70's Mike

Agreed loans have to better than what we have already, lets continue improving first 11 rather than that old failed policy of adding lesser players to a squad

agreed Leon is a true saints fan, thick or thin, never saw the club as a money making machine like rupert and wilde

just got in, absolute professional performance, i have been priveledged to watch some great saints sides over the last 54 years and this lot are forcing their way into that level. Noticed a few regular posters missing tonight, of course even they would look stupid knocking that display

Not convinced MP wants an attacking midfield player, not sure how that fits with the current team method

Stupid time to kick off a football match

Two for us old ones not already mentioned Paine against Charlton in 66 at the Dell Moran at Fratton Final thought two others Terry Curran against Leeds at THe Dell in 1978 League Cup Semi Barry Horne against Bolton

disagree that as better title "getting a lot better" has been doing what he did yesterday all season, just that it is only now being appreciated as people realise we are playing different style this season

or not playing enough injury time for them to get a winner

big game tomorrow the mighty Bury, another big boost to the local economy, bet the Butchers wll be busy, sorry forgot he is being boycotted because he is against their 50 k new stadium funded by Tesco

Minute silence at all Youth Games this week end. Tommy Traynor and Brian Butler not many of the orginal Tyro guys left Sad News

interesting topic, my own view is the fault lays with the professional clubs not grass roots football, for years the so called best talent has been "pinched"by Academies, who apparently have the best coaches in the country. So why do we fail as a nation? Perhaps because those professional academies coach all the individual flair out of players and then discard them, imo no player should be allowed to go to a professional academy until they are 13. Let them play with their mates, put the money saved by the academies into increasing Grass Roots coaching, not only numbers but standards, making level 2 more affordable because that is where the coaching becomes about how to play

what is really strange is when it hits you that within 15 yards of where you sit are at least 6 others who have over 50 years of support, we are the true "Golden Generation"

We would rather be called "Southampton Old Boys"

thing that always makes me laugh is in the anti-capaitalist rallies the yobs are there with there scaffold poles and crash helmets, me at nearly 60 cannot take a plastic bottle top into SMS or go to an away game at Fratton without a CRB check. football fans are easy targets

Finger prints at turnstitle followed by retinal scan

especially as ST will not be valid for European games, so us OAP's or nearing that age may watch on TV

do we know how we are spending our 200000 yet

who cares it is my City and stuff what anyone else things no one likes us we don't care

catering at football used to be a packet of crisps and a warm pint,in a bar no bigger than my living room in the Milton

Two things Not sure what you mean by click, we are playing differently with games more likely to be one nil than 4-3, so i feel we have clicked. J Rod instead of who,

Sums it up for me

he was at SMS this afternoon, arrived about 12.45 in Chapel Car park

Interesting people still saying not playing well, imo they need to understand that MP realises that free flowing football leads to 4-3 defeats, whereas filling the midfield with runners, tacklers etc leads to 2-0 home victories. Keep grinding out the results

used to think like that many years ago, thing is games become meaningless, give me the buzz of the last 3 seasons where every game counts

Think it will be slightly different this year as a lot of teams have got nearer to the top 4, who have not improved as much, champions may have a few more defeats