John Boy Saint

Noticed that Billy Sharp is sticking them in the back of the net for our Nige at the Blades. Just made it 0-2 at Swindon

Think he was always under the newer subheading "Osvaldo" within the Black box, only the numpties who believe FM is real had him high on the HCDAJFU list.

Bit of a stalemate for Saints away at the Gills on this weekend in 1920.

I see we have Jon Moss on the whistle tomorrow, what joy.

If that's the case sod Charlie Austin lets get in Charlie Adam, he's good at them and we aren't short of a few bob to fritter on a "special team" player. ........... Him, Romeu and Vic, that would be a nasty midfield! Players like Hazard would be doing their fancy dribbles back towards their own goal, and glass Jack would just pull up with a twinge in the warm up.......... Diego Costa would just say sod the wages I want to play with them 3 down the Saints................. Who put Whiskey in my kettle this morning ;-)

Sssssss Lllllllll Ooooooo Wwwwww Lllllllllll Yyyyyyyyy

Feel a bit like I did after going to the Sheffield Utd away with Everton looming on the following Saturday......... Hopefully the outcome from then will happen again, just being a Saints fan of many years experience it never quite seems to roll like that. Roll on the International break and hope that the fire gets re lit.

Bunch of strangers out there

Band of brothers

Blimey Samaritans must have gone into meltdown tonight going on the comments since the team was announced.

Was I the only one to notice Clyne lifting his foot off the gas towards the end of last season, he had an England place and knew he wasn't staying with us, fear of getting a silly injury to scupper all of this was in the back of his mind. It would be no surprise if VVD is of the same mindset...... You are off to the Premier League to sit in the best shop window outside of the usual top 4 and the possibility of untold riches to come.

Pig of a car park to get out of.

As was said years ago when the definitive edition penned on the back of a pack of 20 Benny Hegehogs in the snug of the Slug and Cabbage was inadvertently leaked. FFP instead of curbing the excesses it was meant to control, it kicks away the ladder for any team with the notion and wherewithal to break into the top tier of The League. Citeh had a close Indiana Jones'esk escape as they got through the doorway as the Million ton rock door sealed the way back. City got pinged but their owner just shuffled the loose change in his pocket and paid up, Liverpool were teetering on the knife edge and seemingly fast talked their way out of a fine......... Hull City got caught, fined, told off, and that was just financing their effort to get out of the Championship (I know different rules apply to the League) I am sure someone said that no other team could do what we did in the time we did it in the way we did it because of the restrictions now in place. Still bringing it back more on subject, can anyone recall our purchase of Lee Barnard ace Southend sharpshooter from under the noses of the mighty Leeds!!, apparently Leeds had a welcome Lee feature editorial in their matchday programme for the midweek game but instead of the Elland Road reveal he was in Southampton signed sealed and ours. The pure and simple solution to the open post question................. Blackmail: couple of cheeky little Treacles, some farm yard animals, bit of fruit, and a Polaroid camera, jobs a good un!!

Bury to beat high flying Leicester and we get a trip to Gigg Lane to get more revenge for them smashing us in the 1900 FA Cup Final 4 to zip!!

Harry Reed seems to have his card marked.

No one answered the question, when I asked it previously. Have they done away with the goal line referees assistant in Europe or are they present just for the rarefied atmosphere of the Champions League, one of those on that goal line would have been most useful to tell the ref "no foul....... The Jessie with the bun tripped over a blade of grass". Just like the one who spotted good ol JT trying to give the Barca player good old fashioned playground dead leg in that CL semi a few years back.

At the Dell we painted the windows shut and turned the heating up in the visitors changing room (the un-opening window also got the sun in the afternoons). Bill Shankly at Liverpool made sure that the Visitors changing room floor was polished like glass. Should really go on another stadium tour at SMS just to see what illusions they have in place to un settle the oppos, always thought the mirror on the inside of the toilet cubicle doors was a strange one................ Although I did like the tale that proper nawty Wimbledon were told to paint the home dressing room another colour as the black it was painted helped make the players too aggressive!!

