Charlie Wayman

Yep although I would have expressed it a little differently!

Yes indeed, the sliding doors at the Archers Road end were often forced open by crowds "waiting patiently" outside and invariably a couple of hundred or more would charge in before the stewards could force them closed again. As a kid I managed to sneak through there once for a Spurs Cup Tie only to be collared and chucked out again.

The game is faster, the athletes are far more powerful, the ball moves far more quickly, is lighter, never gets waterlogged and swerves about a lot more as players have learned how to apply spin.

Excuse me, the Dell record was over 31,000 - odd. I was one of them v Man U back in the sixties

The stadium was built by Barr. During the construction a visitor centre was established somewhere under the Chapel stand and the public could walk in and see the construction under way and use an interactive program to explore the expected views from every seat. While my wife & I were in there one day a whole squad of Leicester top brass were being shown around and as we know now, their stadium was announced soon afterwards. I understood the base model for SMS was The Riverside but obviously not quite so ambitious

The Club will be aware of this discussion thread so; SFC, what are you doing about it or will you just wait until part of the roof collapses before taking action?

Maintenance at SMS has alway been poor. For years the top of the folding players tunnel was dirty with dust and algae yet nothing was ever done about cleaning it even though the directors and visiting VIPs sat right behind the tunnel and couldn't miss the state it was in. Rank poor management.

The Club have succeeded in making my purchasing decision for me by selling my long held seats to somebody else despite those seats not being used at all since the restart because of player use and social distancing. They can't explain it, they can't retrieve them! Confirms how little they care about individual fans. Just get the money in lads, wherever it may come from. Sigh of relief! No more wasted Saturday's.

Quite frankly if Howe were became the height of the Club's managerial ambition then they would very soon deserve to be a top six club in League 1.

Never heard of him but then again I'd never heard of Hoedt, Lemina, Elyonoussi and Djenepo who all turned out to be super stars.

I like JWP's attitude and the way he has turned around his performances here since the early days but agree entirely with your observations. He fits perfectly the notion of the curates egg but falls short as an accomplished all-rounder. I can't see anybody coming in for him in all honesty.

The Comedy Gold is watching Ralph's team play the same old way every week with the same old outcomes. Face up to it, he's been found out!

Oh really? At what level' though. He's not doing very well in the PL is he. The same old chestnut from you worshippers, poor players and a lack of investment hampering his genius. You couldn't make it up. Grasp the nettle old chap he's been crap this season and even his own imports Djenepo & Diallo have not really turned into world beaters under his tutelage.

He might be unmanageable. Does his own thing and that's it? Would put most clubs off.

We were in administration not too long ago so we have not always been so prudent. It is a recent phenomenon. In fact we were extremely lucky that Marcus Leibherr fancied us for some strange reason. On the other hand a football club doesn't exist just to balance the books every year.

Transfer windows usually go very wrong for saints

Bloke has no self awareness, he seems to think that our shambolic defensive performances are solely down to the players (ref: Echo article last week). Sooner he's gone the better. He's useless.

Unless Norwich & Watford have significantly improved their squads since last year's relegations it is difficult to see how they will fare any better than they did last time and of course Brentford are third best in the Championship. It is hard to see past these three going straight back down. None of them have the quality or spending power of the few clubs like Wolves or Leeds who have established themselves in the top flight recently. The gap is huge. Having said that Saints will do well to avoid the drop, heaven only knows where they will find 40 points to survive from recent showings, it will be a formidable challenge. Start badly and we will be in trouble and Hasenhüttl will be gone by Christmas. Between these four for the drop.

The mystery of the "behind closed doors" match has evaporated that's for sure. Why not play Pompey instead of some obscure European side if fans will be allowed in. Guaranteed sell out and lots of overtime for our local bobbies.

So all teams in red & white stripes go down but wait.... Brentford have been promoted so there you go a red & white candidate for the Big Drop. Phew! Saints saved again!

The simple answer is don't be suckers, don't get mugged! Getting hooked up yearning for a seat that you have sat in for umpteen years is a mugs game and one that inevitably you will lose sooner or later as prices soar. Scraping together the extra money to secure it today will not guarantee you anything next year. As others have said the football won't be any better so if you have to move to another block to watch it and to stay within your budget so be it. Even better just stick two fingers up at them and walk away, There will be nothing going on there that you will miss for long. Fact is post Covid with social distancing and reduced attendances all seats will eventually become more expensive just to generate the income to keep he club running. What I am puzzled about is that these simple economics will apply to planes, cruise ships, trains and everything in future so why does the club think it necessary to dress it up as "an improved experience" and by sticking padding on a few seats? Lots of people wanted to fly on Concorde but never did as they couldn't afford it. Lots of people wanted to dine at The Ivy but never did as they couldn't afford it. The rich have always had first dibs at the best of everything and always will. Get used to the idea that for most of us, more and more affordable pleasures that we have always taken for granted will become less and less affordable. Premier league football is no exception to this paradigm. The fact that club football's origins lay in working class communities has become irrelevant, only money matters now; those who can pay will always win!

Gareth Bale would be a better bet. Get him back as well and we could convert Staplewood into a retirement home.

OK so tell me what he has done that has been outstanding thi season

Shirt - Stripes. OK, no more than that. Excruciatingly embarrassing video. Need new PR department. Don't give up the day job JWP. Tella being groomed as our new glamour boy...

Ings is over-rated. Where are the 20 goals a season that we all thought he'd deliver? Defenders find him easy to play against.