Matthew Le God

Surman has proven himself in the Championship. Premiership is probably a step to far for him but Saints are in League One and he'd be an awesome signing at this level. Puncheon and Lallana have yet to do so in the Championship (I'm sure they will in time but haven't yet) and by Pardews comments that McGoldrick and Surman were the best two players means he puts them above Lallana (at least he did at the start of the season).

Just for comparison here is what Leicester City did for their 125 year anniversary in 2009/10... Link to article - http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~1638227,00.html

Pardew has mentioned Surman by name a number of times when he talks about the squad he inherited at first having just lost its best players.

Rupert Lowe left 2nd April 2009 Andrew Surman left 1st July 2009 Markus Liebherr takeover 8th July 2009 alpine_saint owned?

I know it is a long time a go, but he was in a winning side in 2006/07. I'm sure it wouldn't take him too long to settle back in and the confidence the other players currently have will soon filter through to him.

Still a lot of people at the the club who can give him a reference (players and staff) to Pardew and Cortese as to his character etc.

Where have you got 122 from? 1885 to 1896 - NO red and white stripes 1980 to 1989 - NO red and white stripes 1885 to 1950 - NO black shorts 1885 to 2010 - A massive variation in colours and styles of socks - Including blue socks, black socks, red socks, red/white hooped socks, white socks With all that change who is to say what the traditional "Saints kit" is?

How have you obtained them?

Look at the shorts on the away kit and it looks like someone has just pressed "fill colour" blue on Microsoft paint on the home shorts. Exact same creases on both.

It isn't the same article. Those are links to related article with the same keywords. All likely to be the usual Daily Mail rubbish.

http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-transfer-list

I won't. It should be "a" not "an" - MLG doesn't start with a vowel.

I'm hurt.

They voted they liked it. They didn't vote they preferred it to an alternative.

What can we do to make the club adopt Gecko's badge for 2011/12 onwards? It is a radical change but most clubs have changed badges significantly in recent years and the current Saints badge only dates back to 1974 so is hardly traditional.

The tree on Gecko's really needs to be green. Looks like it is Autumn otherwise.

Well I'm happy to pay £12. Also is good for families with accompanied children under 14 getting in for FREE.

And how do they cover costs if they do that?

It is Saints related... Cheer on Morgan! http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2052209,00.html Every game is being shown on British Eurosport and I will probably be watching the French games as Morgan Schneiderlin is the only player in the French squad that is not based in France. Lets hope he plays. The 2010 Toulon Tournament will be begin on 18th May and is schedule to end on 27th May 2010. It is an invitational tournament for Under 21 national teams (since 1974). A lot of big name players have played in this over the years and this year has teams from four continents. 2010 Groups Group A France Columbia Ivory Coast Japan Group B Chile Qatar Russia Denmark Fixture & TV Schedule Tue 18 May 16:45 TBC Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (16:45-18:30) Tue 18 May 18:55 France v Colombia Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (18:55-20:45) Wed 19 May 16:30 Chile v Qatar Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:30-18:15) Wed 19 May 18:40 Denmark v Russia Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (18:40-20:30) Thu 20 May 16:30 Colombia v Ivory Coast Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:30-18:30) Thu 20 May 19:00 The group stages Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (19:00-20:45) Fri 21 May 16:30 Denmark v Qatar Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:30-18:30) Sat 22 May 16:45 Ivory Coast v France Toulon Tournament British Eurosport (16:45-18:45) Sat 22 May 16:45 The group stages Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (16:45-18:30) Sun 23 May 18:00 Qatar v Russia Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (18:00-19:00) Tue 25 May 17:30 Semi-Finals Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (17:30-19:15) Tue 25 May 20:00 Semi-Finals Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (20:00-21:45) Thu 27 May 20:00 Final Toulon Tournament British Eurosport 2 (20:00-21:45) History Year Winner 1967 Anderlecht 1974 Poland 1975 Argentina 1976 Bulgaria 1977 France 1978 Hungary 1979 Soviet Union 1980 Brazil 1981 Brazil 1982 Yugoslavia 1983 Brazil 1984 France 1985 France 1986 Bulgaria 1987 France 1988 France 1989 France 1990 England 1991 England 1992 Portugal 1993 England 1994 England 1995 Brazil 1996 Brazil 1997 France 1998 Argentina 1999 Colombia 2000 Colombia 2001 Portugal 2002 Brazil 2003 Portugal 2004 France 2005 France 2006 France 2007 France 2008 Italy 2009 Chile

But there was never ANY evidence in the public domain that Cortese was even considering sacking Pardew this summer. All the local people, forum, radio phone-in, national newspaper, local newspaper, Southampton legends etc you mention were supporting Pardew against unsubstantiated media rumours without quotes or sources. A snowball effect then ensued and it seems you were one of the many swept up in it! Basically Stu, you are Daily Mail fodder!

Gecko, Can you do a version with blue waves and a green tree and wreath to compare? They look a little odd in gold (especially the tree and waves, not so much the wreath).

The same moans every year. Pretty much every friendly at St Mary's has been around that price. For those complaining about the rise on matchday to £15, just buy a ticket before the day for £12. The rise on the day is for a number of reasons which shouldn't take a genius to work out what they are.

The media speculation was completely unfounded and lacking in quotes and sources. I don't think Cortese is the type of man that makes business decisions based on the whims of a few vocal people. If he was going to sack Pardew he would and moved on with the business strategy.

I like your work. Keep sending them stuff until they give in. Did you send them the badge above? What was their reply?

It is going to be £400 out of your account either way. It is not hard to manage you finances to keep this expenditure in mind, be it in one lump sum or installments over the next 6 months.