Matthew Le God

Well he played in 36 out of 38 league games (on as sub 6 times) for a Premier League top 10 team this season.

Because he isn't out of contract.

Everton came 4th in 2005. A good managerial appointment (like Moyes and hopefully Adkins) and sensible planning/investment can work wonders in a league of many clubs trying to buy instant success.

Is a training ground that wouldn't look out of place at a top 4 club not the evidence you need?

What was the £20m example?

Had them for a while... Analyst - Stephen Corns Analyst - Andrew Stone All this is good to hear, especially when it comes from a normally pessimistic forum member like hypochondriac!

Always a little strange when people bring this up. Every Saints fan should really want the club to go up next season, it will mean Saints have the money from the Premier League early in order to improve the club. It also means the best players won't necessarily leave next summer as the like of Chamberlain may stay to play for the first season with Saints in the Premier League. If Saints do keep Chamberlain for next season and don't go up, it is likely he'll be off. In any case, Cortese has stated in public interview the intention is not merely to get the club to the Premier League to wallow around the lower reaches, it is to compete towards the top. He has access to the funds to do this. Even if Saints were to be relegated the parachute payments of nearly £50m put the club in a stronger position to go up again than if they didn't have the parachute payments.

Not always. But Premier League games against some of the biggest clubs in the world are more attractive than those against Doncaster and Barnsley.

"Paki" is considered racist because it is used in a derogatory manner to label people in a negative way. If the people of the world understood that there really is no such thing genetically as "race" and we are just human, it would be a much better place! Sadly it is unlikely to happen anytime soon.

Even using terms like "caucasian" doesn't really work. Go back far enough and we all have common ancestors, where do you draw the line for each "race"? As I said earlier...there is the same amount of genetic variation among individuals within a so called racial group as there is between individuals in different racial groups. What that means is that there is no real genetic difference between blacks and whites or between whites and Asians or between any of the so called races.

You were the one that implied the English were a race. Not me.

The English aren't a race. There is no such thing as "race", in terms of genetics.

Q.P.R. have an 18k capacity, which means that the supply can't meet the demand. If they had a stadium like St Mary's, I'm sure they wouldn't charge quite as much. Also it is in London, so London prices. Thus they can get away with increasing prices.

Already knew it was likely to happen given the retained list statement on 20th May. But now confirmed... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2366238,00.html Just Oscar Gobern left to sort his out. Original article about contracts... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2364123,00.html

Nick asked a question, answered it and then thanked himself for answering it. You must be in a little bit of trouble if you do that!

Official attendance was 73,476 - Carlisle failed to sell out their allocation of 24,506 and I doubt there where many neutrals at the game like with the FA Cup or League Cup final. - Saints probably had over 50,000 of the 73,476 (even though it was officially 44,000 Saints fans). There would have been many more Saints fans there if Wembley had listened to Saints' ticketing plan and allowed Saints to bring their own stewards.

Having a conversation with yourself Nick. First sign of madness?

You would think at least some of the creditors would have their legal representatives checking for such clauses.

It isn't racism then, is it? They wanted the better player to be playing. In any case, there is no such thing a "race". The Human Genome Project has determined unequivocally that there is the same amount of genetic variation among individuals within a so called racial group as there is between individuals in different racial groups. What that means is that there is no real genetic difference between blacks and whites or between whites and Asians or between any of the so called races. We are just human...

Saints fans preferring Chamberlain to play instead of Puncheon on the wing are racist?

Replace the black for white, add a Saints badge and aap3 logo and it would be okay I think. Work your magic photoshoppers...

I've just listened to it... No he didn't. No he didn't.

Type Talksport into Google.

If you were eligible when the qualifying campaign started, you are eligible for the finals. Just like a 10 year old being eligible for the first game of a Tyro League under 11 season is also eligible for the last game of the season even if he is now 11 years old in an under 11's league. It just happens that the Under 21's competition is over 2 years and not 1 year for the under 11's. Which means you can get 23 year olds playing in an under 21 tournament. Would be silly if the players that got you to a finals of a competition weren't allowed to play and you had to use completely different players.

The quicker it happens the less chance of the squad being broken up. For example, if Chamberlain stays this season, if Saints don't go up he'll move, if Saints do go up there is a reasonable chance he could stay. No point wasting the momentum Saints are on, may as well make good use of it and don't merely consolidate when they could quite easily push on ala Norwich.