John Boy Saint

Should have told him to stop shaving a week ago!!

I think everywhere is the answer............ I don't fancy having to queue behind 7000 other Saints fans for my secondi Peroni when we all descend on just one bar!!

Think there is a bit of BS being spun, we got one of the tickets for our foursome on anothers season ticket, entered the person who is actually goings details on the application, it turned up with the ST owners name on. I thought that's going to be a bugger having read the email sent out last week, so played a straight bat at the ticket office on Sunday and the response from behind the glass was basically "tough whatsit" it said that tickets would only be issued to the name on the account "it says it on the website". My mate went along with this wrong ticket and his son who it was for, and the lad behind the glass he saw couldn't be more helpful, changed everything without any hassle (yet)........... so no trying not to look guilty on Thursday. So that leads me to believe that there is no secret code in the numbers on the tickets otherwise the name on the ticket would mean diddly squat, and we would have been told "not to worry as the details entered when the ticket was bought are embedded within it".

For a match day experience paint the concourse walls, it is so depressing down there. Maybe Virgin should shelve the £10 away fans discount and use the money to cheer up the home fans buying the paint.

€90 euros fixed price for a taxi from Malpensa to Milan Central (£81!!!) according to this, catch the bus seems to take just as long as a taxi and possibly more than half the price even if there are 4 of you splitting the fare. http://www.chamonix.net/english/travel/italy/airport-milan-centre

Wow nearly 30 minutes of bloody drivel on a dull game, standby for 2 minutes of Saints

Zzzzzzzzzzzz did I miss anything? Looking forward to seeing the editing suite guys and gals polish that turd into a glittering spectacle in the 40 minutes they have to do it in: standby for 10 minutes of inane waffle and cobblers.

Best bit was her announcing Vokes had scored......... there was a distinct tone of disapproval.

As an aside - Its been mentioned elsewhere that Clasie put in his most visible showing of the season so far yesterday (probably in his whole time with us). With Claude being prepared to play the nippers more freely than RK, Harry Reeds enjoyment working with Puel has probably seen him start pushing Clasie in training thus upping his game, especially as his "mate" is no longer in charge to pick him by default. If that the case its great for the club to have academy lads pushing the Senior players again

As always the sound quality is spot on.......................................... in the gents under the Chapel!!!!

Very true: At the final whistle yesterday after an enjoyable game, as the PA was announcing "Saints are next in action............" I turned to my mate and said ".....in Italy!!" "righto back home pack our bags", and he said "see you at Gatwick on Thursday morning": the pair of us grinning like fools. Not ashamed to say 52 years of age and excited!

We are flying into Geneva from Gatport Airwick for 9:10 pick up the hire car, meander down to Milan through the Mont Blanc tunnel, arrive Milan for lunch dump the gear, have a mooch about. Game probably more drinking, pour ourselves into bed. Leisurely breakfast amble back over the Alps lunch along the way for our flight back to Blighty at 19:10

Benteke what a fantastic miss from the spot, called from my sofa the moment he picked up the ball

Save a copy for me outside the Saints Siro, I will be wearing a red carnation with a rolled up copy of The Times under my arm.

Everyone vote for a winter break and **** the TV right up..........**** us around last Christmas, **** us right off this Christmas......... The FA should sack themselves for taking such a big bung off the TV companies and not respecting the game or the fans: Sam Alladyce is a bloody Saint compared to his past employers!! ...................... and breathe!!!!!!

Well that's all my Accor hotel points used up 4 nights in Prague, just Budapest left to tick off the list of old European cities. And just catch the Christmas market that starts on the Saturday after the game.

while you are waiting here's one to keep you going: Who was the goal keeper who received up a runners up medal after a match where he didn't concede a goal?

Tourist

I remember what he looks like now.................. He's this months player (along with Juanmi) on the Saints calendar.

At least we jumped straight in at M with Juanmi and missed out K it's when we get to Z will be a giggle

Bit like that Rugby rule on free kicks that they brought in, give the ref some mouth and he will march forwards a further 10 yards, that fizzled out too unfortunately.......... probably because Man U were copping it every game.

Thanks to cameras up every Oriface in sport this is a moment one chap will never forget

That's 15 of us so far then!

I have to say only having watched that once, he says what could be done not what he can do for the folks scamming him.......... or facilitate it for a fee

Does make me smile on here, all the moaning at certain players, invariably the usual suspects, it's as if we are Real Madrid and have found ourselves in the lesser waters of the Europa league and just played against some backwater end of the earth team. When in reality we are Southampton who have not really experienced European football for a good few years l, yes we had a dabble last year, and a sniff in 2003. But in reality we are novices, just about every player on the pitch is a novice to European football, so to walk away with a draw, especially when VVD alluded to having a difficult journey getting to Israel, and he is a man with probably the most European experience in the squad, against a well organised team is nothing to be upset about. The only players who were disapointing were Long (who looks to be in dark place right now) Redmond (who needs to buy a lottery ticket around the box) and Clasie who I thought was the invisible man. He was right to take off Hesketh as at the time we had 2 inert players in the middle, Clasie having more experience was the right one toleave on. Most of the slaggers opinion on Martinas game seem based on the early period of the game, once he found his feet he was much better, as always he cracked in some good balls into postions you know he will time and time again, you could see his frustration that no one was up for getting on the end of them. Matty Targett could score a hat trick and there would be people moaning. As for moaning about JWP those still banging the same drum to the same tune about him they were 2 seasons ago, really should go and watch another sport, as he is much improved this season.