quay for one of Terry Paine's "Suited and Booted" signings. He was so pleased to see his ex-playing colleague. A lovely approachable gentleman, my thoughts go out to his family.

looks like it I am afraid

With Lambert out for a few more weeks we do need someone in up front. Gallagher did well but it is too much to ask a nipper to lead the line

Just waiting for a few Hagiology books to be stocked now?

Yes that was the mix-up, sorry Gareth Rogers is still there

No I have been told he has left the club, I am not saying it is 100% but the source is genuine and reliable

Hearing from a good source that our interim CEO has stepped down which has left us without a CFO and a CEO. Anyone else heard any whispers? Update - my source was wrong - happy to say Gareth is still there I have now been told. Apologies to everyone inc him. I think my source was referring to another departure last week. Mods please close this thread

flogging a dead horse is a waste of your energy Trousers - your time would be better spent hounding Neil Allen or rewriting contemporary political history.

We once had two right backs (Ellerington and Ramsey) not only vying for places in the Saints team but the England team too.

Cracking performance. Chambers awesome Rodriguez too easily "out muscled" both defensively and when he plays through the middle Gallagher a real prospect, that chance was very hard as it came very quick, very promising Cork, no way can he be dropped Shaw cracking cross for Fonte's first goal Good atmosphere, one of those special SMS nights. Should have won but happy with a point, now we just need to sign a striker imo.

It really is not great to play Arsenal and rely on a rookie no matter how promising he is. Can't see us finding the net tonight.

You don't seem to have grasped Osvaldo simply can't be allowed back - he is history but we do need to replace him you are right on that score

Absolute re-writing of history. He was the most negative manager we ever had. Have you ever read what Mick Channon wrote about him in his biographies?

I love this post, really made me laugh

How do you know he apologised (Eng sp) privately if it was private?

I like this article and admit I can't truly enjoy a Saints win unless it is coupled with a P*mpey loss - even better when we win away and they lose at home.

One thing I do know Pinnacle were nothing but a sham and one fact I have recently learned is they tried to tap Liebherr up for a few bob by offering to drop out of contention. Could explain why NC was so anti.

Spot on - it is in the correct place without a doubt

Would love to write something and I am sure Lowe would be prepared to talk but not sure everyone would tell the whole truth. Plus am I objective enough? Manji would certainly say NO to that.

Good point but no theory is 100% fool proof - I still maintain in 95% of young footballers if you haven't made it into the first team on a regular basis by the time you leave your teens it isn't going to happen. #rule of thumb

Rupert got bailed out by the council after putting all his eggs in the Stoneham basket.

Yea but we blooded Shaw aged 17 and Chambers 18. IMO if you aint banging the door down at 18 you aint gonna make it. All our great players ie Shearer, Channon, Bale, Le Tiss were doing it at 18

I represented plenty of people for crimes very similar. It was always my duty to do my upmost to save their jobs and the best way was - if they were guilty - was for them to admit their guilt, apologise sincerely, make financial reparations like offering to finance any dental work and basically beg forgiveness with a promise of never doing it again. Depending on the manager and the amount of provocation involved plus hopefully a clean record, one or two kept their jobs but lost rank etc. As far as I can see Osvaldo has shown little or no remorse, he has history and I wouldn't bank on him not doing it again. Plus we have the situation where his colleagues seem to have turned their back on him. He has no future whatsoever at SMS. He knows it, the club knows it and my guess is he has played his last game. To do what he did so soon after his violent conduct charge at St James is ludicrous and let's remember up there it was not even during the hurly burly of a match but his actions had an element of pre-meditation. The guy's a nut job and if he was allowed to stay could seriously undermine the great team spirit we have engineered over the last few seasons.

Even if we don't get rid off him it will be impossible to pick him