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Surprised your not having a Eurovision party........... The Irish love Eurovision

See we have the Top Teams favourite ref Mike Dean tomorrow so expect a cheap penalty given to Manure for the dodgiest of hand balls.................................. And absolutely bugger all given to us!!

Best Danny Fox moment stood near the front at Vicarage road the players were warming up Danny comes to get the ball from in front of the wall by us, two middle aged ladies stood amongst us one pipes up "ooooh that Danny Fox is gorgeous!" Her mate replies "cor not 'arf" and a wag from behind us shouts "Oi! Steady on Ladies". Good luck to him certainly did a sound job in getting us promoted.

Mrs JBS will be happy as being someone with a good eye for football has already observed similarities to Rickie to the point of when they are on the pitch together it's like Father and Son. Anyone who was at the Arsenal game will have seen that the potential to follow in Rickies footsteps is there, it just needs nurturing, and like Sam has said himself pre season will probably set him up nicely. Great news

The definition of A Cynic being an Optimist with experience is a hat that fits so well on this Forum!

So many Saints things over the past five years are logged in my head for eternity, the overriding one is that we really have been treated to some of the most exquisite breathtaking football at times and come away from so many games with a stupid grin on my face (which is against the backdrop of trudging over the Northam bridge after yet another suicide inducing game hurtling us to the edge of oblivion all those years ago). High points as I write. JPT regional Semi v Norwich about to go out when in the dying seconds we equalise for penalties, the 3 chaps I sit with are all sensibly middle aged but we were bouncing around like idiots. JPT Final: obviously what a great day. And at last for me having been to our previous 3 finals to finally see us win. Forte scoring 2 quick fire goals to get us back into the game and the promotion race v MK Dons Some might say I am a bit soft on this one, last day of the League 1 promotion season at home to Walsall we are running them ragged and winning with ease, then the stadium announcer in the latter stages of the 2nd half bizarrely gives out the score in the game that decides Walsall's fate, they are staying up, all of a sudden despite them being 3-1 down the whole stadium is rocking with happy fans at the final whistle the Walsall players and staff are on the pitch in celebration Saints are on their toes to the tunnel as the whole pitch is engulfed by jubilant fans. Leeds first day of the following season on the TV early kick off, knackered from driving back from Spain in one go, Hammond running across the box and spanking a great goal to send us on our way to the prem. Never being outside the top 2 all season. The siege of Elland Road Glorious possession football in a league where proper rough and ready football is played. Having that imperious winning feeling that the likes of Arsenal Liverpool and Man U fans have enjoyed down the years week in week out. Coventry last game a packed Stadium, first goal scored and that was it West Ham were noway going to pass us, party on. Once we found our feet in the Prem we were up to our old tricks from years gone by of bloodying the noses of the "big boys" and still playing some exquisite breathtaking football. Bring on the next 5 years.

I think because we are first and foremost football fans we all recognise that he has had an impressive football career and on the whole we are pretty well rounded football fans I expect he will get a lesser round of applause than Michael Owen last season..................... Followed possibly by a WHO when his name is announced and no doubt capped by a chorus of Sheep Sheep sh@gger!

100%Red & White was ITK at 9:42am this morning and pre-empted your request too: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?50083-Am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-the-club-badge-is-naff/page2#.U209AGt5mSM

Typically a shed load of folks getting their knickers in a knot over this because they haven't heard of them, then as they are a local company ooo-err that must make them tinpot too! FFS ................ And we also have the usual suspects taking pot shots at each other polluting the thread If you have a look at their website you can see that it is a pretty good fit when you see the location of their sales offices around the world all places where the Premier league gets strong coverage. Headquarters - Hampshire, UK Sales office - Singapore Sales office - Dubai, UAE Sales office - NY, US R&D/Logistics - Hong Kong

if your going try to modernise the badge at least put a silhouette of one of the Queens on there not some scurvy ridden wind powered creaking lump of Oak!! ................ Or possibly a Container ship!