On reading that my first thought was of the Danny Wallace situation where at United he had flashes of brilliance in the odd games that he had with us on a regular basis, but went missing with niggling injuries and fatigue more often than not, and it wasn't until much further down the track that he was diagnosed with MS. On the cover of the Everton programme he was stood there with the heading: I'm fit again - Tadic - and back to my best. As we know he got subbed at half-time having been pretty inert and robbed of the ball so many times in the first half. Sadly the Premier League is no place for passengers, Steven Davies and JWP operate under the radar in games to allow players with the footballing gifts that Dusan has to sparkle; not to be further under the radar than SD & JWP as is the case.

Job done, well done nipper!!

If there are any Twits on here ask Ronald via the blue bird as he seems receptive to that particular medium of communication.

Just like the negotiations with "Clyney are in a good place" uttered with confidence at the end of last season. Just about everyone we have brought in this summer has arrived with very little chit-chat or comment before it. We will just have to see what comes out in the wash on the 1st September.

When you have Whippets like Mane and Long (and J-Rod soon on tonights showing) in the team one of them bobbing about keeping 2 of theirs busy, you would think it makes sense hold their position in our half as soon as someone lumps one right up the field they can sprint after it someone is either going to have to take one for the team or with their pace a 1 on 1 with the keeper opportunity, it also clears our box sharpish too, instead of That first corner from their #21 which was fizzed across the box only needed a stray Bluebottle to fly into it and it would have been in the back of the net.

Turned round to Mrs JBS in the second half, having watched Bake off in the week, and said we just need another 10 minutes in the oven. The Danes have always been good at manufacturing players and selling them round the world, and having read a bit about Midtylland I entered the stadium not expecting it to be a walk in the park. They are Champions of their national league in a country with pretty much the same population as Scotland, because they are not on the TV every week for us to peruse some folks seem to have viewed this game as a cake walk considering them tin pot, if we played Celtic tonight we would have been given the runaround too. They weren't a team of household names but they played to their system as a unit, which goes a long way. Their goalkeeper wasn't too shabby when called into action.......... great at running down the clock too for his team mates, which was shabby. Many folks have a pop at Yoshida but he has been punted around the back 4 in every position bar Jose's the guy is a defender who does read the game well, I think he has trouble when danger is building and other players have not seen the danger and he gets caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, that said he isnt as bad as many make out. By comparison Caulker defended like he had been playing for teams in relegation trouble for the last 2 seasons ball into the box just clear it out anywhere forwards, when he had time to control and release a bit more effectively. Wanyama needs to hold and let Romeu go forwards because his countless wayward sliced shots are no longer amusing even the simple ones are shanked repeatedly, whereas already Romeu looks to have the vision and ball play that Morgan would give to the team going forwards. Pelle should be fined everytime he tries to do one of those pointless flicks with the outside of the boot because 99 times out of 100 they don't bloody work mate, and more often than not we concede possession because of it................ and its no good getting all Mama Mia hands with your team mates because they haven't read your mind and are standing 3ft away, you are the holding player, suck the defenders in give the ball quickly to the player you sucking the defenders in has created the space for. Thought J-Rod started looking close to where he left off for pace. Targett had a solid game despite having a speed merchant with legs made out of elastic bands to deal with. Also thought JWP played well in a style similar to Steven Davies where he did the running and chasing under the radar, very nice deliveries at set pieces which is what he has missing from his game for a while. Mane is just Mane he is like a box of random fireworks someone has thrown a lit match into, many fizz pop and bang making the crowd ooooh and aaaaah but there is the odd damp squib in there. At the end of the day when you are a team like us you cant expect to steamroller every team that is put in front of you. If we breezed into the league stage at a canter we wouldn't have learned a thing about these foreign Johnnies hopefully if we get through the lessons learned from tonight and no doubt next week will hold us in good stead. Hopefully Paul and Mary wont be looking at our under cooked dough and soggy bottoms for much longer.

It's been a very quiet window and Man U are doing ok, Chelsea are too good to be in trouble and it's only been 2 games, no one has been naughty at any club, Eva the touch line totty has run out of steam. Come on guys who can we write about. Saints are a selling club -who's their best players - right get on that as at least one in the bucket of their players thrown at the wall is probably going to stick.

Saw him in the car park at M&S in Lymington said hello and he said he still went to games................. after what he did for the club more importantly the staff can anyone see him staying away.