adrian lord

Quite. The thought had crossed my mind too, but I think our lads are bigger than to do that.

Ola/MLG thanks for clearing up the age rules

Interesting - I seem to remember Cannot the U21s include 2 overage players by the rules?

Daily Star I m reading in a greasy spoon is bigging em up and making sure Nathaniel isn't forgotten too.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/10448150/What-I-would-tell-the-FA-Commission.html

Saints will have 4 players minimum in Brazil, mark my words.

"Something special is blossoming at Southampton...." There really is a sense of that. It will certainly be special if we won the title this year - for a start I'd also trouser £25000!

If we are contenders, these next 2 games we cannot slip up in. Massive pressure.

He can speak Mongolian for all I care.

It would make me cringe. I would be at once both nauseated and embarrassed. Another death-blow to the soul of football. While it is linguistically hardly different, it is a world apart in cultural resonance and the collective consciousness of the club and fans; it's history and tradition. Such hideous monikers fit alongside goal-muzak, giant foam fingers, large official flags waved by paid staff at either end behind the goals, and official supporters 'banners' in the nauseating features of plastic football these days. We can keep and respect our cultural heritage yet still be modern and forward-looking. That new name does neither.

I worry about 2 things: 1) injuries 2) Big Vic might have brittle confidence

just tear up the 'agreement' - not worth the paper it's written on.

The Citeh one is the most condescending and spiteful by far. Must resolve to hate both Manchester clubs now. The Stoke is monosyllabic and betrays an average IQ of 65 in their fan base.

liverpool are not totally reliant on the Goofy one.

I used to look at it with a mixture of awe, fear and pity. They seemed to put the most violent away thugs in there, seething and boiling like a pressure-cooker within it's confines, and there was a sense that they could break out and attack at any moment... Can you imagine the Health and Safety officer's face if presented with such a cage nowadays? My most bizarre Dell experience was watching the now legendary Ali Dia match from within the (Leeds) away section in the East Stand. The reason was I got invited by a girl I fancied and who supported Leeds. God their fans were animals.

We are clearly different to the WBA and Hull sides that flattered to deceive in recent seasons. Did they get 3 England call-ups per team in the Autumn? Did they totally dominate possession by unreal statistics of 60:40 or more? Did they have the one of the tightest defences in the whole of Europe? What is looking ominously good is the fact that our attack is now on song, we are not just relying on a tight defence and sneaking a winning goal from set-pieces.

Leeds - now there's a club that have paid their penance and should really be back in the big time again.

i remember the horror of when it went up to 75 pence !

Incredibly intense atmosphere. More so even at night matches, the League Cup run that led to Wembley stands out for those especially - beating Man City 2-1, and then Leeds in the semi final.

What a sight!

When we got promoted from championship I remember thinking it would be many years that we might have to wait until we could once again sing "we are Southampton, we're top of the league". It might, just might, be singable in a few weeks with some luck and great performances.

It's psychologically impossible for me to want a Manu win, I just can't do it.

This is our time.....

Excellent results for us!!!

3 mins now hold on Mackems