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I think you'll find it's all the highly morally opinionated right wing conservative types that are saying this Turkish, not the socialist leftists. As for Rugby fans, after the JPT final, my dad and I were walking through the taxi rank outside Reading station which was packed with London Irish fans, we were following a couple of Saints fans who were wearing their shirts, when a group of four big p*ssed up rugger lads walked up and started chanting scummers, scummers, scummers at them trying to kick off. So please don't think all rugger fans are sooper dooper thoroughly nice chaps, there are just as many thugs at rugby matches. A few years ago, Oxford and Henley were both regularly on the local Thames Valley news for their violent crime figures, which showed that the upper classes also regularly indulged in a bit of street violence, but as they say money talks, and they get off with it being called high jinx. Any anti social behaviour should carry the same penalty whether performed by a football fan or a ****ed up toff!

Sorry but any good feeling I had towards that bunch of pikeys evaporated the night of the league cup game just after Ted Bates had passed away, when they couldn't observe a minutes silence for a great and gentle man who had often had kind words for their club as well as his own. No excuse can be given for their actions, a lot of them attempted to do so by saying that we hadn't observed the one for Flahavan at St Marys, which was utter crap, yes it took a few moments for everyone to realise that the ref had blown his whistle to start it, but after that it was immaculately observed. So sympathy for them, no way, sympathy for the clubs that have gone down or lost in the cup to them and their maxed out credit rent a mob of a team, when they themselves keep to within their financial limits, yes. Does anyone else think that W******d and his appearance sum up the Skates perfectly?

I saw him playing for Anderlecht against Hamburg in the Europa League a few weeks ago and he looked pretty good that night, both defensively and offensively. Hamburg were struggling to handle him, as he is so strong he just went straight through their attempts to challenge him. He's certainly developed since he left Saints. I still remember seeing some of his free kicks from 30 to 40 yards out, so much power that if they of been on target the keeper would of ended up in the net as well as the ball. As previous posters have said he didn't get a fair rub of the green at Saints and on the odd occasions that he did make the team, he was playing with probably the worst set of defenders in Saints history and under managers that didn't have a clue how to see out a game when we were leading.

One thing that a lot of the population of this country do not understand, is the leniency of the law or the leeway which Judges had at their disposal no longer exist. Due to changes in the law, over the last twenty years and particularly since Blair came to power, Judges are very rarely in a situation where they have the option of passing sentence. Nowdays there are mandatory sentences for so many crimes, so if the CPS are confident of getting two year sentences for most of the supposed offenders, then they already know what the sentence will be if the accused are found guilty by their peers. Which in this case will probably be a degree of the original charge. Having been called for Jury duty several times, I have been directed by the judge on the penalty for the crime on more than one occasion, should a guilty verdict be reached, including an occasion where a guy was going to be getting a life sentence for his third court appearence on a GBH charge, which included one charge of GBH for his dog biting a policeman when he was being arrested. So these guys had better pray that they get a jury which doesn't find them guilty. I hope for their sakes that they do, i'd hate to see their lives ruined for a few moments of madness.

That would be the same guy who fouled Lambert at every opportunity only for the officials to let him get away with it every time. Every time he challenged Lambert his arm went across Lamberts face or chest, any half decent ref would of given Lambert at least 20 Free kicks tonight and carded Hazell at least once for persistant fouling. So many fouls and handballs missed, we should of had at least three penalties and probably more. Those officals were so bad that calling them cr*p would be doing cr*p an injustice. As for the player, no thanks all he can do is foul his opponent.

The Yeovil branch of the Micheal Jackson fan club weren't impressed with Dean Wilkins attempt at the moonwalk!

Sixth place next season will not be seen as good enough to save Mr Pardews employment. If Cortese is upset we aren't nearer the play offs this season, do you really think he'll be happy to go through the lottery of the play offs with the amount of money spent this season and with the further expenditure on the squad in the summer? Not only that, but can you really say that you'll be happy to take a chane on the play offs? I know I wont! Pardew has to get the team to find the confidence and consistency to get results at the places where they have struggled this season, if he can do that, then fine, if not he'll be going.

