Ken Tone

Are you really Donald Rumsfeld by any chance?

Wel I confess I care. The apalling results in the hiatus between Pardew and Adkins may well have cost us promotion. I'd like to know for certain who was to blame for that happening.

Agree ...although view is good anywhere in St Mary's. I wonder to what extent closing the Kingsland is self-fulfilling prophecy. It sends the signal that the club expect a small crowd, with a pretty crap atmosphere. Add to that the fact that the kingsland must have more ST holders than any other stand, so it is the most 'stable' fans that are being displaced, and it does not seem sensible marketing to me. Most kingsland fans sit near the same group of people each match ..people they only know from matches, people they get used to exchanging banter and opinions with, but not friends as such that could all arrange to buy cup tickets together. It does affect the match experience. Does it really cost very much to open up the stand?..genuine question.. anyone know how many extra tickets would need to be bought to pay for the costs of the stand being open? Are Hedgehog's sums right? (I suspect there are more cost than he lists.)

I understood that several cars parked on the garage forecourt were damaged as well ... cars belonging to Saints fans I might add. The sad fact is that if they are guilty, as in they were actually there and were doing what they are accused of, then they really can't complain if they get punished. Don't act like a prat, don't get arrested. ..not a difficult concept to grasp really is it?

Brighton's new stadium looks pretty, but really only because (like Bolton's and Huddersfield's) it has small corners under the curving rooves. Since that helps reduce its capacity to a fairly pathetic 22,500. That fancy roof design presumably also means it can't be expanded later. 22,500 shows they have no hope/ambition ever to be a top division club again IMO .... they're settling for championship at best. Personally, I'd rather have what you call bland.

Have you been watching the same team as me? Davis is clearly one of the best keepers around, and we are lucky to have someone as good as Bialkowski to cover. I'd be gobsmacked if we brought in a keeper in January ...(even more gobsmacked than I was when Pardew brought in a left back when we already had Harding and Mills.)

Let's see what team Adkins puts out for the game eh? That will be the true indication of its importance. (Allegedly) letting Fonte take a few days off and miss the game is not a good indication that we'll be playing a full first team.

I know I will get flamed for the parking point, but never mind £15 for a ticket, it would cost me an extra £10.50 to park in my usual place, since the parking season ticket doesn't now cover cup games like it used to before they put the price up, plus there's the infamous £3 booking fee, and I usually buy a programme so that's £31.50, for game where club isn't even opening all sides of the ground, and where Adkins may well play a few second-teamers. Yes I know I could get there much earlier than usual, find a free place to park and walk, etc, (public transport not practical from where I live) but to be honest, it's not exactly an attractive value-for-money entertainment package is it?

Now on OS, albeit hidden away http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2207495,00.html .Till end of December in fact , more than a month Interesting staement about max length of time for an emergency loan. I'd not seen that before Where does that leave pompey's loans?

Oh no! If he hasn't got his own teeth, how will we know how old he is?

Not on OS ...certain? Disappointing if only another month IMO. I'd be happy to sign hm permanently, or at least on long term loan

His month's loan will have run out last night. Adkins said he was confident it would be sorted put, but there's no news on the OS. Is he still with us? And if he is will he be allowed to play in the cup? Anyone know if he is training this morning?

An increasing number of cars have 6 or more gears now, so we've clearly got a long way to go. How long before we can say we won, but were only playing in 5th gear?

Thought their midfield in general was their strong point. They had some ball players there, and they kept going even when 4 down.

Couldn't tell you. Can't always hear what the Northam is singing in my part of the Kingsland. Why don't these young people enunciate ? I too hate hearing 'going down' when the opposition is just a small club that has been fighting above its weight. Different matter if it is one of our 'friends' of course.

LOL. Looked like he was wearing his older brother's kit too.

First one a fluke meant as a cross IMO, but it put the idea into his head for the definitely deliberate second one. And yes all very quiet and downbeat near the end, partly because of subbing our two first choice strikers so some of the buzz went out of the game, and partly because as fans we've forgotten what to do when we're winning easily. Where was the last minute panic, hanging on desperately, that we're used to? Fair play to the tiny handful of Dagenham fans. Particularly enjoyed their response to the Northam's short burst of 'going down - going down' ... 'so are we - so are we'

Ah but as H. L. Mencken said, "Why all the fuss about Shakespeare? After all, all he did was string together a load of really well known quotes"

I can't say I'd even noticed him until you posted this, but now you've drawn attention to him.... The only thing I can see that he's posted that would cause me any concern is the peculiar one about a supposed court case over broken promises between Liebherr family and saints. That is a) worrying, but b) so far-fetched as to be ridiculous. It may well be that the Liebherr family will not now spend the sort of money that Markus himself might have done in future years. In fact I think that is very likely, since they do not appear to have the personal affection for the club that he did. However I can't see how that could lead to a court case, and certainly not one so soon. Has the will even yet gone through whatever the Swiss call probate? With the size (and international nature) of Markus's estate it can't be simple. Oh, and c) even if this worry has some basis in fact, there's bugger all I can do about it so why would it matter whether I ignore him or not?

We haven't yet discussed their 8-8-4 formation Still, with them having 2 people in goal, we shouldn't be offside very often.

Reading the article, why didn't he have much of a pre-season?

Best, Charlton, etc.. seen them, but all modern fly-by-nights! When I was a little kid I was taken to see Stoke reserves v Chelsea reserves as my first ever pro football match. Why? Because a 50 year old Stanley Matthews was playing for Stoke. Mind you I can't remember a thing about it!

Surely with the wage bill they are taking on, against all common sense and already breaking their promises about wage limits to creditors when they set up the cva, the most likely scenario is that they will default on the cva payments at some point in the next year or so. I believe that then leads to liquidation doesn't it?

Wotton was under 21 at the start of the year?! I didn't realise. He hasn't worn well has he? Now Jaidi on the other hand, ....... oh and Richardson, ... and Bialkowski ....and Holmes....and Dickson .... Really it's a surprise the U-21 team is allowed out without a babysitter

Also why do we keep calling this our U-21 team when the names on the match reports often include many well over 21?