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Managed to call them up Friday lunch time and get one, brilliant, thanks! I think there are still a couple left for anyone interested but you'll have to be quick.

Just in case this has changed for anyone, I am still after one. Cheers

Hi, I didn't get a chance to purchase a Brighton Ticket until this evening with Saints+ and they have unfortunately sold out. If anyone has a spare they no longer need I would gladly take it off of your hands. Cheers

They had Romeu's picture for Romeu and Tadic.

This. Don't change it. And didn't it win a cross-fan poll or something for a newspaper? I seem to remember a thread on that a while ago...

Definitely the bit that is being glossed over. I am happy with 8th and a cup final, who wouldn't be, but it is the underlying problems with attack throughout the season which are of concern. Puel did have an entire season to remedy them and sure he did have injuries, and I am impressed with his use of academy players (especially Stephens first team performances - hope this continues next season) however I am in two minds about what to do next. Perhaps he does just need another preseason and some more signings and a chance for the other signings from this year to settle in a bit more. Plus, next season we won't have such a bad schedule thanks to European football (which was also disappointing this season overall). I would say, keep him, and review again at Christmas. I think his cup final achievement has earned him that much. We also don't want to start a reputation for impatience, as this turns away prospective managers. If we have struggled up to Christmas then I think that is fair game to think about replacement then. That said, I suppose if there was a very attractive manager who was interested in us now and we could take advantage of that early this summer, there is also an argument to being a bit more ruthless to try and regain some of our momentum from the recent seasons. Hence the dilemma. But I certainly wouldn't advocate trying to change managers unless there is a stellar alternative. Either way, its going to be a very important summer and some difficult decisions will need to be made, with less obvious answers.

With a full season as well mind.

True, and it is a fortunate result, but it was with the worst home record of the last 5 seasons in the premier league, and is the worst overall record of the debut seasons of the last three managers. I am in two minds very much, things need to improve, but i am not sure how and what and whether Puel should be part of it. I don't like high managerial turnover, but at the same time, if there is an attractive option, it's worth keeping options open.

Was going to suggest this, if you wait right until the last minuet they'd rather get something than nothing. You risk missing the start, or being late to the pub if it doesn't work outm but you should be able to get a much cheaper ticket. For those that can't make it or can't get a ticket, the skysport NOWtv thing is £6.99 for the day, so it's worth that for a proper HD experience rather than a dodgy stream that keeps cutting out.

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We already have 24 points and we have a much clearer fixture schedule in the new year. If we win 5 more games we won't go down, 5/16, I think we can manage that (plus draws and so forth etc). I don't see it personally. We might come in low, but we won't get relegated. We also had the roughest turnaround for Christmas fixtures compared to any other team this Christmas (we had the least amount of time between matches). I am massively disappointed with our Christmas results for darn sure, but its Saints, its Christmas, we always take the bl**dy holidays off, every year! But we'll bounce back in the spring, I'm sure. I will admit, it would be good to maybe strengthen with some sensible additions if there are a couple going in the transfer window, but I don't think its essential. We just need some form for our strikers. At least JayRod is at last starting to look much better in his movements, so hopefully he'll get his scoring back on track soon enough. Come on chaps, chins up for heavens sake!

I don't see what the harm is in giving him the season at the very least We won't get relegated, no way. We still have the league cup to come, and we're in the same position (points wise) we were last season. SO let's just see what happens. Puel won't have as many fixtures in the second half of the season either so will have a better chance to get us on a good run. My personal opinion, he should be allowed until next Christmas, give him the summer and then we will see where we are next Christmas (likely without the pressure of EL games). Besides sacking the manager too early will not look great for attracting new managers.

It is so good that you can now get the solent commentary on the saints website. Much prefer listening to that than fussing around with awful streams. Hopefully we can continue our winning run. Maybe this will be the year we can get somewhere in a cup, can only hope. I feel more confident with Puel than with Koeman tbf!

Agree very much! Puel needs support from the fanbase, not vitriol! If we crate a positive atmosphere, then we are much more likely to get the results we want!

We had the exact same run of results after three games last season. We are putting the ball about better, and we have good possession, and our passing has improved somewhat since the awful passing from the opener. However we are obviously lacking someone to put the goals away. If we get someone able to do that, or someone finds some form then we'll be fine. The season for us always takes a little time to get started proper as these days we have so many internationals, and we always seem to have important players coming in late in the window. Add in the fact we have a new manager and we all need to remember that it will take a little bit of time for us to get there. There's no need to panic at all yet, we can see what needs to happen and if you look objectively, you can see that we have a solid base to the team, the players just need some confidence and we just need to start delivery the goods a bit more. Chuffed for Rodriguez, regardless of the nature of the goal, hopefully that can help spur him on.

Its awful, it would be good of the club to show some support to Puel. It doesn't have to be public, he may not want that. Heart goes out to the people of France.

I believe the attacks by and large are committed by French nationals or set-up or orchestrated by French nationals.

Yeah that's a good point! Maybe they did mean across all other clubs combined?

Interesting to hear that we led with the most number of minutes played by academy players in the PL last season. If that's true that's excellent, though it does further highlight the challenge for youth players to make it in the first team of PL clubs, as we were all moaning last season that they weren't playing enough! So I'm surprised that we were the highest!

Agreed with this. Its a grower. I think the players look very smart in it. Once the sales hit I shall definitely partake! I like the small details (we march on on the collar, the striped band on the shorts etc). Our best since the return to the prem (with the home-made version a close second).

My absolute biggest bug bear with modern kits. Just cannot understand how the clubs do not make more of a fuss about it. The latest Nike kits... I mean you have to be kidding me right? That's a very fair point. But for them I am less talking about the template issues and more that the actual kit designs look more like football kits than the stuff coming out of adidas and nike.

Quite optimistic about the Under Armour kits tbh. Over the last few seasons the quality of the kits from Adidas and Nike have really gone downhill IMO. I can't stand the brand theme that all clubs have to adhere too. Look at the Nike kits for the Euros! They're atrocious! They are all literally the same kit, a main colour and a sleeve colour with a stripe down the side of the kit. That's it. No identity whatsoever, all you can know for sure when you see a kit, without seeing the badge, is that its a Nike kit... there's no other distinguishing feature other than the colours. How do they get away with it? And then charge so much money! The adidas kits all just look boring as well, none of the templates are interesting, just differently coloured panels (and too many panels in weird places). I'm glad we're out of that now. Umbro and under armour (and tbf so do Macron) actually still seem to make kits that look like football kits. Adidas and Nike just pump out a couple of templates for most teams with different colour combinations (so everyone looks the same and part of team adidas or team nike, thus losing their identity) or they come up with some atrocious futuristic rubbish for the huge clubs, like the new united kit (seriously what is that hexagonal business?). Rant over. Spurs kit last season, whilst not the most amazing, was definitely very decent, and, the key part, looked like a football kit.

I'll go for the same.

I don't anyone would be unhappy with Blanc if he came here! His teams play nice football as well.

Emery for me. His huge EL experience would come in handy this season, plus its always good to have a manager on board who rates the competition. I think he could be good for us. If not then I think FDB would be worth giving a go. Howe I think would definitely be good for us, but I think at a time like this we need someone with a bit more experience to steady the ship. Howe would have been who I would have said if it was a more amicable departure with Koeman, next season, were he to go to Arsenal for instance.