Miltonaggro

A player like Bridge or Davies is a real conundrum for this side given our league position. Get it right and a wise head who has been there, seen it and done it could give us some quality leadership and real edge, just like Bally did back in the day, get it wrong and the dressing room is split...

I was in the revolving cafe at John Lewis this afternoon and recognised the two chaps on the next table after I heard one of them say 'Saints to beat the scum 3-1' and the other chuckled 'dirty skate b*stards' in a cut glass RSC accent. It turned out to be David Warner and Richard Donner. Lovely blokes, geniune fans, and said they have both moved to Soton due recently to Westquay and the proximity to the New Forest. If that's not an Omen I don't know what is...

Gaby and the scarecrow were on final score and mistakenly said that West Ham would move above Saints in the table after their destruction of Real Barnsley (before backtracking after a report). This suggests that the skates are overconfident and will lose like Frank Bruno...

Good call! FFS...

Portsmouth 1 - 3 Southampton (Hammond 33, Lambert 70, Barnard 90+2). COYR...

Simon 'bad breath dragon' Clifford. Total football...

Bonnie Langford and Jeanette 'Jimmy' Krankie. Both season ticket holders in the Kingsland and both regular posters on here. FFS...

Whilst trekking to the south pole last year with two chums (all wearing replica shirts and SFC acrylic bobble hats), we were overtaken by a group of Norwegians who shouted 'our Claus in the middle of a fence' (sic) as they drew level, and 'scummers' as they went past. We tried to catch them up to remonstrate but it was like Telemark all over again! B*stards...

A message board is no place for racism...

Perhaps he is going via the Orient Express?...

I think that when Saints are guaranteed promotion to the Premier League (i.e. next Easter ;-) FFS) that Cortese will seriously look at expansion and may well sanction it. After all, BARR designed the stadium with this in mind, so it's not beyond the realms of possibility. Be optimistic, the post 1976 Pirelli option was going to be 40,000 FFS (I saw a model), build it and they will come! I still want an airship dock...

Personally, I would like it to have a bigger capacity. It's all well and good building for the Premier League, but think how stupid and small time we are going to look in the Champions League. I would like to see a similar design to the Emirates (though with a bigger capacity due to our superior catchment area), a full size mural of Don Cortese in Kitchener pose painted on the side of the gas holders (this could be designed to rise with league position, rather like the autopilot in Airplane), and a place for airships to tie up...

Pure poetry Lighthouse - Laugh out Loud! I for one hope that he signs for Brighton as IMHO he is just what they need at the moment...

The dream team for me at Pompey would be Sven as manager, Tord Grip as assistant and Steve Beaglehole with the magic sponge. The marquee signing in January could be Steve 'the prolific' scarecrow Claridge. Stranger things have happened!...

Not sure who to feel sorry for if this goes ahead, looks like a win-win for Saints. Oh yes, it's Forest...

To be fair he was spotted in Westquay in the run up to England v Macedonia at SMS, and that might swing it. It's also common knowledge he has always wanted to play under Nige...

This. It will be interesting to see what the incoming manager will make of Arsene's 'youth policy'. AOC potentially the Steve Daley of the digital generation ;-)

Shilton by a country mile, as Brian Clough said worth an extra ten points over the course of a season. Won the vast majority of his England caps whilst at Saints and made the 18 yard box at the Dell seem like a postage stamp for visiting sides...

Was it John Sainty, or Terry Cooper?...

I was with you on that at the time, and would have loved Keegan. Adkins has both the insanity and ability to become the Latter Day Brian Clough...

As the window approaches I have a feeling we will see Gorkss from QPR with Puncheon going the other way, and Beckford from Everton if personal terms can be agreed. If those two signed it would keep the current positive momentum going until January...

That was a beautifully weighted through ball, and clinical finish...

Nice one! They are hoping to win for the LMFAO title by the end of the season, I wish them luck with that and feel that they could do it...

Well done to Nigel Adkins! It may be worth reminding the Brighton faithful that former Liverpool manager Bob Paisley was also 'just a physio' and he won six league titles and three European Cups...

The thing I like about Adkins is the psychological side, both in terms of giving our players confidence and always having a slant on the opposition - the comment re. Chaplow's sending off providing an exciting finale for the Barnsley fans is typical, and he provided a reverse psychology masterclass vs Poyet and Brighton last season. The fact that he has got DC fit and playing so well is also a testament, and another wise old head may be amongst the potental newcomers alongside the youngsters with ability we all crave. My personal take on this league is that we have nothing to fear, so far supposedly a major contender club at home and a very tricky first away fixture - six points and almost total dominance. Who knows how long we can keep up and where we will finish, but I can't think of another side in the league with our strength in depth and I have a gut feeling we may be the surprise package...