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I've just found the on sale information buried in the OS: https://www.southamptonfc.com/matches/2022-23/pre-season-friendlies/watford-vs-saints-2022-07-23/ticket-info Saints take on Watford at Grosvenor Vale (Wealdstone FC) on Saturday 23rd July at 3:00pm. Ticket availability is extremely limited. They will go on sale on Tuesday 12th July at 2:30pm to 2022/23 Season Ticket Holders who attended 14+ away matches in the 21/22 season. In the unlikely event that any tickets remain, further criteria will be released on Thursday 14th July. Information: Tickets can be purchased online, by calling the Ticket Office on 02381 780 780 or by visiting the Ticket Office at St Mary's. Tickets are non-transferable. General admission tickets are standing tickets only. Pricing: Tickets are priced from the following: Adult - £12 Under-18 - £3 Accessible seating: Included in our allocation are two wheelchair bays. An extremely limited number of ambulant seater pairs have been made available, which will be sold on a first come, first serves basis to supporters who require these. Accessible tickets are priced at the age relevant price.

This puzzled me too, as on paper Dragowski seems to have the better pedigree of the two. Transfer Room have a calculator where you can plug in a player and it tells you how many points they get. 15 or over is pass, 10-14 you can appeal to an exceptions panel and below 10 is a fail. Dragowski comes out with a score of 13 where as Lis has 20. The basic reason is that despite playing in Serie A league and internationally, Dragowski simply didn't play enough games last season for either Fiorentina or Poland to get over the threshold. He got all of his 13 points purely for being at a club in a Band 1 league, whereas Lis got 10 for being at a Turkish Super Lig (Band 2) club and another 10 for playing over 90% of available minutes for them.

That's the season just gone's keeper kit.

The article says we're looking to sign Anjorin permanently, not on loan.

Well that's a result. Ticket details were clear that intention is for price to go up: Would be sort of amusing if the ticket platform is so bad they can't even apply their own intended criteria!

The most galling thing about this scenario is the ST/members in your group will have to pay £5 extra for wanting to sit with those who aren't. It's crazy.

This was asked to Managing Director Toby Steele when he was on the Total Saints Podcast in November and his response was Jan/Feb. Reason given was that they found that water had leaked into the steel structure over time which had to be removed and then the steel strengthened due to corrosion caused by the water.

A couple of years ago they shifted pies/sausage roll supplier to Piglets Pantry (the Worthing company) and they are legitimately really good. Don't think they were listed on the screens, but there was small fridge with a smattering of 333ml craft cans in the Northam bar. Agree on the general point though. Would think a Unity tie up at least would be a nice touch seeing as they're practically round the corner.

Similarly, Djenepo has been in 19 all pre-season but is still 12 on the OS.

I've just checked the ticket website and the Kingsland is now greyed out and unavailable for Saturday as well so looks like a repeat is on the cards.

The buyback clause is a little disappointing, but if it does ever get used then at least we'll probably be in a better position as a club then if Chelsea have no desire to invoke. Man City had a buyback clause in the Angus Gunn transfer and how did that work out...

That’s right; £100 deposit now, balance paid (or instalment plan set up) between June 29th & July 15th:

It's not genuine, but given what's been mentioned probably quite close. It's been taken from here - https://www.footyheadlines.com/2021/06/southampton-21-22-away-kit-design-leaked.html "On 27 May 2021, Southamton FC released their home shirt by new supplier Hummel. Now football shirt expert @hendocfc shared a 3D render of how Southampton F.C.'s new 2021-22 away uniform could look like." Which is in turn taken from this tweet:

Nice to see the club putting out contradictory information. The return to the stadium info page (https://www.southamptonfc.com/visitor-info/return-to-stadium/rts-leeds) says: "Facemasks must be worn at all times from arrival at your gate, and for the duration of your visit except when eating or drinking"

And the last game of last season.

The collar and sleeves are straight from the current Under Armour template (as featured on all three of our current shirts), so unless there's some bizarre situation where UA already did the kit and Hummel are just going to stick some logos on it it's a fake.

I picked up a red sash on white when they first got reduced, but no matter how many times it goes through the wash the LD Sports logo won’t shift 😪

We tried to get the early train from Eastleigh. When it turned up it was so full we couldn't get on. A bit of the wait for the next train; same story. By this point people were getting calls from mates at Southampton Central letting them know how many people were still waiting there. Nervousness started spreading and some were even getting quotes from taxis on the rank to get up to London. Luckily for us someone in a group stood by us had a lightbulb moment of "trains go to London from Portsmouth don't they?". We turned straight around on to the platform behind and jumped on the next train to Skatesville. This led to about 30-50 saints fans, fully decked out in red & white, milling around Fratton station waiting for the next train to London. Worth it just for the looks on the faces of the people getting off trains on the other platforms!

Update on the OS within the past half an hour - https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2021-02-12/southampton-fc-how-to-rollover-or-refund-your-season-ticket Looks like e-mails to be sent out to 'lead bookers' by tomorrow with a straight choice between a refund or having the outstanding value added as a credit to your ticket account to use on future purchases.

Possibly not, but a loan could viably require a loan fee so not outside the realms of possibility that we would.

One thing I wonder with King (if there is any truth in it noting Adam Blackmore's tweet) would be whether it would be a 'permanent' move more in theory than reality. Given he's a free agent in the summer we could sign him 'permanently' but only on a six month contract, meaning King gets back in the Premier League whilst still leaving his options on the table for the summer, and we get him on what effectively equates to a six month loan but without taking up one of the precious domestic loan slots.

Sunderland

I guess the release clause (if set low enough) gives a best of both worlds situation for him, whereby a move to the "big 6" remains on the table the next two summers, but he also gets an instant payrise which is locked in for a few more years should a move not materialise.

Borne out by this in The Athletic today talking about Wolves hunt for a new striker whilst Jiminez is out: "...as was Graziano Pelle, but it is believed he doesn’t meet the new post-Brexit requirements to move to the Premier League."

Could be the case that Shrewsbury want to 'do a Derby' and play the tie but Saints are hesitant... No idea when this can be rescheduled. 4th round is only two weeks later (24th Jan), would think next mid-week (13th) would be too soon (BBC suggest Shrewsbury's next game on 16th Jan also in doubt) and we've got league games the two midweeks after that (20th & 26th).