Micky

As we lived out of the country for long periods of time, my kids had no real affinity to Saints, and consequenly my second son chose villa as his team when he was a kid and followed them. However he now lives in Southampton with his girlfriend and they are both STH's. Better late than never.

This. Could of probably doubled his wages while halving his workload - many would have taken the 'easy' option. Got loads of time and respect for a damn good pro - top bloke.

Planning for success is relatively easy, however the wise man, will also plan for failure. Football can very quickly turn around, City of all teams should know that. I'm very happy with our (compared to thiers) modest investment, compared to most others, state of the art facilities. Let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet.

Simple really, once the stadium is downgraded to a bowl, the platoon becomes a spitoon and we all spit in the bowl...

25 years. http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16072807

..... Stephen Carr forgot he was 47....!!! My I larfed - mind you, he has been around a while 'aint he. Good read though - thanks.

So to sum up then, our following for fratton wil be made up of pansies, mincers, lads, chaps, geezers, chavs and a few hoolies thrown in as well. We is well 'ard. Any fans going?

And about time too, been looking all over for these - thanks.

If they had to test him to establish his alcohol level, I would argue that he was not in a fit state to be armed with a loaded SA80. All in all sounds a pretty tragic set of meaniless circumstances that led to a man losing his life - shocking.

Even if it wasn't you can bet your bottom dollar that all questions would have been vetted prior to going on air. There is far too much muck to rake over and the new owners will not want to put anything but a positive light on the club, so there is no way the questions would be 'open house'. Shouldn't really pre-judge the owners - it will be interesting to hear what they have to say. Hopefully we (and the Pompey fans) will actually find out what their intended plans for the club are. It appears to have been a very long time from taking charge to responding to the fans and the media in general - should be interesting.

Indeed, Englishman working abroad taking advantage of thier fantastic country. Unfortunately though, as I struggle with accents from Liverpool, Newcastle and the like - listening to some over here is like hearing a completely different language sometimes...! Being slightly illiterate as well, I struggle with words that have spelling that do not follow the normal rules of pronounciation. My wife likes the Irish name for Marie, which I believe starts with a V, or something like that - totally baffling to me.

Unless he personally comes off the bench and scores a hat trick he won't be getting my vote...!

Ethel.

Anyone for the next round: http://news.sky.com/home/article/16072164 Very sad, but again hard to be anything but on the side of the homeowner.

Would be happy with: Burnley v Southampton - win Cardiff v Southampton - draw Southampton v Watford - win Derby v Southampton - loss Southampton v West Ham - draw Reading v Southampton - draw Southampton v Middlesbrough - draw Followed up by 2 wins over Peterborough and Cov. Obviously would like to win them all, but the bubble will burst, form will dip and injuries could play a part. So long as we maintain good momentum, things can only look good. The acid test will come when we loose 2 or 3 games in a row - how will we react, what's our bouncebackability like?

TFFT I thought it was just me - god it's good to come out ain't it....!!!!

And your reservation would be totally warranted - even with LGTL's explanation, I still have no idea how to pronounce it. (knee ave / nee ve ?)

This. Good start, but caution advised.

Whatever floats your boat I guess - but as I said - it will come across as totally arrogant to opposing supporters and I can understand why. As I said, if it was Pompey or Brighton (or any other club actually for that matter) doing it we would be the first to start handing out the stick. But whatever, each to their own - when we've got 6 games left to play and are 10 points clear, I'll consider joining in with this one.

Not against anybody enjoying themselves - but it's very arrogant to assume that we will finish where we currently are. This is exactly the kind of thing that opposing fans will pick up on. If we heard Brighton fans doing likewise we would probably be the first to give them some serious stick.

Totally agree - in fact, I actually have no real desire to be in the Premier league. It is probably one of the most unconmpetitive leagues going these days. Think SPL and the EPL is quickly going the same way - a boring pointless 2 horse race. At least in this league there are probably 10 - 12 teams who have serious expectations of achievement. Manchester Utd will win the Premiership, Manchester City will push them - the rest will be also rans.

Did we really, that's kind of cringeworthy.

Bert.

Yes, it does.

Come back and ask again in 10 - 15 years time.