Charlie Wayman

Don't Labour the point.

There are lots of folk on here whose posts are worth reading and quite a few that aren't. Some deserve long service medals, others sway with the wind, vocal when we win; invisible when we lose! You know who you are. The Ignore option filters out the bad and the ugly leaving only the good! Great to live in a sanatised world isn't it? My vote goes to @Wade Garrett, it shouldn't I know but his match previews are strangely compulsive. Let's hope that this honour does not mean that he over reaches himself in the future and disppoints through a lack of spontaniety. A shout out for @Whitey Grandad and @Lighthouse for their invaluable common sense in keeping things simple and brief. Thank you too to all on my good list for the entertainment that helps keep us sane when all else is falling apart.

Should we be in for Kalvin Phillips on loan from Man City? Our future can't be built upon 36 yo pension seeking ex-players...

Why not, he has certainly mastered the art of unlocking difficult opposition defences.

You really should have gone to Specsavers 😂

Spot on! That is the harsh reality of life and there are some tough and uncomfortable decisions to be made ahead. We must hope that the board and Russell Martin have the bottle to do it. There will need to be a root and branch clear out of deadwood as well as the pursuit of a few quality players and the deadwood at that level will be extensive. All of us will have opinions on that and collectively we would probably want to see the back of most of them! What we might agree on is that the old timers are probably too old to be incorporated into a new team fit for purpose in the PL and some of the kids who have not made much of an impact in the Championship need to be moved on to allow headroom for the next crop. There will always be enigmas like Kameldeen Sulemana and Carlos Alacaraz, probably they should be given a chance in the PL simply because they are young players with as yet unrealised potential. What we cannot afford to see on August 17th is the same team that started yesterday and I mean that with all due respect and admiration for what they have achieved this season.

The players and the manager have done ther talking on the pitch and congratulations to them. Thye have surprised us and possibly themselves. Well done the Saints! Now the hard work begins. I'm not Martin's biggest fan but he deserves his shot at management in the Premier League. It's up to the owners now to bak him by making sure we keep KWP, THB and FD and buy at the vey least a PL quality fullback, midfielder and striker. We don't want to be back in the Championship anytime soon if ever. Today is a day for celebration and a well earned rest at least for the players and coaches. Lets hope our first match is not against City for their sake!

Don't be so ridiculous, we've been promoted three times since then!

For goodness sake cheer up man, its only a bloody football match. If we lose, we lose, there's always next year.

Lets see how he gets on without KWP, THB and FD to bale him out of trouble. Gone by Christmas is my bet.

Far better on the day to be seen as the underdogs, now the whole country will be rooting for us. Only downside is the asociation with Sunak which might cost us a few votes.

I imagine Sunak will join the SFC board after the election, that will ensure five more years of chaos at SMS. This will be a rugged match and not that attractive to watch, too much at stake and too few of our players will be able to rise to the occasion. These are not circumstances that suit our style at all and if we go one down early on the chances are we will not be able to respond. Sadly, I think we will lose out by the odd goal. 1-0 to Leeds.

There will be plenty on offer from touts outside the stadium, always are. Several problems to consider; "are they genuine", "price" and (unless you have a map of the seating area wth you to check) "where is the seat" being offered. I advise anybody who is that desperate to get inside to be very cautious indeed before parting with their money. Stay home, mow the lawn, grab a beer and watch the box. The result will be the same, you'll be £500 better off on Monday and glad you weren't there to see the humiliation of defeat if we lose..

How does that work then except in your dreams 😂

It's logic Jim but not as we know it!

Why not, we scored three against the Baggies without them.

I'll be with you in the trenches for sure.

Perraud is a much better wing back than Manning and is the type of player we will need (and can afford) should we make it to the PL. Manning will be out of his depth up there. Otherwise I agree only Alcaraz looks like he has the right qualities eventually to succeed at the higher level. Mind you it is all a bit academic because we wiill not be promoted and will be thankful for it. Imagine the humiliation of being pummelled every week and falling back into the Championship in our first year. All the loanees will be gone, our two or three decent players will jump ship and Martin will be left to sort out the scraps that remain if he is not fired or decides to leave for pastures new.

Wrong. Go back and read about my experience. I have been a ST holder for more years than Rishie Sunak and most on here can remember yet ended up ticketless. Admittedly I was choosey about where I wanted to sit and not prepared to accept gratefully any old scraps from their table. I don't NEED to be there wheras many it seems are treating it like a matter of life or death.

Don't worry, relax! This is not a Cup Final Nick, only just another game in the EFL Championship to decide third place! It'll be on the box anyway. It amazes me that at most home games we can barely fill SM stadium yet when the magic word "Wembley" appears every Tom, Dick & Harry feels that they are entitled to a ticket. It is why genuine lifelong fans like you get squeezed out through no fault of your own.

Don't forget to take your telescope They couldn't give a sh*t about fans, never have never will. As long as they sell seats they don't give a flying F who sits in them. Surely you didn't get conned by all that bullsh*t from Parsons?

I hope you are right but I've just been on and the only sections showing availability this evening are the cheapo seats right up in the gods. I'm mystified by the numbers as well as you but who knows what fiddles people get up to to grab hold of tickets. This process is about as transparent as a duck's arse. Forget having much of a choice where you sit, I'm reading on here that even during the check-out process people are being bumped out of the seats they thought they were booking and allocated something else. If you're desperate to be there and happy to accept any old crap seats they allocate then fine you might make it but as a premium SMS ST holder why should I settle for anything less than the view from my seat at St Mary's? So to encourage another of your hopes this ST holder won't be going so that's one possibly for you. Good Luck!

I wish you the best of luck with that but unless they have held back some blocks for release tomorrow there really won't be much left to choose from. Looks pretty b leak at the moment of writing.

What a bloody nightmare this on-line process is proving to be. Six times this morning since 09.30, six bloody times the seat map has failed to load and I've been timed out and sent back to the start. Their process is crap, simple as that. All the best seats have gone now apparently and only rubbish is left. Well Eff them as far as I'm concerned they can stuff their bloody tickets where the sun don't shine.

Will the club be running coaches to Wembley form the Southampton area? Any Park & Ride schemes? How do we find out about them?