The Kraken

So basically aiming for the moon or hitting the stars is a suicide mission in either case. Perhaps not the best analogy then.

Have they balls. They've progressed as a club and still look likely for a top ten league finish which shows upward movement from last season. They also have a stadium expansion in the pipeline, which along with a decent league plaing and a really good manager will serve them well for attracting better players over the summer to improve further.

Hmmm. A hit and miss prediction.

Its the level of top class signings that will be the key. And what the club can afford to spend, of course. To achieve a Champions League spot I'd hazard a guess that we're at least 6 players short (players that could potentially get in a top 4 side are IMO Clyne, Shaw, Cork, Schneiderlin, maybe Boruc). So to bridge the gap is pretty difficult, even our £12M signing regularly can't even get in our starting line-up, let alone that of a Champions League qualifying team. Talking about Champions League is all very well; fine to have the ambition, but if its a true ambition then its there to be judged and there will come a time when your actions have to match your words.

I'm less interested in hearing about the Champions League place we're targetting and more interested in hearing what the plans are to actually do it.

Where's the f*cking statue?

It leaves less than that when you factor in private boxes and corporate suites.

Dalek in becoming even more predictable and even less funny non-shocker.

Ben Foster Glenn Johnson - Phil Jagielka - Vincent Kompany - Leighton Baines Hatem ben Arfa - Yaya Toure - Yohan Cabaye Wayne Rooney Robin van Persie - Luis Suarez Michel Vorm NateDog Clyne - Brede Haangeland - Jan Vertonghen - Ashley Cole Jack Wilshere - Morgan Schneiderlin Juan Mata - Santi Cazorla - Gareth Bale Michu

Excellent; a new hilarious modification. I do hope this isn't the only time you mention this new idea.

The south's team is essentially Chelsea plus Gareth Bale. Edit: Didn't read the rules

Does that fit in with the yo-yo strategy?

There was obviously something about Atkins that the fans didn't like, and they stayed away in their droves. The new manager is a media darling and knows how to play to a crowd and on TV, so its no surprise our attendances are up on the back of that.

The corporate areas are much fuller now that we got rid of that no-hoper Atkins. MP clearly knows how to bring in the high brow punters.

No. The easyjet-based pricing model had glitches in the computer programming and isn't ready for general release just yet, so we may have to wait to get that right first.

I'm sure they have a much better idea than this time last year, yes. For a number of games this season (Sunderlan, Wigan, Newcastle, Norwich etc) the visiting sides didn't take their full allocation and extra seats were made available to home fans. The figures from those would have given some evidence to how many extra seats over the existing capacity could have sold (as it turned out in those cases not a huge amount). Attendances in the second half of the season are significantly higher than the first half of the season. While this is probably due in part to our improvement, its also consistent with previous regimes in the Premier League where we often got a number of smaller gates early in the season. I'd imagine Don Cortese, statue and all, will be keeping a close eye on season ticket sales and matchday sales next season to add to the mix of the new stadium potential.

How do you know he doesn't?

Who to? I can't imagine anyone would consider giving us much of that if we decided to offload him now. Althoughif he's not in MP's long term plan then I suppose we'd be best off just taking the hit and getting rid. We'll see.

Mayuka was around £3M. Can't see that he'd go anywhere; can't see that anyone would actually want him.

Forever in their shadow; I'm just bitter, jealous and upset.

Why is it odd? My emotions say that a draw is the likely result, but my head says we're also on form and could win.

Q1. What are your opinions on Southampton's season so far - has it gone how you expected? Its exceeded my expectations. I expected a real struggle to stay up, but we've really pushed on and look like we can begin to relax a little for our remaining games. Q2. What are your opinion on WBA's season so far? - Have we exceeded your expectations? I've been really impressed with WBA. At the start of the season I thought Steve Clarke would struggle in his first managerial position and be a bit of a Brian Kidd. but he has been superb and a top ten finish looks likely to be a just reward for his endeavours. Q3. You made a controversial change not so long ago. What are your thoughts on MP and what difference has he made to your side? The move came out of the blue, and it was probably the timing and the way it was done that stuck in the throat of supporters rather than the actual decision itself. Nigel Adkins had a shaky start but we had turned the corner under him, were 15th in the league and looking upwards rather than over our shoulders. That said, credit to MP, he has taken us onwards and developed the side and has us playing a really good, high tempo passing game. And wins against Man city, Chelsea and Liverpool suggests we'll give every game a proper go rather than set out just to consildate in games. Q4. What are your opinions on West Bromwich Albion Football Club and its supporters? Well, my Wolves supporting mate would want me to chime in with something here but.....! If I'm honest I don't really have an opinion. You're a club similar to us, rather inoffensive, you play football the right way and have a decent following. Q5. Peter Odemwingie became a laughing stock during the transfer window. What did you make of his antics and how our club dealt with it? It was utterly hilarious, and if anything his actions since have proved was a classless idiot he is. I think WBA handled it spot on actually, and hearing him gripe about how unfair ti is and badly he's been treated just makes me laugh even more. He came out of it looking terrible. WBA came out fairly positively I feel. Q6. The game at The Hawthorns finished 2-0. What were your opinions on this game? That Saints side was in terms of personnel not too far away from our current side, but a world away from the way we're playing now. I think you'll find the return trip a different matter altogether, we have a team full of confidence and with a bit more Premier League know-how behind us we've become a lot more difficult to beat. That game for us was pretty dreadful really, and quickly forgotten! Q7. Which players should we be wary of in your side and who do you fear in our side? At the moment Jay Rodriguez is probably our most improved player; he's rapid and forming a great partnership with Rickie Lambert, who you clearly know about. Our most creative players are Adam Lallana and Gaston Ramirez but I've been somewhat disappointed with both of them of late. Indeed against Swansea in our last game Ramirez started on the bench and Lallana was subbed off after a subdued game. In midfield we have a massively under-rated partnership of Jack Cork and Morgan Schneiderlin who are just getting better and better, I genuinely think Jack Cork should be in the England reckoning, he turned our season around when returning from injury after 9 or 10 games of the season gone. Also our full backs Nathaniel Clyne and Luke Shaw are earning rave reviews for their attacking instincts. As for WBA, I'm a massive fan of Lukaku, if you can keep hold of him for another season it'll be a massive coup. Q8. What side is MP most likely to choose for Saturday's encounter? Our side against Swansea was: Boruc; Clyne; Fox; Yoshida; Hooiveld; Cork; Schneiderlin; Davis; Lallana; Rodriguez; Lambert. Hopefully Shaw will replace Fox at left back (he was ill during the week so missed the game), other than that I'd be happy with that side, though being at home MP may decide to use Ramirez perhaps in place of Steven Davis. Though I hope he doesn't do this. Q9. And finally, score predictions. I think it'll be a tight game; heart says a draw but I'll go with a Saints win 2-1.

I heard yesterday during the commentary that Liverpool wouldn't take up the option of qualifying if they were offered it. And its not just on red and yellow cards, if it were we would be top.

To finish top ten we'll need to topple our "mid-range clubs" hoodoo. Against the current top 7 in the PL we've won 3 games. Against the bottom 6 sides we've won 6 games. Against the 7 mid-table clubs we've won zero games.

"Loudest away fans at the liberty I've heard bar none". That can't be right, surely. Have Pompey never played there? They're bestest most pashunest fans ever.