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created the best chances, worked incredibly hard defensively and deserved the win imo. love it. just need all the big boys to be drawn against each other.

sometimes its really good, sometimes really bad. i think he usually has the right idea but the execution isnt always there.

yeah, just the final.

they have had the ball and we've been pushed back, but we're cut them to ribbons on the break. disappointed not to be in front. although he has mis-controlled a few times i have been impressed by larin. good physical presence and has given us an out ball.

US Superstars you say? Well, olympic pole vaulter Bob Seagren won the first series in 1973, so maybe him, but it would be remiss of me not to suggest Joe Frazier, who, due to the fact that he didn't know how to swim, nearly drowned in the 50m swimming event. When asked by a reporter why he tried to race, he replied "How was I to know I couldn't unless I tried?" Gold. And here he is. Good of the director to cut just as he starts sinking...

Wasn't the new Wembley debt paid off in 2024? Time to scrap Wembley semi finals. The downside is less fans can go, obviously, but 35k for each team at old Trafford and 30k each side at Tottenham seems reasonable. Could have a few England games in the different regions too.

In the old first division, there used to be so many 'nothing' games towards the back end of the season. The only good thing was it allowed clubs to blood some youngsters. The play offs have kept us interested and kept teams honest. There tends to be hardly any nothing games these days. I don't see any need to extend the play offs though. If you can't make sixth, then you really shouldn't be in the mix for promotion. This is why you need an independent body running a league. Give turkeys the chance to vote for for an end to Christmas and they will probably take that opportunity.

The entire thread is hypothetical and the counter argument is that Armstrong looked shite in a Saints shirt at SMS against PL opposition, while he looked pretty good in a Saints shirt at SMS in the championship. that said, I'm inclined to agree with you. Terrible first touch, slow, no stamina, shit in the air...I really wanted to be watching someone else other than him lead our attack and was glad he departed and we could try again.

The PL is better than the Turkish top flight. No shit. How does the Championship compare with the Super Lig? I hated the signing at the time and was glad when he left, but it doesn't mean he wouldn't have scored a few goals in the championship if he had stayed. Not sure I can blame him for departing. It's not as though we [the managers after Jones had been sacked] made him terribly welcome

We may have had better, but not many. I think fans undervalued him last season because we still conceded a shit load of goals. In my opinion he looked a top class keeper. A lot better than McCarthy and Forster. His speed off his line was impressive, as were his reactions. He made some mistakes, but he faced a barrage at times, with a clueless pathetic defence in front of him. Hard to say on the points front. Our poor start was more of a collective issue, not just down to the keeper, but you can only play 11, and if one or two are not pulling their weight, it has an impact. The fact is, he was never going to play in the championship, he's too good for this level, so the discussion is a bit futile.

I'd say this was the most likely reason. SFC haven't left themselves vulnerable to a loss (through unsold tickets) since a fuck up with tickets for Chelsea away in the early 2000s when they overestimated how many would attend. Why Fulham couldn't just let us have all those 1700 seats on sale or return (instead of selling us 600) I will never know. It would have been another £20-30k in their pocket, but I guess it buttons to them. A little disappointed as I haven't got a ticket, but such is life. The last time I travelled to Fulham for a FA cup game I didn't make it back in one piece, so maybe watching it on the tele is not the worst idea.

If you buy a lot of something, then getting a reward from the seller in terms of a discount or a free one of those things seems to make sense. Buy ten coach tickets get one free is fine. Buy 20 pies get one free. Buy ten aways get one free.

Minutes from last FAB meeting: https://assets.ctfassets.net/qtmbc4zcgkle/1BXlUvBqBokuYKiLD4SKj3/d9e703db1bff5719b90d173afae0142b/FAB_Minutes_edited_Feb_2026.pdf Includes a small section about the derby game. The minutes suggest members of the FAB tried to explain to the Southampton officials at the meeting that fans weren't happy with the ridiculously early start. This was blamed on SKY TV's request for a 12 o'clock kick off time. The amount of people unhappy was questioned and the clubs response seemed to be 'forward us any complaints' (as though the FAB got these complaints by email or letter). FAB explained that the complaints were heard at the actual game. So they were effectively forwarding them at that meeting. Looks like the early start and the notification were the only things raised. I think its fair to say the FAB were not pushing back on a bubble next year, but they did at least tell SFC that fans were not entirely happy with the impact of it.

No issue with the club giving regular users of a service a reward, but perhaps paying for the ticket of fans that have attended a lot of aways might also be nice.

Thanks for posting that. What a fantastic moment in time that was. #Stomper.

Agree. Ipswich 3 points off boro with game in hand. A lot of games to go. Who knows what the situation will be by then.

was this the covid season? I lose track. I felt that we benefitted from that closed stadiums/no fans run in to the season. I seem to recall our squad had continued to train and stay "on it"/match sharp, whilst a lot of other sides had closed down and effectively were on the beach. I might be mistaken.

My concern is despite the manager and form change we will be 'found out' when we play the remaining games against top 6 sides. At least we are on the mix.

You could say the same thing about Maradona's goal of the century. 😉 Doesn't Chris nutmeg Matt Holland at the start? I honestly can't remember and not sure you can even tell on the video.

"walking into pitfall traps with eyes open" - what are you talking about here? Not sure losing to Fulham would "damage our momentum". They are a different level to us right now. I think if we play well, you can take something from the game no matter what he result. I agree fans will be pissed off if the side is weakened, and we lose. You want to see us go for it. However, I think its more annoying to play a weakened team in the cup when you are a PL side. That is when you have you best team and best chance, so that's when you should really go for it.

Wrexham's last two games are Cov and Boro. I wonder if both opponents will be promoted by then, which would drastically change the look of those games. They also have Hull, Sheff United, Watford, Birmingham and us to play. Plenty of opportunities to drop points. If they don't, then fair play to them.

Yeah, it looked a lot better from the away end (side) than on TV. Special for him though.

I'm a huge fan of the FA Cup and it still narks me us losing the game at Sunderland when Poch rested players (all be it not quite as many as I first thought), so I'd always want to see us pick our strongest side, even if we are in the championship. It's not that long ago that Cardiff made the final and Millwall before them. We've seen Wigan win it and get relegated, so there is always aa glimmer of hope despite the big boys dominating in the last decade. The counter will be, at this moment in time, promotion is still on and therefore you have to really consider the league game three days later. Can professionals play to their maximum with that recovery time? I have no idea. Play your best side, lose a couple through injury and you really regret it. But fearing the worst is not the way to live. For me, picking a mishmash of some first team and some reserves is not ideal. You want continuity. We have some depth in midfield, but I'd prefer we kept the back four the same. Selection up front will be dictated by Stewart's fitness.

We are not the Scummers. As Darren Anderton knows, that lot down the road are the fucking scummers.

A quick look on their online ticketing system https://www.eticketing.co.uk/fulhamfc/EDP/Event/Index/1009 and you can see that the've hardly sold any tickets in the Hammersmith End and Jonny Haynes stand. Hard to tell in the Riverside stand as the centre sections are unavailable as corporate, I suspect. FA cup home ticket sales probably only really start moving in the week running up to the game, so they are perhaps leaving themselves room for manoeuvre? I wonder if Saints just don't want to buy those last 1200 up front?