TheAlehouseBrawlers

You're probably right, and some in those blocks may have moved further over to be more central, but as blocks 43-45 are new areas and mostly sold does suggest this is proving popular with many supporters.

Just had a look, one seat left in Block 40, then 41 and 42 sold out and just a handful of seats right at the bottom of blocks 43-45. 46 about half gone. Wonder what that little empty block at the top of 43 is all about, is that where (and this would please one or two) the drummers are going? https://tickets.southamptonfc.com/selection/subscription?productId=10228644212981&_gl=1*13jwtjf*_ga*NTE3NzA2MTY2LjE3MTQ2NzI0NTY.*_ga_LXLP92QWGK*MTcxNDY3MjUwMy4xLjEuMTcxNDY3Mjc1OS40Ny4wLjA.&_ga=2.25258548.80062912.1714672457-517706166.1714672456

For anyone interested, these were last season's Championship Play Off Final ticket prices

Tbh, I don't think they're that bad, I don't feel like I'm being fleeced at £30. You may not like ticket prices if we get to Wembley, cheapest will probably be £35-40, but the majority likely over £50 up to £90+ - finalists should get around 36,000 each.

Prices released for the home game Friday 17th May (8pm) - £30 adult wings/behind goals https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/play-off-semi-final-ticket-information Sale dates: Thursday 2nd May - 9.30am - Season Ticket Holders Tuesday 7th May - 9.30am - All '23/24 Members who've attended one or more home/away games this season. Wednesday 8th May - 9.30am - Season Ticket Holder Additional (can buy two additional tickets) Wednesday 8th May - 12.30pm - All '23/24 Members Thursday 9th May - 9.30am - Supporters with a booking history since the '21/22 season

No dead rubber for Leeds, they need to go all out for a win and hope for the best elsewhere. They've still got a realistic hope of going up automatically. Elland Road will be a bearpit, at least early-on, you'll hardly notice a couple of thousand Saints fans tucked up in the corner with 35,000 Leeds fans baying for blood all round the ground. Can only see our ponderous lightweights crumbling in that environment. Still dead rubber for us.

Because he can’t watch another minute of this boring, ineffective walking football.

I'm sure many would agree with your first sentence, maybe not so much with the second. We could but who can guess what frame of mind these players are in now and if RM is just gonna tell them to stick with the plan? Stoke are still in a relegation battle, if they're as tenacious as we used to be in those top-flight 'Great Escapes' many years back, then our defenders could again be under a bit of pressure while they're ponderously knocking the ball between themselves. "Brave" man to bet on this one.

We’re the possession kings, a crown RM wears proudly, but in reality it’s nothing if there’s no end product and so painfully exposed at the back. A few months back we had some success against the lesser sides (but even most of those now know how to play it) but we’ve constantly come unstuck against the better sides in this division. They can afford us all this possession we want as they know we’ll do little with it and just pick us off when the opportunity arises, last night the perfect storm, nearly 70% possession with a 5-nothing defeat. Last night was always a dead rubber but after the second half capitulation against Cardiff’s second XI a solid performance was required for momentum going into the play-offs. We’d get eaten alive in the PL and be coming back down with the Christmas decorations.

We had around half the end on Saturday and a bit round the corner, much like we get in the Northam, but once the opposition score our lot mostly go quiet so doesn’t really matter how many there are. I started going regularly at the start of the 70s and the Milton, under the Toomers, was the main area for singing. By the mid-seventies some had moved over to under the West and the Warrens made home in the Archers. They were more ‘doers’ than singers. Jim Redpath’s “We’re the barmy Archers Army” (I shouldn’t laugh) migrated to that end late 70s.

And next season in this division. Potentially two promotion parties to endure and have rammed down our throats, wish I had some confidence with us in the playoffs.

So, not new rail seating then, just crush barriers being installed. Looks like we're keeping the pink seats.

United have history with these sort of things https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39018813

Unless he's shit and we sack him. But, yes, in an ideal world.........

Another part-of-the-furniture has left the building - sad news RIP and condolences https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24265703.tributes-paid-former-southampton-fc-staffer-gentle-giant-big-les/

Regularly. I’m not actually knocking the idea (I prefer old school-type support from a few decades ago but accept this has changed) and hope it eventually proves a good move but it makes a tough Policing job a little more tricky. If we’re still in this division next season the skate fixtures will likely be bubble games, if promoted then those Northam prices are very good for PL (and no shortage of takers).

I’m also interested to see how they deal with away fans trying to get back to Central. Equally though, the Kingsland/Northam corner would cause issues getting them back to the coaches and would have likely ruled out use of the railway bridge for home fans. It’s clearly all happening now so everyone just needs to accept it and see how it goes - I’m happy the club are at least actively doing something to improve what’s been a mostly crap atmosphere inside St Mary’s.

Let’s be fair, it’s the first thing the third division minnows have won in their short existence. (not to be confused with the previous cheating football club that went pop)

Nice and fitting moment

I thought you were against this from the start? I'm very old school tbh, I'm still stuck in the 70s/80s to how I like an atmosphere at the football which was about noise as much as a bit of singing. You just don't really get that blood-curdling roar anymore (was always best in the northern grounds back then). It's mostly rubbish these days, it was OK for the first 30mins at St Mary's yesterday but just evaporated as soon as Watford scored, our supporters are easily knocked (and from where I was sitting in the stadium, less than 2k aways were making as much noise as far more home fans around them). So I don't mind the club trying to do something to improve it, I accept football support has changed from my day but it could certainly be better. Many don't like change (or the idea of) but I think/hope most will be saying this was a good move by this time next year.

It would and also go back to our roots. For over half a century that's what we had, only changing to black in the 50s. We had blue in our long before the skates, they were still in a dusky little pink number back in the day. This was basically our kit from late 1800s to the 1950s, I'm sure they could come up with something similar.

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.