John Boy Saint

Looking forward to next weeks edition already.

Most important question is: will we be playing in our proper away strip, as all the OS colouring suggests, or some combination of Red and White cobbled together from the contents of the lost property box in the corner of the changing room?

Can't say I would be overly enthused with Hughes, there is something about him that I just can't put my finger on. We need someone with a bit of presence, both Puel and Pellegrino came across as nice chaps, maybe too nice was their problem. Some might say Adkins was a nice chap, but for where we were he had a record of getting out of there on his CV. Pochettino would be classed as an unknown but as a squad we were pretty green to the Premier league, add to that Cortese seemingly ruled with a "you question me, it better be a damn good question" attitude. No player could question Koemans CV especially as a player. I feel that in typing this I am talking myself into Hughes, as a player he has an impressive CV, he doesn't look like a bloke to argue with, just as a manager I sense that 9th with Stoke is his ceiling. With someone like Bilic he is reported as realising that his failing was too much of a mate with the West Ham players, that lesson learned might take him up a level where he next turns up. Maybe we do need to bring in a firefighter like Hiddink or Advocaat short term to see us safe, and have a permanent manager ready when the season is done...........not fanny about for 6 weeks like we did deciding what to do with Puel at the end of last season.

Mrs Pellegrino was probably dancing round the kitchen too..............at last she can phone the travel agent and finally go on that holiday she has had to be putting back each week since the Autumn.

About time we return the favour of My Little Donkey always dragging himself from his sick bed to torment us, and dust Charlie off for a match winning brace.

I would have thought his property portfolio would have him with his feet up without a care in the world. You would hope that Sky would deepen the gene pool and go beyond Merseyside and Manchester.

Add to that list Clare Tomlinson, who was given the very carppy end of the stick for not apologising for a guest on Goals on Sunday slipping a potty mouthed comment into his answer to a question that most people watching missed. Pretty disgusting thing to do anyway.........if he ain't on the City v Stoke game tonight it won't be a big loss anyway.

How anaesthetised was he when the game kicked off???!!!!

Those of a certain age will remember Ken Dodd and his Diddy Men from Knotty Ash. Just seen nothing will be Tattyfilarious any more as he passed away at 90. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43367267

Well you wouldn’t have called that after the opening minutes, even when Kane went off, even at 1-1.

Blimey the Cherries have shot out of the blocks v Spurs, made us look like we play in super slo-mo, 1-0 up and giving Spurs the right run about

It's Mrs Pellegrino I feel sorry for, at the end of every week he comes home from work and has to tell her to phone the travel agent yet again to put back the holiday she has been planning for yet another week.

As you are finding out HK, a comment/observation made by a fan in one of the many books about the history of Southampton is very true. " You don't choose to support the Saints: the Saints choose you" Being Southampton this selection process might not stretch beyond the coastline of the UK - But looking at some of the responses above (which you were no doubt not expecting) I think that statement holds water. (Just keep Turkish away from this thread because it will pig up Mothers Day for his Mum).

Mrs JBS put on the footie highlights show on Channel 5 (cos there was nowt else on she wanted to watch) summariser for the Wigan v Sçüñthorpe game said that the Latics might find their game against us a bit easier than their 3-3 draw today.

Passing for passings sake was the big comment.

Just as an aside I just had a look to see what Nigel Pearson was up to these days, as he is the type of bloke to crack some skulls together and instil a bit of fight. Spotted he is manager of Leuven (the home of Stella Artortoise) then spotted that they are owned by the King Power Thais, so for all the shenanigans that went on at Leicester they must think something of him. Apologies for the digression.

I said this to a fellow Saints fan the other day, they couldn’t believe it.

What a waste of money, should have just given it to Saints Foundation who would have made a billion times more use of it. Carillo and Long in attack............. more bite in a lime jelly.

Of course he will - the team are growing each week.

Andre Marriner is having one of his crappy games Sims farts in the vicinity of a toon player fee kick, Perez shoves PEH in the back nowt.

West Ham Fans trying to get their game abandoned

Burnley playing like Brazil, and the natives getting restless at Wet Spam 2 down now.

Carillo off for Gabbi..............!!!!

I had a query on one of my friends and family so phoned the ticket office, I asked how it selling, all I could get out of the chap was that it was selling well.

Wiley bunch them Juve players, Chellini is one of those players you can’t help dislike, but without doubt the bloke is a grand master in the art of defending. Pochettino had no answer to Allegri playing his joker with his subs.