Viking Saint

was a good day for the club all-round then? ;o)

“We think that we have developed one of Britain’s finest young defenders through our academy and then given him great experience playing first-team football. He’s certainly got the ability to be a very good Premier League player and we will not be accepting their offer but going to tribunal." and why, may we ask, would you go to the trouble of developing one of Britain's finest young defenders and then not make the effort to tie him in to a contract that reflects your investment????? if he opts not to stay with your club, then it is clear that he wishes to develop his game somewhere else and a fee is decided accordingly..... is this really newsworthy???

Brighton: tinpot club, no history, no nostalgia, no class, no credibility, no respect I suspect they feel that if they have a 'traditional rivalry' with someone it makes them credible and longstanding as a legit football club...... they're a comedy act orchestrated by King Clown Poyet what does stick in my mind is that Poyet was mentioned more than once on here during the wilderness years as a potential manager for us.....the thought chills me to the bone whatever happens next season, I believe NA will go down in the club and supporter records/annals for all the right reasons....I desperately hope he is successful with our club as he strikes me as an honest, decent and passionate man......personally, one of my disappointments during the dark years was that we stopped being many peoples' favourite 'second team'.......'Southampton, tucked away on the South Coast, never going to win the league but always capable of beating anybody on their day, and never an easy place to travel to.....a breeding ground for some great young players'....I loved that underdog tag.....I've had various feedback about NC, in particular from a friend who is the Chairman of a championship club, and it wasn't complimentary, but ultimately, I feel like there are standards at our club which are sadly lacking in this day and age, and that NC and NA are the men to take it forwards....please forgive the Daily Mail style rant, but it feels great to feel good about my club again after so long......COYR!!!!!

we're gonna walk this league without Forecast ;o)

looks dangerous....watching the kit made me feel quite nostalgic.....

bang on, cheers )

very encouraging.....great to see the youngsters given the opportunity, sounds like they didn't let us down.....good start.....what kit were we in tonight btw??? COYR!!!!

great stuff from Sharp....going to be some seriously healthy competition for places up front this season....lovin' it!!!!

hopefully, in chains, that can never be broken, and he will be left there when the rest of the squad return home.......

no, it was Van Halen

no, in the case of Juventus, there was evidence that the club itself had fixed games....this refers purely to the activities of an individual, like Hansie Cronje....there will doubtless be investigation but unless we have acted inappropriately, then we obviously have done nothing wrong.....

agree, think we're at our most effective with this pairing......Hammond is not Premiership standard

lol.....they also say he's 29, could've sworn he's older than that....seems to have been around forever!!

now on wikipedia, the fountain of all knowledge.... SouthamptonOn 17 May 2012,Yakubu signed a five-year deal with Southampton F.C. for an undisclosed fee and was assigned the number 17 shirt by manager Nigel Adkins.

surely McCann merits a starting place? the worst footballer I've ever seen in a Saints shirt.....

Alan Sugar with his new apprentice.....

phenomenal ;o)

between you and me, I reckon he was watching ;o)

you've nailed it there!!!!

a sensible and balanced response, good on ya mate and well done to all at Reading - hope we join you at the top table next season )

not something I'm going to lose much sleep over......he's always struck me as a pretty down-to-earth bloke and am not going to change my opinion based on him blowing some smoke up his own team's a*se and making them feel good......NA does it for us in every interview, positively reinforcing how good our players are and what a great club we are and how we're moving in right direction.....I'd call it good management tbh....

am surprised he was moved up front when Rickie came off....surely Barnard off the bench would've been a more logical swap??

is this really worth a post??? manager of losing team complains about decisions, not really a headline grabber is it??

bang on, sack-faced conniving tosser.....massively over-rated, over-hyped and devious.....his track record, under scrutiny, actually makes for pretty dismal reading.....part of me wants him to get the job and be exposed for the con-artist he is, but at the same time, I don't want the national side to suffer

probably, Hammond is one CM I wouldn't be overly upset to lose.....fear he'll be exposed if we get promoted, whereas Morgan's class will shine in the Premiership where it's not all about physicality but playing your way through teams.....am really chuffed he's now playing with greater consistency which was his achilles heel in the past.....