Thedelldays Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 in the ever increasing likelyhood that he will play in goal for pompey against us..? he was a facking hero for us...hopefully he will repay us for the only time he had a mare..which was a fratton... I just wont be able to boo him...
alpine_saint Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Anyone who boos him is a tw*t. I just hope he has a crap game.
Wes Tender Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 I will clap him politely. It was a privilege to see him play for us and I for one am grateful to him for the service he gave us.
Bucks Saint Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 top man, conducted himself brilliantly, so total respect, just hope he has a mare
St.Patrik Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 He is a Saints legend and people should not booo at him - he got a chance of a last paycheck from the blue few and took it. We should show him respect.
NickG Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 clap on, clap off - but loads of stick you would expect the opposition keeper in a derby to get during the game.
Thedelldays Posted 29 January, 2010 Author Posted 29 January, 2010 Is he still at Fratton Park? I assume so it would probably be ashdown before antti anyway....
thefunkygibbons Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Deserves respect, both as a player and as a person
John B Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 If he plays I think we may have a chance of Winning
JustMike Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 i would clap him, and maybe even a chant of "Niemi, Niemi" at the end of the game. Lots of good memories of him playing
saintmonkey1979 Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 If he plays I think we may have a chance of Winning TBH I think we have a chance anyway. Especially now the fire sale has started with 4 players looking likely to leave today, probably more too i'd imagine before the close of the transfer window. As for Niemi, he was a legend for us and should be treated as one, no matter who his current club is. We have a rivallry with Pompey, not Niemi.
INFLUENCED.COM Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Would like a show of appreciation for him when he came out(warmed up) but little else, got alot of repsect for him as a player and as a person, an all round good egg who must have been scrambled to go down the road.
Colinjb Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 I would feel sad to see him involved with that car crash. He is the best keeper I have ever seen, he will always be a legend in my eye as a result. I would never boo a player who has given me the joy he has.
saintmonkey1979 Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 would be James wouldn't it? They cant afford to play James as he is close to activating a contract extension clause and his move to Stoke is very much still on. It will be Niemi or Ashdown.
keithd Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Not many players who played for us and had their best years with us could get a good reception coming back playing for "them" but he'd be one for sure. Fabulous keeper, one of the best we've had, top 3 easily. Took me 10 games to work out what foot he kicked with he could clear so well with both! And his treble save against Arsenal...!!! And goal against Fulham...!! I could go on... As has been said, clap on, clap off, chuckle when he lets in 3!
alpine_saint Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 If he plays I think we may have a chance of Winning FFS, we have a good chance anyway.
krissyboy31 Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Would give him a good reception when he came onto the pitch but it wouldn't stop me shouting "You Skate b@st@rd!" every time he kicked the ball.
Huntingdon Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 We should give him abuse That fateful day at Fratton showed him to be a bottler when intimidated He's plays for Pompey now, so what he done for Saints is immaterial in my eyes
norwaysaint Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Haven't several great Saints players gone to Pompey towards the end of their career? Mick Channon and Ron Davies did at least and Alan Ball and Ted MacDougal as non-players. Are there other notable ones?
Katalinic Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 That fateful day at Fratton showed him to be a bottler when intimidated What utter c**p. The only bad game he had for us and not helped by clowns in front of him.
sussexsaint Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Anyone who boos him is a tw*t. I just hope he has a crap game. +1 Nothing but respect for the man, but I do hope he has a shocker against us
so22saint Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 He shouldn't be booed. But if we create a great / hostile atmosphere he'll hopefully bottle it like he did at Nottarf Krap and let in anything that's on target. He'll have the U-15 academy in front of him hopefully.
AussieDog Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Didn't Bobby Stokes have a season or so down the road?
Seaford Saint Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Niemi was a great servant to the club. I would be ashamed if he got booed.....sadly nothing surprises me with the idiots in Northam - not all Northam fans are idiots, I know, but a sizable proportion are. I remember Ricardo Fuller being booed etc. If he does play I hope he puts in a bad shift.
egreog Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Excellent player for Saints but probably past his best........he is 3rd or 4th choice at FP which I think says it all!
