Saint Garrett

Don't think I once dismissed them. Pog and Defoe are better now than our players hence me also saying I don't doubt they'll stay up. BUT IF we can stay up this season with a youthful team, then our way will look better. We've clearly got high hopes for the younger lads we've brought in, however, I wouldn't have said no to Defore or Pog

TCM, We're not as big of a club as you seen to think we are!!! Also our location isn't going to help attendances. If Southampton was based in Birmingham or London, I'm sure we would take more, fact is it's not and we're not a massive club.

What and yuou bought them on the day of release for every game ? Never just thought, "oh I fancy going this weekend, wasnt going to but not got anything else to do"

Our attendances really werent that bad at all last season.

Not everyones lives run around football. Sure people saw the weather and thought miss that one. Prob not an extra 1000, but prob another 500. Still werent bad attendance from what I remember. When did away tickets ever go on sale 3 weeks before a game anyway? I normally bought mine on the gate or a few days before.

Well I know of some people who had tickets but didnt bother going as they assumed it would have been called off. Lets be honest, it should have been and it would have been a wasted trip if it had been called off. I've never been so cold at a football match, and struggled to get back to my mates who lived a 5 min bus ride from the ground. I dont blame people for not coming from Southampton for that one.

Probably because we've been in adminstration, and have plenty of other clubs, paying high wages CAN work, but it's a bit of a gamble on survival. I don't doubt that with a strike force of Pog and Defoe, they'll stay up however.

Pog and Defoe will be a pretty decent strike force for the prem, for not a lot of money. However they're just making sure they stay up and not looking down the line. Which way is better, we'll find out by the end of the season, but would be funny if they were relegated.

Well. Coventry was decent and we could have had as many as we wanted there. Brum would have probably been better if the weather wasnt so bad and it was on sky. It's improved in the last few years, but I do agree there is still a lot of room for improvement. Still think they'll be issues getting tickets though....contemplating getting a ST and just losing out on money or sharing with someone else.

Our away followings have been superb the last few years...but we have been going to every game expecting to win, and they've not been particularly expensive. You also have the feeling that people have fallen back in love with the club again after the mess with Lowe et al. I'm sure after we start struggling the numbers will drop, especially if we're being charged £50 odd to go to games !

Naughton is considerably better than Richardson. HTH.

Antonio is awful. Quick but nothing else

We have certainly had our fair share since the first relegation, I'm sure there are plenty more, but there also seem to be a lot in the last 3 years when we've won the majority of our games...!!!

Truly baffled by this potential player we're after. Foreign, centre mid, not at a big club, covers some ground, would be a starter.....

Hartlepool seeason before last sticks in my memory, and would be up there if i had to travel backto Southampton that night, such an awful game and was 0-0. think there was about 2 shots all game.

We've generally been pretty awful up north, would be interested in stats from the last few seasons of our northern away record.

That Bristol Rovers FA Cup game was a massive low, as we were truly awful, didn't even look the team who was a league (or 2)? above!

Donny away this year would have been dreadful if I had to travel back a long way....luckily it was just up the road to Sheffield so not too bad!

That was me guessing about Michu, I have no idea what is going on, but he mentioned he was foreign and i guess it could have a knockon effect meaning someone goes to bolton from reading as well.....

One of Tranmere (both), Walsall away 1-0, Rochdale away (2-0 and thought we'd blown our chances of going up), or Huddersfield when we got totally outplayed and our fans were woeful may have been 3-0. Also Sheffield Wednesday away when I think we lost 2-0 and I took a few mates to watch it....they were less than impressed. Thoroughly enjoyed the 1-0 in L1 though when Adkins got his first win and Barney scored with Davis pulling off a worldie.

League name has been added to the OP. No harm in having more than one website going if people wish ? Although I would assume a lot of people on this board won't do great as heart will rule a few peoples heads no doubt!

Why? Lambert has a lot more to his game than Carroll does. Carroll's touch is abysmal and he doesn't have the footballing brain Rickie does.

I think that the fact it was easter Monday also helped a lot more people be able to go...

As a fan it would be disappointing if we didnt sell out for the majority of away games this season. I know we won't sell out for specific ones, namely the ones a long way away or on TV, but I wouldnt expect any of the London games to get to general sale, nor Reading.

What are the likely allocations we'll be given? Was also hoping to do Liverpool as I've never done Anfield.