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Just from the comments of the people listening it sounded poor (i.e. third hand!) and we don't seem to be able to raise the tempo of the game and then bring our quality into play. No doubt other people in the same situation will give a detailed analysis of what is wrong and what should be done...

His corners don't sound too good though, do they? Mind you there was an article/blog in The Grauniad the other day about how so many corners are poor these days, and that was talking about the Premiership mainly.

another OG by Py!

I'm sure that's a cut and paste from an old thread.:-)

Mwah, ha, ha. You should look around at the crowd more!

Could be the end of a great friendship over who gets it. Hide the wheel brace! Good luck on getting a ticket..

I can't take some of the replies on this thread seriously. "You should'nt have moved": what are you, peasants who've tilled the family farm for years, or some inter-bred family who've lived on the Flowers estate for 5 generations? As for more deserving fans; the average crowd this year is about 20k. So plenty of others coming out of the woodwork for this. As DubailPhil says, many of us have been supporting saints for years and, as season ticket holders originally at The Dell, have been to hundreds of matches (home and away). Lets have a bit more generosity of spirit and acknowledge we're a wide spread family and our desire to get to see the Saints is a great thing and not something for sniping.

"A football club and you ****ed it up"

This is what leads me to believe there is a whole lot of mucky stuff going on. People with money (unless all inherited like Gaydamak?) tend to having a bit of a clue about finance, as you suggest. The more I hear of this story the less I'm beginning to believe that, though!

"Chainrai was unable to secure face-to-face talks. [with Faraj] Despite being Faraj's lawyer Jacob has also admitted he has never met his client. " Is this how top businessmen work then? You really couldn't make it up.

Ta for that Kingsland. I did read it in the grauniad but wanted to re-read it at my leisure. Copied it now in case your post too gets deleted!

Plus the extra cup games, of course!

Heh, heh. I'm very easy going but might tap your ankles given a chance.;-) I'm 55 in a couple of months and I reckon I could well beat you in a sprint. Technically you are probably correct but I'd probs be better at hockey (and skiing!). We play end of season friendlies against the refs society and with the guys during the winter break and we may not be as strong and dynamic but we don't come out of it looking bad.

Not only that, but dodgy blocks of masonry and how extremely embarassed AK was when he came over afterwards to thank us.

Can we also have a women's veteran's side? I play punta... er.. striker. I'm not fussy, I score with my head, knee, right boob (ow...). Right-sided but happy to use my left, like chipping the ball which drives my Italian coach spare (even when there is someone in the way of a pinged ground pass). OK, joking. I can't afford the flights. Do have fun though. Football is not a game for professionals!

Pah! I still have my Saintslist "Lets Go to the Dell" T-shirt. 199something.. Help....

Must admit this occurred to me as well. They're probably all on a decent bonus if we get promoted though..

In the Guardian transfer deadline live article: 12.53pm: "My father is the cleaner at Southampton's training ground," says Robin White. "There's a Bulgarian lad there called Robko Byalov being put through a medical, apparently." There you are, you heard it here first. If it's true. Which it almost certainly isn't. I'd have to agree with the last comment!

Bloomin eck, you've had a hard winter in the UK. Mind you, I do second the request for somebody to put them up on youtube for those outside the UK. I really haven't the time and skills to set up a proxy server.

No, I think you are thinking of another poster...

Leaving now, I may be a little while on my all nighter.... Morgan to score whilst I'm out...

well, just off out to the local festival which is a craft/food/agricultural fair thingy let alone the continuous drinking which would suit Dubai and Eric. It's been been on every year for 1000 years. It gets messy as all-nighters tend to do (my first time I went to bed at 8.30 in the morning!), so I hope Saints give me an extra reason for the dancing, singing and drinking in the streets.

Possibly, although I feel that now at Saints the higher management will be asking those good but awkward questions good managers have the knack of asking as to why we are signing particular players. As Pulis and Forecast prove we haven't had that recently... The various length of the contracts new players are signing seems to suggest there is now an element of slightly longer term manpower planning going on.

So many good ones, but these are my nominations based on simplicity and ease to remember, and so regretting I can't make it over, unless herr Liebherr would like to give me a lift: The taxman's gunna shut you down shut you down shut you down The taxmans gunna shut you down poor old pompey The taxman is a Saints Fan, The taxman is a Saints Fan, La-la, la, la. Who had all the thais Who had all the thais You skate bastard you skate bastard You had all the thais Shut them down Inland Revenue and we will love you more than can know. whoa ohh ohh (to the mrs Robinson Tune) Fratton Park is a future block of flats, future block of flats etc Fratton park is falling down,falling down,falling down fratton park is falling down,bye bye Pompey build it up with blue and white,blue and white,blue and white build it up with blue and white and call it "tesco"

Song sheets will be provided... How about an insert in the programme... I reckon we should all link arms and sing Auld Lang Syne, since it may be the last time we ever play P****y. Then all wave them goodbye.