Matthew Le God

I think it is more likely to be the other way round. Saints don't want to sell and will be telling Arsenal to go away.

I think its safe for him to say the team that came 6th in Spain and 13th in Germany will play a better standard of football than anyone in the Championship.

Neil Mellor scored 13 League One goals in 2010/11.

Did you talk to the ticket office manger? I would have if someone said something so ridiculous to me. This method doesn't stop people cheating the system. The only way they can do that is to have ID checks on the turnstiles, which will never happen.

Unless the stewards are going to ask for ID on the turnstiles for every game, it is a futile act to do so when the ticket is purchased.

Chelsea vs Pompey today used a team for each half... Chelsea: Turnbull (Hilario 46); Ferreira © (Bosingwa 46), Kalas (Chalobah 46), Ivanovic (Terry 46), Cole (van Aanholt 46 (Bertrand 71)); Clifford (Benayoun 46), Mikel (McEachran 46), Zhirkov (Lampard 46); Sturridge (Anelka 46), Malouda (Kalou 46); Torres (Drogba 46) It is quite a common practice in order to give game time and fitness building for the whole squad early in preseason.

He isn't in the the stronger line-up. He is in the weaker 2nd half team.

A pre-season game he came on in the 81st minute. What did you expect him to do in 10 minutes?

I think it is likely that the West Brom and Yeovil games are where you will see the first XI play together for a significant part of the game. The St Gallen, FC Biel, Werder Bremen and Athletic Bilbao games will see a mix up of the first team squad in order to get the whole squad fit and back playing football.

So how long did you think the seats would be reserved for? What if the club reserved thousands of seats until 5th August and not all were renewed? It has to end early, thus that is why every club including Saints under Cortese in 2009/10 always does so.

Quite a significant and relevant admission tucked away in the brackets. Plus Antonio didn't have Guly to compete with.

The OS in the original article even gives a "from" and "until" for renewals... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2370990,00.html Sounds clear to me.

Not "completely different" at all. Every club has a renewal period that ends before the seats go on general sale. It isn't a general sale if season ticket holders still have a claim over their seats from the previous season. That claim (and the discount price) needs to be removed in order for it to be a "general sale".

Very similar price to what Agustin Delgado cost.

Can you name a club in England that sets aside a renewal period and then allows renewals (at discount price) whilst on general sale? It is a standard football practise to do it this way and was the same for Saints last season and many previous seasons as well. Not at all. It is the same way Saints and other clubs always handled renewals and new season ticket holders. It would have been more of a surprise if they reserved season ticket holders seats during a general sale until 5th August. That wouldn't make much sense as good seats may end up not being sold, so you need a renewal period that finishes before the final date.

The PFA have no power to stop it. Some players for teams like S****horpe last season would be on tiny wages. Also how much does he think Ben Reeves and Ryan Doble are on? They are both Championship players for Saints with the 1st team in Switzerland, their contracts will be easily below £4k (I suspect a long, long way below).

Yes, there are plenty (although depends if your definition of "plenty" matches with mine ). Why do you ask?

You can't blame the club for that.

How many minutes of game time have you seen Forte play? How many starts? He has hardly been given a chance in order to make much of a judgement. Plus he has played roughly 100 games at Championship level and thus far more experience at the level Saints are competing at this season than Antonio has.

If Saints "do a Norwich", it will be useful to have a season ticket now in order to get a cheaper renewal Premier League season ticket next season.

The interview on which the Sky Sports story is based... http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/doncaster/sharp_keen_to_test_himself_in_top_flight_but_for_now_rovers_come_first_1_3575929

I'll quote who I want thanks, and post within the forum rules, if you don't like my posts then stop complaining about them and put me on your ignore list. You don't really have a leg to stand on when you complain all the time about something you can quite easy alter so you don't have to see anymore.

Maybe because Adkins said that Saints choose to pull out rather than the player rejecting the offer. I think this is just Sharp's attempt to save face.

As I 've said to you before. If you find me annoying, put me on your ignore list. By not doing so and still complaining is a little strange.

There will be a lot more away fans at St Mary's this year, boosting the average. Plus there are far more attractive games for a walk up than playing Yeovil, Dagenham, Walsall, Tranmere etc whilst in the Championship. Home games like... - Pompey - The two over Christmas against Palace and Bristol City - Last game of the Season against Coventry - Brighton - West Ham Will all sell extremely well, possibly all towards or over the 30k figure. That is 6 games out of 23. You then also have games against Leicester, Forest, Birmingham, Derby, Cardiff, Leeds etc which are also likely to get good crowds. Saints average in League One last season would have put them 7th in the Championship for 2010/11. Now that Saints are also in the Championship, with a Championship squad playing Championship opposition with larger away crowds, the average for Saints should take them better than merely 7th.