Sunglasses Ron

Definite present for the Saints fan who has everything (and likes Gin) 😃

"In collaboration with Hampshire's Winchester Distillery, we have created a limited edition bespoke gin with carefully sourced botanicals including grass from the St Mary's Stadium pitch"

Agreed! Really like JV, and very much hope he stays put, but of all the players we would have lost, I wouldn't have any hard feelings towards him if he did go. Some of the stick he received from our fan base prior to this season was savage so we'd have no right to play the 'loyalty' card.

Retro shirts, but sadly without the retro prices. Looks like they've lumped another £10 on the price of them compared to the last set!

I'd happily have him on a 12-month contract. Even if he might not be in my starting 11 he would make our bench look a lot stronger than it has been of late. I also don't think you can put a value on his experience, plus he seems a good role model to have around the place.

A good listen as always, the pod always helps me through the first day of the working week! 😃

All of a sudden, we're in a great position. Most players now back from injury, still need a few more wins to guarantee safety and everyone competing for the cup game. Seems like a perfect mix to me. I'm starting to fancy our chances against Leicester 😮

Yup, I expect we'll all remember which sofa we were on when we won the cup of '21 though 😃

Very happy memories of sitting there watching Saints 4-0 up on my birthday thinking this was the start of our upward trajectory. Carlisle fans that I met on the day were all really decent. Must have been quite daunting for them seeing so many Saints supporters there (so much so that I think us winning seemed inevitable). Hopefully in 10 years time we'll be looking back on our 2021 FA Cup triumph 🙂

@Fan The Flames @Micky @skintsaint Glad you guys like my concept design 😂 Think I'll stick to the day job 😎

Curiosity got the better of me, so I mocked up my idea. Quite like it 🙂

Thought he was excellent last night, probably Man of the Match. He showcased his remarkable consistency with set pieces and crossing, which in fairness, it probably doesn't matter who the opposition are. I'm sure Southgate knows already whether he's going to make the squad.

Good practice for the big one next month 🙂

Agreed, not to my liking as a Saints shirt either. For several years I've had this vision of a combined sash and stripes home kit. In my head, it's a thing of immense beauty, but would probably look like a reconfigured version of the Dimplex kit in reality (which I know many have never liked).

@BERMUDASAINTwell I'm glad someone sort of understands where I'm coming from 🙂 @hypochondriacI really do appreciate your point-of-view and I said earlier that my views were probably a bit apathetic. Last post from me on this subject, and I don't know your age, but if we won the cup in say 1992 and then got relegated the same season, I imagine Le Tissier would have left and we may still be playing at The Dell (a romantic thought, but not at all practical). I value Le Tissier's legacy as much as any trophy we could have won over the years. I'm not trying to change your opinion by the way, more attempting to rationalise mine.

I didn't say no financial risk, because that will probably always be the case. But at this time, and in our current position, I think relegation would a be a bit of a disaster for us. Like I said earlier though, I respect your view, but it's not one that I share (not that it matters, as we will never actually be able to choose such an outcome anyway). If that makes me mental in your eyes then so be it. One thing we share in common though is that we both want to win this bloody cup!

I guess my answer would change when dropping out of the top flight carried less of a risk than it does at present. We nearly became extinct the last time it happened and I'm not sure we're in any better position to deal with it now than we were back in 2005.

@SKD Trophies are a huge part of what represents success to me and, let's be honest, we should have won more over the years. But in the absence of that, being a long-standing top flight club with an excellent track record of developing players is not to be sniffed at IMO. We also hold several Premier League records (good and bad) and have had some generally great moments over the years. In short, I think we've contributed a lot to English top flight football and are generally respected for it. @hypochondriac I want us to win something now, I just wouldn't exchange it for relegation if hypothetically offered. I know this comes across as apathetic, but maybe that's the product of 30 years of not winning anything and having suitably low expectations as a result!

Haha don't worry pal, I won't be losing any sleep over it, I just think my view is not the one of a nutter. Like I said, I DESPERATLY want us to win something, I just wouldn't willingly trade our place in the Premier League for it as I value it really highly and history shows that relegation can be absolutely disastrous. I think timing is in my thinking too, relegation at this time could be especially painful given multiple, much-discussed, issues. Bottom line is that I know I'm quite risk adverse, it doesn't mean that I don't damn well hope we lift that trophy in May!

If you think I'm a nutter for saying it's more important, as a general principle, to remain in the Premier League than win a cup then that's fine and I respect your view (if not the insult). It doesn't mean that I don't desperately want us to win it and that, with us almost certainly safe, that we should do anything other than go for it all guns blazing.

Not at all and I think I've made my views very clear. All I ever said is that I wouldn't take relegation and a cup win if hypothetically offered.

Fine by me that we're being written off by so many already, hopefully that will motivate our guys and lead to complacency within the Leicester camp.

Was considering who’d I’d prefer to win the game on now and actually thought “Leicester, as Man Utd beat us 9-0” 🤦🏻‍♂️

Fucking wankers! Ohh look, that what decent, now how can we take it away from them...

Absolutely buzzing, feels like the season has lift off again!