SaintBobby

I like Killer, but guess AP wants his own team...

I didn't punch the air at his appointment - but am warming to him very rapidly. The sort of head-screwed on, no nonsense manager we need. My ambitions for this season remain pretty limited though. Mid-table would suit me just fine (e.g. that's probably a top six finish before you take off the ten points) as long as we re-unite the club and are clearly starting to move forward for the first time in six years.

Yes indeed. Was clearer on his Sky Sports interview.

Thought we did okay. Still hope we play a straight forward 4-4-2 in future. I'm v happy with the keeper. Like Perry and Thomas as first choice centre-backs, but don't rate Lancashire as cover. Mills good at left back. Molyneuax wasn't. Murty was prety good. Gillet and James can't play together in central midfield. Think Schneiderlin is a key player for us if he stays. Didn't think Wotton was as sh*te as others are saying. Still rate Lallana as a "joker in the pack" player this season, if he stays. I'd also keep Euell if his wage demand is reasonable. Brings some experience and strength and could be good in the third tier. Neither Saga nor Rasiak can play as lone strikers. We need a pacey centre forward quite urgently to compliment Rasiak/John/Saga. After a glimpse today and a slighty longer look at Bournemouth, I think Jake Thomson is my "one to watch" this year. Really enjoyed the day (well, made a full weekend of it by going to Isle of Wight for the Newport game on Friday). It's great to be back at SMS. I genuienly feared the day may never come. Ajax were very, very good. Top 8 premiership side, on basis of today, I'd say.

I'm going for Saint 2 Ajax 6 The missus is going for Saints 1 Ajax 3. Just arrived in Southampton - am definitely going to enjoy the pre-match beers!

For those interested in yesterday evening's run out v Newport, my match report is here: http://www.southampton-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=453955

Hilarious isn't it. Some of the posters on here need to keep a seriosuly low profile for a while...My three year old nephew has been closer to the truth than some of these people's "sources"...

I see all those ITK "it's definitely Strachan" people have gone very, very quiet...

Presumably, those who are so certain it's WGS are piling money on him on Skybet, where he's 5/4....more than double your money in 48 hours...

He was quite good at Bournemouth until he pulled up injured. I keep changing my mind on being pro or anti Lallana, but am sure he's better in a central rather than wide position.

I don't have any inside knowledge, but to me, a 5 year contract makes sense. There's clearly a medium term strategy to get Saints back to the Premier League and we'd want someone who can see through that project. The position the club finds itself in - at our lowest ebb in footballing terms for 50 years - but with lots of potential (and cash) needs a manager who looks upon Saints as a project, not just a job.

Is he just a right back or can he play centre back?

I agree with the OP. At £0, the Ajax tickets are a total rip-off IMHO...

I renewed 3 x season tickets on Monday and they arrived (in London) today. V impressed with the quick turn around. Will be close to a sell out for Ajax? I imagine so if we have an exciting managerial announcement before Saturday....

Presume he's gone because he's unwanted by the new owners, am sure we could have matched Plymouth's offer. This just goes to underscore our problem with strikers at the moment - John, Rasiak and Saga all good at L1 level, but are they up for it?

This is the rumour that is doing the rounds at the moment - hard to work out if it's the truth coming form many different sources, or just a Chinese whisper though...

Ferguson would be more than acceptable to me, but am still holding a torch for Strachan. I imagine the attraction for DF might be money - i assume we'd offer much, much more than he's on at Posh.

Fingers and toes crossed...

I have no idea what the Tigers' Parade has to do with Southampton FC. They may well be a great bunch of folk. But this has nothing to do with Saints really, does it?

WTF? We now have a sticky on British foreign policy on this site??????? Please no. We seem to let national politics invade ever area of our lives. Not on here please. We may as well put a "Have you seen Maddy?" thread online. Very sad.

I will personally finance a JR of the DD process. It's a scam. I am instructing lawyers to draft a letter to the PL and FA.

You were clearly as surprised as me. I'm so grateful for this forum, it allows me to keep up-to-date on all the latest news. Don't know where I'd be without it.

Amended in the interests of accuracy.

How fast can you turn them round?

Bloody hell - didn't know that Rasiak insisted on collecting his weekly wage in cash....