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Cheers for that link.

No beer? You serious? 7.30am here (Eastern Time) and the fridge will be full. I think it would be physically impossible to watch a Saints v Pompey game on TV and not cane a few (whatever time of day it is!). If Saints win you have the rest of the day to carry on drinking. If they lose you can go back to bed.

Billy - hope you managed to get to DC ok. With the record breaking snow I daresay it wasn't easy. Good luck to all you east-coasters who have to get to a bar on Saturday to see the game. We've had it pretty bad here in the mid-west but nowhere near as bad as you lot have had it. 3 feet of snow - you are welcome to that.

At least 3-1 to Saints. Praps 3-0 or 4-1. An early goal for Saints. The crowd will be right up for it. They are so low on confidence that they will be there for the taking. As long as we don't sit back we can annihilate them. The odds tell you the story. You can get 13/8 on a team playing a team 2 leagues below them. Surely everyone in the land would lump on them at that price? Best you can get on poor lowly Saints is 2/1 (most bookies are lower than this at around 7/4 - one even has it as 6/4 both of us!). The 'Saints 6 day treble' has parts 1 & 2 safely complete (Superbowl & Wembley). No reason whatsoever for part 3 to fail. For those going - sing a song for me!

Of course I meant Thurs 25 (not 24) March. I do now get the Swindon & Hartlepool home games but yep - 'dipsh*t planning' this one!!!! Still - thinking about it - I ain't too bothered. After all tickets will be 60 quid, there will be engineering works & replacement buses on the trains, it's gonna p*ss down with rain (and snow), the trains will be dry & all the pubs will be shut & they won't be selling beer in the ground, Carlisle will win 3-0, I'd end up sat in front of some div who'd never been to a game before and thinks he is at the cinema, I'd lose my wallet and end up arrested. Quite glad I'm flying back to the USA 4 days before :-)

If New Orleans had lost then how many people would have turned up at the airport to welcome them home? 2, 4, 7, 9 thousand? The Colts had 11. Their support is diehard: http://www.indystar.com/article/20100209/SPORTS03/2090352 Judging by the picture in the article I think they got this estimate a bit wrong. Plus I dunno why but I couldn't imagine the Colts head coach driving along one-handed waving the trophy out of the sunroof! He said he took the trophy to bed with him the night before ala Peter Osgood 1976. Top man.

Well that was all a bit refrained George. Give it a couple of days and I expect to see BIG stuff hammering my screen!!! What does anyone think about next seasons odds? 9/1 Colts 10/1 Saints 11/1 Chargers 12/1 Patriots 14/1 Cowboys, Vikings, Steelers 18/1 Packers 20/1 Eagles 22/1 Jets 23/1 Ravens 28/1 Giants 33/1 Falcons, Bengals, Titans 40/1 Cardinals, Texans, Dolphins 50/1 BRONCOS, 49ers 66/1 Panthers, Bears, Jaguars, Redskins 80/1 Seahawks 150/1 Bills, Browns 200/1 Lions, Chiefs, Raiders, Buccaneers 250/1 Rams The one thing to note here is how open it is. A lot of teams are seen as having a chance. It's not like 1/2 Chelsea, 5/4 Man Utd 4/1 Arsenal & Lpool - 100/1 the rest. I think the 9/1 Colts & 10/1 Saints look pretty good bets. They were by far the best 2 teams this season and I doubt much will change before the start of the next one. Saints will obviously now believe in themselves & I'm sure they will be going out on a limb to prove this season was no fluke. Broncos are rumoured to be looking at McNabb: http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/Story.asp?story_id=20225 Get him and keep Marshall & Doom & Dawkins etc and then the 50/1 above could have some value. Anyway - that is it until September. Ya all have a good close-season ya hear.

WHO DAT! First part of the Saints treble in place. *** Saints win the Superbowl (never ever been there before - let alone win it. Underdogs & came from 10 points down to win it - only one team ever had done this before in the SB). A great Saints victory. *** Saints to get to Wembley *** Saints to beat Pompey. As the thread said 'SAINTS FANS EVERYWHERE'. Not too many people in Pompey were cheering on New Orleans! Saints v Pompey is now confirmed to be on USA TV. Saints win the Superbowl. Sunday night has never felt so good. WHO DAT!!!!

