John Boy Saint

All depends which way the wind is blowing on a given day. Gucci - Guilty Issey Miyake - Eau Fraiche Marc Jacobs - Bang i have some Dior sport but as the day wears on it's like someone in the blending department was having a laugh as increasingly it smells like you have been rolling about in the bucket of Half Time Orange skins. Also lurking is a bottle of common old Aqua Di Gio which gets a run out now and again, and Tiffany (The jewellers) Sport. All a bit different from the the days of Brut and Denim which seemed to give way to Aramis applied by the bucket full followed by Paco Rabanne which just needed the merest squirt to last a week. In Boots the other day I saw what looked like a new Yves Saint Laurent (dumpy bottle - blue writing) nicked a squirt and Mrs JBS said it smelt "ooo very nice", but then just as quickly it stopped working: ho hum!! Most of the time I just can't be bothered though.

I can understand why we would turn down a FairPlay place, Fulham got that a couple of seasons ago and from what I recall they were into pre qualifying rounds when everyone else was just into pre season, they did well but ran out of steam as a result

That sees the Stadium extension plans safely put away in a dusty filing cabinet in a small room deep in the bowels of St Mary's Stadium then!

Hardly a surprise just doing the bare minimum that they are obliged to do, but then if the Block 20 Eviction attitude of "f**k writing to them just let them find they ain't sitting there next season when they can't renew on line" is anything to go by Customer Services at Saints is an empty office with lots of mail pushed under the door. It would have taken no effort for the Club to say they would help to seek recompense for the additional financial inconvenience fans have incurred as a result. It's been done before Man City half price 1st season at CoM Stadium refund of Monies from the Steaua ticket overcharge. But then in society in general Football fans still all live in terraced houses, work down the Factory 5 1/2 days a week, and will never question anything that inconveniences them because a) they are thick & lazy b) they are creatures with a drug like dependency on supporting their team. However back to the game by some quirk of fate I can go as I will have been working in Dundee Tuesday, Dumfries Wednesday, then have to trundle down to Milton Keynes for Thursday AM, so if anyone was smart enough to get a hotel en route home out of Sunderland and they can't get their money back on their pre-booked room, PM me and see if we can sort something out.

A nice wave to be riding at the moment, although we got use to it on the rise, as a Saints fan of many years it is very pleasant to see such a good start especially when such a start puts us in with the "big fish" of the league, which is a vastly different place to the last time we started so well. Alan Hansen made me smile on Saturday night when looking at the upcoming Arsenal fixtures, "then Southampton at home, which will be a difficult game". Arsenal at Home - Southampton - Difficult - all in the same sentence!...... Pinch me!!!! After so many records against teams we had done well against over the years were given up so cheaply when we dropped from the Premiership, it was very nice to comprehensively extend a 78 year record of Fulham not winning away at the Saints for another year!

+2 MP commented recently that he was very impressed with his versatility, and enjoys the fact that he can use him in a number of roles. Unless I had my eyes closed in other games, or wasn't paying attention, it was interesting that at times he dropped into the right back position allowing Clyne to become the right winger with freedom. His deliveries from corners is very good, 99 times out 100 he easily beats the 1st man and for defenders it's like he has delivered a scalding hot potato right into the mix.

Really Senderos scoring higher than Dejan and Jose, jeez second half he played like Jol had nipped into Weatherspoons enroute to the game scanned the few Fulham fans in there then did "Ip dip dog sH1t which one is it" and stuck IT in defence!

"Ref you are in charge on the pitch, will you please tell my team mates to pass the ball to me!!".

I thought the reason most fans lap him up is the fact that when the chips were really down he put his hand in his pocket to pay wages of ordinary staff. Yes he was in with Wilde, yes he made shares shortfall up to oust Lowe in the Wilde takeover, but when Wilde stepped away From what I remember Crouch got a grip of the bull****. The bloke had money, is a Saints fan, I don't think even he really wanted to be where he ended up.

With reference to the bickering that seems to have broken out above this, and this applies perfectly here: Sat in the Chapel this evening during the second half a voice could be heard 4-5 rows behind - "Will you stop bloody moaning, we are 2-0 up!!!!!". To the game: I thoroughly enjoyed that, the communication and understanding between the players at times was unbelievable. Rather bizarrely the conversation over a few ales pre match was about the times when walking over the Northam Bridge after yet another winters afternoon dire performance when we were on the slide, first half we did ask each other if were really watching the mighty Saints or had we taken a wrong turn. Excellent stuff........... And has been said already please can the Poll include the vote option of: ALL OF THEM

Seems like the fight to the final whistle is also being drilled into the nippers too.

