John Boy Saint

Felt like we played most of the second half in third gear, but a mediocre performance and a win is better than a balls out draw. Guly playing a midfield role in the second half showed what a good player he is and for me MOTM. Jaidhi might not be the most cultured of players, but years of experience showed with the subtlety of some of his headers, which is a joy to watch. Watching the subs training at half time showed a good spirit, so players like N'Guessan and Forte are going to get a hard time off some of the crowd until they adapt to the pace and culture of the side. Finally Danny Butterfield's cross field Hollywood passes are a pleasure to watch as so often they change the passage of play.

What a shocker. That is such a sad event especially for the family, obviously condolences to them. But all the folks who witnessed events unfold you are not going to forget witnessing that for a while. That is very sad.

Just remembered that goal he scored against Everton just as the added time announcement was finishing.

Always first choice at left back in worse Saints team discussions. . . . . . His cause was not helped by being given Franny's number 3 shirt.

Cul-de-Sac or Crop Circles Fernandes. He was one of those skilful but frustrating players with a bit of an attitude (ignoring WGS at the Cup Final). When Lee Hoos was with us he told a story about the stubbornness of Fabrice while he was at Fulham. The Fulham team bus was stuck in traffic on an away trip after about an hour most of the team had worked out that the Hotel was just round the corner so decided to walk and let the bus and their stuff catch up later. Everyone got off the bus except Fabrice who refused to get off and walk because walking was beneath him and the bus was there to take him to the hotel. 2 hours later the bus and him got to the hotel as the rest of the team were finishing dinner.

Bit of a shame really as he had a very brief moment of fame in a Saints shirt. At least when he is old and grey he can tell his grandchildren that he played football in the premiership.

Blimey Charlie, all these paper saviours of the mighty Saints are beginning to blur into one steaming Pile................!!

Big bugger like that would have been in his element in our current league

If this means that we can attract the best young talent within the 1 and 2 hour travel limits, producing players like Adam and Alex to populate the teams of the future instead of paying Mickey Mouse money then this is money very well spent.

Was he the one who looked like a Scarecrow, and had the blind misguided decision to play in Gold boots at Old Trafford in our relegation season.

27 round my way Burglers 3 Being an annoying little scrote 13, 12 of which all seem to be round the shops. Robbers 0 Hub caps 1 Violent Crime 4 Other Crime (or being careless) 6 Don't like the look of that, it looks like an A-Z for low-lifes looking for where to go next.

Strange I have never had any issues flying out of Southampton I always find it so much less hassle than flying out of Gatport Airwick of Heathrow. The only mither has been when I have forgotten to decant all my wash bag goodies into a clear bag. But 95% of the time they have just let it slide. You never know they could have had someone from on high observing with them when you went through. Still a bit of civility never goes amiss. Guangzhou airport China do not let you take even 1 lighter in you hand baggage. I had forgotten to pack it in my suitcase so buried it in my cavernous briefcase. My bag went through the machine at great pace and the girl said seconds after it disapeared please remove the lighter from your bag (it was only just leaving the machine) and smiled she was so pleasant about it. Super efficient very polite.

We seem to have acquired a collection of Players called Dan, which must make training interesting, as despite the official site player profiles showing variations of the name. Dan Harding, Danny Butterfield, Daniel Seaborne, and Dany N'Guessan are going to get their names abbreviated to Dan, Danny, or Danno by the nature of footballs traditional naming. Be interesting to see how many other teams have, or had, a proliferation of players of the same name in the first team.

Yoou beauty!

N'Guessan hasn't played for a while perhaps he is being eased in and saved for Saturday.

New boy sets up for Lambert to slot home thank goodness

I think he is Velvet Glove Iron Fist, and with AC on his shoulder...............................

Mate at the game says that it is time for Davis to step aside

Did I miss something mid refresh

Imagine the pain of a slow site when you only have 512 broadband!

Barney misses from inside the 6 yard box and folks slag Barts kicking ......................!

Ooooopps!!

Being a goalie is not easy, he can only play in one position. When you think the volume of shining lights we have had playing in the Academy teams but not quite made the step as they got older, then folks like Benali who started out as a striker but found himself bedded in at left back, Bridge the same winger to left back, Bale left back to winger. Guly plays where NA tells him to. Unfortunately Goalkeeping must be the hardest position to wait for there are only 92 number 1's in the league whereas we probably have 4 or more options for left back etc at present. Whilst I might have been harsh in closing my previous post, if you are number 3 goalie at a team you have really got to be pushing the number 2 hard. Bart obviously is very well placed to have been chosen to play between the sticks in a game like Saturdays where in most teams when the top team in the land comes to town all the key positions are filled by the regulars.

Writing your Christmas list for 2011 on Boxing day 2010 perchance

That Scott Bevan seems to have eventually made it back into full time footie after moving on from us ages back. Nearly died at Tamworth when he got a kicked by an opposing player which shattered his Kidney. Now on his 12th club Torquay where he seems to be doing alright. Like someone else said goalies don't seem to come into their own till they hit 30 and Scott is 31 now. When Tottenham unloaded Tommy and we gave him a 5 year contract, they must have been wetting themselves with laughter at our naivety.