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Tbf, I think a team looking over their shoulder at relegation would be justified in considering a point against a promotion-chasing side with a £multi-million line-up a bit of a rumble.

I don’t necessarily disagree with either of you, I used the word ‘boring’ in relation to opposition fans views as it’s something I read regularly on their forums, plenty of them have come up against RM sides over recent years. I said tedious since we’ve been rumbled, we’ve needed to change our approach but he seems reluctant to stray from the plan and we’re getting undone. We certainly lack a bit more of the urgency required. I had a stream with the Blackburn comms on Saturday and they commented about our ineffectiveness and lack of entertainment in our style and how our fans were all just stood there with arms folded. On their forums they said we were the quietest away fans there this season, contrast that to the last time we played well in the league. After West Brom away they were saying best side and fans at the Hawthorns. But I am a bit of an old git, I do like my football a bit more cut and thrust, or at least mixed up a bit.

I would think this dislike is mostly towards his stubborness of playing a certain way when it clearly isn't working now. I like the fella, he's had some tough times in his life, but I can't say I particularly like watching my team playing this way, OK when we were getting away with it, but now it's been easily countered by opposition managers it's become tedious. And reading opposition fan forums when we play them it's pretty obvious he's not very well liked and his football style is generally seen as horrible and boring. I'm sure he'd love to manage Brighton, his local team and where he lives. Is he still commuting every day? It's only along the coast but that is one shitty drive he must be fed up with. But if the link is true I'd still be amazed if he got that job.

Dirty fucking Leeds. It’s what they are.

Oh yeah, what a plonker - saw the title and then read his first line. Note to self: pay more attention.

One for the conspiracy theorists, somebody on the UI (think he also posts on here - Sven-Goran Eriksson look-a-likey) has suggested that Rotherham’s keeper Johansson stayed at a hotel in Blackburn last night. He put in two outstanding performances against us but not forgetting he was part of a relegated side that conceded a lot of goals albeit League One standard defence. Straight swap for Baz who did well at that level?* https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/southampton/forum/308005/rotherham’s-keeper-johansson/#2 *tongue-in-cheek

Someone wants to sell his ticket 😁 Think we had a 3,000 allocation in the end and, as you say, still had some available in the upper tier when taken off sale online.

Ipswich fans must be having the time of their lives, 2 excellent seasons on the bounce and (like us) a big chance of consecutive promotions. Good luck to them. My best trip there was (I think) 1981, a midweek game back in the Keegan days, decent Saints crowd up there and won 3-2 that night! Games in East Anglia have always been a long boring drag, Norwich was always a tedious journey particularly back in the 70s/80s on long slow roads.

I think one of the more concerning aspects of ‘Russball’ is, after we were all told it takes time to ‘learn’ this way of playing, it appears it is still work in progress right at the tail end of the season. Good for that spell with a settled defence and few injuries, but so easily knocked back with a bit of tinkering or new additions. If we stay down we will lose half of our best players, mostly loans, so we’ll be starting again integrating new arrivals into the system. I think it will be even harder with promotion with an urgent need to upgrade most positions for the PL even if we do manage to retain some of the loanees. By the time all the newbees get on board with RM’s philosophy I fear a lot of damage may already have been done.

Maybe someone at United already fancied him when at City. No way that he could have just skipped across Manchester to take the role, could we have been used as a stepping stone? Am I right in thinking Shields had already been linked to Chelsea before coming to us, pattern developing?

I’ve come to the conclusion that the football club has had a log-in for some time now that certain staff can use to come on here to put us idiot supporters right….

Let's be honest, would be a freak result if it happened.

🎶 "Woke up this morning feeling fine....." 🎶 Football's back, don't let us down Saints. Sold out over a week ago, all seats sold on the ticket exchange (bet there's still empty ones at the front of the Itchen to nark those that couldn't get one), 1,600 smoggies coming down who'll make a racket. Hope everyone's up for it and don't forget the 77th min applause for big Chris.

iPlayer, S4C, Viaplay - could be a bit tetchy in Cardiff tonight around 10ish.

Probably right, many seem to feel we're only set for the play-offs now and has taken the edge off. Shame as Blackburn away offered the only real opportunity to take a real big following on the road - in the 1978 promotion season towards the end of the campaign we had a couple of 10,000 away followings and loads more for the midweek trip to the East End when Saints fans made up most of a full Brisbane Road crowd. A couple of good results over Easter would reignite demand. And the Easter fixture in our last promotion season saw 6,000 at Palace and would have been more but demand outstripped supply.

Hopefully the fans respond in the same way, St Mary's atmosphere has been mostly disappointing. Sold out since last week (ticket exchange open) with home fans in the visitors section again but this doesn't really change things. Anything less than 3 points going into the Ipswich game 3 days later will be a right knock-back.

😎yeah, *cough* unforgettable night……… Bob Marley at the Fleming Arms was a bit of a coup back in the day though

Gets a mention in this BBC article today, anyone from here there that night? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68624032

Why would we want Larry Grayson on our shirts?

Sounds like he was real hero. Condolences to his nearest and dearest - RIP

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FFS She said it was "disappointing" that photos of the sculpture had been released early because she wanted "the community to enjoy the full experience of the launch" It's Ted MKI revisited! Edit: Looking again it's more Terry Paine than Harry Kane - think I'd keep the green bench but ditch the thing sat on it for scrap

I’ve probably watched more Big Match Revisited than I have MOTD or any other football show in the past few years - from a SFC perspective I’d highly recommend the Saints v Fulham (Best/Marsh) and Saints v Man Utd FA Cup 5th Round 1977 for a bit of 70s nostalgia.

Yep, some top footballers based in the area doing national service were allowed to ‘guest’ for them it kick-started their ‘golden era’. They also allowed thousands of locally based servicemen into the ground for free but despite their brief league and cup success they only ever saw two attendances just over 50,000 in a ground that held 58,000 at its peak. Here Endeth today’s history lesson.

Probably close, they’re clearing all kits and training gear at 50% off at mo so will want to shift as much dead stock as they can before. Or maybe they’ve had to send back all the new shirts with PL badges on the sleeves…………