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An excellent appointment under the circumstances. Can anyone imagine Lowe choosing AP in L1?! Now it's down to whether he can the RIGHT players in to compete in this league AND improve together into the CCC. Good luck AP-we'll be right behind you.

I sat quite close to Lucy and a fit friend of hers at SMS once. I think it was a good game of football.

Not if you're a girl. Which I'm not I hasten to add.

OH yeah - the Strachan for manager thing...well it's highly unlikely, but then not so long back we had the loser Lowe in charge and no billionnaire buyer in sight. I suggest drinking a few more pints of Pride (approximately 23 if your current intake vs. lucidity are anything to go by), pass out for 3 days and wake on Sunday to find it's all done and dusted. HTH.

5 pints of Pride and you can still spell 'necessitates' properly? Remind me not to go drinking with you eh?! LOL

Yeah, well THAT will not be happening to us. We're going to win every available game/tournement from now on according to some on here now we have "billions". LOL.

Not today.

Nigel Quashie - midfield - 20th July 11.00am.

Solent have gone somewhat quiet on Saints since the takeover was announced. The new incarnation of Radio Hants, 'Play FM', is no better IMO and not as good as RH anyway (I used to like Brothers chat on Saints etc.).

Pity really. The lad was played out of position and never got a proper run in the team. Hanging around that even bigger twerp and waster Dyer didn't help his cause. IMO, the lad was a class above some of the rubbish we're left with and let's face it, he's now playing in a league above us - fact.

TBF, I didn't say which Saturday though.

New Manager to be introduced to crowd on pitch on Saturday. You read it here first.

I trust you've not gone and inserted something in your bottom ready to run up Southampton High Street? :smt103

Wish I could be there, but I cannot despite the free ticket. Don't think it will be a complete thrashing as such, but it will not be a day to celebrate a victory TBF.

Would be spectacularly fantastic if true. We're Saints though and things like this do not happen. Or will ML surprise once again?

Good post - I love facts.

I think you are being harsh on the 5-15 year olds TBF.

Love that! LOL.

Yes - agree with not wanting to ruin the future for a quick fix. I guess somewhere we're all hoping there is a happy medium, because by the same token I don't want to sit through another season of dire performances from a team who seem not to know what they're doing. The first test of the new regime will be to improve in this regard as quickly as possible - I pay my ST money upfront on the promise of GOOD football and a reasonable relative level of success that that brings. If it's not delivered, then the club does not deserve our support in the broadest sense, regardless of who the owner is. There are posters on here who are actually expecting a play-off place - that's perhaps unrealistic. What IS realistic is that this squad in its current guise is capable of even worse results in L1 than last season which for me is a big concern. (I bet that's the gist of the Leeds fans comments that you mention?).

If it's over in the Northam then yep, bring it on. Anywhere near my seat, no thanks.

Broo haha. No thanks.

Of all the colours to major on the shirt it had to be blue - our fishy friends will be cacking themselves over this. On the bright side, its better than the dull grey shirt that matched the dull performances last season. I wonder whether there will be a corresponding new home shirt and if its radical in design? :cool:

Welcome and thanks for a sensible first post - don't be tempted to be dragged down into the depths of name calling that some on here seem to thrive on. I agree with pretty much all you set-out. My issue is that I am feeling nervous about the amount of time left to sort out a squad that appears to have a mental mind-set to lose and in a complete spin regarding tactics. This squad as it stands will fail miserably in L1 regardless of manager - getting a great manager in place has to take place to enable repair of the squad. Yes, it would be lovely to sit back and relax about this, but we've been dealt a really bad hand by Pinnacles three weeks of messing about and time is not on our side.

Just bought two. A bit miffed though - I asked if I could have a free ticket to Hearts (as I recently bought my ST and I cannot make it to the Ajax game). They said the offer was for the Ajax game only, which is somewhat disappointing really.

Pretty much the same sentiments I had in my "honeymoon" thread. Wottes sacking was inevitable because they need to be able to show candidates around and also they could not sanction any of his plans r.e. new signings. Keeping patient but still concerned about the time left to sort out the team.