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Feeling old? I remember when Stevie Mills looked young!

I expect quite a few of them are looking at their majorities and updating their CVs. Tactical voting here we come...

No. That just confused me..

Better at weekends than impacting people who have to get to work. If strikes or engineering works impact our home games at least I save a fair bit of money on pre-match drinks and with an EV my fuel costs are minimal.

Is it safe to come on here yet? I've given time for the usual depressives to enjoy themselves being negative. But I have to say they have more justification after Friday's game than for some time. Watching down the local pub I normally enjoy a few drinks watching the game but I barely managed the two. One team marginally less awful than the other and that was down to a bit of strength and experience. At one stage there were some substitutions and I nipped out to the loo. When I came back I saw Elyounoussi was still on the pitch: surely we must have a better alternative? I cannot see what he brings to the game and that's someone who in the past has understood what less than brilliant players can contribute. Now there's more of a coaching team I'd love to eavesdrop a conversation between them on the subject, it might be fascinating. JWP was not at his best, but my goodness, from a brief look at this thread some of you are quick enough to jump on somebody having an off day and not having much support alongside him.

I've just seen the latest change. Flaming 'eck. I play football on a Sunday, and although I'm pretty crap am covering in goal at the moment as we've lost our keeper. What's the point of a season ticket? I appreciate some games may be changed for the convenience of TV but three in a row all on a Sunday?! There's sod all thought for the fans who fill the grounds and no chance of getting any money back like you will be able to if you have a one-off ticket for Brentford and can't make the new date.

Just had an email from the FA that football will be back to normal next weekend, subject to security arrangements and Monday fixtures off obvs.

Well, we're lucky there's no danger of you having any virtue to signal. I find it a rare event you making a post that isn't deeply unpleasant or offensive. Anyway, no grassroots or kids football tomorrow. I'll go and find a game of rugby or cricket for some sport and a minute's silence to show my respect.

All football down to tier 7 and grassroots. I presume we'll be allowed to go for a run in the local park... Will it apply to next weekend too? The thing about low level football is you can't reschedule midweek as pitches and players just aren't available.

So what is an appropriate response? Ignore it or as far as an ostenatious year of wearing black as in the Victorian era? Next weekend I'd agree with, and gives more time for arrangements to be made for many things, but this weekend go ahead with appropriate opportunities for the fans to pay their respects. The BBC last night was like some totalitarian state: Radio 4, 3, 2 and Solent all with the same broadcast: goodness knows what the TV was like. Having rolling coverage with commentators trying to fill the gaps is one thing, but on _all_ channels? Nicholas Witchell is oleaginously obsequious at the best of times, but luckily my mum turned her telly off before it got too much. Let people decide how and to what extent they pay their respects, but ultimately life goes on. I've been to far too many funerals in the last couple of years so I'm very familiar with those words from Ecclesiastes - "There is a time for everything". The funerals have ended up being celebrations of lives, whereas at the moment there seems to be a competition as to who can be the most sombre and respectful.

Read this in one paper: The new owner apparently wanted Ronaldo as well!

A few years ago I was staying with a friend in the Dales and she took me to the station at Darlo to get the train to see Saints at Newcastle. There were a surprising number with Saints colours on the platform, and I don't think Sunderland were at home!

I know! Me agreeing with Charlie Wayman! 🙂 Why do some people need someone to blame all the time, and concentrate on a few specific incidents. It's sport by humans, not a mechanistic game of numbers by automatons. Bazunu was fooled by what looked like a mishit, but people would be complaining if he was static and not anticipating, which you just have to in goal. His distribution has really aided getting us up the pitch, and we all know what happens to McCarthy's clearances. Similarly with Adams: the amount of work he puts in really helps us as a team, but some have to concentrate on moments where he should have done better. It's where we are and I'd still prefer him to an uncrocked Kaladjzic. There's plenty of legitimate points to make: lack of goals from set pieces for example, but they will come, I feel. In his cameos Elodozie has shown excitingly quick feet as well as pace, and looks a definite upgrade on Redmond, with a greater potential for getting free kicks in dangerous places. All the new players look decent, but most are young and inexperienced at this level and playing alongside each other for the first time. As they gain more confidence in each other's abilities and limitations I hope to see better performances. After all, we could have been in Leicester's position..

It's alright for you. I'm retired and need to go down the allotment to get some seedlings in, paint the back gate before tomorrow's rain, do my aged parent's daily morale visit, get some food in, cook it, check Saintsweb, go for a run as it's our first game on Sunday, check Saintsweb, peel and freeze some apples, check Saintsweb. Work? Pah! 😉

I hope you've copyrighted that idea..

Looks like late Beethoven... Anyway, that's the last of my three posts, so I'll wait for us finally spending our war chest and the transfer window slamming shut before I comment again..

On the platform at Southampton station and very happy. Nobody had a bad game and I was finally impressed with Mo and Diallo who both worked their socks off. Bollocks to the Mail who said the team weren't playing for the manager. I haven't checked the table yet but the announcer at the stadium said we were 7th!

I was very underwhelmed by his half arsed performances before he moved to Liverpool...

I haven't read the other comments but just to say how Manchester United have come down in the world, having to grind out an away win based on a single breakaway goal and deliberate fouling to stop any Saints attacks developing, but not around the box within JWP range. Perhaps they can't afford decent players anymore? OK, so tongue in cheek but a fair bit of truth in there too. As to Saints, I was pleased enough with their performance. Lavia and ABK look real assets, but nobody had a bad game. My impression is that Armstrong is playing better and more involved so perhaps he'll start to get a better return this season, perhaps more on the assist front. I predicted SA would come on for Elyounoussi but the latter was solid enough. Che was making a real nuisance of himself, but when all is said and done I think we need a new striker, even if they work in tandem. The result was a bit deflating, the performance less so.

Not too bad, dropped off some friends at 102. The South Western is busy..

To what extent is his absence due to a lack of pre-season through injury and how much through other causes (out of favour/due to move/can't be arsed/not training hard enough etc.)? Walcott is just taking up a squad space, Elyounoussi is more of a footballer but has always lacked pace, Djenepo can surprise us, the opposition and himself and seems to have buckled down this season. I'd certainly keep Redmond over Walcott, obviously, keep Djenepo who has shown surprising versatility and then the final decision based on if we bring anybody in.

Aaargh! That was just to waste one of my three daily posts. Keep it all in one thread, as I'm able to scroll and the number of pages tends to give an indication of how matters have progressed. If the mods are around perhaps they could update the thread title with the score so I can get my 'oh sh*t' or my little dance round the room over with quickly before doing a quick check of Convict Colony's Theory..

ooo Diamond Edwards coming on..

The Geldart rings a bell; a back street pub with a regular Irish music session in the past?

Interesting season so far. I see Liverpool currently have Merseyside bragging rights with twice as many points as Everton.. Didn't see much of tonight's game but VVD seemed really out of sorts in the last 20. Was he like that all game? At least Manchester Utd won't be getting their first win against us.