Quick get the frozen peas out of the Freezer for Alpine. I thought Turkish and my little discussion regarding the Pasty got a bit Spicy, but Wow Sue has just cut through the carp and taken a penalty kick at, sorry, With Alpines Wedding Vegetables!!................... Oucheee!!!

Luton just need a new Stadium!! Drove past Kenilworth Road the other day, wow from the outside it looks like someone kept dumping piles of bricks in the car park and someone else thought that the best way of getting rid of them was to just add them randomly to the original structure. But until they return to full time league Football and it's upper levels it serves the purpose perfectly well.

Oct 26: Fulham (h) W Nov 2: Stoke City (a) W Nov 9: Hull City (h) W Nov 23: Arsenal (a) D Nov 30: Chelsea (a) D Dec 3: Aston Villa (h) W Dec 7: Manchester City (h) W Dec 14: Newcastle United (a) L 17 points................ Pigs fed and ready for take off

Cripes! The Premier League have brought that ruling forwards a weekend.....!!

That must be a new Premer League ruling coming into force on the 14th Dec just to stop us getting too carried away: going all the way to Newcastle and losing in a 2-2 draw.

That would keep everyone on their toes!! 1st Programme of the season in the Junior Saints section they asked Big Jos: "which would you prefer to fight?" "A Duck sized Horse? or a Horse Sized Duck?" the printed answer from the Jolly Dutchman: "Duck Sized Horse, because it wouldn't be able to kick me in the Nuts!!". So there are people out there working in media prepared to ask these cutting edge off the wall questions.

In the days when we were at the Dell and freshly into the old money 1st Division (=Premiership) at the back end of the 70s entrance fees for Boys was 90p, not sure what growed ups paid as I wasn't one. The average gate as we closed in on promotion the previous season was c21,000. The following season back in the big time and not doing too badly against more household named teams we still averaged c21,000 attendances with the odd 22,000+. This was at a time of terraces but the fencing of the Archers and I think the benches had been put in on part of the East and West stand terracing so the capacity was around 28,000 but we regularly fell short of capacity, promotion season the capacity was 30,000. +/- Just maybe we are around our natural attendance level and 32,500 was a correctly judged capacity for SMS after all. Lowe even said that only a prolonged run of sellouts would put extending the stadium on the agenda, and that was when we were going well and heading to and FA Cup final under WGS.

I don't think Mr Cortese will be rushing into that descision in a hurry. Things surrounding his going to Arsenal are looking like an example to other Academy players and in particular their parents and their saucer eyed dreams of cashing in on their nipper at the first opportunity. Especially as Mr & Mrs Chamberlain thought that they had managed to sneak young Alex up to Arsenal for a medical without Saints knowing, add to this (if true) the recent revelation that we get £10k everytime Alex plays more than 20 minutes, that is a real sting in the tail of what looks to have been a shrewd bit of business.

I have to say that I have seen the thread many times and for some unknown reason I have failed to open it (sorry). However today a friend posted a link on Facebook just as I stopped for a spot of lunch. Now I have a tome to plough through that comes from the tongue in cheek parallel universe to the Hagiology products. This should keep me going for ages Thank you............... and sorry!

I know Dave Merrington isn't quite as in touch with management as he once was, or everyone's cup of tea, (however he did pull the Rabbit out of the hat with us) but listening on Saturday he did seem to think that Pochettino was changing the play and players at the right time sometimes before DM had seen it, whereas in the past DM has been calling for a tactical or player change during the commentary and it has not happened for a good 5 minutes after his comment. So maybe MP does have that ability or it is coming more to the fore.

The Apprentices Sorcerer ................... If I recall correctly.

Shocking, and for a minority probably true!!!! i thought I would be copping it for talking food again

Saturday evening live on Sky convenience over v anti-social kick off scheduling, ticket prices in general have made football a considered purchase especially for families. Hardworking folks just wanting to take the lazy option and not copping it in the ear off the other half.............. Strictly and X-Factor on the TV the reasons all rack up. I expect if this game was 3pm on Saturday afternoon there would be a healthy queue at the ticket office to snap up the last few tickets. The only downside to 5:30 kick off is: Coming down from the north of the county leaving home around 3:30pm my only dilemma is Do we eat out en route home, get a Chinese take out going home, prepare something for warming up when we get home, or raid M&S for something nice and easy to cook when we get home? Should ask the MODs to insert a Poll so everyone can vote and give me one less thing to think about!!

Still a pants player though