Matthew Le God

Why stripes? Why not follow through this logic and demand the 1885 sash returns? Any deviation from a club's original kit is a break from "tradition".

This thread was started last summer, when Umbro were the kit suppliers.

I knew you were joking.

Looks like QPR are missing out on £20m... http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/280613-cisse-departs-884736.aspx

"Come on you Saints" We've had non yellow away kits on numerous occasions, including black ones as recently as the League One promotion season.

The Daily Echo also claim in that article that Federico Arias is Ecuadorian (he is from Argentina). So not the most reliable of Daily Echo articles.

That apparent leak photo is not an Adidas training top, that is an Adidas kit template. Bristol City are using the same one for their home shirt.

Saints sash = 1885 Peru sash = 1936

As I haven't seen him play enough, I'm leaving him as he came to me from the Swiss research team. But yes, from the admittedly little I've seen of him I think he looks promising.

You'd prefer Guly Do Prado to come on ahead of Mayuka?

I'd imagine Mayuka will be ahead of Guly for the striker role next season.

Linked with him again today... http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/southampton-transfer-news-frickson-erazo-2002164

What is your definition of a traditional kit?

I like a red/white shirt (although doesn't have to be stripes and variations from year to year) and I quite like it with black shorts and white socks. Other teams in the same period managed to wear blue shorts without a problem.

The badge isn't straight because the material folds.

The logic to that doesn't really work. In 1955 Southampton had black shorts and red/white socks for 5 years and the 59 years before that were blue. There is a change point, like there was for Leeds United in the 1960's and Crystal Palace in the 1970's, for Saints it appears to be 2012.

I want a return to the blue socks and blue shorts we had for consecutive 59 years! Now that is a "traditional Saints kit"! What is tradition really...? - If we were Leeds fans would you be demanding they got rid of the all white kit they've only had since the 1960's? - If we were Crystal Palace fans would you be demanding they got rid of the rd/blue and eagle kit they've only had since the 1970's? etc etc

Play nice. I think alpine_saint is genuinely excited that Southampton are playing two games extremely close to him. There isn't even a hint of anything negative in his post and he is trying to be helpful.

Video of the interview... http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/230909-neil-lennon-im-resigned-to-victor-wanyama-leaving-celtic-this-summer/

Official confirmation that Celtic accepted a bid from Southampton for Wanyama... Celtic Football Club ‏@celticfc 14m Neil Lennon speaking to media on Victor Wanyama situation: "Lot of talk. We accepted a bid from Southampton, done nothing wrong." Celtic Football Club ‏@celticfc 14m NL: "Ball firmly in his representatives court. Unhappy, as we dealt with it as professionally as possible." Celtic Football Club ‏@celticfc 14m NL: "All we did was accept a bid from Southampton, a very good, progressive club." Celtic Football Club ‏@celticfc 14m NL: "But there seems to be other parties wanting to block the deal." Celtic Football Club ‏@celticfc 13m NL: "We felt the money was right for us, a good business deal for the club. Whether it resurfaces again, I don't know." Celtic Football Club ‏@celticfc 13m NL: "The fact we accepted a bid tells you we felt it matched our valuation of the player. Don't know where we are with it at minute." ................ Nice words from Neil Lennon "Southampton, a very good, progressive club".

Read some of his other tweets... Transfer Leaker ‏@TransferLeaker 23 Jun Sunderland's Lee Cattermole will join Chelsea this summer after being told he is not part of Paolo Di Canio's plans. Transfer Leaker ‏@TransferLeaker 25 Jun Chelsea will sign Leicester's Jermaine Beckford for £5m tomorrow with the striker set to sign a two-year deal. Transfer Leaker ‏@TransferLeaker 16h Sunderland's Stéphane Sessègnon will have a medical at Real Madrid tomorrow ahead of a £22m deal. Transfer Leaker ‏@TransferLeaker 48m PSG & Monaco are fighting it out for QPR striker Djibril Cisse. Both clubs have all made bids in excess of £20m.

Milton Keynes Dons founded in 2004. - Played at the National Hockey stadium from 2004 to 2007 - Moved to stadium:MK in 2007 and broke their attendance record So SMS is not unique in this instance.

Can I be...?

James Ward-Prowse signed a new deal relatively recently. Luke Shaw's will be confirmed in July.

“As you can see with the likes of James Ward-Prowse, Luke Shaw, and Jack Stephens - who signed a new contract recently - the club is trying to bring youth through, and that’s really good for us so hopefully now I can follow their steps." http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/turnbull-signs-contract-extension-880218.aspx#la4x5TuL44ckPaSQ.99