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I really like that, but their away shirt in the background looks awful!

Well that was pretty conclusive that he will be sniffing around our players. My dislike has just risen.

My word we get some c*cks on the site these days.... you must be fun at parties mate! I apologise to you unreservedly for the typo, please forgive me for being a mong!!?

It's interesting that when you look on Oddschecker, they have Roberto Mancini at 33/1 as the most popular bet to date for our next manager. Unless I've just missed it, I'd not really heard his name muted. Probably because he manages Inter and its unlikely, but strange that they've had more interest in that bet than any other. http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/southampton/next-permanent-manager

10 years ago a group of 15 of us went out to Madrid for a lads weekend to celebrate my brothers 30th birthday. As part of the surprise celebrations I took 15 different Saints kits from over the years with me and on the day we all went to watch Real Madrid v Malaga at the Bernabeu, I made EVERYONE wear a Saints shirt (no matter who they followed) and thankfully they all did. I also presented my brother with a 10 foot Saints flag to take to the game. After a day of too many cerveza's we attended the match and sang Saints songs throughout, all proudly sporting our stripes! No idea what Beckham, Owen, Zidane, etc made of it We had loads of people come and speak to us and loved what we had done, but at the end of the game we stuck around for photos right up in the stands, and as we posed..... a chant of 'Play Up Pompey' came from two of the Real Madrid stewards stood on the pitch! To this day we don't know whether they were Skates, or Spanish and with a great knowledge of English football rivalries! Was all good humoured though and a great weekend.

Done, good luck with the project Matthew.

I also had to do a quick Wiki check...

I agree, I think they look so cheap.... defo not a fan. I haven't bought a shirt for about 15 years, but I still like to see us wearing a nice kit And just to back up what many have already suggested, I can 100% confirm it us UA for us next year.

Very well put, this is exactly who we are and where we are as a club. Unless we ever have investment on a Man City/Chelsea level, then we should be delighted to fight to be the best of the rest (6th, 7th, 8th...) Sadly in the modern (Champions League) era of football, the chasm is just too big between them and us (and even Liverpool/Spurs). Gone are the days of a Norwich, Saints or Villa challenging for the title (before you say it, I know Leicester are ruining my point right now - but the vultures are circling already around Vardy & Mahrez!) Le Tissier made a point in his book that when we was on about £4,600 a week with Saints, he was getting offers of around £4,800 or £5,000 a week to move to Spurs/Chelsea, and that the gulf wasn't so big then in wage offers, so it was easy to turn down, and he openly admits that in the modern game he probably would have left. He would probably be being paid around £30-40k a week at Saints nowadays, but Man Utd could just come along and offer £150k a week.... a la Luke Shaw. Its always going to be that way now (unless we buck the trend one year and reach the CL or get huge investment), so finding those rough gems to polish each Jan/Summer is our best way to sustain a top half finish each year I feel (Mane, JRod, Clyne, etc) and we have done that very well over the last 5 years, better than 'the rest'.

Thought this may be of interest to someone: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=131596391379&globalID=EBAY-GB

I was told yesterday by a senior figure within the club that there was some 'news' coming this week and to watch this space (no indication of whether it would be positive or negative). I thought he was over-egging it when I heard the breaking Romeu signing news last night..... so 'maybe' there is/was some truth with this Fonte rumour?

I just wish the club would allow the giant Liebherr 'Forever a Saint' flag this Saturday as a tribute from the fans. I've seen a few tweets have been sent to the club regarding this, so maybe we could make it happen. #ThankYouMarkus

Thought I'd share this short vid of the Vitesse fans from last Thursday's match at St.Mary's. I thought the majority of them were superb, particularly given how the game went: Hope those going to the game tomorrow night have a great time and do us all proud! Gutted to not be out there, I enjoyed the jaunt to Bucharest back in 2003! (apologies I don't know how to embed the video into this thread, please feel free to do so if you know how)

Well I'm only 30 miles down the road (not that way!) and ordered on the day they went on sale, and still no sign!

Thanks all! Glad I'm not alone....

Hi All, Sorry if this has been asked/answered elsewhere, but has anybody received their Membership Card yet? As myself and a few others I know haven't as of yet. I'm a little concerned as our Vitesse tickets say 'Smartcard Activation' on the invoice receipt, so I am assuming that this means our match tickets will be uploaded directly to the cards (which we don't yet have!) I have emailed the club 3 times now to ask this week, but as yet no answer....

Maybe there is some truth behind the Seattle Sounders tie-in rumours? Looks very close to their colours, and Ralph hinted in his interview this week that he fees we will grow further in the U.S. (But couldn't say anymore at this stage)

100%? So if Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal or Liverpool put in a bid and a better contract offer, he will be saying 'No thanks'? Hmmmm....

You can add P*mpey losing to the mighty Morcambe to that list too!

They aren't.... Not sure this is really of interest or not, but I had a meeting with a couple of the clubs marketing department last week and they were telling me that they had just had the 'big reveal' of the kits internally last week and they had seen the Home, Away and Keeper kits in full.... and loved them! They wouldn't even give me an inkling on the design (stripes, sash, etc) and trust me I tried so hard to get it out of them! But all I can share is that the kit is signed off and all done, the consensus internally was a positive one, and the kit is now in production phase ready for the summer launch.

Football really is a game of opinions... I think Steven Davis has been our best player over the last 10 games!

Sorry if already posted elsewhere, I did look but couldn't see it.... It's my first trip up to Anfield this weekend and I wondered if anyone could recommend the best pub/pubs for pre-match beers for away fans?

Out of interest, anyone know how it's pronounced? Vee-o? Vee-ho?

OK, sorry for the false alarm... Nothing to see here! RJ posted it this afternoon and it wasn't a shirt I recognised.