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Chasing shadows against Rochdale at St Mary's... FFS.

Please god no to Brown. He is a tosser of the highest order and I dont think he has proven himself as a better manager than Alan Pardew. For Cortese to sack Pardew he needs to replace him with someone who has a higher standing than him. The only person I can think of who is available is Martin O'Neill. Pay him whatever he wants and give him some money to spend on transfers and he will get us successive promotions in my opinion. He just might fancy a project like Southampton as well...

I dont know whether to laugh or cry. If Pardew hasnt satisfied Cortese with this clubs performances in the past year, how the hell is Paul Hart going to manage it?

I also went with Martin. Jaidi is definitely a handy player at this level when coming up against absolute lumps but from what I've seen of Martin he is a bit more mobile and has time on his side so he is only going to get better. At times on Saturday when Jaidi had the ball there were obvious passes on but he kept persisting in hoofing the ball as far as he could. Martin is young and might make one or two mistakes but he's got potential and the best way to bring that out is to play him.

For the very reason that it is risky. It could turn out to be a match made in heaven but on the other hand could be an unmitigated disaster. We've not got the best track record with South American players have we? That said, its worth a punt and a 5 month loan with an agreement in place to take him permanently is probably the best piece of business we could do. I'd even go as far as to say this is an even better deal than simply buying him and hoping for the best.

Took me a while to Digestive this news. No longer did I think we'd be the Custard Cream of the League 1 crop. I was going to have a glass of Bourbon to drown my sorrows and rip my Hobnob off in frustration. Personally I'd rather have Gary Baldi as the club's owner.

I know someone that works at Abbey Road studio... should ask him to go out and give us a wave! Anyone else noticed someone has written 'PONCE' on the wall?!

Not a patch on Duncan Spedding...

Markus Liebherr - a true Saint. You didnt need to do what you did for this club but the fact you had faith in us and didnt take the easy option with a Premier League club shows the man you were. Once a Saint, always a Saint. Rest in peace. I too am in favour of the Markus Liebherr Memorial Stadium or at least a statue. This guy is as important as anyone in our history.

Newcastle away or Pompey home please.

Not a bad write up but commenting on how uncomfortable Dickson looked but not commenting on the woeful, totally inept performance of Jason Puncheon? I thought Dickson looked decent. Seems capable of crossing with his left and right foot and seems pretty comfortable in possession. Puncheon on the other hand had an absolute shocker in my opinion.

What I dont get is every body focussing on not signing this player or that player and getting in to a tizz about it. We've lost a couple of loan signings since last season but I would rather rejoice in the fact that we havent sold any of our important players. Players like Davis, Fonte, Lallana, Schneiderlin, Lambert etc... If I was Ian Holloway, I would be trying to rape our squad right now but the fact is we havent been bullied in to letting any of our players go. As far as I'm concerned that is better than making any realistic signings and is something that should be celebrated as opposed to moaning about not signing Nathan 'bloody' Tyson as our back up striker!

I think Adam would be mad not to wait until the end of the season and see if we get promotion. Obviously from a club and fan perspective he should sign a new deal now but from his point of view after 2 seasons in League 1 he'll be ready for a higher (not necessarily Premier League) level.

It's a valid point but you get clubs that fluke a promotion via the play-offs all the time. Fair play to Holloway, I like the bloke and think he's always good value in interviews and actually not a much managerially speaking. However, Blackpool's record last season was; won 19, drawn 13, lost 14, whereas ours was; won 22, drawn 14, lost 9. Having come out of administration where we were raped of all our best talent for a pittance and had to rebuild more or less from scratch, we were always going to spend money because we have it. That said, even now I would honestly rather have our squad than Blackpool's. With the exception of Charlie Adam I really couldnt say another of their players would get in our team. I respect Holloway's attitude that he is not going to bring in any big time charlies and that the players that got him promoted deserve a crack at the Premier League but one would assume they are about to have a very demoralising season. Call me old fashioned but I'd rather build a little more slowly and have a backbone of a side to compete in the Premier League without having to make wholesale changes simply just to survive. With young players like Morgan, Lallana and Puncheon they all have the potential, time on their side and ability to mature in to players who can grow in tandem with the clubs aspirations.

Good post in my opinion. Fans who once had a voice as their non-attendance would harm the club are no longer given the same voice they once were. I've not got a problem with this. I trust Cortese. He's making decisions which are unpopular with a few fans but all of it is done towards making Southampton a bigger and better club. If he puts a few noses out of joint on the way, that's par for the course. This club has pandered to fan power too many times in the past to the clubs detriment for Cortese to allow it to set a precedent now.

I'm sorry but I know thats rubbish. I remember being in a rather large pub in Cardiff before the final and Rupert Lowe came on the TV for an interview and drew a massive cheer from the fans. There were a good couple of years when him and WGS provided a bit of a double act and he was popular with the fans and media.

Even if true I think this is quality. Nicola Cortese is the Liam Gallagher of football chairmen!!! To be honest I think it is awful how football league chairman are happy to bend over and be firmly rogered by the clubs in the Premier League and Cortese has previously gone on record to voice his frustration on this subject so it's nothing new even if this really is true.

I tell you who I like the look of... that young lad at Hearts. Skacel I think his name is. We should sign him.

Cautious

Yes please to McLean! He's an animal at this level. His younger brother plays for our academy as well.

Greatest hope for this season? winning the league playing attacking, free-scoring football Biggest fear? markus liebherr getting bored and doing one Most important player? jose fonte Terrace favourite? RLSGM Keep an eye out for - Aaron Martin & Oxlade-Chamberlain Player you'd happily drive to his next club? Paul Wotton or Pulis One change you'd make at your club? quicker service in concourse before game and at half time. you should be able to queue, drink your pint and return to your seat before the start of the 2nd half Have we got the right manager? definitely, in Pards we trust What advice would you give him? sign another central midfielder with similar ability to Morgan Schneiderlin so we dont miss him as much as we do when he's out Which team do you most want to beat this season? Charlton. Sh*t clubs, sh*t place, horrible fans. Opposition player you despise? Darren Purse / Ian Harte / Deon Burton Opposition player you secretly admire? Wouldve said Shelvey but now, Charlie Austin. Where will we finish? top.

Speaking from experience Ponty?

Egil Östenstadt

Grown men and replica shirts? Not for me.

I'd have thought when some of the "young guns" vying for his place show a bit of form and prove they can do a better job for England than he can?