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LOL, one of the most blatant handballs ever, almost caught the bloody thing. In his defence he did get a nudge in the back and thought he would get a FK, but stupid, always play to the whistle. There was a good argument that he should have been red-carded as he was last man. Ref appeared to have given him benefit of the doubt because he realised he had been pushed. As for Hammond looking disappointed showing he has good attitude, are you for real? So he should look disappointed, shocking attitude, two poor challenges deserved 2 yellows.

Very pleased to earn a point in the end, yet we could have nicked it even with 10 men. Would have been very harsh on Reading who were **** hot except in front of goal. In our faces and winning every 50/50 ball at least for 55-60 minutes. We looked dozy and our passinng was woeful, which is very unusual. Guly especially was guilty time and again of giving the ball away. Hoofing the ball up to DC was also a pointless exercise, DC could not hold the ball up at all. At least if we are going to hoof do it for Rickie as he holds it up. Thought Cork was poor although very industrious, Chaplow was very good and unlucky a few times. Kelvin kept us in it time and again. Jos was solid, although 2 or 3 times in the 1st half his clearanw as poor. Srangely after they scored they no longer looked much of a threat, apart from some set pieces Martin did not have much to do. Jose was lucky to have not been red carded but he was clearly fouled before he handled, but as always should play to the whistle. Credit to Reading, you won't see many teams play that well and dominate us like they did. Just shows that their league position belies the fact that they are on a decent unbeaten run. Still, we're still top of the league, very happy with that. COYR.

Sven was never manager of Notts County, he was DoF. Ian McParland and Hans Backe were managers during the time SGE was involved. Cotterill was brought in when SGE left.

Solent lost their "effects" mic for a while early in the 2nd half, thats why it was somewhat quiet on the radio.

Just hope its not Torres then :-) Drogba would do, decent backup for Rickie.

Puzzled that the tannoy announcer said it was a club record attendance, yet it is actually 1 less than the attendance against Arsenal in 2003. The 1 difference is presmably down to me, I was there for Arsenal but couldn't make it tonight.

Who? we need to stop concerning ourselves with teams battling against relegation, 5 above West Ham, Boro & Derby and 7 above Brighton and 10 above Reading far more significant.

Brilliant. And to think we can't beat other top 6 teams and are useless without Lallana.

Even better if you know the words to our own song. How about "Where's your stadium gone?" (the tune of Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep for those old enough to remember the crap song) (last line "gone with Seb Coe") I'll get me coat, scarf and gloves and beat a hasty retreat, making up football songs is really a bit sad.

They will be asked to leave the bus at the next request stop. Nothing wrong with the idea, the prospect of players commuting more than 30 miles a day for training is patently ridiculous, commuting is not good for athletes. 30 miles radius is perfectly adequate, only problem we have is much of the area within 30 miles is under water. Still a daily commute from Ventnor would be an interesting prospect for a player with his own decent fast boat.

Used to go to Fratton Park in the 70s, heard it was now a rubbish tip, do they have a new ground? Does Church Litten and St Georges Park count? Seriously Elm Park/Madjeski and old/new Wembley, not forgetting The Dell/SMS. Before anyone suggests it The Antelope was just a bit before my time.

And all that without the previous generation, Shearer, Le Tiss, Wallaces and so on. Oaks is now at Exeter of course, tend to think of him as previous generation, not the same setup as Cranie, Mills, Bale and so on. Also ignores some of the other young talent that was not strictly in the Academy such as Kenwyne Jones. Still we all know Wenger is the master at spotting talented youngsters, not Southampton, so this must be all a load of made-up nonsense.

But many of us thought it was good stuff then and still do, only the dinos like Arry & Jim & Bertie Bassett thought it was a bad idea. Lowe didn't do much right in my view, but some of his ideas made sense, shame he didn't have a clue how to implement them successfully.

Actually 2 1/4 hours. So as it doesn't bother you why post, if you don't like my comment just feck off and mind your own business. For those of use who don't live in town it makes a great deal of difference.

Shame people still can't spell his name correctly, even having read an article where his name is mentioned and spelled out.

One word, "Bernie"

********, doing this in Hospitality for my cousin coming over from Oz, now that fecks up the day, due to early start. Will also spoil the atmosphere because there will be less people at the game. Why can't Sky just feck off and leave football alone?

I think I resemble that remark LOL Althouh I don't live there now, dismissing the IOW is a bit rich. Not many people from the mainland have to catch a ferry to get to the home games (sorry to those in Hythe). Back in the 60s/70s the IW Branch of the Saints Supporters Club was a sizeable number of people. There are still a lot of people on the Red Jets when I do occassionally travel over from home. Thing is also that for many years we were the only Div 1 /Prem League Club in the south (outside London) and over that time we established a large supporter base of people willing to travel 50-60 miles regularly down to Southampton. Our catchment area really does extend well into Wiltshire, even the north of the County because it really is a relatively easy journey to make by car or train.

"Liverpool", not West Brom You'll find it scans better it was always Liverpool in the 60s/70s (used to add "and West Ham" after Liverpool too). Forest were one of our bogey team for years and years, we have plenty of history with them, 2 Wembley finals, never forgiven them. Still, thought it would be Sven first before McClaren, just shows that some of these managers really don't know the game outside of the Premier League.

What's happened to Button and Hamilton?

Peach was penalty king long before Le Tiss.

Quite amused by the fact that the advert comes up on the Saints OS, wonder if NC is aware that he is helping to sell Franny's house, or if Franny is aware of the gesture by SFC.

Was looking for a student pad for my daughter now she's at Uni, may be worth considering

Might have expected a sense of humour failure type comment from you. Go jump on a mantelpiece.

Shhh! You are not allowed to make any negative comment about a legend. Cortese lover. By the way fitness testing at Solent, not Southampton Uni