Matthew Le God

In terms of non-Saints signings... Kevin Phillips on a free transfer, 2nd top scorer in the league with 16 goals with a lot of appearances coming as a substitute. (not that Saints would need him, but that is good value)

Use your Saints Player login to view. First Half http://www.hullcityafc.net/articles/20120322/hull-city-v-southampton-first-half_2265038_2687895/0,,10338~2687895~1,00.html Second Half http://www.hullcityafc.net/articles/20120322/hull-city-v-southampton-second-half_2265038_2687899/0,,10338~2687899~1,00.html Enjoy

Where have you got that from? It was actually over 700, for a midweek trip to Hull. Pretty good really considering no-one working a 9-til-5 job in Hampshire could possibly get to the match given the huge distance involved for a 7:45pm kick-off. You really aren't in a position to question Saints attendance's! - First game after administration for Saints over 27,000 turn up to St Mary's, for Pompey 16,000 turn up to Fratton Park. - Last night only 12k vs Birmingham for a game with cheap tickets for schools, 2 for £25 and 4 for £44 ticket deals. You have been taken in by the media myth's of Pompey's fanbase. It is actually quite appauling. You only need to go back to the 1990's for sub 10k averages at Fratton Park. If Pompey go down to League One next season they won't get remotely close to the 22,000 average Saints had both seasons in the 3rd tier. Especially with far smaller away crowds from League One teams going to Fratton Park compared to what Championship clubs bring. Pompey will be lucky to break the 10,000 barrier next season in League One.

Given we aren't using him in the 2nd tier, why would Tottenham want to do that if we were a 1st tier team next season?

Nothing "happened to him" apart from a brief injury, he is still here it is just that Saints have a large squad with strong competition for places and can only name 5 subs each match. Some people have to miss out as Saints have a squad larger than 16.

What absolute nonsense that is! Although not brilliant in recent years in Europe they still get some notable results and were in the UEFA Cup final as recently as 2003, plus they have a large number of current internationals. How many League Two sides can say that? At present they could hold their own in mid table of the Premier League. If Norwich and Swansea can, so would Celtic easily. If they ever were to move into the English Leagues they would quickly establish themselves as one of the top clubs as they would be able to attract a better quality of player than they do currently with the pull of the league and all the extra TV money, sponsorship etc they would bring in.

The Scottish FA and Celtic FC are separate entities.

I think you mean "could if allowed".

No they wouldn't. For a start a Premier League game at St Mary's between Saints and Celtic/Rangers would see them get an allocation of 3,200 max like every other team.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/EXCLUSIVE-Brave-header-confirms-Southampton-Dan-Seaborne-is-back-article879655.html

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/EXCLUSIVE-Brave-header-confirms-Southampton-Dan-Seaborne-is-back-article879655.html

It was mathematically guaranteed before today. It isn't as simple as looking like at what 17th can get, with teams having to play each other there simply wasn't enough points in the league for enough teams to get more than Southampton for Saints to finish 17th for quite a while.

If you have a Saints Player account you can use it to log in and watch the game here... http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/articles/20120314/first-half-replay-southampton-v-reds_2264416_2658810/0,,10309~2658810~1,00.html Enjoy

Southampton's manager is Nigel Adkins, not Atkins. You did it twice so not a typo. Still amazing how many Saints fans can't spell Adkins, Seaborne and Connolly. Not that it matters...

That was published at 6:50am this morning by an Echo journalist, probably written on Wednesday evening for a paper that has little contact with Saints. The Tadanari Lee news came from BBC Radio Solent (who are allowed into the training ground for every pre match interview) in the early afternoon after today's training session.

The term "Emergency loans" is a little misleading, you don't need to have an emergency to sign someone it is open to any club from a week after the the end of the January window until late March. The window for loans and free transfers closes next Thursday.

BBC Solent Sport ‏ @solentsport Reply Retweet Favorite · Open #Saintsfc striker Tadanari Lee a major doubt for trip to Millwall with ankle injury. Was on crutches today. Connolly also doubtful. Sharp and Lambert upfront then.

Nope, it is until the end of the season. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2659419,00.html

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This? http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/301544-Football-Manager-12.2.1-Update-*RELEASED*

Sam Hoskins impressed the watching Rotherham officials, he is off on loan to them.

Chuckles to himself.

He is a London lad and supports Chelsea apparently. I'm sure he has a soft spot for Pompey given the time he has spent there, but isn't a Pompey fan as such.

The game is in South London.

Falque is only 2 months younger than Schneiderlin.