John Boy Saint

Peach and Boyer?

With you on that one. Not long into the game he was signalling across to the bench that he wanted to come off, then when Maya went to play a ball to him in space he signalled "no" he didn't want it, then he saw out the game??!! Think he was also getting a bit hacked off at Redmond in the second half. I heard from someone with a connection close to the team that pretty much the first available bus out of Saints he wants to be on it.

Sorry Batman thirded....... Without doubt they were getting done in the air which is quite a rare thing where Yoshida is concerned, but strangely enough most of the football is played on the floor, his reading of some situations at times is exceptional. There was a moment in the second half where the ball came to him he shaped and fainted to go one way then subtly switched direction, the closing West Ham players fell for it and he bought enough time to play the ball out without any pressure: but so simple it was exquisite............... It got a round of applause from many in the ground who saw it for what it was.

Radical and Boufal slow things down??!!................ Bloody Redmond just stops and goes errr umm derrr! Romeu had the ball Redmond was showing for it, Romeu ignored him as if to say, you'll be lucky, you'll lose i again, and I will have to run the length of the damn pitch again.

Well with about 12mins left he obviously hasn't set the world on fire tonight, and justified any reason to resurrect interest in dragging him back here.

For a first showing out of the box, I like the cut of the boys jib. The premier league is not a place for the feeble, yes his passing radar needs a bit of calibrating. But for the time he was on the pitch I thought Romeu looked very relaxed and less in need of going in hard on oppo players. The lad ain't scared of the ball, give him a few more games and he will be pretty good for us............ and Romeu

I would be pretty piddled off if I had a bloody pillock like Redmond in front if me, that waste of space offered feck all........... ah ball into Gabbi and rattle the crossbar, aside from that we were also down to 10 men with that numpties on the pitch, Zabaleta had Redmonds trousers down round his ankles all second half, if I was Boufal I would be throwing my toys out of the pram and knocking in the managers Monday morning.Whats Redmond got dirty pictures of Les watching Red Tube??!!!! Yes I have had a drink, bit still that boy was a bloody waste of space on the pitch today.................. BBC are a bunch of jokers too: they have Tadic as MOTM? WTF!!!!

Blimey West Hams Intercity firm must be reforming.......... Armed coppers down the Saints!! (yes I know).

Just lazily catching up, this nearly saw the screen redecorated!

For those of you born many years after these Psychedelic hued days, thinking blimey that's cheap for tickets! In 1969 my Mum and Dad had to move out of Southampton as Dads work was mainly in London, and the M3 didn't exist then, they bought a new 3 bedroom house in north Hampshire for the then princely sum of £6,600. Dad always said it was a risky purchase as the mortgage was only just within his means.

There was an interview with him on Radio 5 one evening recently on a long drive home, it was snipped up into bits played across the show, very interesting and very frank about what saw him inside, what an idiot he had been, seems to consider himself very very lucky and has gotten "his $H1t together" as a result. Fair play to him as he no way came over as a bit of a scrote yet admits that he was a bit of one, and could have easily remained one. Right back on subject

MUST read the dates on some of these bumped threads.................... Started at the beginning and quickly developed deja vu!

Well according to t'internet there is a gang..... oops coven of them called The Southampton Witches, they even have a Facebook page, so even if she has fallen in her cauldron or accidentally put a hex on herself pretty sure she will have a few mates who would gladly step in and give it a go........ anyone going through Burley out in the forest could nip in one of the shops and ask. Of course the Gao's might have a resident Feng Shui grandmaster in their employ, so double bubble........................ You build stuff on old Ancient Briton sites all sorts of mischief goes on: no-one still actually really knows how they built Stonehenge!

I would give that White Witch another go first, seemed to work all those years ago when we first moved into SMS.......... we might be in need of a recharge!

Not just him. i watched that game in the stadium without major beer goggles on, which probably made how bad we were even worse. it wasn't until later in the season, possibly the EFL cup games where a bit more effort was being made, then run in to the end of the season, it was just something that made me go hmmmm. That night in Prague was probably the most animated I had seen Puel on the touchline in the whole of the season, at times he was hopping mad. In all honesty, in light of the way this whole business has been played out over the summer by both the player and his agent nothing should surprise any of us. By all accounts there was enough discontent about Puel in the dressing room to enlist a few unsuspecting cohorts. Anyway before everyone kicks me round the playground, mine was just a thought NOT a statement of fact. Having won the ultimate prize in English Football, did anyone think what happened with Ranieri at Leicester would happen the very next season.............. Strange how they went for miles in the Champions League yet failed to turn up for domestic league matches.

