23,529 at the Premier League match Blackburn vs Man City tonight (with thousands of away Man City fans)
24,210 at 3rd tier match Saints vs Hartlepool (with 217 Hartlepool fans)
If it doesn't happen and Chainrai is left with the club, I doubt he will be willing to fund a new squad for next season when all the out of contract and loanees go in the summer, given that he has shown a willingness to want to sell up.
Well that could also mean the League table could possibly end up like this...
Brighton 93 points
Southampton 92 points
So if he starts throwing games, Saints will just get closer to them and makes it look a lot tighter.
I make it 8 League titles for Saints first team...
Southern League Champions: 1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1903–04
Third Division South Champions: 1921–22
Football League Division 3 Champions: 1959–60
In any case, being in the top flight for 35 of the last 45 years makes it hard to win league titles.
That is extremely defensive considering Saints are 2nd and playing a lower mid table team (who have nothing to play for) at St Mary's. Gobern isn't a wide midfield player, nor is Butterfield. Yes, it might be an idea to rest Lallana until the second half if needed, but in that case you should use N'Guessan and Forte on the wings and attack them from the start.
Really doesn't matter what Peterborough do from now on. Max points Peterborough can get is 83, Saints are already on 80 with a superior goal difference and 4 games to get those 3 points.
Dovey, Foot, Holder-Spooner, Nicholas, Martin, Isgrove, Hoskins, Robinson are already over 18 years old.
They are all too old to play in the academy teams next season whether they have a new contract or not.