Whitey Grandad

The short answer is 'yes'. I think the relevant term is 'controlling' the shares as far as the Inland Revenue are concerned. Providing that they are bona-fide independent shareholdings with no agreement regarding voting rights then I reckon that you should be in the clear. But don't quote me on this or rush out and start buying them now!

This is one of the reasons that you should always pay by credit card.

Didn't Arsenal introduce some 'debentures' system. They cost (from memory) around £8000 but that was just for the right to buy future season tickets.

I have no problem with being in league 1, in fact I'm looking forward to going to some away games at real football grounds. But I do expect my season tickets to cost a lot less next year.

Last night it might have made a difference. Certainly starting with Euell was a no-brainer. Our midfield was Wotton, Gillett, McLaggon, Lallana. We never stood a chance.

How much are the 'mortgage' repayments they must be of the order of £2m per year. Most other clubs in League 1 will not be saddled with those but our income will be very similar to theirs, unless we can fill the stadium which won't happen with this manager and what would be left of this squad. Can somebody please re-iterate when these players' contracts expire? (I'm too busy to look it up myself!)

I agree completely. It wasn't a difficult team decision was it?

Don't forget that Rupert and the others will continue to draw a salary up until the pint of administration.

On and after the fourth Thursday in March the points take effect next season. This year that means March 26th. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/4066098.March_deadline_for_administration/

Was it bad luck when Perry cleared off the line?

No, I'm not having that! A good defence would not let these people get into positions where they could score these goals. And you can be unlucky in a few games but not over a whole season or more.

No amount of coaching is going to turn James into a right-back.

You haven't seen next season yet!

Get in a proper manager with experience of the lower leagues. Get back all the loanees and we might just have a small chance. If nothing else, he'll have time to get to know the squad and prepare for next season.

For the first time this season I am REALLY ANGRY! We played 50 minutes against 10 men and Sheffield looked comfortable throughout. We started with McLaggon and Lallana so we only had 9 players really. We have Skacel, Euell and BWP who are costing us a lot of money and yet we start with lightweights. We've loaned out proven regular goalscorers and week after week we see teams come to St Mary's with players you've never heard of who can turn our so-called fullbacks inside-out and stroke the ball into the bottom corner from 20 yards out whilst our load are having wild swings at the ball when they are not too busy falling over. Wotte hasn't got a clue. McGoldrick is ponderous and unfit. McLaggon lost posession every time he got the ball, bring back Ali Dia. We don't have a right-back. James kept trying to cross the ball as soon as he got into their half. The first time this season that he gets to the bye-line we get a goal! Please can we have a proper manager before it's too late. We weren't unlucky, we just aren't very good.

I wasn't worried Phil, to be honest, but thanks for thinking of us. I had steak and kidney pie and chips for lunch down by Southampton Water. Now I'm about to set off into town to have a football burger with loads of onions and then I'm going to watch a real game of traditional english football played on a soggy pitch on a Tuesday night under winter floodlights. Now who's jealous?

What's the football like?

Let me see.... I'd give Sheffield Utd a probability of 1.4 goals and us about the same, so it's all down to how well the two defences play on the night. I'll plump for 1-1.

Which flight number is it? According to Manchester BE7370 17:00 'on time' Southampton airport saying BE7370 arr 18:00 'delayed'

If it's the 18:00 it's saying 'delayed' http://www.southamptonairport.com/portal/page/Southampton%5EGeneral%5EFlight+information%5ELive+flight+arrivals/ This one is saying 'on time' http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/MANFlightInfo/FlightInfo It might be better to check with the airport direct. Southampton departures are leaving ok, from what I can see.

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It means that I won't pass judgment on him until I've seen him play a few games, but my expectations are not very high. The two are not inconsistent and I look forward to being pleasantly surprised.

Sun's out at the moment

The club can't just call off the game because it's cold, or rainy, or because they don't think the crowd will be very big. There would be big sanctions from the League. If it's called off by the ref or the police then it's a different matter.

Perhaps all our protests have forced a re-think at the top levels?