Doctoroncall

I think there are many ways to solve the puzzle of developing youngsters good enough for the first team squad. It looks like Citeh are going for volume input with 400 youngsters. Just how many are they expecting to make it in their first team squad each year with those numbers? There are going to plenty of disappointed boys that don't make it.

There has been a number of threads on this so take your pick... http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?32362-Academy&highlight=Luke+shaw

Another vote for Forecast. He should be well within budget.

Derry - this is an update with new information on that very good book.

For those interested in tactics and formations, Johnathon Wilson has produced an article about the origins of the W M formation. It mentions Saints in it quite a bit... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/sep/20/arsenal-herbert-chapman-southampton-tactics

This. Apart from Matt it was difficult to come up with boys names which weren't associated with kn0bheads! Also check the combination with surname that it is easy to say and if the first name is shorten it does cause problems... I knew a Jennifer Taylor and a Christopher Peacock at school. They had a tough time!

Didn't QPR and Brighton stay top for most of season 10/11? Just saying, not expecting.

Best start to the season in 103 years.

... don't forget the trees too.

Yes... off and on. They think Cork is on loan from Chelsea.

At least one more place by the end of tomorrow with the Ipswich Coventry game.

Carr should have gone.

Well done ;-)

chaplow!!!

Chaplow on for Guly

half way through the second half, time to change the line up with Birmingham in the ascendency.

just over 22k with 850 Birmingham fans.

boo!

The BC commentators enjoyed that goal!

Two home games coming up, Blackpool and Peterborough. If he loses those then he's on slippery ground what with the start of the sacking manager season starting in October.

There have been many studies on this and it's one reason the EU working directive was introduced. Health effects of shift work are: Reduction in quality and quantity of sleep Anxiety, depression, and increased neuroticism Increasing evidence of adverse cardiovascular effects Possible increase in gastrointestinal disorders Increased risk of spontaneous abortion, low birth weight, and prematurity. HTH.

I don't hate or really dislike other teams except the skates, but would like to thump Brighton (current leaders), West Ham (favourites), Leicester (re-address the previous result), Cardiff (Welsh), Bristol City (owe James for his FA cup saves), Blackpool (so Holloway can come up with something preposterous and funny), Reading (to keep them in their place), Watford (for not selling Sordell to us), Doncaster (for causing a storm with the train picture), Crystal Palace (as my best mate is a palace fan), Middlesboro (as they play good football as we do but we win with ours), Derby (expunging the PO semi again), and Peterboro (as it's always nice to beat a Ferguson) this season.

He was a player who showed promise in the games he played. It would be interesting to see what he's like now and it seems his Burley experience hasnt been detrimental to his career if he's playing in the the French first division.

After a seven year hiatus, he's back... http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6180/6140007579_26cab539b4_o.png I used to love the football cartoons and jokes.

Here is the full list of matches: 20 September 2011 Leeds United v Manchester United Elland Road, Leeds 20 September 2011 Arsenal v Shrewsbury Town Emirates Stadium, London 20 September 2011 Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers Villa Park, Birmingham 20 September 2011 Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United City Ground, Nottingham 20 September 2011 Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent 20 September 2011 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Millwall Molineux, Wolverhampton 20 September 2011 Aldershot Town v Rochdale EBB Stadium, Aldershot 20 September 2011 Burnley v Milton Keynes Dons Turf Moor, Burnley 20 September 2011 Blackburn Rovers v Leyton Orient Ewood Park, Blackburn 20 September 2011 Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough Selhurst Park, London 21 September 2011 Chelsea v Fulham Stamford Bridge, London 21 September 2011 Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool American Express Community Stadium, Falmer 21 September 2011 Manchester City v Birmingham City Etihad Stadium, Manchester 21 September 2011 Everton v West Bromwich Albion Goodison Park, Liverpool 21 September 2011 Cardiff City v Leicester City Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff 21 September 2011 Southampton v Preston North End St Mary's, Southampton