Matthew Le God

What does that mean? The Itchen Stand already has the corporate facilities in it. No mention of anything on the councils planning website... http://publicaccess.southampton.gov.uk/PublicAccess/propdb/property/property_history_summary.aspx?blpukeyval=002MC5OZBU000&lpikeyval=00253AOZLI000&module=P3&historymodule=DC

Well, which stands were different to how they are now? How were they different? etc etc

Don't leave it like that, describe in detail what you saw.

Because Saints in 125 years have never had a board with real ambition and the resources to match the ambition. Under Cortese (with the Liebherr's backing) we may do. Investment in the team would see more fans turn up.

Saints already have a director of football in all but name. Les Reed pretty much has the role already.

More petty insults... If you spend £100m on a stadium, you still own the stadium. It still has value and in fact adds value to the club when they sell it on.

The Liebherr's don't do debt! They'd more likely pay for the development and then add it to the value of the asset.

It isn't perfect if they wanted to make it bigger. The area would struggle to cope with the extra demands put on it.

From League One to Champions League group stages in just 4 years! A tad unrealistic! Season 4

It isn't the location that makes the Ricoh soulless. It is the lack of Coventry fans in it.

A couple of hundred at most. A lot of them were friends/family of the players. Hopefully if they progress in this then home games will get more fans turning up, like back in 2005 when a few thousand watched the youth team at St Mary's.

The FA Youth Cup is a very prestigious thing to win, more so than the league. When selling the academy to prospective parents/kids that Saints' academy is the one to pick for their development, an FA Cup youth win is a good thing to point out. Thus makes sense to use Chamberlain in just the academy cup games to give Saints the best possible chance of winning it. In any case he only played half this game and wasn't exactly stretched by Thurrock!

Part of the problem is the congestion and disruption it causes on matchdays to the road network. Now imagine if an extra 20k people were going.

Dovey - Didn't have much to do, but did have a couple of very dodgy mix ups with his centre backs when going for balls outside the box Young - Was impressed with him at right back, assured and comfortable on the ball and did the simple things well. O'Sullivan - A few slip ups at left back, a number of misplaced passes and poor positioning at times. Foot - Dominant in the air but passing at times was poor. Martin - Same as his centre back partner, dominent in the air, let himself down on the floor at times. Holder-Spooner - Always a threat with pace down the right wing Robinson - A steady game from the captain in central midfield, nothing spectacular apart from his free kick goal and was subbed in second half. Ward-Prowse - I think is a very good prospect as a central midfielder, good on the ball and can spot and execute defense splitting passes Curtis - Drifted in and out of the game on the left wing, alot of the play especially in the first half was going down Saint's right and Curtis was isolated Hoskins - Good on the ball, but had numerous chances to score particulary in the second half but lacked composure to score when he should have. Chamberlain - As we all now know he is a big threat at League One level, let alone playing the youth team of a non league side, had his moments where he left Thurrock players for dead with pace and skill. However tonight he lacked some of the end product we have seen in the first team. Subs: Moore - Came on for Robinson in central midfield, gave a good performance comfortable on the ball and did simple things well Chambers - Came on for Holder-Spooner, not as pacy or direct as the man he replaced, but took his goal very well from distance and helped stretch the game as it went on. Sinclair - Came on for Chamberlain early in the second half. This lad has real potential, still very young but you can see that he may well have what it takes to play at a high level. Extremely quick, good football brain and a good touch. Subs unused: Hamon and Shaw

Why is it "pointless drivel"? The FA youth cup is a prestigious thing to win and Saints' Academy is the future of the club. I just got back in from the game. Will write a little report if anyone is interested once I'm warm again, was freezing at St Mary's tonight and my hands are numb.

Highlights of the game are now on Saints Player.

It was Saints development squad vs Bournemouth reserves, not Saints vs Portsmouth reserves.

Email the Football League then and see what they say.

What ever happens, he won't be at training for a large part of this week.

He was injured for most of the summer and early season with a hip injury.

I don't think Saints will be dropping Lambert for Doble anytime soon.

He'll only get on the bench if it is felt he is a better option than Lambert, Barnard, Do Prado or Connolly. Or if one or more of them are injured/suspended. At the moment they are all playing well and are fit.

There is a simple way to avoid the possibility of a custodial sentence... don't act like a prat at football matches.

The "Pompey way" was to not invest in infrastructure and rack up huge debts unsustainable for a club of their size. The Liebherr's since the late 1940's when Markus' father Hans Liebherr started his construction business, don't accrue debt. It is the family's business philosophy.

As I said earlier in response to this... They are easy to find if you are an attractive investment opportunity. Lots of rich people are still looking for clubs. But most clubs either don't have the fanbase size required or infrastructure to make it attractive and/or are burdened by debt. Saints already have good infrastructure in place, have a large fanbase and are debt free. If they were sold tomorrow they would be extremely attractive for another billionaire.