DeanHammond

Assistant under Micky Adams when Brighton gained successive promotions from Div 3 to Div 1 (00-02).

I believe that was a Brighton fan quoting a Southampton fan who posted it about Brighton in this thread. My head hurts..

Is about the size of it.

Ignore him, complete WUM who no-one takes seriously. I'm not quite sure what he's going on about with regards to Adkins, tbh. He has done fantastic job, anyone with half a brain can see that.

No, they (we) don't. Congrats on your result - looking extremely strong.

Good times for the South Coast. How'd have bet we'd be in the 1st and 2nd positions going into the international break, eh?

Yes, that's about is the size of it. No Albion fan I know has any problems with Saints, just the spat with Adkins last season which was admittedly blown out of all proportion. Anyway, nice to see the South Coast clubs rising once more..

Again, a very blinkered view based on one game of football at St Mary's last season. We're a lot more adaptable, and Gus a far smarter manager than most of you would like to admit.

Do you genuinely believe that?

Oh my, not this again.

The place has clearly been built with expansion in mind. Once the corners are filled in with a second tier added to the east stand (giving a less lopsided appearance) - the interior should look pretty smart.

But the actual incident/event happened 3 months ago. No fault of anyone on here, just the papers were remarkably slow in picking up on it.

Try 3 months old!

DEFENDERS Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jones (Blackburn Rovers), Michael Mancienne (Chelsea), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur) That's a bloody good defence for an U21 side.

Ouch. A more ill-informed post I'm yet to see.