Guan 2.0

Liverpool. Would rather have them at this stage.

Absoultely dreadful thing to happen, but I wonder why the echo mentioned the saints support? Is thre a football angle or just a coincidence? A SAINTS fan has been left fighting for his life after being attacked by a 20-strong gang of yobs in the street. The 47-year-old suffered serious head injuries when he was assaulted by the mob as he walked along the road. Police last night said he was in a critical condition at Southampton General Hospital as they revealed three school pupils had been held on suspicion of carrying out the attack. Two boys aged 15 were arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. A third boy - aged just 14 - was arrested by officers a short time later. All three were quizzed and since released on bail. Police and paramedics were called to the scene in New Road, Hythe, around 8.30pm on Sunday - just hours after the final whistle went on the televised Liverpool v Saints match. Link: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/13899819.UPDATE__Saints_fan_remains_in_critical_co ndition_after_attack_by_gang_of_20/?ref=mr&lp=3 Update As i have been typing this, I have just seen a new article with video (but no audio) http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/video/4584163341001/?ref=vidshare http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/13901938.VIDEO__Youths_goad_victim_after_attack_wh ich_left_Saints_fan_fighting_for_life/

Exactly. Not exactly an insider secret, but there is virtually no chance of him extending his time at the club. But if he can help entertain a sell out crowd tomorrow, why worry about such things?

Gaston and Juanmi to score, and Saints to get a step closer to the final. Lots of good feeling amongst the squad for this one, which means i fancy us to win 4-0 or 4-1.

*must have

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/13893259.Lallana__Only_a_win_will_do_against_Southampton/?ref=rss “I’m looking forward to meeting up with a few old friends but Sunday is about getting the business done and ensuring we get the three points. “We want nothing less than three points on Sunday.” Old friends? He must of forgot how hard he shat himself on his visit to St Mary's. And the Airport . Let's hope for more of the same tomorrow, so much so that he needs another hug from daddy...

Press conference now:

https://audioboom.com/boos/3702508-saintsfc-boss-ronaldkoeman-reacts-to-late-lcfc-draw-with-bigadamsport

1 makeshift right back, 1 39 year old goalkeeper (Loved him in his day, but even Kelvin will admit he does not expect to be starting nowadays!), 2 players who are coming back from injury, 1 of whom is new to the league. Against a fired up team who are on top. Given these facts, I'm amazed that we drew! However, Koeman should have acted differently. Be interested to hear the timescale for our injuries. and hopefully 7 days of training can stop the media ****ing over klopp next weekend.

We should have subbed on Romeu instead of J-Rod IMHO. We put on another outlet when control was needed. Would also have allowed Clasie to press further forward.

Shocking behaviour IMHO. Recommend you arrange for the echo to take a photo of you looking moody, holding aforementioned ticket ASAP. Or even better, tell your story at the fan's forum on Monday, in a half hour epic that not only rises and falls, it meanders. Finish by saying that you thought FC stood for fatally corporate, but now you realise it stands for fakers and cheats. Wait 20 seconds for a trickle of slow applause to become a torrent, until the whole room is giving you a standing ovation, and Koeman resigns on the spot, declaring "I don't work for bad guys"

Desperation tactics from Tottenham, part 2. Murdoch won't mind carrying the story though, as it should be worth a few thousand for the coffers over at Sky Bet come New years...

I think i could come up with a few that are better, yes. As mentioned elsewhere, Ticket Pricing. First of all, praise the club for their sensible cup ticket policy. You're about to ask someone to change something for your benefit, so the least you can do is praise them when they have taken positive steps. Have information about ticket pricing campaigns to hand, and ask how the club could integrate with them. You could also weave egress from the stadium and surrounding areas into this point. The second would be coverage for fans who cannot necessarily get to matches. I happen to know that the club are especially proud of their increasingly prominent social media profile and youtube content, so using the 'flashback' content as a basis, enquire into the content right issues surrounding saintsplayer and premier league content. Ask if there is a possibility of an à la carte selection of paid highlights via youtube , similar to episodal content from television networks. Then go to club history. Many believe our current badge to be rather, well, Kinder Egg, some of those are within the club! Suggest a future or off season kit that would include the older badge, perhaps with the saints foundation logo included somewhere alongside. If this cannot be managed with sponsors, propose saints leisurewear to trial it. if lack of popular support is mentioned, ask the room for a show of hands for trialling the original crest. And finally, Satellite Facilties. Ask about the challenges facing saints RE: Bristol city, and London satellite Academies. Ask if any plans are in the works for new off site facilities to enable saints to help develop the best young players and provide a path to the first team, and possibly national team. But I mean, that's just off the top of my head. Feel free to ask for bigger Mars bars, or Enquire into stadium redevelopment and Train stations, news that the Hierarchy at the club would definitely sit on, unless a member of the public asked them on a whim.

Let's have an early guess at what will be discussed at too much length: Stadium redevelopment, PA system, Safe standing (always a favourite, as if the club can influence the rest of football overnight, but hold off to annoy certain fans), stewards with double standards, munchers who can't go 90 minutes without stuffing a hole moaning about lack of lard delivery system, fan on the board, train to St Marys.

2-3 Too little, too late. Should have been more positive, needed to concentrate on the right with Cedric, seeing as Targett is not as solid as Bertrand. Even a draw won't mask the fact this game was lost before it started, against an unusually vulnerable united.

Back defence with Martina, Caulker, Targett starting. JWP and Davis as CM's. If they can't beat that team, ship out and replace in Jan.

[h=1]PRESS CONFERENCE: Koeman previews Man United clash[/h]

I've been given the names of 4 mids, one of whom was the LCM we tried to sign around two weeks ago. But as of 23.41 last night, only VVD was anyway near 'Over the line'. 3/3 and out.

Thank you very much. For the question of double deals.... No-one likes being announced as part of a package. If Saints do announce a second signing, I can't believe they will do it in a way which makes a player feel overshadowed on day one. But I've not heard that, that's personal feeling. By the way, I can confirm KBSS has been promoted to Hyper ITK level access. Congrats KBSS! (not a joke).

No-one wants to get mentioned as the seventh news item behind the De Gea blunder. The Saints media team know what they are up to...

I guess the reception will be depend heavily on whether or not a new player is brought out before the match.

I'm going 0-2 to Saints.

He has trained in that position with Saints before his injury. FACT I'm 99.9 certain we will get him. A last minute hijack, voodoo curse or dislike of Martin O'Neil's rented Winchester property are always possibilities though. : ) As for Big Fat Sam, he's done well to be treated as some sort of sage by a certain few on here. He's currently the lagered tramp standing outside pizza express, listening to the staff collecting orders and then shouting those orders to everyone and no-one. A week after Les Reed and Koeman confirm the club is in full agreement over there being no more sales, BFS comes out with a list of 'demands' that our manager should make, even though he doesn't have to, as the transfer committee has already agreed on the issue, and BFS's wishes actually mean **** all, as he is not our manager (or anybody's manager for that matter). Still, Sam rants, and the depressives on here treat his dribbling like scripture: "Big Sam says Koeman should demand no more sales", "Big Sam says we should demand answers from Kat", "Big Sam says that table 4 are waiting on Margherita and Garlic bread".