We'd have a chance of survival with this team in the Prem (the likes of Blackpool, Wigan and Wolves could stay up - so could we) but we wouldn't want to be relegation threatened again really.
Confirmed so far;
Jason Dodd, Paul Jones, Claus Lundekvam, Paul Telfer, Egil Ostenstad, Paul Wotton, Paul Williams, Graham Murty, Antti Niemi, Michael Svensson, Inigo Idiakez, Chris Perry, Jo Tessem.
Northam*.
But yeah, it says on the OS that it's not just the Itchen that's open. What with it being completely free entry i'll be amazed if we don't get a decent attendance for this.
...but let's also remember that it's possible he was invited and declined.
I personally expect to see him there, I think the silence from the Cortese-bashing press says it all.
It's a bit unfair giving the youth team players a chance to show what they can do rather than the senior players who are on the fringe. The academy lot will still be here next season whether they play on saturday or not, for some of the "back up" this may be their last chance to prove their worth.