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have we scored??? BBC showing us 1-0 up?

come on guys lay off Alps....after all he keeps staff at the DOP game fully employed!

OK, for what its worth this lad has great ability. He is very confident on the ball and is a very good tackler. I cant say that whenever i have seen him that he lacks pace, he looked fine by me and at first glance i would say this is an excellent signing and in the mould of players we are looking to bring here. However my one reservation is his serious injury.....by all accounts he is fully recovered......i just get the feeling Barcelona are willing to sell this player because it was such a bad injury and they dont want to risk getting nothing for this player. I trust totally that if we are in for him a medical will reveal if this is a risk or not.

And i for one will be happy with this scenario. Do we really want to be the next Pompey or spend spend spend like WestHam.......Cortese is a shrewd business man and is attempting to do the best bit of business for Southampton. Thats all i want a sensible approach by the club thatwill not bankrupt us!

At the moment i'm in the "this could still happen" camp. I think Cortese is quite rightly playing a game of chicken with Bologna and quite rightly so. Whatever the outcome Cortese is showing that we are a competently run football club that will not be bullied and will not be swayed by the stupid mind games Bologna have adopted during this saga.

Everyone relax, there will be no announcement tonight. I suggest you all turn your computers of, put Sky on and watch Barca v Madrid!

I don't believe for one moment we are looking at another striker.

I would love us to get him just to shut up half the idiots that use this forum!

This has been very amusing watching so many people get so wound up about a possible transfer. Don't get me wrong i would be delighted if it happens but i won't be slitting my wrists if it doesn't. As for a well known connection to SFC flying into Italy next Friday....well i can not see it having anything to do with this possible signing. We either wrap this up in the next 48 hours or it will not happen IMHO. Cannot see it being dragged out to next Friday.

well done Turkish, you have reminded me how crap it really is here!....Peppa pig world...pmsl

All i can say in answer to this is thank god NA picks the team and you have no say whatsoever!

After a very shaky 20 minutes we settled and i thought we played some decent football. Guly and Clyne had a decent partnership going the longer the first half went on. JWP looked very composed on the ball and the more the game went on the better Lallana and Morgan got. Sounds like its very doubtful our new signing Davis will be fit for the start of the season so its imperative we are solid in midfield from the start and dont get over ran. It really ****es me off how even when Guly plays really well some people still have to criticise the player for one misplaced pass!....using that logic every single Saints player should be criticised!

I don't disagree with your sentiments at all here but we live in a blame culture and an absurdly politically correct one! You answered your own question in your last line mate!

Alps, for your info if the person/s reading an article similar to the vile crap we have all just read and perceive it to them to be racist then a potential criminal offence is there if they report it. It is then down to the courts to decide if any comments made were "racist"

This very much appears a dead duck and to be honest i would rather we look else where if this player has a third party that makes life difficult not only for the purchasing club but also the player himself! NO ROOM ON THIS BUS PLEASE GET OFF!

It is very positive news and further proof that the club is being handled correctly and that the long term future of SFC is the ultimate goal. Markus wishes are truly being carried out by NC. The future is bright....the future is red and white!

No Turkish, i doubt NC would tell NA if he thought about sacking him....anymore than i think he would tell ANYBODY of his plans, which make these rumours just plain stupid

I just can not see Adkins being sacked. He achieved the clubs goals well ahead of what NC wanted and showed what team spirit, not to mention a united club spirit can achieve. On top of that Adkins has just returned from Holland with the recruitment guy we got from Millwall.......would Adkins really be out in Holland looking at players if NC had intention of keeping him on? I would be very surprised, not to mention gutted if NC did not give Adkins the opportunity to take us to the next level

Nigel Adkins and Paul Mitchell have just returned this morning from a 1 day trip to Amsterdam. Possibly looking at a player?

Done, looking forward to playing

Hi, am after just 1 ticket anywhere in the ground, email MIKEBARCELONA@aol.com, thanks in advance to anyone able to help

Absolutely gutted i'm going to miss the Borough game. Usually i would watch it on TV as its an away game but because of the later kick off i'm already booked for a social event that come hell or high water i cant get out off!....will have to keep logging on here on my iphone for updates....gutted!

Why is it "oh Dear"?......do you know for a fact that the press box was not full? And who cares less about a crap newspapers reporter not being let in anyway. Have you not seen whats gone on this year with our tabloids being exposed for being nothing more than crooked. I couldnt give a damm about the press from some local rag!

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)