Wilf

You're right, I for one would make sure I am there for that.

In the games we played well wasn't it Morgan, Holmes, Gillet and Lallana that were really running the show? Now two of those are injured and one has temporarily lost form. Is that too simplistic?

Great news thanks for the update

I remember the black and white photos of the game in the Echo being very confusing!

I like it here, plenty to do, nicer town than Southampton probably because it suffered fewer bombs in the war. What's that got to do with football? Oh yes, Norwich fans do seem suprisingly resiliant given what they've had to put up with. However I think we're shaping up better for the future than they are.

Ron Davies from Norwich City for a very modest fee given that he went on to be 1st Division top scorer and "the best centre forward in Europe"

Now that would be great! We used to sing that tune at the Dell in the early 1970s- "La,la,la,la La,la,la,la Hey, hey, hey South-hamp-ton" Bananarama covered that song, anyone remember who did it originally?

To the tune of The Banana Splits theme song (ask your parents to sing it if you're too young) La La La La Lallana La La La La Lallana (repeat 10 times...) The best ones are the simple ones....

I don't think Saints Hospitality provide quickies as part of the package. Let me know what they say though.

Wins everything in the air, never gives up, composed on the ball, ready to push forward at times, our best player by some distance last season, will be sorely missed.

Top post! I agree 100% You have to pity people who get themselves caught in a spiral of negativity, and you're right the news media have a lot to answer for, and you're also right they we can all choose not to wallow in it and to look for the positive.

Pure poetry! Do you mind if I borrow that to use elsewhere?

Well done! What are you predicting for this season?

Norwich press still mentioning Rasiak as a possible target for Roeder as he looks for a big(ger) striker to play alongside Cureton or Lupoli.

Seems more than fair to me, their league table on the right has us in twelfth place with 1 point !

Killer on the OS "hopefully in a couple of days I'll be back training" Oh dear, let's hope so. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=10420

Thanks Suewhistle, what a great write up from a journo for once spotting the really significant slant to take.

I'm with you mate. This is a group of players that will get better together. And, having watched Brum v Sheff U and Notts For v Reading on Sky, we've definitely got the quality to compete in this division, and with Andrew D. back our defence will be stronger and team spirit boosted further.

Hi Lowestoft Saint, I've been in Norwich for 19 years now and have been to see Norwich a few times every season. However I have mixed feelings about them, I want them to do well enough (or badly enough!) to be in the same division as us, and I want them to have some entertaining players (was Huckerby, may be Hoolahan this season), but I don't "support" them. I like them doing well but not if that's better than we're doing. It's quite pleasant watching games as a neutral and the main excitement is waiting for the Saints score to be announced. I don't have your issue with kids, my two teenage daughters have no interest in football whatsoever!

Thanks for running this again Bob Your hard work in previous seasons is appreciated as well

I was a Burley supporter; delighted when he joined us and backed him all the time while he was here. Now that he's gone I look back and think that although he succeeded in getting us to the playoffs (which was great) overall he perhaps underperformed and didn't make the most of the money he spent. I backed Dodd / Gorman when they took temporary charge because we had a true Saint with some passion for the club in charge, and the early signs were that team morale improved. Once they had gone I saw it as another example of the coach-stepping-up-to-manager experiment which just doesn't seem to work. It still pains me to think of the abuse directed at them though, quite undeserved. I thought Nigel Pearson was great while in charge for keeping a rock steady hand on the wheel and steering us to safety. Now he's gone I wonder what might have been if he'd been allowed to have a crack at this season after salvaging last season with mainly somone else's team (his loan signings while he was here showed he is is sound judge of players). Now we've got the Dutch team in charge I am fully behind them and what Lowe is trying to achieve on the football side for the club. I'm really looking forward to the coming season. What's my point? I choose to feel positive and supportive about the current manager / coach whoever they are. The only exceptions in 40 years supporting the club have been Branfoot and Redknap (and even him I gave the benefit of the doubt for a while). I do this because.... a) I enjoy feeling positive about things generally, and it makes supporting Saints as enjoyable as possible b) In a tiny way it contributes to the positive feel about the club and this ultimately helps the team So when doing a post-mortem after a manager (or player) has gone, and you want to call to account those who stuck by the manager at the time, bear in mind that there may be others like me who always support the guy in the hot seat at the time, and may continue to see the positives even when they are gone.

I've just renewed my membership of the Trust, for me it's another way to register that we care, one day it could have a very important voice

http://www.thisishampshire.net/sport/saints/display.var.2419249.0.saints_need_to_confound_history.php

Schindler? Oh yes, you mean Schneiderlin?

Well done all, £5 a bargain!