Chez

have you done that sort of trip of a winter evening? The added traffic makes a big difference.

Look at the positions we need to improve. A replacement for Wotton, another striker in case Lambert gets injured, and a left sided player in case Lallana is out.

anyone think its possible for me to make kick off, i'll be leaving Southampton (centre) by car at 5.30?

I was happy with Telfer and Jemaine Wright. They were both slow and far from gifted. However they both had a decent first touch and could make a short pass. Wotton can't even do that.

surprised anyone can look past chicken George when thinking about Antonio reminds them of.

cheers. Its uncovered right?

good luck with the old post. I didn't make it last time, would you recommend the seats or the terrace?

you make some very valid points. We certainly haven't won games just because he is in the side, but (and I have touched on this before) because he sits all day long at least Morgan and Hammond know their responsibilities and have that little bit of freedom to play their natural games.

Agreed. His workrate and movement off the ball in the Rovers game was outstanding for me and really helped us stretch them. When he came off the pace of our closing down dropped badly and may have helped Rovers get the sapce they needed to get back into the game. If he comes back in I hope he can start where he left off.

I used to sit for a bunch of `older' guys at the back of the chapel for a while and they always used to sing that song at lest once a game. Everyone just stared.

Don't tell me Jenkins came inside too much for you? Benali gets in. One of the worst Saints players I have seen whilst we were in the top flight so perhaps Jenkins deserves a little leeway.

er, Rod and Ray were the twins, not Rod and Danny by the way Steve.

we've got tommy, tommy, tommy, tommy jenkins on the wing, on the wing Tommy, Tommy jenkins, tommy jenkins on the wing Tommy, Tommy jenkins, tommy jenkins on the wing we've got tommy, tommy, tommy, tommy jenkins on the wing, on the wing...

I'm sorted two thanks.

That late 60s early 70s side was one of the greatest in English football history. They reached so many finals and got so close to winning everything. Unfortunatey they were undone by horrendous fixture lists and some of the worst refereeing and lino work the world has ever seen. They were very physical and the likes of Hunter and Jack Charlton certainly didn't take any prisoners. But old big eads description that they won it through cheating was ********. They were a class act with some tremendous talents like Sniffer Clarke and Eddie Gray. They were extremely professional and pushed the rules to their limits - but that is exactly what every other side does now. So really all they were was ahead of the game. If you watch the Chelsea Leeds FA Cup final reply at Old Trafford you'll see that they were far from being alone in the rough stuff. Chopper Harris was a thug and no one says Chelsea won the cup by cheating. Revie was an amazing manager and the failure of the FA to acknowledge what he had acheived when he died still ****es Leeds fans off today, especially when Busby was treated very differently and ****s like Fergie get Knighted for one European cup win. Me Dad is a huge Leeds fan so I inevitably have a soft spot for them, but I enjoy nothing more than winning at Elland Road and in recent times I've seen us play them off the park. I look forward to the next visit, where I think we'll do exactly the same.

Far far too lightweight at the moment and not impressed me at all. I think he's going to need a lot longer than a month to develop into the sort of player that can make a real difference to us. The one thing we need to be careful over is not to leave ourselves too short for the JPT game as we don't really want to be overloading our first team with games.

Totally disagree with that. If you saw Thomas, Perry and then Lancashire all getting the run around by Huddersfield you'd have to conclude that we were absolutely woeful at the back. That same game would have also told you how weak we were at right midfield and how little pace we had up front. The total turnaround can be pointed completely to the Trottman/Jardi partnership who have put a stop to set peice goals conceded, prevented big number 9s from dominating games, and all but stopped teams from hurting us when they play up front for the last 10 minutes and hoof it forward. Better player in, better results produced. If AP had come in earlier he may have got these players earlier.

we all love Leeds, we all love Leeds

just 58 for me. Far too many trips to Villa Park and very few trips to League 2 sides.

meh, London's half way there. Some of us have a proper journey to get to the game. cheers. I have a ticket, but I'm looking for an extra one for a mate in London. He won't want to sit with the home fans.

Another Unit. When Jardi retires, ****tu would be the perfect like for like replacement. Talking of centre backs the lad King at Gillingham is worth a look IMO. He didn't play against us as he is on his way back from a serious injury but he was top class last season.

you'll find about 50 of those will actually travel from Southampton and the rest will live up norf.

thanks for the update - they sold out in 20 minutes. If anyone has a spare I'll happily take it off their hands right up to kick off really as I'll be in London village.

christ, does no one work these days? If anyone buys the last ticket can they let me know as I need one and was going o go at lunchtime.

this weeks pre match comments had AP saying I like a couple of MK Dons players. That made me feel there were a couple that he was seriously looking at. David McCracken looked a decent centre back to me, Easter is obviously a threat and I've rated Jason Puncheon during his Barnet days (I thought we should have gine for him) and he might be available to buy from Plymouth.