John Boy Saint

Is that parking still available down near the Decathlon? - used that for the fateful cup game and amazingly found it not too hard getting out (but then I guess traffic wasn't bulked up by Saturday shoppers)

I'm in the same boat on Klarer too. I actually thought for a moment N'Lundulu might get a spin out one Saturday as at some point in the second half not long before we went down to 10 I just so happened to be looking over to the bench (maybe the ball was thereabouts) and he was sent out alone to warm up and there was an eager spring in his step as he set off. Wouldn't be surprised to see him given a go this side of Christmas.

Excellent work Instant!!! 14 people managed to keep this thread like Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap! Still on here that that ain’t bad going!

Nailsworth stream is just down the road ................I’ll get my coat!

As posted before I quite like some of these quizzes against the clock that pop up on the Official Site. This one is a quite an easy one to start with naming the teams James Beattie scored against for Saints. So just for fun have a go and post what you got - be honest - and no cheating on google. I got 27/30 - the 3 I missed 1 was a bit silly, the other 2 will likely trip others up. https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-09-03/tuesday-trivia-james-beattie-southampton-football-club-quiz-3-september-2019

Thank you very much for the heads up Steve just got 3 tickets and a chance of being on the Tellybox too - so I had best get my face paints ready, foam hand out the loft, and have a rummage down the side of the sofa for a bit of loose change to buy a half and half scarf with...................oh and paint a big cardboard arrow John Boy Saint so everyone on here can spot me and rip the whatsit out of me

Sorry mate, that IS a spectacular “whoosh!!!” moment comment!!!!! ................she WAS the most vocal “moron” in the crowd!!!

Middle third think it’s Bertie

The club should have asked Redmond if they could borrow his Mum to be the sorry bunch of stumblebums we have packed off surrogate Mother for a few weeks. Apparently she is behind his improvement last season because she gave her lad a piece of her mind. Nathan said in an interview that he doesn’t have one tattoo, because his Mum would kill him if he came home with one. Even Ralph said he liked Nathan’s Mum, when he met her at his contract extension signing.

Certainly one who let the door bang on his backside on the way out. Surprised he didn’t get a kick in the pants from Hughes at Wolves when he took about 10 minutes to change his boots mid game. Promised much, tempted us with the odd fancy - but overall ran his blueprint of doing pretty much bugger all and pocketing a wage. I guess the premier league was a bit too much like hard work for him.

Has he gone yet?

Amazingly the Guardian was all about OGS and him trying to get things working. As for winkle Crooks comment about Vestergaard wouldn’t have having the same luck against Smalling - is probably bang on the money as Smalling would have had hold of big Jans shirt and VAR would have delivered a penalty for us.

In fairness to Cedric and with the benefit of my elevated view and play right in front of me, we got a bit narrow and sucked over to the ball, when the ball moved quickly over to our right, you could see we were in trouble the ball was moving faster than we could move into acres of space, James showed why Man U took a punt on a Championship player, we were spread so thin on our right. For much of the first half Young and James were sliding over to the Itchen touchline as everyone else followed the ball down the Kingsland touchline.

