kwsaint

Posted on the thread for old men reminiscing about the sixties and seventies at the Dell. Which got me thinking about standing at games and ideas of safe standing. Seems to have gone quiet on this lately. Part of me thinks it's a good idea for part of the ground, part of me remembers Hillsborough and all the problems of the 80's Your thoughts?

Having seen my first game in January 1971 I feel a bit too young to post on this thread. But many of the early memories are the same. Getting to the Dell early to get a place at the front (East Stand - Milton End), the crush to get out of the ground at the end when there was a big crowd in, and the smell of tobacco smoke.

Adrian Heath.

Couldn't quite understand why RK picked him last night and left Davis on the bench.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=QaWHj_9SQs0&app=desktop Sums up my feelings.

To be fair we haven't had a thread on stadium expansion for at least a couple of weeks

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Southampton Way in Peckham

Leave the FA Cup alone. One replay followed by pens seems to work OK. The League Cup however. Make it an U21 cup with 3 over age players. Or lose it altogether.

This.

You reckon our current form might make the management think about expansion? Apologies, I've had a few and thought it would be interesting to resurrect this old thread.

I seem to remember that what did for that nice Mr Branfoot was Lawrie M being appointed director of football followed shortly by a cup match v Port Vale (1-1). At the end of which the directors box in the West Stand was surrounded by irate supporters giving the directors serious abuse. The message seemed to finally get through and he was gone the following week. There are many ways of getting the message across. Liverpool's seems to have worked now that the board has backed down. There is massive unrest at Charlton at the moment, which has not had much publicity. The chairman is utterly clueless about football. Talks about the value proposition of watching future premier league players before they are sold on! One supporter submitted her resignation as a director to companies house, complete with forged signature. Enterprising, although completely illegal and he will be in serious trouble if caught.

In response to Liverpool walking out at a £77 match-day ticket, how much would Saints have to charge per game for you to walk out? I genuinely don't agree with the "a true fan would pay anything" because £77 is clearly outrageous. But is £40 fair for a match-day ticket? Your thoughts?

Lesson from history. We played 3-5-2/5-3-2 in 1983/84 as it suited the players. Mainly to find a good role for Rueben Agboola. That was some team. It's similar now. 3-5-2 seems to work. Targett is much better as a wing back in a 5 than a left back in a 4. So keep it as is. Players seem comfortable with it

Agreed. Recently watched a Cambridge United game in L2 and a couple of tackles (especially the ones where you could hear the crunch) made you think "ouch". Still only yellow cards though

I love the way that he doesn't complain getting a red and walks off. If that was nowadays, the red card would be brandished and all hell would break loose.

Manyama's tackle looked borderline yellow /red - could easily have got either - but it was a stupid tackle. Given that it is his third red card this season, all for similar tackles, he clearly doesn't learn. I was at the other two - we could have held on with 9 players against Bournemouth - they were never going to score, but he cost us three points at Norwich as we were well on top when he was sent off. On form he is brilliant, but we haven't seen too many of those this season. I think that he will go in the summer. Agree about Byram on Bertrand. That should also have been a red card.

Thought Long's work rate was v good. As was VvD. Need to watch a replay of the Wanyama sending off before reserving judgement.

Would still say Kelvin for me due to the number of one on one saves. Not taking anything away from Fraser's performance tonight though.

[video=youtube;UoUOD-h6N6w] although we went down, one of the most euphoric goals i've experienced as a saints fan

Agreed. Particularly enjoyed the clips from the Man U game in 1974. Had forgotten that Osgood had hit the bar. All I remember is the gate being closed just after 2pm and there being thousands of united supporters in the Dell. Result didn't do either team any good as both were relegated.

Well it was only because of uni that I decided to go. There was definitely an occasion when the ball was kicked onto Newmarket Road and didn't seem to return. I agree though, to watch a game and think "I don't really care what the result is" is a refreshing feeling.

What is winning? What is a football match? What is time? Only when we know the answers to these questions can we arrive at a well founded conclusion.

Bit harsh. Suggest that you watch the you tube video. Leeds v Saints in the Championship season. Unbelievable performance that day. Agree that he struggled a bit in the Premier League recently and the less said about his performance v Leicester the better. But a great servant to the club, stuck around after relegation, made a huge contribution to the promotion seasons and a top bloke. Well deserved testimonial. Hope to be there.

Oscar Gobern for the tackle? Richard Chaplow? Steve de Ridder?