The Cat

They look cold.

Glad it was Palace. Decent owners, well run club.

Old Bursledon is lovely but pricey. Craig Charles lived there when he was on his crack and porn binge drives up to Manchester. I wouldn't touch Pilands with a sh!tty stick though.

The kids will have to go back to bashing one off into a sock while looking at the lingerie section in their Mum's Grattan catalogue. That or watching hardcore porn online.

Ha, yeah you could afford our house with your budget. All depends where you are working and how you'll get there. It never feels like we are that far out, although it would if you needed to drive up to and on the M27 everyday.

Easily. You get more for your money in Netley though, and there's less stuck up yachtie tw4ts. It looks like we'll have gravel pits in Hamble soon. Add the trucks coming up and down Hamble Lane to the tankers gong to BP and the cars going to Follands & Coopervision and it could be be a nightmare. It is a decent place to live though. Loads of nice walks, 2 rivers, the Royal Victoria Country Park and 5 pubs. We've been here 12 years now though so looking to move.

As a club does better their overseas fanbase will naturally increase, however it will never get anywhere near those of the top 5 or 6 who have more history with that market. I wouldn't want us to pimp ourselves out on pre season tours of the far east though. Doesn't look like any of the players and managers who currently do it actually want to.

This would be a perfect signing as we need more competition for places in central midfield. We are severely lacking there if Cork and Schneiderlin both get injured/suspended.

You can get 2 or 3 bed houses in Hamble & Netley for that price. Both have train stations and good bus services to Southampton. Netley is much better for traffic as you can avoid Hamble Lane. Takes under 15 minutes drive from there to get to Ocean Village.

If you believe everyone who says they were there about 1500 squeezed in to see Oasis.

Depends whether you think he needs to make a first team appearance to come through the ranks. He was here until he was 18 so was old enough, just didn't graduate to the first team.

If he was getting a big pay rise and the chance to live in Southampton then yes, I can see it.

Unless he was told when he signed that he wouldn't play much of a part this season.

There's one Saints youth player everyone has forgotten. 21 England caps, 3 x FA Cup winner, one League Cup and a Cup Winners Cup trophy. All of which possibly makes him our most decorated youth team player of all time.

Anyone wanting to sign Shelvey after seeing him against the U21's at St Mary's would need sectioning.

Once saw a bloke in the pub before a game wearing a hoodie. When his group of friends left for the ground he got a Saints shirt out of his pocket and put it on over his top. He's probably the sort who will get excited by the 10% megastore discount for season ticket holders.

Darryl Flahavan is the best of a bad bunch of recent keepers.

If aimless hoofs were counted then Hooiveld would be in the top 5 teams by himself.

20000 (ish) season tickets at an extra £25 (ish) each is only £500k in extra revenue, which is loose change when talking about buying better players at Premier League level.

1 free under 11's ticket with 2 adults in the family section. Wasn't this one free with one adult last season? Overall prices are pretty much what I expected.

They all seem right to me.

All the goals from that game are here: http://www.soccer-blogger.com/2012/08/19/man-city-vs-southampton-3-2-goals-highlights-2012-tevez-dzeko-nasri-lambert-davis-saints-video/

He'll be on 20k a week. I believe his parents have been paid a retainer and the family he stays with here in Southampton have agreed with the club to look after him for another year. As I've said twice before, he's not going anywhere.

He's not going anywhere. It's all sorted.

Don't worry about Shaw, that's sorted.