Isn't this the chap who did that hilarious "p*mpey Scum" song to a Robbie Williams tune backing track. And the Old Bill said to stop selling it because of the use of the derogatory word Pikey: despite the proceeds going to charity.

It was changed after a competition open to all supporters and the winning design was penned by an adult, and despite its age it says everything about who we are and where we are from and as has been said already it is immediately recognisable. In the grand scheme of things it is an established brand identity, have Coca Cola, Ford, etc changed their badging: nope. Will they: nope. I have friends and acquaintances who support an array of football teams (including our fishy friends) and in all my life as a Saints fan has anyone said "that club badge of yours is a bit rubbish", in fact it has started football conversations with complete strangers just through people seeing it on the old iPhone case my daughter gave me or even this week playing golf on the Algarve a complete stranger spotted my Saints crested boot bag on the buggy in the car park and felt the urge to comment on what a good season we have had. It ain't broke, so no need to fix it.

Shocking news for someone so young! http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/27280549

He certainly has proved to be a good acquisition, and in the Everton game his control and passing certainly did look much sharper. If the Ponytailed bellend and the work shy Uruguayan had knuckled down and worked like big Vic we would be have definitely finished higher.

Probably had about 600 frames of him and every single one was him just scowling.

Considering the volume of rain we have had this past winter and the fact that we do actually play on floor, clever designs aside I did think the pitch looked pretty impressive just before kick off on Saturday (well apart from the wonky roller line in the Chapel Itchen corner). And congratulations on winning the award.

Crap photo-shopping in that photo construction, each individually taken then "glued" together. Proportions are wrong. sorry hood down anorak off.

I never watch without a box of Kleenex to hand. Trouble is the dopey bint going after him went with a really bizarre one in her last attack on him with the Burma challenge. They built that bridge and the deck when stood at one end slanted left to right, him and Hammond stood there and said there is a slope on that, which 99% of viewers would have taken as it has always been, apparently Slope is a derogatory term in Asia for the lowest caste of people............. But because of there being one of the locals who helped build it walking across at the time it was blown up to be a racist comment. Hopefully someone will release a dictionary soon of normal English words we are not allowed to use for fear of upsetting someone somewhere in the world. This was recorded but never went to air in reality it's no doubt this woman digging up a nasty little nugget to bolster her case, as she has probably found the Slope avenue she is pursuing has weak foundations.

I liked that. Nice to see them having fun as a workforce, even the chap from the Megastore in Goal. Loved the comment "we have been looking forward to this match all season". Toni's Maize up was fun although he is a big chap so I doubt anyone fancied their chances against him. Nice to see KL there and surprised Ralph wasn't out there on the pitch. Good to see Jaidhi is still looking in shape: obviously pushing his lunchtime Pies and Jelly over to Jason and Willo. .................. and what joy no snipers in the thread.

I think the resounding standing ovation he got on Saturday when he was subbed showed how well everyone had seen him play despite his working out of the spotlight..

Just an aside be interesting to see the reaction to Cleverley making the 23.............. Cos that boy ain't done nowt this season even v Norwich on Sat Eve when Giggs brought him back in he looked lost most of the time.

If you watch him he is effective due to the players around him but there are times when he does look a bit scared still plus a liability as he is still naive in the tackle.

Smalling, and Jones for that matter, always have a look on their faces that says "how the flipping heck did I get here, someone is going to suss me out in a minute". I think Roy is a smart bloke, he has been in the game long enough with lots of experience, but it's very strange how he has spent quite a few afternoons with us, if its not him then Ray Lewington is there, then Gary Neville can see lots of us with Sky and blows sunshine up our backsides more often thn not. I think we might be surprised with the 30, or should I say everyone outside Southampton might be surprised.

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As you are going that way have not tried the Swansea t/o and play sitting on your hands for 2hrs, if your address doesn't fit askthe accommodation if you have planned some to get them. To the game I reckon it will be an honest entertaining affair as Gary Monk looks like he fancies the job so he will be out to bulk up his CV.