spyinthesky

I am a bit conflicted. First of all I am a bit jealous of Leicester's great success in winning the Premier League as a middle ranking Premiership club, very similar to our recent standing in recent times. We also share a very similar stadium design although, I guess plans to increase capacity at the King Power are currently on hold. On the reverse side, the 0-9 home thrashing remains embedded in my brain as does the FA Cup Semi Final defeat. All that said, I do have a degree of sympathy for Leicester in their current situation and whilst extremely happy about last nights result, I have experienced similar despair as a Saints fan. Not sure how many Leicester fans will make the journey to the sparsely attended St Marys on Saturday but as fans, I hope we can empathise with their position rather than take the piss. I guess most/all of the Leicester fans who do turn up will be 'proper' supporters used to the ups and downs of the game and not 'hangers on' like a fair proportion of fans of the so called 'Top Six' clubs.

As Duncan has said, last nights result was history making and it must have been a fantastic experience for the band of hardy away supporters when Shea Charles scored the winner. I cast my mind back to the 1963 FA Cup Replay game when, as a mid table 2nd Division club, the team was second best against 1st Division Nottm Forest, going 3-0 down, until what I thought was a consolation goal with about 12 minutes to go (no additional time played in those days). However Saints were transformed and with a fantastic level of support (possibly one of the best ever at The Dell), a further two goals were scored. Around 30,000+ fans then made their way to White Hart Lane for the second replay, where Saints put on one of the best team performances I can recollect to win comfortably 5-0 and earn the right to play Man Utd in the semi Final at Villa Park.

Just a shame that there werent that many Saints fans at the game to witness the fantastic comeback. Wonder if the result will add more interest on Saturdays game. Got to say that the goals from Charles and the third Leicester goal, both from similar positions on the pitch, were top class.

I guess tonight's performance encapsulates what it is to be a football fan. Feeling of desperation for 60 odd minutes, thinking why oh why do I follow this shower of shit, followed by an absolute out of this world euphoria when the 3rd and then the 4th goal goes in and I am looking forward to Saturday's game!!😍

When Trump is eventually removed from power, it would seem appropriate to put 'Dancing In the Street', originally a hit for Martha & The Vandellas and composed by Marvin Gaye, Mickey Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter, on a music loop around the US. All the cities mentioned in the lyrics ie Baltimore, Chicago, DC (Washington), Motor City (Detroit), New Orleans, New York City, New Orleans Philadelphia P.A. primarily vote Democrat. This would piss 'The Donald' off as much as Bad Bunny's performance at the Super Bowl!!

Also Trump is threatening to close the newly finished bridge linking Detroit to Canada until Canada pays back all that it 'owes' to the USA. All this despite the cost of the bridge being paid for by the Canadian Govt. The bridge is named after Gordie Howe who was a famous Canadian Ice Hockey player who also played for the Detroit RedWings.

Christophe, Best wishes to you and the rest of your team's loyal supporters. Us Saints fans think we are going through a difficult time but I guess you VA supporters have more to complain about than us. Mind you I assume Girondins supporters have really suffered the most in France.

I thought Watford were better on the ball than we were. That said their 'keeper made two decent saves whereas Peretz didnt have a shot to face but nearly gave away an embarrassing goal!! Also many loose balls seemed to fall Watford's way but sometimes you earn that. Overall not a great Saints performance but I guess we would all take the 3 points and another clean sheet!!

Great header. Just a thought but wonder if the Ref would have been brave enough to give a penalty for the Watford defenders grapple on Welington. However I wonder if this actually made space for Larin to score

One of the things that Arma put in compared to others up front was his work rate and his ability to put opposing defenders under pressure. Compare him to our dearly departed friend Mr Downs, for example!!!

But isnt that the case for most/all clubs?

I suspect quite a few of those who chose to renew/buy season ticket sales this year may decide to save money next season.

For those of us, amongst the 7,000 fans who went to Milan for the game against Inter, it may be of interest to note that there are plans to demolish San Siro stadium and build a new one on the parking lot next door, with building to start next year. San Siro is quite an iconic stadium but I guess most of us would agree that the facilities there werent the best when we visited.

Yes Bradford City away in the 6th Round wasnt a pleasant experience. We saw plenty of aggro before the game and wonder now if the hand painted white Ford Escort(?) van with Saints slogans painted in red managed to get out of the city safely. Fortunately we had a seat in the main stand (the one that was lost in the subsequent fire) and sat a few rows back from the British Heavyweight champion at the time (?? Dunn) who regularly suggested to City defenders to... 'break fucking Channon's legs'....