sandwichsaint

Anybody on here been to Benecassim? My nipper went last year and met a bunch of (Saints) shirters. Anybody on here owning up to this?

Channon Strikes Faster than British Leyland

Why would they? Isn't it the 'normal procedure' that this sort of thing is attended by the nominees etc? The 'problems' seem to have been caused by the damn fool ridiculous nomination of Cheats FC for any sort of award (let alone a 'community' based one) and then compounded by our super-douper, down-with-the-kids, social media spokesperson who seems to have over-blurred the boundaries between the personal and the proffessional. Two wrongs don't usually make a right and in this case maybe we all just better move on? Lord knows there's enough carp we fans can legitimately throw at them (and we do every day, that's cos we're fans and it's banter) without the 'official' club's spokesperson getting down in the gutter with them; I should imagine Mr Twibley had rather a red face this morning.

Normal TO number 0800, hold on the music, you will either get bounced off in c15 minutes or you will get through. TBF it takes at least 5-7 mins to process every customer, their systems are v slow and it took them at least 2 mins to get my card payment processed.

we got through at 11-00. asked the operator and she said some blocks were sold out, got what we wanted, back of 38. with that funny business with STs only having a two-day window i get the impression that everyone who has got a Donny tkt will get one today or tomorrow.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/11/richborough-power-station-destroyed_n_1337371.html down in 20 seconds, much bigger crowds than anyone was anticipating, cultural vandalism in my view, will just have to get used to not seeing them when out and about on the bike.

I hope they were suitably impressed, with the surroundings (not with yourself!)

It's Millwall next Saturday!

get in!!!!

Wasn't it 'wrong' when Google wanted all this data? Anyway I digress, another '50' here, Saints born and bred, mum and dad from Warsash area, grandparents and great-grandparents were Saints fans which makes me fourth generation and my boys 23 and 21 fifth generation. First game home v Sheff Weds spring 1967 (1-1), we lived in the midlands at that time and our dad used to take us to away games at Wolves, WBA, Stoke, Coventry etc, first away game would prob have been Wolves the next season. Lived Netley from 1970-1977 (Hamble school) before moving to East Kent in a sort of player-swap deal that saw my Grandparents retire back to Warsash. Our Saints supporting (not following) dropped from prob 15 games a season to occasional London aways and a very rare foray to the Dell. I got back into it with the boys first game aged 6 and 4 away at Highbury (the game where Berkcamp took us to pieces). Boys were hooked from day one and we've never looked back. We've done 12-15 games a season mix of H and A pretty much since we've been at SMS, the most games we've done is probably the JPT season when we did 20-plus. Biggest games would be Cardiff and JPT and the 76 semi, 'best' games Channon testomonial and Derby away in the play-offs. I consider myself to have been blessed to have been born a Saint and I've seen some fantastic players down the years; best of all we have potentially our best years in front of us! Only wished I lived a bit nearer!

I couldn't claim to be any great shakes at history but am i right in thinking that Afghanistan have never been beaten at home?

I can do both - I can see them from my bedroom window. Will prob cycle round by Richborough Castle to get a decent view if it's a nice day.

yes!

You have to love the odd poor result if only for the reactions on here, I should imagine that all local suppliers are fresh out of incontinence pants this morning. Unfortunately Saints came up with the sort of performance that we have seen too many times - big expectation, possible under-estimation of the oppo (by the fans certainly), no early breakthrough, frustration for the players and the crowd, visitors gaining confidence and starting to believe they will get something from the game, Saints eventually breaking through but never looking wholly convincing, Saints shoot themselves in foot when the game was there for the winning. Disappointing but I guess we just have to suck it up and move on to the next game; maybe last night will come to be seen in time as this season's Walsall away and we can now motor on to the end of the season and a similarly happy ending? Selection? Don't think many people can have too many quibbles with the side picked on the back of the Leeds game? Puncheon wasn't very good at Leeds, Chaplow and Cork both had mixed games and both looked to be running on empty on Saturday (Cork after a lot of games and Chaplow after not enough games), Gully was also OK when he came on Saturday. Harding is a shoo in at LB and Hammond has been pretty solid most times he has played this year. Lee over Sharpe is also a no-brainer on current form. Unfortunately the changes didn't seem to give us the required lift and it was a strangely subdued performance all round with too many players below par on the day. Davis 7, didn't have lots to do but pulled out two smart saves when needed and no chance with the goal. Agree with the distribution thing, would like to see him feed it much more quickly to the feet of the CBs or full backs when they have room to play. Richardson 5, can't fault his effort but his passing and ball retention was rough all game and rarely threatend when he got fd. Set pieces were pretty poor too. Fonte 7, pick of the back four and always seemed to have things under control. Hoov 6, seemed out of sorts (by his high standards), typical committed performance but Ipswich's pressing seemed to rattle him and distribution not great. Shocker for the goal! Harding 5, reasonable first half and linked up with AL, went missing second half. Where was he for their goal while Jason Scotland helped himself to a gentle evening stroll all around his manor? Gully 6, excellent first 30 minutes, picked up several interceptions and tackles and kept trying to do the right things. Made a complete mare of his headed chance and went downhill after that. Involved in our best move of the second half but then rushed his finish when with more composure he could have got closer. Rightly subbed. Hammond 4, I'm a fan but he had one last night. Lots of effort but he seemed to completely forget the basics, consequently gave the ball away way too much. Could be his last start for some time if others stay fit. Morgan 7, worked hard but not quite at his brilliant best last night. Looked, understandably, leggy and tired. Lallana 6, some lovely touches and our most threatening attacking outlet. Really poor miss in the one on one, the ball didn't get to him very quickly which gave the keeper time to narrow it and set himself. With hindsight, AL was in tons of room and if he had taken a touch and changed it, either back inside or further to the left the keeper would have been put off balance and he would have almost certainly scored.Also had a couple of really weak efforts on goal in the second half - if he can't score from there then recycle it and work it to someone who can score! Lee 7, love his attitude, his speed, his ability, his tenacity and his sheer will to win, what a find! He's come in like a whirlwind but it's going to take time for him to connect with his new teammates and vice-versa. The channel ball for his pace to run onto gives us a useful new dimension when we learn to mix it up. Maybe like to see him in a 4-3-3 where his pace and mobility could really do some damage? RL 6, looked leggy from the off and struggled to really get into it last night being generally well policed by his marker. Glad the chance fell to him when it did, I wouldn't really have fancied anyone else to stick that in at that stage. His second chance wasn't a chance - the ball from SDR was behind him. SDR 8, the perfect sub against tiring legs and he made the most of a rare chance. I don't think he's a realistic option to start at this stage (big Q?M for me about his defensive ability) but he's definitely an option from the bench in any stalemate situation. Cork, not on very long Sharpe, not sure at the moment, he doesn't look fit and he's probably feeling the pressure of a 'big' move. One for next year, if we get him fit and playing properly he will either be a squad player in the Prem or we can get our money back from one of the relegated sides. If we don't go up we are probably looking at next year's new Rickie Lambert ... let's not even go there at this stage.

