sir woody

Bitter Annoying Tedious Arrogant Played ****e Today Pathetic Lost their home record to a better side schizophrenic childish moronic Been incredibly lucky all season, bar a few games New stadium, looks ****, jog on !!

Agreed, it makes me cringe !

I think the Championship is about his level now to be honest, Lambert and Beattie that could be very interesting indeed !

to the championship next season , a certain Mr.James Beattie wants to come back to St.Marys, either on loan or as a transfer. You heard it here first !! Good or Bad - Discuss Source - direct from James Beattie

Exactly, out of order

SimonC and the decent AFCB fans aside, a personal message from me: Dear Bucket Rattlers Stop it, just stop it. Enough is enough. Your infatuation with us has surpassed even the mildest mannered of Saints supporters now. Those whom, like me, went along to support and contribute to one of the money spinning friendlies between the two clubs when you were in dire financial straights – only to be abused remorselessly for the duration of the game. “Scummers! Scummers!” you shouted at us as we stood there, completely bemused as to where this hatred had come from. Many, like me, had always looked out for Bournemouth results and had cheered whenever the tannoy announcer at The Dell or St.Mary’s announced that the Cherries had won. You have left us feeling rather confused and if truth be told, a little angry. I know I am. You accuse us of arrogance. That’s an incredible statement coming from a side that has dwelled beneath us for decades. Sure, some Saints fans have in the past alluded to the fact that we are probably too big a club for this league. That’s the truth. If you’d take the time to look at the facts then you might agree, too. We average more than many Premier League clubs and likewise, Championship clubs. However, don’t be fooled; we KNOW implicitly that football is not decided on attendances alone. We know we must earn the right to get out of this division like everyone else. Don’t confuse “arrogance” with what is clearly an educated and correct assessment of the size of our club. We are a medium sized Premier League club and no amount of bleating and accusations of arrogance will change that. Yet you must also remember that despite this, most if not all Saints fans recognise that we have no god-given right to be a Premier League side. So, with that in mind, please dispel any misconceptions you have about us being arrogant. Bournemouth, on the other hand, can be dutifully proud of their own snobbish and arrogant behaviour. One season at level pegging with us divisionally and you’ve gone into meltdown. You have the temerity to accuse us of arrogance while chomping on your sticks of rock. Then, at another level, you are very quick to forget that we did help you in the times you needed financial help. Neil Moss, remember him? Advance payment. Loan players like Surman and Lallana in recent years… remember them? Friendlies, fundraisers and pitch maintenance equipment too – you even received help from our ground staff! Is it me, or have you forgotten to thank us? Christ, it’s like dealing with a spoilt child. And before you begin whining that I’ve mentioned that we’ve helped you and you accuse my comments of atypical arrogance that you’ve received from us, please remember one thing; Did you, or did you not receive that help? Yes. Yes you did. If anyone is arrogant, it is you for completely bypassing those parts of your history. But we’re not done yet. Oh no, I’ve still more points to make. Let’s talk about your “plucky underdog” mentality. “Big bad Southampton” are coming to visit. “Nasty, horrible Southampton” whose fans kill babies and rape women (and men, probably too – I’ve seen the scaremongering rubbish in your local paper from Neil Meldrum). Led by their evil mastermind, Don Cortese! Give it a rest you morons. You like to remind us that we too, are a “nothing club”. In terms of the top six or so clubs in the Premier League and a few traditional founding football members spattered across the leagues or now defunct, yes, you’re right. We’ve achieved nothing. Yet, if our best achievements include treading water in the top division for 27 consecutive years amongst the real big, bad bullies of the Premier League and a couple of cup final appearances, then I'd take that over "plucky Bournemouth". Remind us, what have you achieved? Oh, that’s right. You’re a “plucky underdog”, I remember now. Still, teams of a similar size have achieved far more than you in recent times. Blackpool? Well, they’re in the Premier League. Hull? Swindon? Notts County? Oldham? They’ve all been in the top division over the past twenty years. Brighton? Colchester, S****horpe, Plymouth, Luton, Southend, Bury, Crewe, Walsall, Stockport, Doncaster? They’ve got further than you, too. That’s a lot of plucky underdogs not weighed down with a significant chip on their shoulders. Hell, even MK Dons have won more in their short existence than you lot. So that makes you a "plucky, underachieving underdog". Diddums. So if you’re going to remind us that our existence in the Premier League was pointless than I am almost duty-bound to remind you that you’ve been nothing in the lower leagues too. Forgive me. Oh no, wait - poke it. I'm not done yet. And by the way, I’d take our Matt Le Tissier memories to your Roger Boli moments every day of the week, ta. At first, you reminded me of Portsmouth’s annoying little brother with all the “Scummer” comments. It was almost as if you were pulling at your big brothers coat tails and saying “Look, look, we called them a scummer too!”. But over the past few days (possibly weeks), you’ve been frothing at the mouth, fantasising about playing us again and creating some sort of rivalry. From being Portsmouth’s annoying, perhaps retarded little brother you’ve transformed. Forgive me, but in my imagination now you’ve morphed into a crazed, wide-eyed stalker. You’re obsessed with us, yet you are convinced that despite our constant reaffirmation that we don’t care about you, it’s us who is stalking you. Truth is you’ve been tailing us ever since the final whistle at Burton Albion. “Que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, we’re going to St.Mary’s, que sera sera” Remember that? How cringeworthy. Yet you say its our Cup final and not yours? Are you sure about that, or are you just being arrogant? Hang on, I thought you said you were the “plucky underdogs”? Which is it, Cherries? So, from a benign if slightly annoying neighbour to a crazy, rabidly obsessed one. The type whom is always peering through his binoculars and into our garden. Dare we show any affection? Cherries, you’ll never be our rivals for any long-term period of time. All that you’ve achieved from your continuous baiting, bickering and belittling of Saints is a loss of empathy and ultimately, support from Saints fans – which, if truth be told, you had in abundance up until a couple of years back. We feel more inclined to laugh at you now than help you but anyway, that's what you always wanted, right? You never wanted our sympathy, you keep reminding us. That's ok then - just don't ever come rattling your buckets this way again because it won't be money going in it this time. Some of us who were present at one of those many fundraising games have never forgotten our “welcome” and how ungracious you were and continue to be. That said, most Saints fans have only come to realise in recent days in the build up to this game what prized pillocks most of you are. You have been spiteful and petty. You have been rude and arrogant. With any luck, you'll finally be put in your rightful place (sectioned, if I were to keep with the analogy I described above) tomorrow when the Premier League juggernaut rolls into your quaint, 12000 capacity but rarely full, field of dreams. How's that for arrogance? Enjoy your Cup Final. Afterthoughts... PS: Many of your fans have arrogantly panned The Dell and/or St. Mary’s in recent times. Whatever your observation, at the very least our stadiums have always had four sides operational. Think about it. PPS: You’ve also criticised our attendances. Have a think about that one… we get more than many Premier League and Championship clubs. Remind us of what you get again? PPPS: Get your own radio station, you’ve been clogging up Radio Solent for years now and it’s getting as tiresome as your stalker-like advances towards us. PPPPS: If I ever come into to any money I'm going to partner up with Marc Jackson, buy AFBC, demolish Dean Court and put a monkey chicken petting zoo there. At least it'll guarantee more than 5,000 visitors every Saturday. Last edited by Crab Lungs; Today at 07:22 PM. That is undoubtedly brilliant, now from another saints fan that used to look out for bournemouth's scores on a saturday, GO **** YOURSELVES !!