My sentiments entirely, frankly I felt like being sick at all the adoration, the commentators were giving them during the game. Slurpy slurpy bum lick the skates, then hardly any mention that Spurs scored a perfectly good goal and that the penalty shouldn't have been given. Where do two thirds of those that were there supporting them today, go when it's a matchday at fratton park? Wonderful plucky fans my arse, they don't even support their team in their hour of need, as their regular less than 18K attendances prove. It's sickening how selective memory, means people are forgetting that they stood by happily while their board sowed the seeds of their own destruction because it gave them an FA Cup, and kept them in the top league for a few more years. They deserve everything that has happened and more and have gotten off lightly, for their cheating. They'll be loving Boateng for his little heart tapping gesture, I wonder if he loves them so much he'll be hanging around next season for the 5K a week that they may just be able to pay him?

After his little outburst about the Derby fans the other week, he still is! Apparently they think he's a tw*t, because all they see are the houses, the cars, the holidays, the yacht, the watches, Dolce and Gabbana clothes and his model wife, but apparently there's much more to him than that. Yeah, nothing like making a point by rubbing peoples noses in it and making them think you are an even bigger **** Robbie!

Would love to be there on Monday, but the mrs is on holiday for the next two weeks and wants to get away for a few days in Cornwall, and it's my brothers stag do down there at the weekend. 'Her plans could yet be scuppered by the signalmans strike though' So will have to miss my first home game in months. Will be there for Charlton and funds permitting for the other home games this season as well. Good thing my brothers wedding is on the 1st of May, i'd be gutted to miss the Southend game on the 8th.

I wonder if Bridger will be there as he's out injured at the moment after having a hernia op? Also wonder if Beatts will pop along? I see he has had a knee op and is out for a while. He still has mates at Saints and a soft spot for the club. If I had a spare ticket i'd give it to him purely for his celebration after scoring against the skates last season. 'Ave that you skate c*nts' classic lad, just classic.

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. When I went down to the station earlier he wasn't there, so I asked the staff that were to pass on a message with your e-mail address on it to him. Thanks for offering to help out a saint in need. I hope he gets in touch with you.

Don't know his name but I often talk to one of the guys in the ticket office at Basingstoke station about Saints and have seen him around and about in Southampton after Saints matches. Hadn't seen him for a while and was wondering what had happened to him, but saw him last week when I went to get my train ticket for the Swindon game, when he told me that he was unable to get hold of a ticket for this Sunday as back at the start of January when the snow was on the ground he was walking back to his car in the car park to go home after work, and slipped over and broke a bone in his groin. It resulted in him spending a week in Hospital and then being laid up at home for a number of weeks after that, meaning he missed the MK Dons match so has been unable to get a ticket for the final. He's been to a lot of league games this season and both the Torquay and Charlton JPT games, and is gutted he's missing out on the final. So i'll spare a thought for him on Sunday.

Travelling from Basingstoke to meet my dad at his hotel in Reading and then going Reading - Paddington - Marylebone to Wembley. Will probably be going around the same time as you.

Perhaps he was paying Lambert not to nick his hubcaps!

Must have been watching a different game to you and some of the others on here as I thought Harding's one footedness was a real worry tonight. He just can't use his right foot and was lucky he didn't get caught in possession when he kept turning onto his left to play the ball. Something which you can bet Carlisle will focus on in the game on Sunday. If we had had a right footed player in that position tonight I think we would have walloped Hartlepool. As for Puncheon he has looked like he's half asleep in the last few games, I thought following last weeks performance against Swindon, he might have been eager to put in a good performance, but no, tonight he was little better than last week. He just doesn't seem switched on and is letting the game pass him by rather than going and getting the ball and imposing himself on the game as he did in his first six weeks with Saints. Fonte was immense tonight and his class was able to make up for poor showings from Seaborne and Mills. Motm by some distance. Wotton was his usual complete dross when he came on, he's one of those players that you find baffling that they have managed to become a professional footballer. It's like playing with a handicap when he's on the pitch. As for Papa, he made one goal and scored what turned out to be the winner and yet he still gets stick, I thought he did okay that punt apart and at least had a positive effect on the game. I really do hope that Morgan going off was just a precaution, he looked okay after the challenge and seemed to make it to half time with no ill effect. Sunday will be a lot harder without his ability and creative influence in the middle of the pitch. Fair play to Pardew for his post match comments admitting that he got things wrong tonight and for saying that too many players minds were focussed on Sunday, it certainly looked like it to me.

