Matthew Le God

This interview has taken place nearly 5 months after the event. That is quite some pre-planning you are accusing him of!

How is the excerpt I quoted not ambition? It is an ambition of Cortese's until it happens.

Now this is ambition... "I don't just expect to be promoted this year, I want us to be champions. When we are promoted to the Premier League I don't want people to think of us as immediate candidates for relegation. I see Southampton as a top-six Premier League club. Would I pay a player £100,000 or even £200,000 a week? Not if we were in the Premier League with a 32,000 capacity stadium. But if we were in the Champions League and had re-developed the ground to 50,000 then I might consider it."

A topic we agree on!

Sorry

Not really... Lee Barnard - 18th July 1984 Craig Mackail-Smith - 25th February 1984

It is already in football. Ref assistants have a button on their flags connected to a device that alerts the ref and they also all have microphones down to League Two level. Well that is nonsense. If for example a murderer was let off because we refused to use DNA evidence technology in the British legal system, would that make the legal system "great"? Just because something is controversial it doesn't mean it is a good thing. Also to say "they balance out" is also a nonsense, there is no reason why it would.

With 18 points already earnt, do you still think Saints will come 17th in the Championship as you predicted? - In 2010/11 Barnsley came 17th with 56 points from 46 games. - In 2011/12 Saints have 18 points from 7 games. In order to Saints to only achieve 56 points, that would see something like this from the remaining 39 league games... Played 39 Win 8 Draw 14 Lose 17 I'd love to know where all those defeats are going to come from! This league really isn't that great.

If I have got this right, a Saints fan living in Portsmouth will have to... - Leave Portsmouth early on Saturday, drive to Southampton and park - Then get on a Saints fans coach to Portsmouth in order to get his ticket - Watch the game - Then leave Portsmouth on a coach back to Southampton - Drive back from Southampton to Portsmouth

Pirated still perhaps, but will be much harder for them to do so. It is hardly much of a hoop to jump through for genuine customers and offers a number of other benefits to them. There are more than 4 people playing pirated copies of FM for every legitimate customer, which highlights how bad the problem is. You can't blame publishers and developers for at least trying to protect themselves. Of course not all of those that steal FM would ever by a legitimate copy if they could no longer get a pirated version, but only a small % of them changing their ways and acting legally would increase development budgets and help make a better product.

Yes SEGA statement...

No he isn't...

Birmingham won the League Cup last season, Championship Ipswich made the semi finals, little reason why Saints can't do well. I want Saints to win. Best chance of a win is... Aldershot at St Mary's

Everyone is required to activate the game with Steam this year. But after activation you don't need to be online and can play the game with Steam in offline mode. It also means you don't need the DVD in your drive and won't have that problem on your Macbook. Plus the game will automatically update with patches and data updates.

Ben Reeves didn't play upfront last night. He started the game as the central player of a 3 in a 4231 system and later on in the match moved out wide when Lallana and Lambert came on.

He really isn't needed. He wouldn't make the five man bench for most (if not all) of the season. Connolly, Barnard and Guly Do Prado are all better options that the club already has to partner Lambert. Lallana and De Ridder can also be used upfront if required.

How about this...? The club is currently averaging higher gates than they did in the first two seasons after relegation from the Premier League including the playoff season (when there was no ticket tax).

Nigel Adkins interview on BBC Radio Solent... http://audioboo.fm/boos/478856-nigel-adkins-speaks-to-kris-temple-after-the-2-1-win-over-preston

As I have said elsewhere... 22,155 for Saints vs Birmingham in the 2nd tier, with a small number of away fans is nothing to be ashamed of. Nor is... 24,784 vs Forest in the 2nd tier 23,333 vs Millwall in the 2nd tier 25,860 vs Leeds in the 2nd tier (and live on TV) Lets compare it to some Premier League attendances from the weekend just gone... Fulham vs Man City 24,750 Blackburn Arsenal 22,637 Bolton vs Norwich 21,223 Swansea West Brom 20,341 Wolves vs QPR 24,189 That doesn't suit you "ticket tax" agenda though does it?

"Dwindling attendances" What are you talking about?

That is selective quoting Steve My opening words to the post were... "If he gets Saints promoted"

Why don't you go on your own?

Tonights game is... Saints reserves vs League One Preston North End's reserves It is hardly is a big draw to entice the crowds! 5,000 for a reserve game when it cost £14 really isn't that bad. In any case I think it will be higher than that. Lets now look at last nights games (some of which were only £10 per adult)... Burnley vs MK Dons 4,134 Crystal Palace vs Middlesborough 5,448 Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle 10,208 (including circa 2,000 Newcastle fans) Stoke vs Tottenham 15,023 Wolves vs Millwall 7,749