Polaroid Saint

Winter Break Blues - Who else is concerned? Will our raw and untested full back combo be enough to replicate results(with the wee Portuguese fella)? Will our midfield cope without Proswey, at least until his leg is sowed back on? Do we have enough bite to survive? Is survival enough to give RH the tools he needs next year? If not, where are we next season? Can we somehow, against all the odds, create a winning and supportive atmosphere at St.Marys? Will we continue to play with energy, passion and skill and actually get our just rewards? Europe? Basically, who else is filling the next few days with a combination of unfounded fears, legitimate concerns and wild dreaming? With a third of the season to go... ..where are we at? Half full or half empty? I would do a poll but too lazy to work out how. Am emoji will probably do.

All of this. Otsukaresama de****a, Yoshi!

They'll be dancing in the streets of Glasgow tonight. Etc. Watching with my father in law who has (quite rightly) disappeared into another room in disgust. I've only been Saints fan for forty years, so he has thirty years more disgust than me. I'll keep watching cos I'm a bloody idiot. It's amazing in a game where everyone is so bad, so so bad, Valery still stands out as being even worse. Ali Dia would make a better full back.

Who are we playing in Macau? The official site clearly states Guangzhou R&F but the Echo (not renowned for accuracy, admittedly) state it's Guangzhou Evergrande (but Google appears to think this too)... ...two very different teams! And we need to know - will Slattery be up against Dembélé or Paulinho? :-)

I'm Scum. I'm a scummer. 'King Own It Lads! Funny AF

Proof that even with a sh!te sponsor, it is actually incredibly easy to get red and white stripes right. It's hardly Alexander McQueen, but neither is it full of weird design 'cues'. Just works. Brentford by Umbro:

Not so sure. I immediately thought of these guys:

Agreed. he was not in control of the ball, hit the ground badly with trailing foot and stumbled into Alex. who was in the wrong place. not a penalty. not a dive either.

Can we do the Hasenhüttl Shuffle? No words, just everyone stands and shuffles two foot to the left and then two foot to the right. One person doing it would look like an utter idiot, but the whole of the Northam doing it would look (and sound) immense. (I mean, still idiots, but cool, noisy and different idiots).

Paul Allen's back! Gao could turn a quick profit and pay his creditors back, if he could only hijack this potential deal! https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/roman-abramovich-new-contender-emerges-13322423 Are we still doing this? Aw, the glory days of this forum -a distraction from the bloody football, at least.

Personally, I'd ****ing love to give up a home game at St.Marys to see Saints play at, I dunno, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, or Arrowhead, or CenturyLink field, or Lambeau. Sounds great. Being it on. (I'll start saving for flights now).

Hope they aren't planning to riot... ...Someone get a message through to Captain Snort!

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I like this. 2-1 Saints! Boffles to score in the 88th minute, run up and "confront" Hughes. Hughes to knock him clean out and have to watch us win the final from the stands. An FA Cup 'Moment'. ? Lets enjoy it today. It really is a special occasion - can't go myself, but I will be shouting and singing and crying (hopefully with joy, but..) along with all those that can get to Wembley. Make me proud like you always do. UTS COYRs OWTSGMI

Yep. Tongue lodged firmly in cheek. Just a comment on the ridiculousness of the manager merry-go-round AND Saints recently actions in particular. Nordic sums it up nicely.

Like it. The New Saints Way. Could have Redknapp back in time for the Cup final. We Plod On.

Like it. The New Saints Way. Could have Redknapp back in time for the FA Cup final. We Plod On.

If only we had waited a couple of weeks, eh? FFS.

This^ Exactly this.

I have nothing to offer at half time other than to say Einstein did not say this. It is a misattributed quote.

On the BBC challenge lawro thing, Margot Robbie and Allison Janney have us down to win 6-4. I'm going with that, worth a punt surely (imagine it'll be quite decent odds)?

Southampton is near some water, and can get quite cold in winter. This is a bit like Olympic venue Gangneung. Southampton based snowboarder, and husband/son of Michelle McManus from pop idol, Billy Morgan, won bronze to add to his platinum for melon collie and the infinite sadness.

Oooh, I'm surprised. Personally I love a properly commissioned custom kit, and fan mockups (when done well) are great fun. I guess it goes back to being a smaller person and drawing my own kits in school books! Any footy video game that allowed me to do similar was always my favourite. Plus - my Subbutteo collection is entirely comprised of odd and unusual kits. Think we have discussed in the past the actual kits we own too. It's a sickness. Lol.

What, you mean alongside ten Championship players? Yeah, that would be good. Fnar-ha-ha.