Totally agree with Benji here, from the information that was around at the time, administration came about purely from the actions of Barclays. HMRC was not owed money until the club entered administration, and then were paid in full out of the monies generated from the transfers, which made the club a much more attractive acquisition. Likewise Rupert was wise enough to agree that the stadium mortgage was paid each year as a guaranteed lump sum from season ticket sales, which meant that the club were not in arrears on the mortgage. The only difficulty being that the club were unable to sell season tickets for this year whilst in admin, so we would of defaulted on this years payment. So Barclays can take sole credit for shafting our club and Rupert, even though he had already done what they had asked and significantly reduced the overdraft. But for their actions the club could probably have survived for at least another season possibly longer with the money generated from player sales and season ticket purchases. But hey i'm not complaining about the outcome, Markus and Nicola will do for me. Although I am a little concerned about his comment in that latest interview in 'The Times' about saving money up for rainy days when we get back to the Premier League, I just hope that it's not done at the expense of us having a competitive team.

Got mine yesterday, Block 550 Row 20. Can't wait for the big day. Now just worried that the team will play like they did on Tuesday night in the final and ruin a nice day. Still haven't had my tickets for the Swindon and Hartlepool games that were supposed to have been posted on Monday though, so it's a good thing I got duplicates on Tuesday evening.

Yes, but let's not forget that all 32,000 of them will be die hard, hard core skates that haven't missed a game home or away in 20 Years and who will get behind their team and raise the roof off Wembley with their singing and passion for their club, the Tottenham or Fulham fans wont know what support is until they've seen them. After all they are the bestest fans in the universe, honest.

Still waiting for mine as well, was told by the ticket office that they had been posted already when I spoke to them yesterday, but then seeing as my tickets for last nights debacle and the game with Hartlepool haven't turned up yet either and which were posted on Monday even though I ordered them last week I can't say that i'm surprised that they still aren't here. Carlisle are on a bit of a run at the moment and are not to be under estimated, so our lot had better start getting their act together, as it will ruin a nice day out at Wembey if we don't win the trophy.

Just had to phone the ticket office to get a replacement for tonight, as although I ordered my ticket last week, they said it had only been printed out Saturday and sent off yesterday. Did confirm that my Wembey tickets are also in the post though. I had a dream about playing Swindon last night as well. It started at the County Ground where Saints conceeded an early goal and Rickie got sent off, then Saints started piling on the pressure but couldn't find a way through to go the Swindon goal, and ran themselves until they were dead on their feet. Then for some strange reason the rest of the game was played on a local park, where I was suddenly playing at centre back for Saints, single handedly stopping wave after wave of Swindon attacks and passing the ball up to the rest of the team, who because they were so tired, kept losing the ball back to Swindon, so once I had won the ball back again, I decided to just hit the ball from midway inside our own half and managed to get it into the back of the net off the underside of the crossbar. Thats where the dream ended. So I suppose that means it's going to be a draw tonight.

F*cking BBC, lost the signal just before the first League one round up came on, and didn't get it back until just before the second part of the round up was shown. Did this happen to anyone else? Did they actually say anything about Saints. Other channels were fine btw.

This is could make sense, there have been whispers that Red Funnel have agreed the sale of their land around town quay for the expansion of the docks and are looking at moving their operation around into the Itchen. If these are true it could make the land along the bank of the Itchen and around St Marys very valuable, especially as Saints supposedly have first refusal on some of the land around St Marys. The land where the old TVS studios were located would be an ideal location for a new ground, as it has good road and rail links nearby.

The problem I have with season ticket holders getting two each, is with those who thought it was beneath them to attend any of the JPT games and yet are still entitled to two tickets each. Fair enough ST holders stump up their money up front each season, but they are already rewarded for that by getting free entry to two games a season that the rest of us have to pay to attend. So I think that all they deserve is one ticket for the final, not two, unless they also attended either of the qualifying games. I have got my tickets for the final through attending the home leg of the area final, so no sour grapes here. I can though, fully sympathise with those that attended the earlier rounds of the competition and haven't been able to get a ticket, I know I would of been very pi**ed off, if having been to the Torquay and Charlton games, I had been unable to get tickets for the final as some ST holder who hasn't been to any of the rounds has got one for himself and one of his mates who probably hasn't even been to a game this season. In future those that have attended a number of matches in the earlier rounds of a cup competition, should get equal billing to ST Holders for final tickets.

Anyone know what the latest sales figure is? Must be close to 40,000 by now surely.