Alain Perrin

Yes, damn him and his 21 years. Morgan and Chaplow are very different player. Yes, they're both midfielders, but their style is very different. What I think Morgan gives you is composure (he's good to slow the game down a bit when under pressure), Chaplow is more combative and good when you want to take the game to the opposition (more aggression, more goals, but more likely to get sent off too!).

To be fair to D'Urso I'd probably not take a fan's opinion seriously. Given that the vast majority of St Mary's don't seem to get the offside rule (i.e. it isn't called offside until the ball is touched) - leading the people behind me to go 'facking late call Lino!' every 10 minutes. And, given how much debate was had on another thread about whether the the ball had hit the staunton (even after 10 replays), then I don't think we've got the right to judge a referee's snap decision. Hardly makes any of the ******s in my opinion.

The poster is correct. If you watch the BBC highlights here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14565065.stm Then at 1m 07s, the ball from Chopra's shot clearly goes past the post, cannons off the stanchion and comes back into play.

It just seems strange that - in the spirit of openness - rather than publishing the accounts, we get the go and download them yourself (each time at a cost). Especially as Steve / Baj will already have these in their possession. I asked originally because I was intrigued as to how much was being spent on the infrastructure, vs. the subscriptions and advertising. We were suffering a lot of outages at the time and I wondered why this site was charging when others were able to operate without a subscription. Look, I am sure running this site takes a fair bit of time so personally wouldn't begrudge some reward for the owners - but that only really applies if the service meets expectation. Anyway, I hope that the measures decribed by Steve and Baj do make things better - but excuse me if I wait and see (boys, wolves and sheep etc.).

Highlights of last nights game are posted on SaintsPlayer, yet they've put background music on it. Plus they insist on some arty editing that doesn't work for football in my opinion. It is Saints doing it because the IpswichPlayer highlights are much better (not least because you can hear grown men cry!) Come on Saints, make the highlights worthy of the quality of the play. ... Or am I getting old?

Good luck with that. I asked before but got a 'none of your business' (in so many words). As a result I no longer pay. FWIW I think a chatroom, rather than a forum is most appropriate for matchdays. vBulletin isn't designed to be mashed with refreshes, that plus I suspect the hardware is either low end or inefficiently configured. Plus it would cut out 10 people telling me Lambert has scored - tonight that got confusing as I thought it was still 1-0!!

Download the Iswifter App and you should be able to listen to Saints Player through that (it has a browser that will render flash).

Apparently we've sold 36K season tickets, some kind of admin cock up. It hasn't been apparent at the Leeds game because of holidays, however NC is livid and (horses) heads will roll apparently. I can't tell you where I got this information but it is as near to the top as you can get. The advice is to get there early for the next home game as possession in 3/5ths of the law. Either that prepare to squidge up and go for a "one cheek on, one cheek off" strategy.

Not that I am encourgaing buying crocked players, but doesn't insurance offest this. Delgado for example, I can't believe we ended up on the hook for everything (especially considering how careful with cash Rupert was).

Pahars dived more than Tom Daly

If we don't we'll begin to be sucked in to the Financial Fairplay proposals which seem to be moving towards a £8m loss cap in 2012-2013, cut to £4.5m by 2016-2017. Maybe Nicola is thinking get the players in now and, provided we can support the salaries within income and the excess then we'll be well positioned? The way I see it is £100m this transfer window would be the best way forward. Let's get Messi!

Same for me. There are very few compensations for working in Swindon's town centre!

Read into this what you will.... from @AgentSmagent Southampton to spend big, it's going to get #Messi

I appreciate it's a bit crap but, having not won, I haven't yet had to queue for winnings. Like any operation I suspect they might be having a few launch issues and hope that they can correct after a few weeks. Controversial though it may be, I suggest we give them a few weeks before jerking the knees.

Blowy for a hatrick. Fact!

The sort that wants flexible resources. If it was just Sid and Mary in the ticket office answering telephones then you'd have a long wait to get through for popular tickets. By outsourcing you can flex up when you need people, flex down when you don't. Let's be clear it is a transaction charge, not a per ticket cost. Yes if you only buy one ticket it is 10%, but I'd guess most buy 2 or more. If it is baked into the cost (because they ain't doing it for free) then if you buy 10 tickets you are subsidising people buying less. It's fairer and clearer than being inside the face value price. Not sure I understand the double negative. You're not being unfairly penalised, you are paying a premium for allowing you to order from your sofa. That premium includes the person to answer the phone, the system to process it, the person to stuff the envelope, the credit card fee and the postie to deliver it.

Odeon is a rubbish comparison. You pay 75p, go to the cinema, print it off from the machine and go in. They also sell tickets for their many cinemas every night of the week so a lower marginal cost is to be expected. The phone service is outsourced to a third party who provides the service for the opening hours - their costs will reflect this whether they sell zero tickets or 100 tickets an hour. Also the net difference between the cost of the person to answer the phone and the web server to process your order probably isn't that great. The fact is that no-one knows what percentage of the ticket tax goes towards paying the costs. The costs are however greater than just a lick and a stamp. If they were a tenner I'd agree with you but there in keeping with what the rest of the ticket selling industry charges. Personally I'd prefer it was hidden in the ticket cost, penalising everyone, just to shut you ****ers up...

Irrelevant. If we signed anyone this week I doubt they'd have anything more than 5 minutes at the end. The first choice partnership of Fonte / Jaidi is what will start on Saturday.

Yep - I was wrong,

Not just you Charlie, but this typifies some of the sad ****ers that call themselves Saint's fans. 10 years, 300ish games of football and your most memorable thing was a banner? FFS - get a life. For me (a football fan) the best was : - Camara's goal vs. Norwich or 4-1 against Spurs in the cup. And the worse was : - Leeds comeback from 3-0 to win 4-3. (For the poster who said Blayney's save vs. Newcastle, wasn't it Paul Smith?)

Dammit. I was a week late with my prediction. http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?31149-4-weeks-one-day.....&p=1083888#post1083888 Anything more than 24K will be a miracle in my opinion (due to holidays and holiday expenses in the most part). I wish people would stop moaning about the the ticket prices. We are in the middlish of the league on prices, we've (in many cases) got better (paid) players and (often) a nicer ground. Mainly it seems to be people caught by the change in categories with the biggest gripes. Whilst Saints may be charging you more, in many other ways lots of those 55+ are living the golden age of retirement. Long life expectancies, unsustainable final salary pensions and good state benefits - all of which will be unaffordable for the pensioners of 20 years time. So in a decade or so when compulsory euthanasia comes in to sort out the demographic problem, you'll be seeking to pay more, just to avoid a bullet.

I think anyone who is touting Saints (or Brighton for that matter) for promotion is probably misguided. What happened last year was unusual - back to back promotion challenges aren't that common and I think the Championship is stronger this year.. I also agree that our defense has issues with pace (something we'll see more of in the Championship) and whilst 'fragile' might be a bit harsh, there were key games where we got exposed (Peterborough away as the example that journos probably saw and took note from). Midtable for me. Bucking the usual slow start, Saints will start strongly (riding on the confidence of promotion) and then fade in October, flirt with the playoffs in February before consolidating in midtable obscurity.

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Now then, now then. now then. I feel making it simpler will lead to better adoption hence I've chopped out the first bit. Otherwise I take my hat off to you Sir, it's close to genius.

5:51am an you're tginking of beer? I suggest help may be required!