Alain Perrin

Yes, I wonder what have could have prompted such short sighted thinking.... http://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/apr/02/southampton-leisure-holdings-administration

Adam Law@nker Dejan Lov**** Mauricio Pochetosser

Suggest discounting this http://sashesandtashes.co.uk/index.php/english/80-s-scouser-tracksuit.html heavily with a Season Ticket will help develop the Kop end you're craving. Seriously though, I think splitting up the choir for cup matches is detrimental to the atmosphere. Having said that, if you move the away fans then normal home atmosphere would be affected because some home fans choose to be close to the away fans for "c'mon then, 'ave some" goading and occasional "wahhh, tosser" hand signals. i.e. Move them to the Itchen / Northam corner - no go because of boxes. Move them to the Kingsland / Northam corner - removes a chunk of better view seats from home fans. Move them to Kingsland Centre - as above, also health and safety concerns over blankets and hot chocolate. It is, I am afraid, an impossible dream. Perhaps only if serious work was done on the stadium (that requires a wholesale reshuffle will it become possible). Newcastle's approach is best - stick the away fans as high up and far away as possible....

...but if a pass has been made and blundered, then bad luck. You're not meant to have the advantage twice. I too think the ref and Lin (Kingsland) had a mare. That said he applied advantage well IMHO.

Our lot? Bad form if true. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ched-evans-mask-yobs-condemned-4919271 Personally I feel I you've done the time then society should let you reintegrate but that doesn't mean you should be glorified.

Paul Telfer and Jermaine Wright were both honest utility players who did a good job for Saints. Anyone who says otherwise is forgetting it's a squad game. Saints fans have two blind spots in my opinion; lack of appreciation of holding midfielders (Oakley is a good example) and an over appreciation of players that fist pump / clap the crowd / whose hair resembles Jesus (Ostlund and Prutton tick all of those boxes). At the end of the day, the manager picks a player to play a role based on what he has available. As long as that player puts a shift in, I am generally happy. Those declaring that someone is **** / not fit for the shirt / like Ali Dia, are probably 22st couch potatos who couldn't do any better.

It's a joke when you see the Routledge sending off (soft, yet correct) that something like Sterlings face push goes unpunished. Bizarre interpretation of consistency.

With Gerard, they have a choice as a club. They don’t have to sell. They have that choice. Maybe Liverpool's objectives have changed. They were on course to be a *Champions League club, I believe, but, obviously, that has changed.... Back at ya Brenda....

Apparently part of the deal we made with Arsenal when they signed Morgan for us was that he'd have to miss a certain number of games against them through suspension. MS is just keeping to the letter of the contract.

First home game after Christmas is always quiet. Full of gift getters who don't know the form.

I fear you may be carrying the prejudice of prior opinions. He was solid today against top quality opposition.

I'm more worried that his toes have been amputated - clean though. Should be able to sew back on - but likely out for 6 weeks or so.

Essential we win that to close the gap

There are some things that the world doesn't need.... https://cdn.balr.com/image/cache/data/BALR-Blazer-front-600x600.jpg

The problem with t'internet is that any monkey with a keyboard can aspire to be Woodward or Bernstein. Unfortunately their definition of investigative reporting is to read yesterday's reports, regurgitate (preferably with a capitalised words in the title, "Why Arsenal MUST sign this EXPLOSIVE midfielder") and repeat. Before you know it a rumour started in a bedroom in Bolton has 25 articles reinforcing it. Honestly, if it wasn't for porn, I'd hate the internet....

The wheels aren't off but this thread proves that some of our fans have a screw loose. We've played well bar Burnley and SU despite injuries and suspensions; all with key players who are new to the PL's pace and intensity. Having said that, it's always good to identify the bed wetters, when we're winning you forget who they are.

As much as it irks me, they're playing well this season - far more variety, mixing up BFS' industrial side with Sheringham's attacking guile. That plus some very positive signings. I couldn't stand them in our shared promotion season for a number of grudges; 1) Kevin Nolan's persistent keeper bumming, 2) The blindness to Sharp being fouled (it happened, no matter how much he reacted; get over it) 3) Their denial that they were playing Route 1 4) The Sheffield United / Tevez incident. 5) BFS is a tool. 2, 3 and 4 will fade into the past but 1 and 5 will be ever thus. However, I can't deny they're playing well and deserve to be up there. As someone says on their forum there are tools on every forum - certainly on theirs as there are some that are praising Turkish's level headed insight!! WTF!

Takes a good corner too. Not that we've been needing that...... ?

Saints fan as far as I know (or maybe his daughter). One of my mates sold him two spare tickets at some away game in 2003. Then, when we got to the cup final same mate cheekily emailed him (he was at the bbc then) to see if he had any spares. GD sent a car round to drop off two tickets just behind the BBC commentators. The kind of thing the Daily Mail would have a field day with these days!

In fairness Pap, despite what the headline says, they're not in session. No Speaker in the chair so I suspect before or after. However, that picture illustrates a lot. There's so much regurgitation and thereby misinformation out on the web, it makes it very hard to find any kind of truth. I've no doubt there are high profile people with secrets both noncey and other, just as many, if not more than in the general population. Equally I'm not sure that we can find someone in the UK to chair the enquiry without some connection to the establishment. However, I also worry that internet sleuthing can lead to false accusations. It will be interesting to see if the Bill Cosby affair unlocks similar in the home of the casting couch, or whether this is a peculiarly British phenomenon.

I think this is evidence of the next move in Spurs' poaching of our structure. When will it end.... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/20141127-vacancy-public-catering-assistant-2108460.aspx?

The law agrees with him as reflected in the punishment, not in the offence. Personally I disagree with this and think it would be better to have a murder/manslaughter equivalent but being neither a lawyer, nor a woman, I am sure there are reasons why things are as they are. The point isn't about the crime though - no one except those who were in the court for the trial can have a reasoned and informed opinion (not that that stops people) - it's about the principle of whether you can return to work after completing your punishment. That is the case where a differential offence would help make a judgement (I.e. It feels like it would be easier to accept back to the team who was guilty of manslaughter than murder).

It's naive to boil it down to that one point. In my mind there are three: 1) Is Ched Evans guilty? Yes, that's what the legal system found and no amount of journalism or internet sleuthery is going to change that. 2) Are all rapes equal? Yes they are in the eyes of the law (although not in the length of sentence). Personally this is an area I think should change. Regardless of Evans' particular case there's a world of difference between a habitual predator and a drunk teenager's "mistake". 3) Should every sentence be a life sentence? There's not one of us that hasn't done something that could have turns out differently if the dice fell differently. If you get punished and do the time, shouldn't we wipe the slate and let people work again (provided there's no trust / vulnerability issues). There was a bloke on the radio a few days ago who was refused a job for a single criminal record (burglarly) 40 years ago. Clearly a crazy situation. Anyway, up the Saints

Based on this thread we should just scrap 400 years of legal framework and judge people (either way) based on heresay/newspaper articles and message board precis. The jury sat through x days of arguments to make their decision as will any appeal. Best to leave it at that.

Hospital car park, £3ish for 2hrs if Charlotte place is full.