Matthew Le God

Ok then... Those that hadn't seen Lambert play might have said he wouldn't be upto the Premier League, anyone that saw him regularly in the Championship and knows their football could see that he would be. Better?

Really? I've been impressed from the brief cameos we've seen of him and I think he'll be used a lot more next season.

Those that hadn't seen Lambert play might have said he wouldn't be upto the Premier League, anyone that saw him regularly in the Championship could see that he would be. Hammond on the other hand simply isn't good enough for the Premier League at the level Saints would want. Cork, Schneiderlin, Davis and Ward-Prowse are all ahead of him in the pecking order and Saints have other young central midfielders coming through.

I think he knows what he is trying to achieve, just never manages to do it.

It is one of a number of factors, affluance of the catchment area would be another. Saints' prices are above most midland and northern Premier League clubs but are still below that of most London Premier League clubs. That makes sense does it not? London is the most affluent place in the country, then the surrounding counties in the south east, then the rest. If Cortese really does have the funding to turn Saints into a top 7, top 6 or even better club then it makes business sense to align prices based on such factors.

There is a big difference between an aimless hoof up the pitch and a good long pass either to the man or into space for someone to run onto. Something stats like this don't take into consideration.

Better team = Higher ticket price Let's hope they justify it with a good summer transfer window.

He simply isn't good enough for what Saints needed this season and going forward into next season. Which is why he's out on loan aged 30 to a good Championship club, that is his level.

Asks to see his birth certificate?

Have you both considered getting one, going to all the games you can and giving the ticket to friends/family when you can't go?

I don't think many would either, but you could sit in block 9 or 5 of the Itchen, have good central(ish) views and under 11 tickets would cost £215 new and £194 to renew.

For a family of four it is an increase of £160 in total compared to last season to buy new tickets in the Itchen Premium. 2012/13 - £3,120 2013/14 - £3,280 It is actually for a very limited number of seats, the Itchen Premium is a small area and alot in it are existing season ticket holders. You could sit in block 9 or 5 of the Itchen, have good central(ish) views and under 11 tickets would cost £215 new and £194 to renew.

Yes, they are hardly German prices, my renewal price is going up from £675 to £709. But we are a Premier League team in Hampshire in a modern stadium, so the prices were always going to be relatively high. Not to mention the ambitions for where Cortese wants to take the club quickly, so I would expect the summer transfers to help justify the increase from out first season back in the Premier League. I'm quite happy with what they've done, as it seems many others in this thread are.

It was £780 last season. They are the best views in the stadium, so they won't want to offer concessions. Take under 11's to the family section for £105 instead. Plus purchase 2 Adult tickets in the Family Stand and you can claim 1 free Under 11 ticket.

Is that a good thing to look for in a commentator?

January 2013... May 2013... Luke Shaw has told Southampton of his desire to stay and sign a first senior contract at the club this summer, despite interest from Chelsea. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/southampton/10072222/Teenage-prospect-Luke-Shaw-to-stay-at-Southampton-despite-interest-from-Chelsea.html July 2013...

That £5.75m is for the 2012/13 season, they are still due parachute payments for the 2013/14 season and they will be bigger than this year due to the new huge TV deal.

I'm sure he has a soft spot for us, but as others have said - he is an Aston Villa fan.

You've hit the nail on the head!

They will aim to improve the match engine, yes. As they do every year.

No plans on the New Forest District council planning website for either them or the new training dome as of yet. So three of the four fields north of the A326 are now Saints'... How it will look when finished... (but with a new training dome and extra pitches ontop of what is shown here)

And what exactly was "ignorant" about my post?

Now that's interesting. Do you have a source for that?

- In the first 10 games of the season whilst Saints were adapting to a new league Saints average 0.4 points per game, over the course of a 38 game season that would be 15 points and obviously would result in 20th place. - In the 28 Premier League games since the beginning of November when Shaw and Cork started playing Saints have averaged 1.32 points per game, over the course of a 38 game season that will be 50 points and would have been enough for 8th place. Next season we won't need to adapt to the Premier League in the opening 10 games, that has already happened.

Umm... I disproved your point. You said Saints didn't score many goals in the opening 6 games, I showed they did. In any case although Saints scored 10 goals in those games, Adkins had us far too open and we conceded 18 goals.