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No, it's a question 😂

That could become an excellent combination, a 50/50 mix of organisation/automatism with entertaining flair. Can't see either of their egos accepting it though

Newcastle are 19th now. They've got 13 games till the transfer window opens. Including all 6 of the "Big 6". They could change the manager straight away but all the money in the world ain't going to improve the playing squad until January at the earliest. They could be the richest team in the Championship next season

Pretty sure that scenario has already happened under the current system, certainly Man Utd were given a penalty (which they scored to win the game) at Brighton AFTER the players and referee were walking off after the full time whistle had been blown. You could argue Chelsea's goal disallowed for Dave's foul on KWP was 2 or 3 phases after the "foul". Difference is in my scenario the ref would have signalled to players and fans that play could continue but he wants that particular incident reviewed, so if the goal does end up ruled out it's not entirely unexpected. I'm sure some goals that are currently disallowed come as much of a surprise to the ref as it does to the crowd and players.

The more I see of VAR I'm beginning to think they have it the wrong way round. For offsides, fine, use it like they are, it's factual, it's either on or off however close. Probably applies to was it inside outside the area for penalties as well. But anything else, fouls, handballs etc that's what I think they now have the wrong eway round. JWP red card the perfect example. It should be up to the ref to request to see a VAR review on the monitor, not be told to go and see it. And if he feels the need to review it then that should be done BEFORE indicating any decision. JWP case definitely a free kick, but if unsure as to punishment the ref should then request the monitor BEFORE showing a card. No need for players or crowd to even know what it is he's checking for till the decision is made. It could even increase the excitement factor in the crowd not knowing if a penalty has been given or if the forwards being checked for a yellow for diving. If he is confident of his on pitch decision no need to review. This would get rid of the"changed his mind" controversies. The VAR should be there to assist the ref not instruct him. Even penalty incidents, if ref is unsure play continues but there could be a signal to players and VAR officials tha t he wants something checked which he can review at first opportunity - not VAR tell him to check for something they think he missed (or may have seen and considered ok).

Do be fair if he was still here I don't think Ralph would have been high profile enough for him to have been brought in in the first place

A question that will get very fdifferent answers depending on age. And "Best 11" meaning line up and "Best 11" meaning best individuals are not nrecessarily the same thing I've gone 4-4 2 based on their time at Saints (and yes, I can't fit MLT in ! ) Niemi Golac Van Dijk Mark Wright Steve Mills Paine Dave Armstrong Keegan Danny Wallace Channon Ron Davies

I'm with you. I'm 59, brought up on Channon , Davies, Paine, relegation, FA Cup win, promotion, Keegan, Shilton, Ball etc. Starting every season thinking we had a chance of winning something (as probably did fans of every club back then). I wish, I really wish, it was still like that.I doubt, if I was a youngster now I'd feel the same attachment. But it isn't. Saints are doing as well as we could reasonably expect (not hope) under the present system. Nobody should be complaining about how we are (or aren't) doing as a club. Complaints should be aimed at the current set-up of football and it's finances in general which, unless financial rules drastically change, means who, what, where we are now is as good as it gets. Just roll with it and savour the best bits when they occasionally happen.

To add to my post above, finishing positions of "comparable" clubs to us. i.e. acheived the "bare minimum" of staying in the Premier League for the last 3 seasons ignoring "big 6" Wolves 7th 7th 13th Everton 8th 12th 10th Leicester 9th 5th 5th West Ham 10th 16th 6th Palace 12th 14th 14th Newcastle 13th 13th 12th Burnley 15th 10th 17th Saints 16th 11th 15th Brighton 17th 15th 16th Leicester won a cup in that time. None of the others have even reached a final ( Watford & Villa were both losing finalists in one of the cups but not stayed/been in top flight for all 3 years).

There are pretty much just two options in football nowadays. Find an owner with more money than sense who will pump money into the club to acheive success. Unfortunately we are now talking oil state mega company/dubious government backed finance to acheive that, there just aren't many of them to go round. If that's what you want, there are clubs out there you can support. The second option is try to live within your means, and through a good transfer policy, a good youth policy and good tactics, hold your own within the company of like minded clubs and hope for the occasional cup glory. We are the second option. We're not brilliant at it. There is room for improvement, but for who we are, what we are, we are doing OK. In those 3 seasons quoted by @Lighthousewe haven't come close to going down. 3 teams that finished above us in at least one of them have gone down since. 3 more are below us at the moment. We've reached an FA Cup semi Final twice in the last 5 seasons, no other club outside of the big 6 has done that. We'd all like to dream, we'd all like to win things, but Leicester aside, I think we've compared ok with any other club outside of the big 6 over recent times.

At least there's no chance of RH picking his preferred line up of Redmond Redmond Redmond Redmond Redmond Redmond Redmond Redmond Redmond Redmond Redmond

Redmond has already been tried in all 4 attacking positions so far this season. Guessing he'll replace either JWP or Romeu for this one then, unless RH decides to be really whacky and start him as a centre back.

Has Redmond now been used in all 4 attacking positions this season? And been sh|ite in all of them? Whilst better players in all those positions have sat on the bench? When will that penny finally click

Stoke City, with the full agreement of their sponsor Bet365, have shirts available in their club shop with and without the sponsors logo. The plain one is by far the bigger seller.

First win incoming.

Think we possibly now hold the record for being the injured party to the most disagreed with VAR decision of all time .

That was the points the 18th team had each season, you needed to better that to stay up ( which I know you'll now point out you could still stay up on those points as long as your goal difference was better but that's cutting too fine for a safety target) Personally setting a points target can be a dangerous game, it depends on other team's results. I'd prefer it if we aimed for safe by game 35 for the sake of our blood pressure.. Weird to think with hindsight we were actually safe in early January last year, we just didn't know it.

We've also lost out on our hard core of Japanese tourists since Yoshida left

FotMob app on phone is amazing. Pretty much every pro league all around the world available . Pick your favourite teams and/or leagues and have them arranged in any order you want. Shlt hot speed for goal and other incident updates as well (always quicker than any stream).

He does seem a really down to earth guy, not the stereotypical footballer. A few years ago he was posting videos on instagram of his walks around Southampton, Winchester, New Forest etc describing the places and their history as he walked. Sort of bloke you feel you could bump into, have a pint and still be chatting hours later.

Just got to the end of the first section that Kindle allows you to read as a free sample. Went straight to the Buy It Now button to download the rest of the book. Looking forward to reading the rest.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Chapel was the intention, but club went for a "let nature take it's course" approach, and it soon became apparent once tickets started selling who was buying where.

The irony of all this is The Chapel end was the area the club envisaged as our "Kop End" when the stadium was being built, with enough room to accommodate all singing sections from The Dell and more all in one place. Of course our fans decided to split so they could "intimidate" 🤣 the away fans from both sides, diluting our support and consequently being outsung by almost every visiting team. Got to agree though, an all standing all singing Chapel End would be great.

Just a heads up. Although it has nothing with the club either, expect to see a Santa hat perched at a jaunty angle on the club crest around mid-December.

Good post. Till now he has had to fit square pegs in round holes and play with much of his squad taught to play and/or bought to play other manager's systems. This is now "his" team. He's managed to re-educate those willing (or able) to learn, got rid of most of the deadwood (still concerned over the 2 GKs) and bought in excellent young ( if you're good enough you're old enough) players to fit the system . I've always been an optimist, but after this window I genuinely see a new dawn for the club on the playing side. We're not going to storm the league overnight but I think a lot of the doubters are going to be pleasantly surprised