Whitey Grandad

You were doing ok up to that bit.

This is not easy, it depends if were talking about this season' steams or the ones that'll start the next.

Yes, to talk about a 'winning position' is nonsense. If you score in the first minute is that a winning position? To my mind a winning position is 4-0 up and 4 minutes into injury time. I've been following Saints too long to think otherwise.

Yohan Cabaye, innit.

Of course, winning the FA Cup could be on top of any place money received.

Fair enough. I didn't experience any of these, apart from maybe the knock-on effect of the ban preventing Saints from competing in Europe.

What do you feel was wrong with it?

Can't they just relegate the lot of them? Let's have a clear out, cut out the deadwood, I say.

Excellent idea! They were class finishes.

I didn't vote for anybody. I thought it would be unfair to choose one over the others. They were all excellent.

It can happen to anyone:

Not quite total revenge but first instalment in a payback.

I remember it like it was yesterday (or was that another song?):

I agree with this. A probable goal is a bit harsh for something minor near the edge of the box on the goal line. Unfortunately a lot of players (no names) go out of their way to try to win a penalty by aiming the ball at the arms or waiting for a leg to appear and then trying to trip over it.

Well, Lovren couldn't get back up until Naismith did so he was being prevented from getting up by the lump on top of him, or that's what the ref could argue. Yes, the official interpretation of the laws changes every season but at the moment handball has to be 'deliberate' whereas the others just have to be 'careless'.

He was positively gushing, quite unlike him. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2613785/Southampton-2-0-Everton-match-report-Antolin-Alcaraz-Seamus-Coleman-head-goals-Toffees-suffer-huge-blow-Champions-League-dream.html

Can you ask for a particular section when you put your name on Liverpool's waiting list? Could it be that there are different waiting times for different areas?

1 year does seem short. 40 years is just ridiculous, I don't believe that.

Was Barkley playing? I never even noticed him.

Our capacity is 32,689 but segregation takes away some of that and it also includes directors and press. For practical reasons there are always going to be some no-shows so I would suspect that our attendances are pretty much at the maximum given the fixture schedule and kick-off timings. I don't think that just because we aren't bursting at the seams with hundreds of disgruntled would-be supporters banging on the doors we should conclude that there isn't a big demand out there. Would increasing the capacity to 50,000 lead to an average of 47,000 or so? That is the £32m question. (Wikipedia. Yes, I know)

Lovren was also being held down by Naismith and prevented from getting to his feet. Your interpretation if handball is not in the Laws of the a Game nor in the Interpretation: 'Handling the ball involves a deliberate act of a player making contact with the ball with his hand or arm. The referee must take the following into consideration: • the movement of the hand towards the ball (not the ball towards the hand) • the distance between the opponent and the ball (unexpected ball) • the position of the hand does not necessarily mean that there is an infringement'

No problems, it happens to all of us I'm sure, or at least I hope, that someone is analysing the figures. A few hundred is not a lot and it may be that the revenue is the same or higher. There are a lot of possible factors, dates of matches, i.e. Christmas/Easter period, TV exposure, pricing...

Yeah, I did. Are all factors the same, segregation, corporates, seating plan, number of televised games, and that sort of thing? The figures look very similar to me but I expect the pricing has a lot to do with it.

'Sold out' an 'full' are not the same thing, I guess. What exactly is the maximum for a standard league game?

Indeed. It shows the value of keeping a clean sheet.