John Boy Saint

Was that one or two bottles tonight?

Not a defector really: Gazza between the sticks for Spurs this evening

Liverpool were on tick over, we ran about the pass % must be pretty damn shocking from us. Our defence needs to have an experienced head in there, Vestergaard and Hoedt both look immature as defenders, Bertrand doesn’t offer any guidance as a senior player. Whatever the issue with Yoshida is its needs sorting one way or the other.

Cheers my Cool Dad status just went stratospheric!

I see Liverpool could have what, to some, might be considered a Home Referee. Apparently its Mr Paul Tierney on the whistle for this one, comes from Wigan and came through the Lancashire FA, so Mrs T will be delighted to have Paul home home nice and early for his tea on Saturday night.

RATHER THAN START A NEW THREAD My daughter has asked what the walk out music is this season? If anyone knows I can retain my Super Dad status

Think that might have been Stern John - seemed a bum deal at the time one was young and eager the other was an old journeyman. That said young and eager ran along the edge of thinking above his station and being a pain in the backside! Hope that's right - otherwise I have jumped in with my question!i!! What was notable about Saints goal scorers in the 1979 League Cup Final v Nottingham Forest?

2.5 out of 10 Not to acquire splinters in my bum from on top of the fence, I am normally a glass half full kind of chap. But games like Monday night when we looked a proper cohesive football team first half, then second a bunch of blokes who had been knocked over the head walking out of a p*rtsm*uth Inn, waking up with the Kings shilling in their hand miles from land on the deck HMS Southampton FC, my glass is beginning to look half empty. I just cant believe the fragility of the players - I've watched Saints for years, seen the highs seen even more lows and rolled with them, but this is becoming a chore!

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is that Talkshoite err Talking $H1te?

First half I thought here we go, probably the best first half of football I have seen Saints churn out for quite a while, we were scrapping and pressing and Brighton were all over the place, that Murray’s head must weigh about 18stone because he seemed to be toppling over even when a Saints player was nowhere near him first half. As for the referee how the chuff can you play advantage when Redmond cynically had his feet swept from under him, and was the only Saints player near the dead ball and yet still on his hands and knees, that threw us for a moment in the first half. Second half they must have had their tummy’s tickled over a lovely cup of hot chocolate in our dressing room, we just let Brighton play and run about at will and we got deeper and deeper into our own half and meandered out up the pitch but only to the edge of the 18 yard box mind as it was coming straight back at us. There were balls running dead in space we all looked at each other as if to say “oh are you running after that”..............”oh they have it again best stand here”. We just look so fragile if we concede, you can point the finger at Sparky but there is just something in our DNA that just makes us go into our shell. What you can question is how can you bring on midget midfielders when they still have a couple of giants out on the pitch! If Charlie Austin is struggling with fitness why waste his space on the bench when you have an unknown quantity to the oppos in Gallagher who is big quick mobile and a presence, if you are going to punt long balls up field at least have someone up the field who stands a better chance of winning the ball rather than relying on the Spring in Longs legs to outjump a defender who already has a 5/6” advantage with his feet planted on the ground. All very frustrating, probably won’t be staying up late Saturday night either as we are likely to be on MOTD first, unless someone finds a bit of back bone down the back of the sofa. As for the pre match lightshow, I can’t see why some folks are getting so wound up and precious about it, alas it’s the razzmatazz way of the world these days. From my position in the ground I thought it was better than expected but also thought being on live TV beamed into millions of homes around the world I thought it was more of a free advert for the guys who installed the new LED floodlights........I was waiting for the fuse to go: how many times were you told off by your Mum when creating your own disco in the living room flicking the light switch on and off?

Surely you will be getting the best view of the fireworks from outside the ground if you are not in the front 10 rows.

What colour was that away shirt Man U played in last night?!!!

That’s next weekend mate! yes I know Ings won’t be playing next weekend

If you are driving up on the M6 leave plenty of time as it’s cone city from pretty much Stafford to just south of Manchester, your restricted view could be the back of a National Express coach!!

Mine was appalling this afternoon.

So glad it’s not next Sunday morning and I am seeing this can after the usual boozy dinner round at the Bosses house!! Even more so after a lethal gambol through his assortment of Eastern European home made farmers rocket fuels.

Earth is Round..........oh and Elvis is Dead!! But just keep those 2 little nuggets quiet and under your hat........ stuff like that getting out on here would be like a forest fire surrounding a dynamite factory!

Cripes have bloody Sky moved it again?!........Barstewards!!............(do pay attention James ) Aside from that he will have no problem parking and take as long as he likes over lunch as there will be no rush to get to the ground on the 2nd Oct as the team will be on Merseyside - just got to hope he packs enough fresh pairs of undercrackers to last 5 days!!!

Oh do keep up!!...........Matt Oakley...........everyone knows that!!

Hooray all is well in the world once more

You must get that dyslexia seen to

A friend of a friend knows someone who works in Porton Down, and the word is the Russians are more piddled off by the fact that we knew it was Novichok so quickly if at all, they thought it was still their secret.

Burt Reynolds has passed away....................... that bloody trap door keep creeping closer! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45441860 Might have to blow the dust off Deliverance..........probably his best film to show he could do serious. If you ain't seen it Kids turn off the phone switch off the lights.........tell us what you think at the end! RIP Burt

Cheers for that - certainly does add a bit more spice to the mix, especially for battling "minnows" like Norn Iron as it gives them a chance of a joker to play...............so are we unlikely to see a gazillion subs at half time to make the game a dull affair by the final whistle.