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Caulker's not eligible to play either.

Loan confirmed. No buy-out option.

Hospitality still available though - from £30 pp apparently. Quick!

Well, we're quick enough to say our lot don't do anything other than steal other fans' songs. I've not heard many chants from other clubs based on 'Zombie' or 'Black Betty'... Give 'em a pop.

Dark.

Nah, you can use your ST account to buy anywhere. For example, the seats next to where my ST is allocated weren't free so I bought for myself and my girlfriend (who has membership) elsewhere in the same block. My ST seat still seems to show as reserved so I assume that means it'll be released for allocation from Thursday. In my hurry to book them before work, I did manage to book her an under-11 ticket somehow so that'll be a call or email to the ticket office to sort, haha.

I'd be very interested to hear what strategies the geniuses of SWF would utilise to stop bigger clubs picking off the best of our talent. Actually, no. It'd be uninformed drivel. Might be interesting to hear Reed's thoughts on the matter though.

Only one bloody right back in the squad, and Roy didn't pick him. You'd have every right to be furious.

If we somehow conspire to finish 5th... SO hyped for this. Praying that our fans will be up for 90 minutes of singing and a top final day atmosphere (and why not in our best ever PL season?) If not I'll stand and chant on my own, win or lose. COYR, one final push...

Was contemplating staying overnight as I couldn't hack 14 hours of train journeys in one day. Ended up making rather speedier travel arrangements so will depart and return all on Sunday. Was still tempted though as I've heard for a while that Manchester's a decent night out.

Just relegate it to the back of a cupboard. Nobody will notice it or mention it for a generation.

Tried to sign up to the Sotonians site and met with an error message - apparently my username's too short. Does this make me the first victim of de facto Papsweb censorship?

Looks like Bolasie had a bit of a field day at Lovren's expense today. [VINE]O1JFW1bIJDK[/VINE] [VINE]eKYijOmA9Fu[/VINE]

I'm not buying that the Villa fans outsang us for long periods, let alone the whole match. Despite spells of them being very loud, it certainly wasn't incessant. Not to mention their near-silence between Mane's first goal and Benteke's. There were also quite a few occasions where we turned their chants back at them with different words and completely took over, noise-wise. Some baffled faces in their section when that happened. Still, fair play to those that took the opportunity to turn it into a bit of a party towards the end. What else can you do in the circumstances? As a Saints fan, you really couldn't ask for much more from a final home fixture.

Looks smart and it'll do the job. Will probably buy it since I've got one of each home shirt since I started supporting Saints as a nipper, but am getting too old to be genuinely excited by the prospect of what the players will wear from any given season to the next. That said, I can't say I've disliked any of our home kits since a couple of the 'in-house' efforts from our pre-League One spell in the Championship. Perhaps I'm just easily pleased.

Seconded. Or will Sky put it up to stream at all?

Glad I came along That extraordinary match of football (and the conclusion of our home fixtures) deserved marking and I'll try to pop in more often next year. The South Western's a cracking pub with decent beer. Plus the garden's top class when basked in sunshine. Stretched my statement of "1 or 2 drinks" to its limit but then it's been one of those weekends. In fact apart from briefly being convinced that I was dying whilst on the train back from London (Saturday AM), I've been hangover-free all weekend despite consecutive days of heavy boozing. Perhaps I should volunteer my body for medical research... Things I learned: apparently I don't look as expected (despite my Twitter account, as linked in my Location, featuring a recent pic of me ); despite my protestations I am still a kid (human, not goat) by 'The Lounge' standards; pap (R.I.P.) is now my chief career adviser; everybody meeting up must either be easygoing and amiable or you were all just on very good behaviour

I've not had a beer of lower ABV than 8% tonight and finished with one rated 15%. If I'm capable of words tomorrow, I'll be impressed.

Fine, I'm a definite! Have remembered it's my team's presentation evening on Saturday though so I'll only be good for one or two.

Does 28 count as youth? Haha. FWIW this currently is my plan. Only hesitate to confirm as I made positive noises about one of the last meets and then legitimately couldn't make it! Might be a wee bit hungover on Saturday as I'm visiting Brewdog in Clapham on Friday night with an old school friend...

Ooh, fan of The South Western here. No promises yet as I don't know what plans will be after the match. But if I'm free, I'm in!

Thought I'd be travelling up with mates but looks like I was the only one to bother getting tickets. D'oh. Anyone fancy a lift share? Don't mind driving but might as well make it efficient at least.

Was at The Dancing Man last night (new pub at Town Quay, in the old Wool House building) and it's top class. Done up beautifully and with 10+ decent ales on tap.

Good fun, that. Got 18/22, but I was only 7 at the time the Merlin 94 album (that the quiz is based upon) was released!

Probably about the best 3 quid you could ever spend. Great little evening, that. Apart from the obvious standout players, I thought Mugabi looked interesting going forward. Once he builds up a head of steam I'm not sure there's any stopping him. Gazzaniga's distribution was always excellent right from his days at Gillingham and it's now outstanding. I've heard good things about his U21 performances this season and he solidified it in my own mind tonight. Commanding and proactive - granted he'd be challenged far more often at a higher level.