OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint

My first Saints manager was Lawrie Mac. Since then, I really liked Glenn Hoddle and I could never get in to the Poch lovefest, but we have taken on more than our fair share of clowns. It concerns me that Ralph seems to be making increasingly erratic decisions (Stuart Armstrong as target man!) and it was not clever for him to say he'd be retiring in two years because that seemed to start our nosedive, but the odds are, we lose Ralph and we'll get a muppet. Playing 5 at the back against what could be the team to challenge Man City for the title seemed ok in principle and when we went one up, the decision almost looked inspired, so I wouldn't judge him on last Saturday's game. And forget the end of last season (though the atmosphere at the Amex when we equalised was my memory from last season). Once we knew we were safe, you could see the team had nothing to play for. I'll be at Leicester and got my tickets for Wolves today. After these and Leeds we'll get a better idea where we're heading this year. Like Spyinthesky said, give it 6 games.

nta786 has written a comprehensive reply, so this is just to add our experiences. We have found the Premium Membership (£40/35) really useful for buying away tickets. Also living close to London, we tend to go to 5-10 games a year and my teenage son much prefers the away atmosphere. The tickets normally go on sale for premium members at 9:30am and you need to call/go online then to be in with the best chance of getting a choice tickets. This year we went to Chelsea (had very little choice of seats), Watford (good choice but mostly near the front), Norwich (loads of seats available when we booked), Man Utd (reasonable choice) and Brighton (again good choice mostly near the front). Whereas, by the time tickets go on general sale, choice is often very limited. The only games sold out before being offered to premium members which we wanted to see, were Arsenal and today's Brentford game. As for Plan B, sitting in Itchen North this year, I asked the Newcastle fans sitting next to me how they got tickets and they said they registered with the SFC website!