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At the time, having sold Crouch and Philips, all we seemed to be missing in that first season were some strikers - for some reason we didn't think that Jones and Fuller were good enough!

At the time, having sold Crouch and Philips, all we seemed to be missing in that first season were some strikers - for some reason we didn't think that Jones and Fuller were good enough!

I've seen Shilton let a goal in directly from a corner - let's not pretend that he never made a mistake.

Sounds good but I've witnessed Saints players being booed when they are coming on as a substitute!

Either you didn't experience the Branfoot era or are just being facetious.

A slow handclap? Or not applauding them? I don't quite follow the 'I've paid my money, I have the right to boo whoever I want" argument. You don't have the right to smoke, stand, shout racist/homophobic abuse, streak, let off fireworks, etc because they annoy or endanger other people - booing your own players can be very annoying too, why is that alright?

In today's Echo, Laurie McM claims that Lallana's progress is all down to Burley and Pearson. I am sure Jan must have done something to help...

Jan has got them playing a style of football that is worth watching - let's hope that he can now translate that into good results consistently.

Exactly - what really annoys me about some posters on here is that, whenever we lose, they immediately start ranting about 'lazy, passionless, overpaid players' - if only it were that simple.

Evil Monkey - comedy genius!

Thanks, I'll go and tell the wife to start packing.

You mean we will get our club back again? Oh!

Apparently my house is now not worth what it was a year ago - I'm not selling until the price rises again.

I would take all of this condemnation of the lad's talents more seriously if I hadn't heard it all before - Jones, Fuller, Best. Blackstock...

Be fair, he was through on goal with only the keeper to beat - it was a weak shot but you can't blame him for shooting.

If Pearson had stayed you would have been attacking him (and Lowe) after every defeat.

Spot on - a sensible summary at last.

Disappointing but I suspect it's going to be like that all season - we had no idea on how to defend but had 20 shots on goal as the away team.

Two from Gosport (I think), two from Southampton (fairly sure) and a South African - it was a long time ago so I might not be too accurate...

No excuse now!

Seem to remember lots of people saying that they wouldn't watch games whilst Lowe was there last time - when he did go they still stayed away.

How sad!

Are you Jan?

How about Cliff Huxford? Paine and Sydenham got all the praise but he was with us from Division 3 to Division 1.

A mention of two of the older generation of players who did so much for us in the early 60s - Ken Wimshurst and Dave Burnside