$160 in the pocket and a chance for George to shout WHO DAT!!!!!! Nice one mate - when you've calmed down let's hear all about the vibe in New Orleans. One of the best SB's ever. From 10 points behind that was one hell of a win. Great game as well. 2 quality teams who will def be close to getting back there again next year. That onside kick was one of the best calls ever - they needed something to get them going and it doesn't get much better than that. Jammy c****s!!!! lol First part of the treble. Saints to win the SB. Saints to get to Wembley. Saints to beat Pompey. I would quote one of my earlier posts about 'being worried about Saints winning the SB' - yeah I am a bit gutted cos this was the first year for ages I ain't backed em at the start of the season but ho hum. They were only about 20/1 anyway. When you've had em at 250/1 that didn't seem right!!! Top stuff. Enjoyed it.

It is LIVE on FSC!!!!! http://static.foxsports.com/content/fsc//binary/2010/02/05/Week07-UpdatedFebruary8-FSC-Clean1265393354206.pdf F****** sweet. Billy - drop me a mail mate. I'll give you my number so we can have a chat at half time or something. This assumes it ain't 4-0 to Pompey or something. It won't be though :-) Bring it on!

Springfield - the capital city. I listen to a radio show from there every Friday night (The Boot Party on WQNA). http://www.bootpartyradio.com/ Have plans to go to Folkies pub one night there (one of the DJ's from the Boot Party DJ's Punk stuff at this bar once or twice a week). I'd def be up for a few beers and a bit of Saints talk when I do get round to popping over there. Doesn't have to be at Folkies if that doesn't sound like your type of thing - as long as the place sells beer then that suits me fine. So far we have 4 mid-west Saints from: Clarendon Hills (the boondock part of Chicago, IL) Springfield, IL Carbondale, IL Terre Haute, IN Any more lurking around?

Where in IL are you? Seeing as it is the State next to mine I'm sure we can sort something out in regards to a few beers sometime. Like I said I know a Saints fan from down in Carbondale, southern IL. If you are around Chicago then it ain't exactly 'down the road' but in USA terms we'd all still be quite close.

Setanta USA are showing the Chelsea game: http://www.setanta.com/us/tv-listings/ FSC hasn't got anything down yet for an early game. This can well change though. Don't give up hope yet! http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/tvschedule Pretty sure ESPN don't show FA Cup games. Will check out the more obscure channels nearer the time. If it isn't shown LIVE then either Setanta or FSC could well show the full game sometime over the weekend. As long as you have a bit of suss you'll be able to avoid the score pretty easily. Failing that then a stream it is going to have to be. Hopefully there will be some good ones around. Anyone on here from the Indiana/mid-west area? I know another Saints fan over in Southern IL. Would be good to get an annual meet-up going sometime. Or even just a USA one anywhere - doesn't have to be in this part of the country. Is there such a thing as a 'USA Saints' group thingy at all? Would be good.

Man - there were some right ol' 2 & 8's in some of those videos George. Which geezer in a dress are you? Good to see that they let people drink on the streets there. Is that always the case? I like the variation by some bloke - 'Who dat say we're gonna f*ck up the Colts'. Where are you watching the game? Are many traveling to Miami without tickets just to be part of it? In a couple of years the SB is in Indy - if the Saints make it there again then you'll have to come up here and we'll sort out a good pìss up. This assumes they ain't playing the Broncos - if that is the case then you can f**** off!!! Really looking forward to the game on Sunday. What about you? lol lol lol

I actually quite enjoyed the Pro-Bowl last night. I think it is way better having it before the Superbowl. It gave them something to talk about and there were some great interviews with Manning & Brees. Quite funny seeing them sat next to each other all polite and wishing each other luck etc. Both are eloquent and come across as very knowledgeable. They give way more than 'the team with the least amount of turnovers will win' type of answers. It did help that I backed 'overs' (spread was 57.5 points). This got passed in the 3rd quarter. Was great just wanting both teams to score a load - and they did. There were even some Broncos on the pitch. Brando Marshall's last game in Bronco's colours? We'll see...

Like others I think the it would be cheaper and easier for all involved if they just opened up the Itchen North to Saints fans again. This WILL improve the atmosphere. Guaranteed. The Northam is loud because it is next to the away fans. People sit over in the Chapel/Kingsland corner because they want to be away from all the banter etc. Why change things? Seems a bit mad to me. If they are worried about the corporates being near to 'rude songs' etc then somehow I don't think too many of them are worried/shocked by that. I bet they enjoy the banter between the fans more than the game sometimes. It's not as if they are sat in their box scared for their lives.

