SaintBobby

Bless. What an idiot. But bless. Just bless.

Cortese out. Disgraceful.

I'm not sure I really want to qualify...but can someone tell me what exactly needs to slip into place for us to do so?

It seems to me - just on the face of it, I don't have a costed business plan - that there are other smarter ways of expanding the revenue stream (our merchandising arm is pretty feeble, for example - is it actually possible to buy a Saints shirt in any retail outlet outside of Southampton?)

Because FA Cup winning captain Peter Rodrigues is 69 years old. And Welsh. HTH :-)

Classic. Just classic.

Genuine question - do you think, in retrospect, Wolves have made a mistake in spending so much money expanding their stadium. You used to hold them up as a shining example.

This. Very much this. Used to be cute and amusing. Now it's just eye-rollingly dull.

If QPR go down, are their finances so bad that they might have to make a contribution to the wages of players they sell on? E.g. If Remy is on £70K a week, might they have to pay £10K or £20K of this to get him off the books?

Bookies make us about 66/1 to be relegated and about 2/1 to finish in the top 10. So if they are right, the latter is unlikely but not very unlikely.

Pretty good set of results - barring Liverpool failing to beat West Ham. Am definitely looking upwards, we're a general 66/1 to be relegated. As any racing pundit will tell, 66/1 shots never come in...:-) (P.S. Am listening to Saggy on Radio 5 now, joyous stuff. He's practically in tears. Wonderful stuff.)

Sticks in my gut to say it, but a QPR win please. Especially given the Villa win today. I want some daylight. Fulham to lose or draw too, please. Newcastle aren't going down, so am just trying to maximise our chances of a high place finish.

If we win this, that will be 4 on the spin. So, ain't gonna happen, is it? Is it?

When did we last win 3 Premier League games in a row?

Our first season of "mid table mediocrity" in years. And I'm delighted. We're basically safe now. The last game of the season may be crucial - but if so, it will be crucial for Stoke.

We are now longer odds than West Ham to be relegated. http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/relegation West Ham are - I'm told - as likely to be relegated as Manchester United. Manchester United's chance of relegation are 0%. Our chances of relegation are therefore less than 0%. (Can you see what I did there?)

We should really aim to finish in the top half now. I expected to come a cropper today, but our remaining fixtures aren't too tough - should definitely get 9 points and maybe as many as 13+. Any other deluded people agree? My only worry is we take our foot off the gas, which often seems to happen to teams who are safe(ish) in mid-table.

Two players have been turning points for our season. 1. When we got Cork back from injury 2. Jay Rod hitting amazing form I voted for Rickie though - he has been superb all season and his link up play today was a joy. We are basically safe (now 50/1 to go down). We should strive for a top half finish if we can. Happy days!

Beating Newcastle 3-1 at the Dell when we were 1-0 down with seconds to go looked dodgy - especially as Srniceck (sp?) the Newcastle keeper was at fault for all 3 goals. Still, football does sometimes throw up weird occurences.

Shld we club together to place an advert with text taking the p1ss? Sure, they get £100 or so, but the advert could point out this is only 0.00000001% of what they owe local creditors....

That's an amazing bet - congrats. If I were you, I'd lay some of it off. You can't get any meaningful odds on Pompey being relegated now and Saints are now 7/2 to finish in the top half - so your 60/1 bet is now effectively a 7/2 chance.

If Lallana is fit, I'd play him on the right and drop Puncheon to the bench.

I think that's a tad optimistic - but only a tad. Probably 11th or 12th this season and 8th-9th next.

If by "breaking into the top 7", you mean just about scraping 7th place because one of the top teams has an unusually abysmal season, then I think it is feasible. Just. With one hell of a following wind. But also a bit pointless. I'd rather win the League Cup, for example.

MLG seems to have gone quiet on using Wolves as a role model. How's that massive expansion worked out for them as they stare League One in the face?