Fair play - never seen it myself.

Southampton Football Club Prohibited Items Flares Knives Firearms Fireworks Laser devices Bottles, glass vessels or cans Balls, frisbees or inflatable items Air horns Offensive weapons, i.e. baseball bat Flag poles Alcohol Unauthorised fliers and handouts Aerosols Smoke canisters Dangerous or hazardous items Glass Flasks Drugs (illegal substances) Musical instruments, i.e. Bell Transmitting devices or recording monitors Spray paint Cameras, flash photography or other lighting devices Flags (due to an expected capacity crowd for this specific fixture there will be no areas where flags may be displayed) Any item which may be used as a weapon and/or may compromise public safety Can't believe this hasn't been posted up anywhere, from the Portsmuff website detailing arrangements for the forthcoming 'bubble' (900 tkts now available on open db sale); items not allowed in St Mary's - 'bells'. Human rights, using the word human loosely, obviously forbids us from also prohibiting 'smelly bell ringers' within the confines.

Why's Reading a derby? Other than that it is fairly near, duh! We've hardly played them in the last (30) years. For me. when the blue-few are no more, our 'rivals' will be Brighton, Spurs, maybe Palace or Charlton. We have absolutely no history with Reading and let's not start creating a tradition with a Noddy club who were on nobodies' radar until 5 or 6 years ago.

absolutely f-u-c-k-i-n-g brilliant

TBF they will be the only team who can field 4 regular first-teamers at the Sky masters.

Jethro Tull - Skating away (on the thin ice of a new day) I think we can close this thread now ..... please, please, please play this at SMS in the upcoming (maybe at HT?).

Doctor Feelgood - She's a wind-up. Smiths - How soon is now? Bowie - Ashes to Ashes REM - It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)

Personally I don't think an outcome of a '44' game season is any where near as 'clean' as you (and others) are making out. Of course it's the least worst option and the only realistic one available to the league if that circumstance (a team dropping out in mid-season) comes about. In theory expunging the points gives a neat, clean solution that's absolutely 'fair'. But there are some fundamentals that they can't legislate for - some teams will 'play' 46 league games in the season others 45, some teams (potentially including us) will have a break in their scheduled fixtures in their run-in, possibly a good or a bad thing (depending on form, injuries, fixture congestion, suspensions etc), some teams will have incurred injuries or suspensions in their games v P (which other teams won't have). If we go up in a 44 games season we'll take it, if we win a 44 game league we will be Champions; no one will take that away and we won't care. I'll take all that but don't tell me it won't always be tainted; the only wose outcome would be that they are forced to finish the season with a completely scratch/youth team and the results of those games then have any bearing on promotion or relegation. What a shambles and with hindsight it would surely have been better if they hadn't started the season at all -playing games with only 13 or 14 players has been a complete **** take.

Very unlikely they will go under mid-season, FA/football league will pull out all the stops to complete a full league table, worse case scenario would be they fulfill their fixtures with a scratch team and then disappear at the end of the season. I'm pretty sure if they did/do go under and finally knock all their creditors the league would facilitate a 'fresh start' as 'Portsmouth 2012' playing at a non-league ground share in Lge 1 or maybe Lge 2, franchise-Dons style. Pretty sure they would get a buyer/funding to operate in that scenario; not sure what their competitors would make of it, but hey... Best we can hope for is that they have shipped out several more big earners by the time they play us, you never know though; we had an 'impossible' ending at the Dell, what would be the odds on Pompey's final game ever being a 6-0 stuffing at SMS?

Knobby Stokes?

Thoughts? How did you see out of your pram? Did your mum give you an extra pillow? COYS!!!