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Hasn't Russell himself said he had to make adjustments? Pretty sure he said something along these lines just last week? I'm not one of those who wanted him out but I don't agree that him making adjustments is a myth. We definitely seem more willing to mix up our play and go long occasionally now than earlier in the season for example. It shouldn't be seen as a negative anyway. The best managers are those willing to adjust and compromise on their principles occasionally.

Gutted. Watford in cup and Blackburn might be only ones rest of season then I reckon. Was quietly confident of Wba and Brum but the 2k allocation for the former makes it fairly unlikely I think.

Yeah will almost certainly reach general sale I reckon. Especially with the short sales windows - goes from the top bracket to general sale in two and half days. Good opportunity for those who've struggled this season to get to an away match. Reasonably local too.

£15 for adults.

Only 2k tickets for this which is disappointing as I didn't think that they sold out regularly. Less confident about getting one for this than I was a few days ago. Does anyone know when games are added? Bought Bristol City this week but not showing on my account yet. Hopefully it doesn't wait until the actual game as I reckon that's me buggered for the rest of the season if so.

I've never bought from exchange before, do I have to pay full price even for his ticket? The ones I've looked at don't let me change the category.

Going to be odd tickets though isn't it? Normally I change my seat and we then sit together. He's under 10 so won't be sitting on his own.

Had this a few times where I accidentally add a quote and can't get rid. Any suggestions? Bollocks I didn't realise it was close to selling out. My lad was asking me today if he could go

Be above Pompey soon then

Where do Torquay fit into this

Absolutely no chance of general sale.

Plymouth game was loads better than the previous few for sure. Looking forward to Saturday.

Meat pie, sausage roll Come on Saints, give us a goal

Don't get this modern obsession with calling everyone a nonce. Some 'lad' at the Blackburn game in block 15 thought he was utterly hilarious cos he kept shouting "WESTWOOD'S NONCING TEN MORE KIDS" Weird cunts.

Yeah the EFL seems to have a much shorter notice period for announcing it's TV matches than the Prem. And assuming we stay in the autos hunt I see us being a popular pick for the rest of the season. Can definitely see Ipswich on Easter Monday being moved to an evening KO which would be horrid. Especially followed by Blackburn on the Saturday!

Fair point. I wouldn't dream of getting the coach so it didn't cross my mind.

It's not getting there that will be the problem. Will have to be an overnight stop for anybody not driving.

I've always quite liked this when I've heard it but never seems to catch on anywhere near enough. If you could get the club to play it pre kick off it might help potentially.

That's one metric but surely you have to consider others too such as honours. I'm sure Huddersfield fans would argue their 3 league titles are worth more than our extra ten seasons without ever winning it. All down to preference I suppose and how much importance is placed on recent achievements. Yeah we've had a few semis but to win this only one major honour in our history is atrocious.

'Historically' presumably doesn't cover only the past 30 years though.

What's your measurement metric for placing us 'easily one of the top thirty teams in the nation historically' out of interest? For a club that you say exists for cup competitions we've got a pretty woeful record in them.

Presumably you've got the data to hand so why don't you share it? Like fuck am I giving through two decades of data for the sake of an argument on a football forum. I'd argue though that the sample size is nowhere near big enough to make a clear judgement on anyway. It must only be a maximum of 10-15% of our matches which have gone the opposite to normal and there are far too many other variables to make a clear assertion. Are you seriously suggesting that 80% of football clubs are missing out on this trick that only you and a handful of other Saints fans have noticed. The fact is when we've had a good team we've generally had good results at home and when we've had a shit team we've generally had poor ones. Last reply as not arsed with a long debate so we'll have to agree to disagree.

Well when the words 'poor view' are mentioned I tend to equate that with obstacles to the pitch or being miles away like at Newcastle. Of course there are better and worse views but I personally wouldn't call any seat at SMS a 'poor' view and yes I've sat all over the ground. I absolutely am not underestimating the impact of shooting towards own fans, it is negligible at best. If it was any more than that then away fans behind goals would be the minority and not the majority. You really think with all the data in football these days that all these clubs are missing a trick and it's only a few Saints fans who have noticed the huge impact this has? Completely ridiculous. I wonder how Arsenal went unbeaten that season with away fans behind the goal, or how Liverpool have only lost one home league match in years with away fans behind the goal, or how we've managed to win four in a row without conceding with away fans behind the goal. It's almost as if matches are decided by quality on the pitch and not where the away fans are placed. As for the red carpet where on earth did I say that? That's your own moronic leap from one extreme to the other. I simply said I don't see why we should treat football fans like shit in 2023 just because they support a different club.

No such thing as a poor view in most modern stadia tbf, especially a single tiered one like ours. I don't really want away fans treated like shite either it ain't the fucking 80s. I don't think it has anywhere near a big an impact as people make out and apparently this move will also put them behind the goal so won't make any difference in that regard.

Works both ways though cos as an away fan I'd much prefer to be behind the goal than the area of any of those grounds you mention. I actually think away behind the goal does make the most sense with the most vocal home fans behind the other. Bit like what Brighton have. Think our fanbase have grossly overstated its importance on the actual match too personally. All that rubbish about it being responsible for our poor home record when really we were just a bit shit.