John Boy Saint

If our business is all done and dusted, it would be funny to see a Sky Blue stadium as the vast majority would enjoy seeing our fishy friends going down to heap even more grief on them.

Therein lies the the issue that folks have with Nick, he is put in the same basket as the militant shop stewards without a Union McMillan & Chorley so consider him one and the same.

Didn't want to slum it with us in BB again then:(

Lee Hoos, always came across as a good chap everytime I met and spoke to him, great stories too, like others have said caught in the crossfire and double dealing in the end. Nice thing he did was sort out a Christmas card from Rasiak to my daughter. Oh-no! came to Basingstoke Saints one night along with Lawrie Mac, Lawrie was good value as always, Oldknow discovered the cure for insomnia that night.

Look like some has had a recent birthday and is looking for safety in numbers to wear it in public!!!

Chaplow a passenger!!!!!!???!!!!!! he took a hefty challenge first half on Saturday, checked everything was in order as he got up realised that it was all ok and started playing like the Jack Russell on speed that we have come to love from him. Give Lee another good run out, not only does he have a good touch but he is a quick tenacious player who will have defenders worried all the time he is on the pitch.

Might be back you by Christmas!!

Bit of a shock on the news last night, especially as I use to sit next to Martin every home game when our kids were tiddlers in Team Saints corner. Hope everything gets sorted for them quickly.

Couldn't agree more! While he's at it he should point out that he is off to Spurs in the summer to replace Arry! Total no Brainer really!!! Best put that in to avoid abuse from those not having read the full thread at about 3:30 this afternoon!

People thought Beattie was a tubby bloke in reality he had a swimmers shoulders and a barrel chest that just created the illusion. If Sharp was a pit pony I doubt we would have pursued him.

Even El-Abd was rinsed by him, when he was up to his usual slimy tricks, Carroll just side stepped him and El-Abd was flat on his face with the referee not buying his cheating tricks.

But if you noticed when Guly first arrived, Jose was always the first to explain to him what was being said, and help him out when the ref was wanting a word in his ear. Even Guly said in an early interview Jose being around was a big help.

Always nice being able to let your hair down and not have to think about it for a moment though.

Shocking!!: think of the expense!! Chelsea had that Jolly looking bloke who always spoke Italian, lurking about the bench for years. Good to see we are making sure everything is being done right, not as if he has someone else to speak to in his first language like Guly has Jose, Morgan has Rahdi, Steve has Jos

Arsenal players asked the question a few years ago when they were still at Highbury and playing very well, "why do you leave before the final whistle? we are still there playing and we do notice you leaving early!!". 85 minute tickets when we are playing well always winds me up, especially when those who chose to leave fanny about in the process: still trumped yesterday when the bloke next door but one to me commented that Rickie should stop messing about and get hold of the ball in the last couple of minutes, like someone else said who heard him: "er what's the score!!".

Shouldn't that be "Pleeease Arsenal I said non already!!"

Man City 2004 Half Price tickets, half price travel, 3000+ Saints fans, Saints winning away, noisiest coach on the way home. Best song was to my 8 year old Daughter who had the whole coach singing at her "who was sleeping when we scored?!?!!". Orient last year was very good, one whole side of the ground cram full of noisy Saints Fans. Disappointment: getting beaten at Southend, they couldn't buy a win, we couldn't stop winning. The only highlight was seeing traditional floodlights on high pylons in the 4 corners of the ground.

OWTS sung slowly now everyone has caught on creates a real atmosphere of Cathedral quality, sat in the Chapel you really notice it (as being absorbed in the exquisite play on the pitch we are a tad quieter down there). Actually there were moments in the second half when the whole stadium was totally absorbed in the play as you could almost hear a pin drop, thats not detrimental it's just a fact that so many of us have watched some real cr@p in recent years that so much of the play now is so good and just sucks you in. Back to the thread, when we scored the second the chorus of "We are top of the league!" was very loud. Whilst the Amarillo repost is getting some stick from some quarters it certainly created a fair bit of atmosphere, probably as its being sung with some feeling :-) I think people are beginning to believe, which in turn is ramping up the atmosphere each week. If we get to the point where our dreams are about to become reality someone better make arrangements to connect St Mary's to the Natioal Grid to power the South of England.

I thought Danny "what's the difference between a bucket of sh1t and Danny Baker?" Baker was to Saints Fans what the Sun newspaper is to Scousers, after the unwarranted tirade he directed at Matt Le Tiss on 606 following the England v Italy game 1998 World Cup qualifier.

Give the boy Lee a start just to give Billy a nudge, bit comfy sign and straight into the team ahead of another new striker.

Without wishing to be an Anorak and To save me digging out the Echo match report cuttings from that season, that game was played on Saturday the 5th November 1977 and the headline aptly went along the lines of Fireworks at Rovers or that ilk. In the return game at the Dell we smashed them to bits (well for a 13 year old attending his second home game with his mates it certainly looked like a thrashing). As for Funnell I believe that he was still around the Club when we went to the League cup final in March 79 then went to Gillingham so it must have been a bit of a smouldering dispute if any. Funny we have had a few young players who have shone briefly like a piece of Magnesium held in a Bunsen Burner flame, then gone leaving that bright spot in your vision for a long time afterwards.

Deffo Rickies goal seeing as he put on a nice bit of bounce which lightly brushed the hairs on the defenders legs to put off Grant in goal. Sat right in line when Rickie hit it. Sharp would have got it if the defender wasn't in the way but in reality he was a good distance away from it. When the stadium announcer started to speak you thought I have never heard an own goal scorer announced before, and still haven't. When Billy was credited with it over the PA you could see him and the Ref having a joke about it not being his goal.

Oh to see the game where we smashed Blackburn 5-0 again, so who have we played in the late autumn and lost against with a poor performance, so if this parallel is to be seen out someone is going to cop it soon from us.

Let's reel the bugger in! The best looking trophy in English Football!! Yup even seriously challenges the FA Cup as a trophy for looks.

After Skates vetoed the 7 subs option cos they couldn't afford that many outfield players, no goalie and 5 dynamic outfield players is a viable risk.