Micky

Personally, I quite liked the US speach - short, but to the point....! The British speech : (Lt.Col Tim Collins) "If you are ferocious in battle, remember to be magnanimous in victory, We go to liberate, not to conquer. We are entering Iraq to free a people, and the only flag that will be flown in that ancient land is their own. Don't treat them as refugees, for they are in their own country. If there are casualties of war, then remember, when they woke up and got dressed in the morning they did not plan to die this day. Allow them dignity in death. Bury them properly and mark their graves. You will be shunned unless your conduct is of the highest, for your deeds will follow you down history. Iraq is steeped in history. It is the site of the Garden of Eden, of the Great Flood and the birth of Abraham. Tread lightly there." speech : Vice Admiral Timothy Keating "When the president says 'Go', look out - it's hammer time" (Followed by We Will Rock You played at high volume)

The only team that is going to beat Saints on Saturday is Saints. If the team that got us into this position turn up and play as we can do, then the deal is done. Nerves will come into it because of the magnitude of the game obviously. But beat the nerves and we will beat Coventry. BTW the fans have a massive part to play on Saturday especially if things do start to go wrong - can't underestimate the fans part in this. As Nigel says - togeather as one - that includes the fans.

The only team that is going to beat Saints on Saturday is Saints. If the team that got us into this position turn up and play as we can do, then the deal is done. Nerves will come into it because of the magnitude of the game obviously. But beat the nerves and we will beat Coventry. BTW the fans have a massive part to play on Saturday especially if things do start to go wrong - can't underestimate the fans part in this. As Nigel says - togeather as one - that includes the fans.

In light of the fact that TDD doesn't appear to be on watch - can I just say that you are a 'Wet Fanny', I think.

With one game to go, against a team that has just been relegated, in front of a packed house at SMS - that would be your awe inspiring team talk, would it?

Thanks. Sh it.

Have to agree - it honestly looked like the gearbox had fallen out to be quite honest. Haven't seen anything other than televised and 'dodgy streamed' matches, so am not really one to comment too much. But apart from one good shot (off target) Guly didnt look great. Don't want to join the Guly bashers - but I would put Chappers in for next week if he is fit.

I thought you were joking with your initial post about suing the ref. Do you honestly think that we would try to sue for loss of prem earnings - honestly? I accept that, as you say, you are only voicing your opinion. But can I just ask the last time that you saw a football official in a court of law answering to the beak?

Drunk, bored or just trolling again?

The question was 'who is slating the team'? I'll take that as a nobody then. You appear to have misread the thread title - we are merely debating the merits of aquiring a centre half who can head the ball - consistently. For what it's worth, we lost the game today, because one of ours, misread the flight of the ball, got caught underneath it (for the second time in the last couple of games as well) and gave away a free kick. They took the free kick and scored the winning goal. Oh how I wish that centre half had headed they ball away. Want to join the debate?

Who is slating the team....???

Was a very good move. I thought Chappers played quite well today - in fact I thought we lost lots of drive and momentum when he had to go off. He has a great engine and can get into the box. His final ball ain't great - but as I said - just the fact that he manages to get into the back give defences something else to concentrate on and leaves gaps elsewhere. Hope he is ok for next week.

I don't need to watch the game again - I've agreed - that all of those things happened. But that's the rub of the green. The ball didnt go out of play - the linesman gave it, not the referee - perhaps they were colluding for us to lose. It did hit the defenders hand - but it would do - he was two yards off Adam, far too close. They moved the ball - as we knew they would, because they, like us, are a professional football team seeking to gain every available advantage. None of those things lost us the game, in fact some of them are trivia in the scheme of things - we lost the game - not the referee. He did, I also agree, get the sending off wrong - but again - thats the rub of the green. None of those incidents stopped us winning the game.