Watching the Arsenal game yesterday when they scored the “3rd” goal which was easily offside in the build up and was clear as day instantly with all the lines we watching on TV got to see. It seemed because it was the main game on TV the point was being reiterated for those of us sat at home to be sure why the goal was rubbed out seemed to hold up the game longer than was necessary. In our game when Greenwood tried to do a Rashford and collapse in the box, and on pitch Dean decided to deny United their continued run of a penalty per game, when the ball went out for our throw in, Dean touched his ear and waved for the throw in, and game, to continue pretty quickly with mere seconds spent: of course that might have been down to Michael Oliver (one of the sharper refs to my mind) confirming the decision correct pretty quickly, that no one noticed. Being at the game I have no idea how it played out on BT but didn’t seem to hold up the game at all. I also spotted the flaw that Whitey mentioned with Rashford ending up in a Utd corner, from behind the goal he looked offside the noise from those in line, both the Kingsland and Itchen pretty much qualified my thought, and then our players gesticulations to the Lino confirmed it. Had Utd scored from the corner I guess it wouldn’t be rubbed out for the offside, as like the Liverpool goal last season where Salah received the ball offside, by the time the ball hit the back of our net the Salah offside was commented on to have been deemed to far back in the phase of play to considered for chalking their goal off. In a couple of seasons time I doubt VAR decisions will be much of a topic of conversation. Aside from VAR, I noticed we have become much more active as a team in questioning the decision of the referee. Not in the Roy Keane style, but it seemed when a rum decision had gone against us the players were Asking the ref why? For quite a few seasons I thought we have been soft in this department and just rolled on our backs instead of planting seeds in the refs head for the next 50/50. Of course by questioning the ref it does prevent the oppos from being able to take a quick free kick and buys a few more seconds to us to get into better defensive positions.

What a cracking bit of business for Leganes - £20m striker for buttons!

My Daughter has forgone her membership this year, when the email came that Season Ticket holders could buy more tickets she said stuff that at £50 to sit next to me. ....oh and for those of you thinking to slag a woman going to football just don’t say it in her earshot ...........trust me she’ll spark you out!

My Friend/customers Son was on it and less than impressed, down the station at 4:30 this morning then a few numpties who have had the 3rd can of top deck shandy kick off! Expected Manchester 21:30........that’s a long day.

Highlight has to be the defending under immense pressure when down to 10, that actually put a bit extra in the Utd tank. I thought Utd actually looked tired towards the end of the first half. They came out looking to put the game to bed, when we scored amazingly it knocked a bit of stuffing out of them until the sending off. After we scored JWP was signalling to pretty much keep the foot down. Mrs JBS had Gunn as her man of the match, no doubt impressed at the series of good saves he made under the cosh. Like others I thought Romeu had a cracking game, Maguire knew he was trouble and left something a bit naughty on him in a challenge, I was amazed to see Mike “look at me”Dean book him when the ball went out, that was a yellow possibly worth looking at for more. By contrast I thought Dansos first booking was more clumsiness as opposed to malice. The worst player on the pitch regardless of all his running about was Hojbjerg, the vast percentage of his passing was bloody woeful and snuffed out so many chances to get at Utd. Thought Vestergaard and Bednarek had a good game, they seem to have realised that the apron strings connected to Maya have been cut and they have to do it themselves. I like the look of Danso - shame and a bit silly to be sent off but he left Dean no choice after the harsh yellow in the 1st half. What a lovely intelligent ball he hoisted into the box for Vestergaards goal, so often we have either smashed in a cross or played pass the parcel, to just drop one right in the mixer was very nice. Also at long last we have a player who can Delap one into the penalty box from a throw in! Considering the players out, I thought we look like we might well click pretty soon. They can poke 12:30 kick offs up their backside - buggers up the day - and, for me, too early for a pint.

Amazingly not particularly shocked at that result. I went to the Hampshire Cup game at Basingstoke Town towards the end of last season. When you consider that all our lads are full time footballers, they were often outplayed by a bunch of part timers (being harsh) playing (and soon to depart) in a league 6 divisions below the one most of our lads were being prepared for. No one except maybe Will Ferry actually stood out for Saints.

Well one thing is for certain - he’s much closer to home up there!

I think the penny might have dropped with the team by the time the game rolls round that this is the game you do not lose.

Why do you know something sinister about the new Bolton owners that is going to bite them on the bum in a couple of months?

Looking at that photo you would be forgiven for thinking that the game was played in Beirut or the Luftwaffe had paid a visit the night before!

£3 is half a London beer or 3/4's of a Programme, better still 30% of a Half & Half scarf!

How delightful we have Mike "look at me" Dean on the whistle for this one - and Michael Oliver is the VAR official.