Matthew Le God

Why do you think De Ridder isn't available? Adkins made the sensible decision yesterday of putting a keeper on the bench. There is no "situation with Puncheon", Saints have a large squad and can only name 16 players in a matchday squad so of course players are going to miss out.

You have 9,632 post on here having been on these forums a year less!

I only post on the Sports Interactive forums, footballforums.net, not606 and Saints Web. For all four I use the name Matthew Le God.

Nope, you have just made that up, I said no such thing. If you think I did please provide a link.

They have enough money to see them through until the end of May, largely due to the loan fees (and saving of wages) they received for Huseklupp, Lawrence, Henderson and Mullins. On 2nd June they will have to prove at the Football League AGM that they can fund the 2012/13 season, if not they won't be allowed to play in League One.

If they didn't win their season was over, if Saints didn't win their season still continues. It was a game in their own city. Not a 600 mile round trip away and a 5:20pm kickoff. 2,992 is a very good turnout.

2,922 fans a "lack of support"? Did you see how empty the home sections were? If either side was going to be affected by lack of support it would have been Middlesbrough, especially considering they still had something to play for and weren't facing a 600 mile round trip.

Tal Ben Haim is going to be the highest earning 3rd tier player ever in the history of world sport with his £36k p/w wages.

Tal Ben Haim is going to be the highest earning 3rd tier player ever in the history of world sport with his £36k p/w wages.

It was never going to be a straight red due to the covering defender, however it is one of the clearest yellow cards you will ever see. How he didn't get a second yellow I don't know. A game changing moment from the ref.

One game will be on Sky, the other on the BBC.

Reasonable chance it might not reach the final day if Leicester can get a draw or win on Monday at the King Power Stadium.

More dangerous not to have a keeper on the bench.

They will have to pay Ben Haim £36k p/w week if they are still going in League One, which is even funnier.

Not really, Cortese has mentioned expansion in press interviews and at fans dinners.

Trevor Birch interview from earlier today... http://audioboo.fm/boos/765622

You have such a way with words and contradict yourself constantly. What a charming individual you are!

Says the man that continuingly brings up my researching for Football Manager in a bizarre attempt to belittle me? You have never explained why Cortese talks about expansion being very much part of their Liebherr plan in press interviews and at the fans dinners? Just like spending £15m on the training ground and category one academy was. Cortese is not a man of hollow words and backs up his ambitions with results and resources. I think you are going to have to eat humble pie relatively soon.

The BBC and Sky will each show a game.

Sunderland moved to a 42,000 stadium when at the time it was announced they only had... - 10,000 season ticket holders - averages gates of 16,000 - second tier of English football Saints are currently... - 16,000 season ticket holders - 26,000 average gates - second tier of English football Before you go to your normal response of "were aren't Sunderland", look at the post of yours I just quoted, you are very general in it talking about what is the "be all and end all" for football clubs (not just Southampton). You contradict yourself!

It is all relative, hard for teams to have a Jimmy Case type of player in the modern game.

He is out of contract in the summer, it is likely to go to a tribunal due to his age. So they aren't strictly "selling" him.

Just challenging what seems to be a commonly held view that Schneidelin is some kind of French pansy that doesn't tackle anyone and just likes to spray 40 yard passes. Schneiderlin is by far the best defensive tough tackling midfielder we have.

I'm guessing you are referring to Schneiderlin as the "quality on the ball" and Hammond as the "tough tackler". Schneiderlin is Southampton's defensive midfielder, he is often deployed just in front of Hooiveld and Fonte and is a very good tackler and then sets Saints going with his range of passing. As Adkins said yesterday, he will be a top Premier League player.

Expanding the stadium will help Cortese achieve other components in the overall plan, they are interconnected and isn't a simple matter of doing one then moving on to another. Just like the spending of £15m on Staplewood will help other areas of the club i.e. recruitment of players at first team and youth level.