I have a little niggle about the possible re intergration of VVD into the team. I have mentioned before that last season I thought the team did a Leicester with Ranieri on Puel. The evening in Prague just had something in it to think like that. 1-0 down McQueen with space to run into to open up attacks, him calling for it Puel telling the team to play to McQueen too and everytime the ball played to the opposite side which was much more congested. The person most guilty of ignoring Puel and McQueen was VVD. After being raped and pillaged for players every summer, I am pleased that Saints have been able to dig their heels in over this and also not buckled to pressure from the player and agent playing their games. It's also interesting that no one has tabled a bid, we all know that Liverpool is "the players preferred choice" but still you would expect someone to put in a cheeky bid for someone allegedly as good as Virgil. So we get to the 1st September and he is still a Saints player, he wakes up and decides he wants to play football, what's to stop him subtly getting his own back on Saints for not letting him leave. 0-0, 1-1, oppos attack "accidentally" trips a player or handles the ball, of all the want away players this summer his actions do appear to be the most messy.

Indeed what a lovely strike, almost effortless.

The world of sport must be having a quiet day for a national to dig that up and deem it worthy of printing. The club obviously don't care, and for Saints fans he is a bit of a cult figure of the folks behind the scenes thanks to the Barry Gayle skits, and a main part of this seasons Kit launch so UA don't give a tinkers cuss either. As has been said already, who cares!

Oh what joy, They may claim he is from Bolton, but he was born in p*rtsm*th!!!! Explains much................ the lengths those slippery sods down the road will go to!!

Steve Parrish the Palace owner use to post covertly on the Palace version of Saints web, Apparently he blew his own cover by posting something only he would know. Oooo maybe we should set a trap for Tom?

Can I add in early 2009 if someone had told me and my mate as we trudged across Northam Bridge back to the car in the drizzle with very little to say to each other aside from debating whether to bother going next game. (Which we did) That within next 10 years we would be standing in the San Siro wearing our Saints shirts in the Europa League it would have lightened the moment and probably had us giggling all the way home. Even more so in the summer as we stood with our toes over the edge of the Abyss, with chancers and time wasters mucking about...... you did wonder how the clowns down the road managed to get snapped up so quickly...... and us with all the infrastructure in place looking increasingly like the worst was going to happen. Thank you very much Markus and Katharina you will forever be in the hearts of Southampton fans.

Barcelona lost to Real tonight 1-3, knowing how trigger happy they are in Spain, if they get beaten soundly in the second leg on Wednesday the phone could be ringing on merseyside then in Hampshire. ............. just a whimsical musing. As an aside Ronaldo getting sent off was funny, if he stood a chance of getting the second yellow riscinded (the first was for getting his muscles out) he blew it by pushing the ref in the back after being shown the red.

Blinding bit of business from Saints in getting a few quid for him, you can't beat getting rid of your trusty, but beginning to show signs of wear, old Ford Cortina for loads more than you paid for it 7 years ago!!

As no one has posted already - I will have a go at kicking one off........... Hopefully the boss will get them sorted and we will remember how to celebrate a goal. My only changes Boufal for Redmond or Tadic........ and don't be afraid to go 2 up front.

Says a lot when our biggest scoring threat was from a centre back. If that scissor kick had gone in Augusts goal of the month would have been wrapped up on the first weekend. I don't care what anyone else thinks get him signing a contract extension, and get the captain's s armband off that Dutch bloke and give it to him, SD keeps the gig if he is playing. Looked better today, although Mrs JBS, made a valid point when Gabbi was subbed and replaced with Austin, I thought we were going to be playing a bit differently under this new chap. Instead we leave 2 useless players (in the grand scheme of things) on the pitch take off our best corner taker and persist with one up front. Tadic was infuriating as usual loses the ball so many times and his default is laissez faire at best (and still numpties sing his bloody name). Redmond needs wiring up to the mains and someone needs to be manning the button to press to wake him up. I will stick my neck out here if Boufal is not in the starting XI next week at the expense of Tadic or Redmond then both of them must have incriminating photos of someone secreted away in a safety deposit box somewhere. Without a doubt when he came on despite putting the ball out with his own cleverness early on, he certainly put himself about a bit. Overall we looked much more busy than last year, but in all honesty Swansea were a bit pants. I mean bring a sub on in the latter minutes to go 3 at the back, without a doubt 2 points dropped............... still better than all 3 dropped thanks to a spawny undeserved goal. Free Ice Cream was a treat!!