Charlie Wayman

I went down to SMS this morning at 8.30. Only seven people there all being served. No queues at all. Got my two tickets in 5 minutes flat. What's the problem? Get down there early whilst all the lazy burgers are still asleep.

It's an easy decision for me if Surman & Lallana are sold. My current anti-Lowe stay away stance this season has gone quite some way towards curing my lifelong Saints addiction. When the time comes to renew my not-in-use ST it won't be necessary as I'll no longer be interested. Of course, I really want the reverse to happen, Lowe is sold off i January and Surman becomes Chairman and Lallana becomes Dirctor of Football.. if only!

Bloody Hell! What is the point of all this nonsense, they've already lost a fortune on their share price crash. You'll have them out on the street next... Hey! Maybe that's not a bad idea after all... Spare a quid mate? Sod Off!

What's the point of a Pie without Chips. Very unsatisfying and unsatisfactory. Bring back the chips! You heard it here first.

Too many clubs are after Cork and if Chelsea want to off-load him then he'll be off up to Bolton , Wigan or Blackburn who are all in the sh*t and need help urgently. The other loanees are no B use to anybody else and F all use to us so don't fret they won't be going anywhere

Nope, but it doesn't stop my lad using my ticket does it?

Win of course. What other option is there? To 'Win It' you've gottabe 'In It', the longer we're in it the richer we'll be. In reality we are heading for embarrassment as our botched up on-loan defence can't even cope with CCC defences so Ronaldo, Giggs, Evra, Rooney... ? You're having a laugh if you expect u to keep the ball out of our net half-a-dozen times even with Kevin from heaven!

F*** M*! Definitely OUR YEAR. I'll get a pony on this one to run and run. The point is can we or cannot we beat their third team 'cos I suspect the Thug from Clydeside doesn't give a toss about the FA Cup. Bet Ronaldo will call in sick so's he don't have to inconvenience himself by a trip to the boondocks? Hope none of our lads perform on the day else we'll loose them to the great bag of wind from up north.

No debate on this, of course the whole ground will be open. If the seats can be sold the extra staffing will be self-financing. Expect 32,250 and 15,000 outside hoping for a tout. Watch out you don't get mugged lads, keep you tickets safely hidden. This could get very nasty. Assume ST's will be first in-line and in my view should because of their loyalty get 2 tickets each then the other 4500 who bother to turn up week-in week-out for one each. That should still leave a few for other members.

You are right of course. I've already had 7 phone calls this aternoon asking if I can get 'them' tickets. These are not Lowe haters just people who turn up once every 5 years or so and then call themselves supporters. Leaning on my good will. Funny 'though, haven't heard from any of them in the 3 months since the season started! I'm down the golf club tomorrow, just wait for te fun to begin. Right! Of course I will.... ! AS IF! Tough Titties so-called mates. Sod off!

I fancy a 1-1 today, both teams struggling and a miserably cold day when nobody will be up for it. Bring on the hot soup.

I wish he'd lighten up a bit and smile. Unless of course that IS his smile? Anyway I thought he had badgered off for good to South Africa so what's he doing back here trying to cash in on his old memories. At the time, I loved the guy and used to chat to him in Shirley High Street outside his Fruit & Veg shop but that was then and this is now. Time to move on old lad unless of course you fancy getting your kit on and running up and down the right wing next Saturday?

I hope it is irony but I for one cannot see it

We don't do Thanksgiving Tim for rather obvious reasons but enjoy your day

Not scoring period! It's a male problem in South Hampshire by all accounts.

Let's hope that he doesn't end up for life with a dodgy leg. Michael it is time to confront reality. Why torture yourself physically and mentally? You have nothing to prove to yourself or us. We will be eternally grateful for the good days you gave us.

He's bound to say that isn't he! The finances were a shambolic mess long before Leon Crouch came to the rescue. Judas and the Smarmy Little Twerp would like us to swallow their version of history as all 'victors' do but that doesn't change history for those that lived through it.

I do not agree with you at all, it is a ridiculous suggestion unworthy of sensible debate. Both players made incisive tackles at critical points last night and for long periods bossed midfield. If you have a downer on these guys don't exercise your frustration by creating spurious and inaccurately supposited threads

Very disappointing but that's Saints. In reality Saints do not do well at home because they have no idea how to deal with a packed defence; nine times out of ten a visiting team expect to defend for a point in away matches. It works better for these Saints in away games simply because the home sides attack most of the time and do not sit back and defend until they have a good enough lead or are forced to by circumstances during the match. Saints can then walk the ball into the net during breakaways. Home sides rarely pack defenses at home as that is not what their fans want to see, so there is an expectation of going for a win. This was all too plainly obvious last night as Argyle strung two blocks of four across the field in high line position and swiftly dropped all eight men into the 18 yard box as soon as a Saints attack developed, thus leaving us to weave pretty patterns IN FRONT of their back eight! Only when we got past their deep line on the wings did we look at all dangerous and then, when it was vital to snap up any half chance, none of them could hit the target or were scared to shoot. It is my belief that we will not go down now as we have learned to defend a bit but points will be a struggle. We have 20, we'll need 45 (6 wins, 7 draws?) so let's hope we can mug a few more teams away and pick up the odd win and a few draws at home!

The argument I am putting forward is that we need a different approach to cut and run. We need some enterprise and ingenuity and determination to do something different and more positive, which seems well beyond the strictly limited capabilities of the present regime. We need to draw a line in the sand on player sales; forget about cut and trim and crimp and save and find new income streams that will supplement the dwindling existing advertising, corporate sponsorship and gate receipts. Easily said I know, but the people who can do that for us will well deserve a decent remuneration and our sincerest gratitude, unlike the pinched-arse navel obsessed bean counters who deserve nothing.

Much the same as I wrote last week in another thread. Spot on! Regrettably we are in a vicious downwards spiral already so there is a certain inevitability about what will happen next. I don't know the answer either, we sell to survive only to sell amd survive and to sell and survive but for how long and in what state? As I have said before, if we end up in the Southern Conference playing to 536 people on makeshift scaffolding stands on Millbrook recreation ground, exactly what will the smarmy little twerp have achieved????

Good to see viewing figures on this forum are up to 157 from the usual Monday morning 81 or whatever. Amazing what an unexpected win will do for morale but caution high hopes for the game on Tuesday, this is after all Saints; Saints are really very good at doing what they always do when hopes are high...

Reading are still the team to beat

What was that all about!

Fine in principle but does anybody want them. Most clubs are in dire financial straights and the sort of money these guys might want probably isn't out there. No way will they get a call from the prem.