Sorry - but you really are straw clutching. 1 out of 4 for me. The lad should have got sent off - but he didn't. Really it wasn't a 'game changer'. Penalty - you're the first poster that I have seen even try to claim it. Not in a month of Sundays - and if he had given it against us - your rose tints would have been straight on. Throw in. Ball probably wasn't out of play - but everybody stopped anyway - no game changer. Moving the ball. Everybody, every footballer, every pro, everybody does it. They are taught to do it - we know they are going to do it. If we get a chance, we are going to do it. Our fault, for giving a studpid, needless free kick away in a dangerous position. Need to be more gracious in defeat - we had loads of the ball, but were totally ineffective with it. When they got it - they used it and beat us. Fair and square.

The lad should have walked. But it really wasnt the 'be all and end all', 'gaming changing' decission that some are saying it was. If we let something like that get in the way of winning then I'm thinking that we are not very professional. Turn down 3 stone wall penalties, fail to spot 2 goals that have clearly crossed the line, wrongly send off 2 of our own players - yes those things might well have a major impact. But not this - we should have been big enough to go on and win the game - we didn't. Now it's squeaky bum time.

Fvkin' right it does - if it all goes wrong - somebody takes the rap. I really, really want us to be promoted - but I can just see it now - finishing 3rd on the final day of the season - our lowest position all season - how shyte would that be.....

If you are working for the BBC then you should be doing everything possible to ensure that we are not the televised match. We are abysmal in front of live cameras. If we end up on TV and it all goes pete tong - you will be held solely responsible.

The problem that I had with Fonte today was that the foul was needless. He had got the flight of the ball and could see that it was going to defeat him, therefore it was going to defeat Juz too. He didn't need to grapple with him, centrally, 20 yards from goal - it was poor decission making and poor defending. Once he had done it though - you just knew that it was going to end up in the onion bag.

Personally I think that the biggest 'wet fanny' on this forum is highlighted there. I just think that he struggles to actually maintain his own frustrations and therefore has to take it out on anybody or everbody else. People will show their emotions in different ways, people will have differing opinions. Just because your opinion is not a glowing endorsement of southampton football team (no matter how they have played) - then you are a 'wet fanny'. I'm a 'wet fanny', I don't think promotion is quite so cut and dried as others do. Coventry will not roll over and die - it could, still, all go pete tong. 'Wet Fanny' or just alternate, and realistic view of upcoming events?

Being a bit of a wet fannie (whatever that alludes to) I thought we were poor tonight and bottled it. No leaders. Needed a big player to step up and really go for it - but we didnt. Great start, loads of the ball - but absolutely no end product whatsoever - totally ineffective. Feel gutted for the fans - who were the best 'player(s)' by far. Not convinced that Coventry will be quite the walkover that some are professing - they have nothing to lose and everything to prove, so who knows - we may end up in the play offs, where, incidentally I wouldnt fancy us at all.

If, like me, you are an armchair fan - you will have seen that coming a mile away. First game versus Leeds apart - cannot remember seeing us look the real deal - and effective. Great start - but after 20 minutes you just knew that we would loose. We seem to play really nice tippy tappy football at times - but it is just non productive, its either in our own half or in front of their defence. How many saves did their keeper make? Not many that I can remember. It's been the same in all of the last couple of games - the big ones - we've just bottled it, Portsmouth, Reading, today Boro - loads and loads of posession, but no end product. For those people who simply think that next week against Coventry is just a formality - have a think. Do you really think that a team that has just been relegated, but can have such a bearing on the league still is going to simply roll over and die. I think not. Unless Leicester can do us a massive favour on Monday - then this may yet have more twists to take.

Well as I see it, she apparently said yes to one, but no to another one - yet can't remember even going to the hotel. Just think that the whole case seems a little strange to be honest.

Nice tab - can you chuck 'Stairway to Heaven' and 'Classical Gas' up while your about it....????

I never fell for that one...! - but acknowledge the massive impact he had on some of the greats. I'll probably go out and add the book to my collection of music books now though. RIP Bert.

Interesting verdict: http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16212826