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For the attention of any interested party, Salisu is great, an excellent prospect for the future, a real team player, kind to his family, friends and pets, no off the field issues, a good trainer and worth every penny of the +£50m the club is reluctantly going to ask for his transfer at the end of the season.

To my mind it is most important to make kids tickets very cheap. This may affect the 'atmosphere' but the younger generation are our future and there are so many alternative things to do nowadays. It would be good to consider offering up the Chapel end as home to the vocal supporters but not sure how this could be achieved without causing problems with existing supporters in the area.

There is quite a few suggestions that Dragan should sell up. That supposes there are buyers at the right price. Sports Republic has supplied the funds, probably more than expected, The problem is that the funds have not been used in the right way. Recruitment on certain players has been abysmal.

I am distressed that you have not mentioned Derek Reeves!!!

I very much doubt it. Our players know we are going down, Man City want to make up for the 2-0 loss in the cup game. I fear an absolute trouncing

Doesnt the 0.08% figure cover the benefit over 10 years??

I still think the BBC is a national treasure and well worth the Licence Fee. That said I happened to catch 'The One Show' a day or so back and witnessed Prince Andrew's ex wife and current hanger on, obtain free publicity and a good arse licking from Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas. I hope that those people at the BBC who authorised this nonsense are ashamed of themselves and Fergies performance will not encourage anyone with an ounce of sense to buy her ghost written book.

Bearing in mind the propensity of US citizens to go to court, I wonder if a group of parents, who have lost loved ones to mass killers, could start a class action against the NRA or individual Republican Senators.

I have read somewhere that you need to become enjoined with someone, preferably of the other persuasion, to catch syphilis.

Did Rupert agree to pay £1m for FourPast? Dixon & Speedie deserve a dishonourable mention, bought with the money received for Shearer Kevin Keegan and Shiton were very decent buys also Ivan Golac

Wonder what the feedback is in Stoke about Liam Delap who, it is understood, we were willing to bid £20m for from Man City

Wonder what the results have been since Sports Republic took over on 4th January 2022> As I recollect it started quite well, even beat Brentford 4-1 the only home game I have enjoyed in over a year (I missed the Man City cup win!!!) Any news how the Turkish investment is going?

He made me laugh with his first touch out on the left touch line. Not sure what he was trying to do but it sort of summed up his skill set ie similar to someone who has only recently come into the game from basketball.

Can anyone see anything of merit in Tall Paul? Another £20m spunked away. I dont suppose he shares the same agent as Carillo

Apparently Blackburn fielded a wakened side as some of their better players were in the squad for the game at Stoke

Reflecting back on the game, I come up with the following comments. 1. Leicester werent that great but they created far more chances than we did. 2. I think JWP is a top player for us but that was the second pen he has missed this season. 3. Maddison is a cut above JWP in his all round game but both are excellent players. 4. Alcarez was lucky not to have been sent off for the tackle in the first half. 5. Saints were generally unlucky against Grimsby with VAR and the yellow that should have been red. The luck went with us big style v Leicester but we cant rely on luck for the rest of the season. 6. It was nice to leave St Marys for a change without having to listen to celebrating opposing fans. 7. Unfortunately I dont think we have the squad to stay up.

Targett is on £100k a week at Newcastle apparently

Wonder if anyone can confirm that Chelsea paid us £5m for Jimmy J Morgan and are paying him £20k a week (for a 17 year old)???

Is there any video of the game including the goals?

You are right there. Quite understandably most neutral supporters and TV critics were on the side of Grimsby but I wonder if the two penalty decisions had been given against the plucky underdogs. That said a Prem side, even one as currently crap as we are, should really have overcome these debatable decisions. The only straws I am clutching at are Chelsea losing at home to Bradford City a while back and Pompey losing to non League Aldershot in the FA Cup not so long ago.

To make matters worse, Grimsby did not field their strongest side as ther were Loanees unable to play

I wonder why VAR didnt have a look at the bad tackle by the Grimsby lad on Lavia in the first half. Looked a definite red card to me and maybe if Lavia had squirmed around like a stuck pig as some players of the foreign persuasion do, then the Ref would have seen more of the tackle. We have had players sent off, after VAR review, for similar tackles. Even if Grimsby had gone down to 10 men, I am doubtful if we would have won in view of our general ineptitude.

Bad news is that Maddison is likely to be fit for the visit. I still have the awful memory of him being outstanding in that wet and cold day when we were mullered in the home 9-0 defeat.

I think Leicester had a more or less 2nd team (bit no place for Vestergaard or Bertie (always injured!!) I watched Fulham v Leeds last night. Both sides contributed to an enjoyable game with performances on a higher plain that what I have seen from the Saints for quite a while. The lad Soloman who scored a pearler last night to go with his winner at Brighton recently came to Fulham on a free!!!!!!!!!!

Agree, fair play to Grimsby fans. When we played them at Filbert Street, Leicester, in a 2nd replay game (1978?) they brought thousands of fans. Hopefully Saints can replicate their performance on the day (4-1 I think)