Guided Missile

Jersey, that is. Not too far away and a great place to go, to get away from the recession in the UK. I recommend you visit the the finest luxury boutique hotel in Jersey, following its multi-million pound restoration and refurbishment program. I am sure it will become the preferred destination amongst the more discerning Saints fans, some of whom may wish that the multi-millions could have been invested in our football club, as they sip champagne on the sun terrace and contemplate it's rapid descent towards administration.

I can't remember too many people complaining about having the new Saints stadium built in Eastleigh.

I take it English is your second language. I was talking about a ground share to help our club avoid administration. I wasn't talking about a merger...

When we were in the Premiership and Pompey the Championship, I knew of quite a few Southampton ST holders who supported Pompey, but liked to watch a live Premiership game every other week...

I'd still love you to explain it, as I'm not very clever...

Apparently, Milano's 120 metres above seas level, the same as Milan...

Sh!t, I have a feeling that Um did not know Milano was Italian for Milan. Steve, tell me it ain't so....

Explain...

I contend that my idea is a better one than Pompey's current brainwave: In October 2007, Portsmouth F.C. announced plans to build a 36,000 seat football stadium on the south-east corner of Horsea Island, near to the M275 motorway. Proposed stadium site looking north The proposed new stadium at Horsea Island is planned for completion in 2011. Serious logistical problems, notably the paucity of access by road and rail (the nearest railway station, Cosham, is 6 km away), need to be addressed by plans yet to be made public, but indications are that two new junctions are to be constructed off the M275 as access to the new stadium which will also facilitate development of the nearby Stamshaw area. A railway station at Wymering has also been proposed, but this would still be 3 km away from the proposed stadium. There are question marks over the proposed housing development essential to help fund the stadium. The original schematic plan published in The News when the stadium proposal was revealed clearly showed housing south of the lake impinging on the western end of the SSSI, which if correct would be a serious obstacle to planning permission. However, the most fundamental problem is the site's vulnerability to flooding. Less than 1 m above sea level, part of the site is already regularly inundated by sea water on spring tides. Moreover, in a study led by the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, sea levels are predicted to rise six metres by 2100 which, if correct, would see Horsea, like the Maldive Islands, submerged before 2040.

If this happened, I'd go and watch football at St. Mary's every Saturday, TBH...

Not a real problem. St. Mary's is sold to a property holding company, which holds two long term leases to each club. On the back of the value of these leases, which are related to the attendance figures, the property holding company finances the stadium expansion to hold 42,500 and builds a railway station next to the ground with regular services to London, Portsmouth and Bournemouth on match days. The holding company benefits from concession sales and stadium events such as an Abba reunion and both clubs are insulated from the capital cost of the stadium and the chance of administration, as you can't be put into administration by the landlord and your expenditure is related to the attendance, ie less for Saints, more for Pompey.

Have you ever been to Milan? The traffic and transportation issues in that city are 10 times worse than getting from Pompey to Southampton.

If Fratton was a venue like St. Marys and the alternative was Saints going out of business, I could live with the 30 minute train ride. Christ, most London fans have far further to go to see their local team. A mate of mine lives in Burridge and is a ST holder at Stamford Bridge. I have two words, to finish on....San Siro

It'll be too late then, that's the problem....

I see Liverpool have postponed their new ground for the foreseeable future, AKA "It will never happen"

...someone from SLH, please sit down with the Pompey board and discuss this issue, FFS. Surely Fratton Park can be sold for housing when the property market recovers, and this will help Pompey. Renting St. Mary's to Pompey for their home games will also help us. Increased matchday income all round and both clubs will stand a far better chance of surviving the economies of football and yet....I have a feeling this eminently sensible solution to the financial problem facing both clubs will die at the feet of knuckle dragging, rabid, shortsighted fanatics. Surely if AC and Inter Milan can share grounds, we can. Jeez, for the local derby between our clubs we would sell 45,000 tickets, more than paying for the added security. In fact, a lot of people from the M27 corridor from Chichester to Bournemouth, from the M3 corridor from Southampton to Basingstoke would go every week to see both teams. 45,000 capacity would be needed...and we may even end up with both clubs dominating the Premiership. Who knows?

Elvis Presley may make the club re-open the corners...Elton John and they'd close the Chapel...

I would give Rupert Lowe £10K to ban them for life...

He lives just outside Guildford, to be fair...

Steve, you are allowed to moan as much as you want. The reason is that as you have lost all the credibility you ever had, as a former leader of the pack (brrrm brrrm), via your ill fated and grubby involvement with Wilde's organ, AKA the Saints Trust, any reader is likely to take the opposite view to you, thus raising morale and confidence.

I've read your posts, Gordon and they are f***ing boring. And what is it about the "racial inference" sh!te? Are you totally mental or did you miss the "best batsman that ever played for Hampshire inference" (Greenidge without the r). Now, as most readers will tell, having taken advantage of a happy two hour in my hotel, I will depart to the restaurant, wishing you all good night, or, as our scouse chairman would put it, COYR...

You and I are allowed to say what the f*** we want about the club because we pay a "moaners offset" fee when we bought our ST. It's like a "carbon offset" without the tax breaks...

To be honest, I'm more concerned how sh!te your posts are. FFS try and contribute something more entertaining to this forum, Gordon. No one really gives a sh!t how often you attend games, just how interesting your posts are and take it from me, you're more boring than Alpine and that's saying something....

I'm between appointments. Just off to have an Indian, if you know what I mean...

Now check this IP address out, you IP sleuth. Should be close the Le Meridian Hotel, Mumbai, Room 512....