BARCELONASAINT

I totally agree that football fans are tax payers too and why shouldnt the tax payer contribute towards the bill outside the ground. The local economy does benefit from the club being successful......However i think the agenda here is not really a moan about the football club and Joe public paying a tax bill......Personally i think the frustrations here are because Hampshire Police force like many others across the country are being forced to make savings that amount to £millions a year. Without getting political The service is being attacked at every corner. Like it or not and whatever your opinion is of our Police force it is still regarded as the best in the world. The frustrations of Mr Burrows are clear, this added policing bill is coming out of the budget for this year and all events like the Saints v Pompey game put an added financial burden on the Police force that they can ill afford. Hopefully some will understand its not about not wanting to provide a service to Hampshire taxpayers....its about being able to afford it!

I know that...you know that....and every other Saints fan knows that.....but you trying telling that deluded lot down the coast that! And i'm sure every Brighton fan with 2 brain cells would want their team to win every game (see i gave some fans credit for possibly having 2 brain cells)

oh the dilemma for every Brighton fan....wish like mad that their team wins their next 2 games.....and give their bitter rivals almost certain promotion or hope they lose their next 2 matches.... on the chance this might bugger up Saints promotion chances......but with the cost of their own hopes of possible promotion via the playoffs The way i see it....its LOSE LOSE if you are a Brighton fan

It matters not a jot what anyone on this site thinks of Guly. Only one persons opinion matters and that is the manager that has got us to the position we find ourselves in and he pick Guly to play time and time again. Nigel obviously feels Guly brings something to the team and that the other players benefit from having him in the team. Personally i hated him when he first arrived. I thought he was useless. However i have watched him consistently now and i can see the benefits he brings the side. He is slated by many on here and sometimes his performances deserve that.....but he is not the only player to have poor games, yet he is the one who takes the brunt of the critiscim on here. On this forum its all about opinions.....and thank god as a forum we dont manage the side!!!.....In Nige we trust!

I quite like Guly but he is having a mare. For such a big bloke he can't bloody jump. Saying that Sharp looks crap as well and thats not because of the pen miss.

excellent Nige just said he wasnt ready, niggling injury , not risked with easter games coming up!

I still think this will go to the wire, there are more twists and turns to come. Nothing wrong with believing we can do it but lets not fall into the trap of over confidence, this is Saints after all I think Nigel is doing a fantastic job keeping the team focused and grounded. We can only concentrate on our games and not what our opposition are doing. The golden goose is tantalizingly close.

West Ham 1 up

stevegrant is quite correct it was away and we lost 4-0

thank the footballing gods

pen

yes Leeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

personally i can not see a problem with wanting to know who is going to be in the building be it health and safety or anything else. However the club could do with employing someone that can use a computer!

Oh the irony of Portsmouth complaining about some honest factual remarks. Bet they are not in a hurry to tell anyone which Championship club is helping them out by paying an extremely important bill.....NO OF COURSE THEY WON'T!

Loaning their players out to Portsmouth is one thing and obviously does not breach any league rules.....however paying Portsmouths bills, YES PAYING THEIR BILLS!....I can not believe there are no football league rules being broken by West Ham doing this!

Out of interest does anyone know if any league rules are being breached if another Championship club are found to paying/helping out Portsmouth financially?

http://www.maycauseoffence.com/2012/03/06/itll-be-a-well-managed-ship-that-wins-southampton-promotion/ Well worth a read for all Saints fans. Very good piece, well researched. We can only hope Adkins stays under the radar!

Brilliant, thxs for posting that

Kelvin has been bloody fantastic!

how we are winning this i will never know!

Le Tiss only ever missed 1 pen during his career. Rickie has an excellent record and is up there with the best but Le Tiss is/was the best!

After the season we have had and the Premiership now being a real possibility would you be happy with a playoff place???.....Personally i dont want to go through that lottery and feel our best chance to go up is through one of the top two spots. Given this scenario then i think Saturday is a must win game because i hate to say it but you just know Warnock will have his Leeds side totally fired up by the time we face them......if we fail to win either of our next two games we will suddenly be under the most enormous pressure to get one of the top 2 places. C'mon you Saints, you can do this!

Anyone that knows me will know i dont post that often and when i do its because i have been told something by a reliable source or i have witnessed something for myself. I have it on very good authority that there was a recent dressing room bust up between Adkins and 2 players he was having a go at (Guly & De Ridder) Apparently the atmosphere at the moment is not very good. I am sure this happens every Saturday at every ground around the country and hopefully this is nothing to worry about......however it may explain a lot as well. I sincerely hope i am wrong about this and NO i cannot name the source for very obvious reasons.

I can't believe the amount of negative posters on here having a go at the team and especially our talisman Lambert. The whole team need a huge round of applause for going to a team that have the best form in the league at the moment and playing them of the park for large parts of the game in horrendous conditions. I believe we have turned the corner and are playing ourselves back into form.

If this wasnt a Sky Live game i really dont think this game would have started!