The Kraken

Hang on a minute; when was the 4-3-3 abandoned?? As far as I can see; while we're now playing different personnel (and not playing players out of position) we're using the same formation that started the season against Man City.

That's probably why the switch is taking place as a short term measure; the training ground developments are only partway through and will probably soon start impacting upon the main pitches.

An anagram of Eastleigh is Eagle sh*t. Then again, I went to college there and my brother and his family live there, so I shouldn't be too harsh. Crikey, I even lived there for a while as a young Kraken. Scary stuff. Forza Spitfires.

There's a good point made in that thread; Eastleigh call themselves "The Spitfires" but the Spitfire was made in Woolston, they just took off from Eastleigh Aerodrome. What a vicious circle.

Sorry, you're correct. I'll rephrase. A bit of a shame in my opinion that there was an accusation from the Eastleigh chairman at the time that SFC had gone back on an agreement between Saints and Eastleigh, which (from the Eastleigh chairman's point of view) led to the club not being able to monetarily capitalise as much as it had previously expected to on the previous agreement.

Slightly humourous that the term "airport stealers" is prevalent; yet their own football club itself is "stolen" from Swaythling, and debatably not within the true confines of Eastleigh. Still, I don't mind Eastleigh. Good to have seen them rise through the ranks, and a bit of a shame we stitched them up in previous years following the Aaron Martin deal, so its nice that's being put to rights. I may well pop along to one of these games.

Twelve quid certainly doesn't buy you much in the modern game.

You're absolutely right about that one Perce; I'm not even sure what it was.

I think you've outdone everyone with your sh*t punnery on this occasion; have a biscuit!

Hooiveld has scored at the wrong end more than once, does he count? You didn't specify which team they had to have scored for...

Nope, still not there, in fact that's even worse.

That gag just doesn't work on any level.

This will work out well; I can't forecast any problems at all. Previously they could only get stumpy and 15 of his chinless wonder mates to attend their demonstration outside Fratton Park. This one could be utterly hilarious.

A revolutionary tactic, that one.

More accessible than Staplewood, I'd have thought? Unless this is the first little step in the move to the 50,000 seat Cortesedome.

Joseph Barton‏@Joey7Barton In my defence, it is very difficult to do a press conference in Scouse for a room full of French journalists. The alternative is to speak like an 'Allo 'Allo character.

I preferred it when they were called Swaythling Athletic.

Totes on board with that.

They enjoy their blue-themed fancy dress days down at Fortress Fatpipes. First it was the blue smurfs. Then, against Coventry, it was "dress as a blue seat" day. Now its blue Santa day. They really are the bestest, most passionate football fans in the world.

I did take it back and apologise for it, Bearface. Still mates?

Is it by design? MOTD2 made a point at one stage during the match of focussing on NA, who had run to the touchline shouting "play, play, play", as if we were hoofing too much.

Its just part of the media bias against Saints. First the BBC and now this. Its an outrage, and I plan on writing to my MP about it.

What, the meeting between Cortese and Adkins? The shift in formation and tactics from that "meeting"; the subsequent taking away of the players. No, not so much. Perhaps not to the degrees previously suggested, but I believed at the time and still do believe that there's something in it. Plus I've heard from other sources that there was, and that Nigel Adkins is under less influence from above than before (think LR rather than NC). May be true, may not be; that's what message boards and speculation are for; make up your own mind.