Matthew Le God

Not at all, people are used to spending on one home pre-season friendly. Saints had four this summer, people simply weren't going to goto all of them, so to combine attendances isn't a daft way to look at pre-season attendances. You can also factor in things like the home Olympics and the Ajax game being live on TV. Who cares anyway, most league games next season will be 30,000+ sellouts at St Mary's.

Add up all the attendances from Ajax, Udinese, Wolves and Arsenal/Anderlecht and it is quite a healthy number for pre-season home attendances. Does it matter it is over a number of games? It is very rare for Saints to have more than one pre-season friendly and most people won't want to goto more than one. Look at the pre-season home games as a collective rather than individually.

It is you that is overreacting. It is a pre-season friendly against the 3rd best team in Italy ffs!

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Does it? Add up all the attendances from Ajax, Udinese, Wolves and Arsenal/Anderlecht and it is quite a healthy number for pre-season home attendances. Does it matter it is over a number of games, as it is very rare for Saints to have more than one pre-season friendly and most people won't want to goto more than one?

Because after 12 minutes we are losing a friendly to a team that came 3rd in Italy last season?

The 4-3-3 can quickly switch to a 4-2-3-1. All it takes is for Schneiderlin and Lallana to push further forwards. They have even done that during this pre-season. Adkins likes to make a number of quick switches during games and the midfield and forwards often rotate. Although Rodriguez isn't a natural wide man they will be looking for him and Puncheon to cut inside on their stronger foot and Fox and Clyne to provide the width with Schneiderlin dropping deep to cover them.

Why? In terms of what we currently have, today's side is Adkins 1st choice and will use the system I posted in #21. The only difference would be Davis instead of Ward-Prowse, Guly Do Prado maybe instead of Puncheon and any new signings.

It'll be the system we have used throughout pre-season... K.Davis Clyne Fonte Hooiveld Fox Schneiderlin Ward-Prowse Lallana Puncheon Rodriguez Lambert Ward-Prowse is playing because Davis is still building up fitness and Cork is injured. Of course he is doing extremely well to put himself in contention, but I can't see him starting games if Davis was fully fit.

If you were a Saints fan between 1891 and 1950 you wouldn't have said that. Things change...

SaintRichmond, should we revert back to blue socks and blue shorts? If not, why not? Applying the same logic of heritage as you now, blue shorts and blue socks account for a large % of Saints history.

You also said... "After the Sash period they changed to Red and White Stripes, and have always been known by them" Which simply is not true - see 1980 to 1989. What makes 1891 to 1950 any less of our heritage than any other period? 59 years is 46% of the club's history wearing blue socks and blue shorts. Should we revert to blue shorts and blue socks? If we wear the all red kit for the next 59 years will you accept that as our traditional kit? What do you view as Leeds United's traditional kit? They didn't wear white until Don Revie changed it in the 1960's. So when you said... "for as long as I can remember", you blanked out a 9 year period in the 1980's.

I'm guessing you don't remember/weren't alive in the 1980's then - the most successful decade in the club's league history. Not true. From 1980 to 1989 Southampton used... From 1891 to 1950 Southampton wore blue shorts and blue socks. Should we revert to blue shorts and blue socks as we had them in "our heritage" for 59 years!

He is 26.

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Video of the interview in question... (from 6:50) http://www.player.blackpoolfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/2877662/date/20120810165800/page/0/name/Video:-Ollie-On-Cup-Game

Joe Nimmo@PN_Joe_NimmoNew councillor Darren Sanders says 'we've felt like lions led by donkeys for the last few years' and urges support for the trust. #pst :D :D There isn't enough in the world for that comment, so four will have to do. "Lions" indeed! Shame they don't turn up to games or buy season tickets. They won't get remotely close to Saints averages of circa 21,000 in League One for two seasons even if the trust owned the club and were free of Chainrai.

Joe Nimmo@PN_Joe_NimmoThe trust has told councillors the chance of the loan being repaid is 90 per cent. #pst I wonder how they worked that out?

Joe Nimmo@PN_Joe_Nimmo Tory Cllr Donna Jones says she is a strict custodian of public money, but estimates the economic impact of Pompey is more than £300m. #pst Where on earth have they got the £300 million figure from? If split over games for next year (as that is where a lot of the benefit to local economy comes) it works out at £13 million per League One game! How can they possibly think that is true?

Tal Ben Haim going out on loan could potentially save the club from liquidation, if a loan really was close why did they risk him getting injured and scuppering any deal by playing him tonight vs AFC Wimbledon?

Yes, that was said by a journalist on Express FM tonight.

Why are you being so vague about who said it? If it was some random why is it worth starting a thread?

Steve Corns is the 1st team performance analyst for Southampton Football Club.

Thankfully it doesn't look like it is too bad... Jack Cork ‏@jackcork1 Just on bus back now.Bad couple days for me unfortunately.Hopefully ankle isn't too bad.Just swelling atm.good to be back at saints tho!

- 25 years old - British - Striker Last two seasons... - 2011/12 - 12 Premier League goals in 32 league games for a relegated club - 2010/11 - 10 Premier League goals in 29 league games for a nearly relegated club It might seem a lot, but given all of the above it is probably the going rate for such a player.