StuRomseySaint Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Don't give a toss about him. He was good for us... but I will give him a torrent of abuse, as I will the other 10 skates on the pitch. He went to P*mpey... so he obviously doesn't think as much of Southampton fans as some Southampton fans think about him.
saintmonkey1979 Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Indeed he did, 1978 I believe and then ended his career at Cheltenham, HTH
Colinjb Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Don't give a toss about him. He was good for us... but I will give him a torrent of abuse, as I will the other 10 skates on the pitch. He went to P*mpey... so he obviously doesn't think as much of Southampton fans as some Southampton fans think about him. He went to the Skates because of David Coles. The club was irrelevant to him, he is a proffesional sportsman after all, not a fan. To tar him like that is also to tar Bobby Stokes and Mick Channon. This discussion may well prove to be irrelevant anyway.
INFLUENCED.COM Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 he obviously doesn't think as much of Southampton fans as some Southampton fans think about him. The case in 99.99999% of the time, could you name 20 Footballers who were/are any different ?
Pancake Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Skate mate has heard he is set to retire next week if they keep James and Ashdown in the window.
sainter28 Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Deserves respect, both as a player and as a person What he said.
John B Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Didn't Bobby Stokes have a season or so down the road? And Ron Davies
thesaint sfc Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Loved Niemi to bits. I could never boo him in a million years. I'd really struggle to deal with seeing him in goal for pompey though. I'd struggle even more hearing a load of our fans booing him!
Mr X Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Don't give a toss about him. He was good for us... but I will give him a torrent of abuse, as I will the other 10 skates on the pitch. He went to P*mpey... so he obviously doesn't think as much of Southampton fans as some Southampton fans think about him. I respect the man, but wasn't he quoted as saying he'd never cross the divide during his time at saints?........ I guess money talks at the end of the day
Saint_clark Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 I hope he doesn't, I can't wait for "ooooooooooohhhhhh YOU SKATE B*STARD!".
Golden Balls Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Maybe a chant of his name in the warm up, clap on and off. But 'ooooooooh, you skate b@stard' everytime he kicks the ball... Or maybe even 'oooooooooooh, you're skint ahhhhhh'
once_bitterne Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Skate mate has heard he is set to retire next week if they keep James and Ashdown in the window. Has he actually played a game of football since he came OUT of retirement? No wonder they are fooked, what a totally bizarre signing. They have been paying the wages of a 4th choice keeper they really didn't need and was probably physically unable to play in any case!
Torres Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 We should give him abuse That fateful day at Fratton showed him to be a bottler when intimidated He's plays for Pompey now, so what he done for Saints is immaterial in my eyes He had the bottle to play depsite being really quite unwell and vomitting immediately prior to the game.
Pancake Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Has he actually played a game of football since he came OUT of retirement? No wonder they are fooked, what a totally bizarre signing. They have been paying the wages of a 4th choice keeper they really didn't need and was probably physically unable to play in any case! No, not featured for them at all.
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Anyone who boos him is a tw*t. I just hope he has a crap game. +1. Totally agree.
Bwanamakubwa Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Songs such as "anti is a saints fan" and "one agent anti" should be used merely as a wind up to the blue few!
alpine_saint Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 We should give him abuse That fateful day at Fratton showed him to be a bottler when intimidated He's plays for Pompey now, so what he done for Saints is immaterial in my eyes
alpine_saint Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Loved Niemi to bits. I could never boo him in a million years. I'd really struggle to deal with seeing him in goal for pompey though. I'd struggle even more hearing a load of our fans booing him! Yep. My son and I flew with Flybe from Soton to Salzburg during the summer of 2004, and were shocked to be sharing the plane with the SFC squad going for some summer tpre-season training. Niemi (and Beattie) were really nice to my son, who idolised both at the time. I'll say again - anyone who boos Niemi if he plays is a brain-dead tw*t.
NickG Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 even when he is facing Lambert about to take a penalty? think there will be 26,000 brain dead tw*ts who disagree with you!
Dog Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 I would probably coin him or throw darts at him, failing that, the old bleach in the eyes treatment should sort him out. Puts tin hat on and squats
a1ex2001 Posted 29 January, 2010 Posted 29 January, 2010 Niemi is a saints legend and always will be apart from during the 90 minutes of this tie assuming he plays. I'd expect him to recieve a warm welcome and and even warmer departure if we win. During the game I expect him to get some stick nothing like as much as James would have got but he will take some especially if there is a penalty situation. Best goal keeper I've ever seen in a saints shirt so good I can even over look his signing for pompey!
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