The Journalist that wrote this is an absolute bell end.

Who gives a toss !

Are you lot blind, no way in a million years is that Cortese, it looks nothing like him !!

Agreed, Binmouth could end up looking very stupid !!

I hope he doesn't win it then, it would be the 'kiss of death' for him and us.

So sorry to hear of Dean Richards passing. A lovely man, with the heart of a lion. You will be sadly missed by everyone who knew you. R.I.P Deano

Who cares about bournemouth or brighton, tiny little clubs punching above their weight. We've got ourselves in this mess and should just concentrate on getting out of this **** league. Our only rivals are Portsmouth and that will never change.

Massive Difference , Not

I am frustrated by Nigel Adkins attempts to make a **** result sound ok, the man talks a good game but has not delivered. Something tells me that if we carry on playing his way we will not automatically be promoted and will struggle to even make the play offs. Stop the bull**** and get some wins, if not go back to S****horpe !

Eddie Mitchell = Bell End - Ignore Him !

All the money raised from these events goes to the ex saints association and primarily Kevin Moore.

Just done a little bit of digging. His nickname is 'The Bomber' , he's Albanian and he's a striker. More than that i dont know.

Apparently we have had a 1.4m bid accepted for this guy from rapid vienna. Is he any good ?

I have been a saints fan since 1976, its a brilliant rollercoaster ride. And by the way i'm 42.

Who cares, bournemouth will disappear without trace now he's gone. They dont like us, we don't care, end of.

I'm going to say Cortese - He has made a few rash decisions, but getting rid of Pardew was a masterstroke,bringing in a very clever young manager(Adkins) with experience at this level was another very clever move, Adkins is way sharper than 90% of the managers in this league and probably the championship as well. Do not underestimate Cortese, i think you'll find if anybody does, it will be to their own detriment !!

We don't need him !

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2011/Jan/FA-Cup-fourth-round-draw.aspx Just read this from the man u website, he's being complimentary !!

I seem to remember someone on the board saying that we have had it installed, but it was never fully operational. Is that still the case ?