OK - I know some of you will rip the sh*t out of this but I reckon it's pretty good. Celebrating Saints fans - you can't beat it. http://videos.nola.com/times-picayune/2010/01/saints_video_bourbon_street.html Check out the mush in the bar in the yellow t-shirt singing 'Oh When the Saints'. He definitely has some potential. With a load of SFC fans to guide him in to how to sing the song properly I think he'd do well. He appears to have the right idea about getting w*nkered. You then get the celebrating of the winning Field Goal and then at about 1.30 the 'who dat song' can be heard. Again - with training - we could get them to ditch the brass band and add a few more songs to their repertoire. Here's to Southampton City Centre looking similar on 13 Feb - full of celebrating Saints fans! PS Can someone link me to really good video of SFC fans singing 'Oh when the Saints'. Cheers.

Saturday. That'll do nicely. 7.45am here. 99% certain TV game on Setanta USA. Not too early for a few beers and then have the rest of the day to celebrate. What are you other USA Saints planning on doing? 4.45am on the West Coast - do you stay up all night or set your alarm clock?

Saints to win the Superbowl on Feb 7th Saints to beat Pompey the weekend afterwards. New Orleans Saints have always been a bad team. This year they have been good & getting to the Superbowl is a bit like if SFC were to get to the FA Cup Final this year. They sing: 'Who Dat, Who Dat - Who Dat say they gonna beat dem Saints'. (as in 'nobody can beat us' kinda thing). This why they are known as the 'Who Dat Nation'. They also sing 'Oh when the Saints go Marching In'. No surprise there but it is always good to hear that song being belted out. If they win the Superbowl I think it will be a good omen for the week after. 'Saints win' headlines will p*ss off Pompey fans - whatever the sport!!!

What a great game. Saints for the Superbowl. Then the week after. WHO DAT again. WHO DAT - WHO DAT - who dat say they gonna beat dem Saints!!!! Not f***** Colts and def not f******* Pompey!!!! WHO DAAAAAATTTTT - hey George? lol You Saints........ You Saints.......

For you UK watchers. Did you hear Terre Haute get a mention just now (when the Jets punted - Steve Weatherford is from Terre Haute. His mum drives one of the school buses here). ie - are you getting the same commentary as we are? Saints v f**** Pompey. Still buzzing - surely a nailed-on TV game here. The week after Saints win the Superbowl. Won't get much better than that. 3-1 to Saints.

He should never have played again after this. If he hadn't have played for Man Utd at the time he probably wouldn't have. As it was he did carry on playing and he should have been sent off a lot more times than he actually was. Can't stand the bloke. It's one thing needing a 'hard man' in your team. It's another when he only gets away with stuff cos of who he played for. He wouldn't have lasted 5 mins in the 70's. Luckily his time at Ipswich has shown him to be a sh*t manager. Couldn't believe how lucky he got at Sunderland. Remember the game at St Marys? Saints were all over em - Sunderland had 2 long range shots at goal that both hit the top corner. F*ck all to do with good management but of course he lapped it up. He soon bottled out of it when his luck ran out. After Sammy Lee he's prob my most hated person in football. After saying that - then so what if he gave us the finger after sending us down? I (almost) give him credit for that. I like players who give stick back to the fans. I don't like players who think they have the right to end another players career though. W*anker. For those going tomorrow then give him 100% stick. SO SO SO want to see that c*nt squirm.

Just playing the audio songs off of that 2nd link. There's tons of em! No Punk ones yet but hey - I can live with that. Plus as a SFC fan it's always great to hear any song with stuff like 'Go Saints Go', 'Saints fans are number one' and of course 'When the Saints go Marching In'. I bet their ain't many New Orleans fans in Pompey. I live in Colts land and although there is a bit of hype around it's all pretty tame compared to what you have down there. Saints for the Superbowl Saints for the JPT Saints for the play-offs Saints for the FA Cup (ok that is pushing it) 2010 - the year of the Saints :smt054

50/1 actually and I did half think about it. I'm happier with my Saints bet at the mo though. WHO DAT!

Well it turned out to be the Jets (and not the Ravens) who got the surprise win. Chargers (like the Bengals) missed some crucial kicks. Was great seeing them suffer. Jets to beat the Colts? Naah - for me it is a Colts v Saints Superbowl. You heard it here 3,149th. Did anyone back the Jets @ 50/1 at the start of the post-season? They are as short as 6/1 in places now. If you did it on Betfair then I hope you've 'gone green' on them. Saints are in to 2/1 now. Colts are 5/4 favs and Vikings are 9/2 (value in that? maybe - but I think that Saints will wallop 'em so no value at all!). George - have you got any New Orleans songs that ain't poxy funk, R&B, rap, soul-type sh*t. Got any Punk/Metal/Rock songs cheering them on? A good Punked up 'WHO DAT' song would be great. All those you posted the other day suck. I could well be having a pro-Saints, f*** the Colts SB party and would love some decent 'WHO DAT' tunes to blast out.