Alain Perrin

F*** me you've got good eyesight! You make a valid point though. Man for man we probably are better, but as a team we have yet to deliver. Despite the disappointment, I think there are positives from tonight's performance.

Sorry! I was just referring to the first part of the sentence.....

I thought Alpine_Saint didn't get to many games?

Why do our fans insist on jumping to conclusions before the full facts are known?

Oh please. fdajh lhskjhk sjfkhsfaakl ahsjhsk fieieoua fhah. .... Sorry you couldn't understand the last bit, wait a moment whilst I wipe the vomit from my keyboard.... You've no way of knowing what motivates ML to appear in the photo, nor RL for that matter. I'd suggest that any leader / owner should appear in the team photo, because it promotes togetherness. No doubt if RL hadn't appeared in the photo, he'd have been criticised for being aloof (hence my 'any stick to beat him with' comment above). Don't get me wrong, I think (and have always contested) that RL did a lot that was bad for the club. I find the double standards that some are applying at best amusing, at worst vomit inducing. Anyways, well done Markus - good to see you bonding with the players. Now all we need is some clay pigeon shooting and the vision will be complete....!

I sit in the XXXXXXX stand and there's no way I'd move. I won't set foot in St Mary's again if that happens. Regards Tom in Moscow

Big difference is 'any stick to beat him with'. There were plenty of things to criticise Lowe for but, in my opinion, the rabid mob didn't help their cause by picking on trivialities (I'd include boardroom carpets, jogging with the squad, pictures of trains and a million more in that assessment).

In Lambert we have the thing we didn't have when Jan Portvliet was in charge, a natural goal scorer. If we could create as many chances as we did then, he'd be scoring for fun. My solution would be: 1) Pass the ball from the back, not all the time, but more often than the hoof downfield. 2) Mills and ANO to take the corners, not Lallana. His corners are either floated (see point 4) or don't clear the first man. 3) Play with wingers - and tell them to hug the line, get to the byline and cross it. 4) Drill the crosses, none of this floating **** we seem addicted to. 5) Mix it up. Sometimes through the middle, sometimes down the wing, sometimes hoof it. We have the ingredients, they just need to be mixed in the right way.

Genius....

In fairness that didn't stop a raft of posts on here regarding Lowe's personality flaws. It seems you might be exercising double standards. Personally I don't like him because of his funny accent.....

RL and ML played hockey together.... FACT!

Personally I think bringing Waigo on for anything more than a cameo would have been risky. Imagine if he'd messed up an conceeded a goal. Blod him for 2 minutes and let him tear it up next week. The future's bright, the future's red and white.

With Papa on the pitch...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS6T8FqJ0WM

I'm not sure you'd say the same thing if you'd bought time of the first throw in on this, or other occasions that this might have happened. Loyalty to Matt Le Tis aside, what he did was wrong, cheating and illegal. That's not anal, it's a fact. Is it as bad as murder (or worth all the threads on here)? No - but it doesn't make it any more right. I don't agree that MLT should get a 'pass' because he was loyal to Southampton (I'd argue that the loyalty was more driven by laziness / contentedness then genuine, bleed for your cause loyalty, but that's a separate issue), equally I doubt very much anything will come of it other than a few more book sales.

Ahhhh an anti-Lowe thread. How I've missed them. I find it funny that the vast majority of posters on here seem to have a problem with balance. Lowe was divisive and that caused damage to Saints, equally he did some good things for the club too. Had his time come? Yes. Were his intentions honourable? I think, yes. Was what was good for Saints FC, good for Rupert Lowe - also yes. But it's history. The future is brighter than recent history, in part because we have a stadium and a training ground to be proud of. Rupert Lowe, in part, made that happen and, for that reason, I think he shouldn't be hated. I think petty vandalism sums up the whole affair, from the train to the carpets, some of the issues that generated tens of thousands of posts on here, were just petty.

The reason Saints always kick off towards the Northam is that, in the first half, when a sunny 3pm kick off, it is harder to see the ball when playing to the Chapel. The sun, setting in the West, shines over the Chapel into the Northam end goal. That's why you'll see defenders and goalies shielding their eyes and, if it is sunny and the opposition win the toss, they'll often switch. The sun is lower, usually below the stands by the second half. It is therefore not going to get in Kelvin's or the defense's eyes. Like Tesco's - every little helps.

We will win at Charlton next week. Why? Because we are Saints and that is what we do, the unexpected.

I blame Alpine_Saint

He learnt it from Harry though... Paul Kitson did the same at West Ham. Harry and the team were all in on it, they told friends, who told friends etc. When it was kicked out, half the stand cheered. Bent, Harry, No!

Skacel's gestures to the Northam, Jesus' captain caveman haircut, Now Papa Waigo's name and dance. It looks to me like he's well on the way to being the most overated player Saints have ever signed.... Unless Youtube's playing tricks on me, I haven't seen anything that suggests that he'll set the league on fire. And his stats and other reports, plus the fact he has moved from club to club recently seem to support this. I'd suggest a prospect, nothing more. I think some people need to calm down the hype. Nothing wrong with hope, but hype will disappoint you (i.e. Skacel)

Wrong. If you want Saints speculation, it is the last place to look. If you want Saints news it is one of the first places.

Maybe they're too busy doing deals....

"In contrast to Standard Bank, who had a hold on all our finances, Barclays did everything they could to help us over the repayment of a £9.5 million loan." Oh the irony....

.... so in short..... User error. Try turning it off and back on again....

I know he has had a few injuries, but I think he probably moved too soon (we would say that though). Who else thinks he has delivered less than perhaps Nike and Arsenal thought? I thought he'd have had more of an impact by now and, on the face of it, we got a very good deal (subsequent renegotiation aside).