VectisSaint

OMG, so thats at least 3 next week away to Donny, Sharpe, Hayter and Gillett

Playing it out from the back most of the time is far and away the best way. Continually hoofing it in the hope that RL will not only win the ball but also be able to hold it up is a crazy idea, and when we do it invariably the opposition win the ball and they come back at us. It stands to reason that it is not a good idea to welly it, one striker against at least 4 defenders, just consider the odds. On top of that I'm afraid accurate kicking is not one of KD's strengths. BUT, from what I have seen, the problem I have is that it becomes too predictable, it is almost as if KD is scared to occassionally go with the long ball and will play short whether it is the best option at the time or not. My main gripe with the way we play it short at the moment is that too often we play it short to the CBs, whereas I would prefer to see it played to the full backs. This is not new, playing it out to Dave Peach or Ivan Golac or others was always a well worn path for Saints historically. Belting it down the middle every time and hoping Ricky gets it is straight from the Wimbledon coaching manual. We are better than that, but we can still improve by introducing variety.

We get penalties outside the area now though :-)

So if I got this right, this "new design" moves the main entrance and the players entrance to the Kingsland. Seems a bit odd given the restricted access due to the railway and that the changing rooms and offices are in the Itchen, the one side of the ground which evidently cannot be expanded. Unless of course this is the new stadium that NC has suggested, rather than an extended SMS. Much as I like Markus, please never name the Stadium after the man.

the laces are traditionally on the top of the boot, this is what is meant when someone refers to the laces. OK, some modern boots (and old style George Best boots) have laces on what could be called the instep (side of boot) but this is not what is traditionally referred to as going with the "laces".

Full debut, yes, but he was sub a week before against QPR I think.

As a club we are remarkably lucky to have had Le Tissier and Beattie formerly and now Rickie Lambert as our main penalty takers. Think Peachey was our main pen taker, didn't really notice the reference to "20 or so", anyway isn't 37 "20 or so".

Add David Peach to that list.

I think using a round red card helps to take the edge off being dismissed.

Think you're confusing him with Sven.

Think they probably have a point. Said it was at the time, Rickie sort of hinted he thought it was as well on Solent. Bet the Brighton boys are not saying much about the 3 other good pen shouts that weren't given though. What goes around comes around. L

Entwhistle, see Moon (perhaps you forgot)

But is he a plastic? How many Saturday games has he attended this season? Another JCL I bet.

Thought he was born in Southampton actually, but brought up in Lymington.

So these payments were made over a period of time including while Saggy Chops was "in charge" at Saints. I would hope for Milan & 'arry's sake that none of the payments were actually between November 2004 and December 2005 otherwise there may be more than tax evasion to explain.

I'm not sure Hudders and Man City are quite that good

April 77 away to Blackburn (lost 0-3). Never saw any sign of another Saints supporter all night. Checked with a copper when I got to the ground which end the away supporters were in and he laughed. Spent whole game with my coat covering up my red & white scarf, before a dodgy trip back across the moors in my Cortina GT in the fog & rain to Oldham where I was temporarily working. Kids today.

Why would Bournemouth be bitter about Blackburn or Sheffield United?

Unlikely that there is any "done deal" involving Forte. If there was then Saints would not have insisted on him not playing in the FA Cup. Although I don't rate him, that does show that he still is in Adkins plans.

Well Forte has an assist to his name tonight.

No. Sometimes people need to remember that the team is playing in Division 2 (old money). From 1979 to 1984 at least we were much better than now, only Lallana would hold a candle to the teams of that time.

Apparently we only have a small squad, mysterious European owners and we have youth players that have come up through the divisions. Quite honestly that was about as interesting as a very uninteresting thing. Why are people like this allowed to get away with being so-called experts, utter garbage spoken by people who wouldn't know The Championship if it kicked them in the Gulys? One of the blokes only had some idea because he is a West Ham supporter. FFS. Is Richardson the numpty who used to (maybe still does) present the Serie A program?

No, we should cancel it altogether. Bah humbug!!

After 16 our record was P16 W11 D4 L1 F30 A10. Won 4 and drew 3 of our next 7. We drew a lot of games in 2nd half of season and ended up winning the division on goal average only, even though we were unbeaten in last 7 games. Odd way of running the fixtures back in 1921-22, games were played home and away, e.g. Brighton home on 24 September, away the following Saturday. We even did the double over Aberdare Atletic beating them 1-0 at The Dell on Monday 17th April and 1-0 at The Athletic Ground the following day (and this was of course 30 odd years before floodlights so these must have been afternoon kick-offs, presumably this was over Easter weekend. http://www.southampton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadtmrs.asp?ssnno=51&teamno=479

Sounds like you didn't hear the bit where he said "it (the M5 crash) put it all into perspective then. Not callous at all. Sounds like the problems at Euston are still not resolved, power cables damaged at Wembley. Road travel is worse, took me 5 hours to get to Shrewsbury Friday before last, just over 120 miles. Problem that does hack me off is the disruption to rail at the weekends, for engineering work, seems like weekend travellers are classed as 2nd class citizens. I therefore have a round trip down to Southampton tonight to get my daughter back to Uni due to engineering works at Eastleigh.