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Aston Villa also reporting heavy lasses last year ie over £100m

Years ago we were the only team to sing.. 'When the Saints'.. Nowadays there are supporters singing the song on behalf of a wide variety of teams. Some Spurs fans think they we are copying them which to some degree is true as they started singing the slower version.

Just goes to show that if we did go up we would be battered every week. The only players that would be worth a start in the Prem in the current set up would be KWP (who may be out injured on Saturday), Bednerak (although he struggled a bit last time round in the Prem) THB, possibly Edioze and Aribo (as a squad players) and that's it. Smallbone, Manning, Mara, Adams, Arma, Sulemana, not good enough. Charles is relatively young but has not developed so far. With decent strikers we could have had a comfortable lead by half time although giving away two poor goals may not have been enough.

Has there been a report on here about him signing on a loan deal from Porto? 17 year old midfield prospect apparently.

Anyone know if this is a sell out based on the fact that it is on TV?

But to be fair, Hull played out from the back but they did so far better than us. They mad a couple of mistakes one of which should have been punished by Rothwell. Hull's forwards really but pressure on our back line and that caused the second goal and nearly one or two others.

Put firmly in our place by a very good Hull side who could have won by a wider margin. Their Manager had his tactics spot on and were able to play out from the back far more comfortably than we were able to do. Apart from KWP, Bednerak and Taylor - Bellis with a decent cameo by Aribo and to a lesser extent Fraser and Brooks, the likes of Rothwell (who missed a very good chance and lost the ball for the second goal), Mara, Smallbone the two Armstrongs, Manning etc were poor. We should be OK for the Play Offs but playing Hull and Ipswich there is likely to be challenging if we play like we did tonight.

Most WHU fans reckoned JWP was one of their best players and a steal at £30m at the start of the season. Cant blame him entirely for their recent poor form. Perhaps we could buy him back at a cut price £10m next season if we go up.

Steve has/had two brothers, one of them, Steve, unfortunately passed away about 15 years ago.

Rupes should look at standing as MP for Elmet and Rothwell as the constituency includes Garforth where, I am sure, the voters will fully appreciate his ownership of the local football club along with Simon Clifford.

We should be good enough to make the play offs unless we now fall apart, then it is anyone's chance to get promotion. However carry this form through to Liverpool and we could be in for a pasting

I think Bristol is a decent size city just about big enough to have two teams to support but neither have any major honours to show which must rankle.

The Cup Final win was a middle of the table 2nd Division (Ie now Championship team) versus a very decent Man Utd (Division ! team) There were decent odds available for Man Utd to win 6-0. Other 'big' Cup results were in the 1960's ie Third Division Saints winning 5-1 at 1st Division Man City and my favourite, mid table 2nd Division Saints beating 1st Division 5-0 in a second replay at White Hart Lane in front of an estimated 30,000 Saints fans after a 1-1 draw at the City Ground and coming back from 3-0 down with 12 minutes left to play in the replay at The Dell to draw 3-3.

Last time I went to watch Saints at Anfield it was a 1-1 draw with Mane scoring our goal. I guess the away end has now been completely remodelled as a consequence of the new stand behind the goal. Anyone got an idea of the views from the different tiers?

I wonder if the Watford Manager would be more likely to risk playing a full strength team bearing in mind that whilst Watford are 3 points outside the playoffs they probably are less concerned about injuries to key players than we are and possibly look at the potential 45% share of a £1m plus gate revenue at Anfield as a nice earner #.

According to an article on the BBC website relating to Chelsea's financial challenges, there is a suggestion that the club received £22.4m for Tino. Presumably this figure consists of the original transfer fee paid by Saints (£10m-£15m) plus a proportion of the reported £40m sale to Newcastle. This would leave Saints with a net benefit of £17.6m. Puts a bit of a different slant on the financial benefit to the club, if correct.

Is it correct to assume that the Horizon system was installed in Crown Post Offices as well as Sub Post Offices? If so, were there problems with (much bigger) end of day balances and, assuming this was the case, were there any prosecutions involving those in charge at Crown Post Offices?

I am sorry to lose Charlie but think he showed more promise in the Prem than he has done this season a League below. If he does thrive at Juventus the expected transfer fee seems to provide the club with a decent return on the initial investment. I am more uplifted by the arrival of David Brooks than and disappointment in losing Charlie. Hopefully my view of the situation does prove to be misguided. What I am disappointed about is the lack of a central striker who can convert some of the high crosses into the opponents penalty area which our wide players provide.

As some one who has watched the Saints for a much longer period than the vast majority on here, I would rank Le Tizz at the top of the pile, probably only matched by Mick Channon. Terry Paine and Ron Davies had a similar positive effect on the club with the likes of Keegan, Shilton, Van Dijk also very highly rated but without the long term benefit to the club.

One thing that Brookes will bring is a decent left foot to add a different dimension up front. Cup tied unfortunately.

If Benson does come, the squad could look like this assuming all fit and Aribo back from the African Nations. Keeper BAZUNU Lumley McCarthy Right Back KWP Bree (Stephens/Holgate) Left Back MANNING (Bree) (KWP/Meghoma) Centre Back BEDNAREK Stephens (Holgate/Charles) Centre Back THB (Stephens/Holgate/Charles) Defensive Mid DOWNES Charles Attacking Mid SMALLBONE Aribo/Rothwell Attacking Mid SARMA Alcarez/Dibling Wide Right ARMA Sulemana/Edozie/SAA Central Striker ADAMS Mara/Arma Wide Left FRASER Benson/(Sulemana/Edozie) So based on the above there are potentially 27 players in the squad with reasonable cover in most positions apart from Central Striker but I guess most of us on here would agree with that comment.

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Thank you. Looking at the cost of stadia nowadays puts our £32m cost for a 32k capacity new build into some sort of perspective. Of course building costs have increased significantly in the last 20 years but I dont think the club actually paid the full amount as we went into admin owing Aviva a chunk of money as I recollect. I guess this is one of the few deals that Rupert Lowe did that actually helped the club.

Christophe, Hope you dont mind answering the questions below. Really interested to see how your stadium move compared to ours. What was the capacity of the old stadium? Did the attendance figures increase at the impressive new stadium? Who paid for the construction? How much was the cost?

Apparently although Valenciennes have a nice new 25,000 capacity stadium, the average home crowd is 6,500.