ant

Can we have this added to the site please? The antithesis of the ol' Champagne Ian one. Possibly just activate it for Turkish to use.

Think you used to be able to get them directly from Guly's website: http://www.gulydoprado.com/?page_id=12 The fashion world is eagerly awaiting his 2014-15 collection, so you'll have to hold off for a bit. The anticipation!

The clips of him in action for us look like they've been ripped straight from Saints Player! Artists the world over take note: I am 100% more likely to watch your budget music videos if they feature Guly do Prado.

What these studies fail to take into account is a weighting based on how many of the cheapest/most expensive tickets are available at each ground. So Arsenal's cheapest tickets are £27? Whoop-de-doo - but how many people are able to take advantage of that? If they can't be bothered to do that, the mean or median would still be far more representative. Arguably it's circa £2.50 for a teabag and some hot water that's the real scam.

Now THIS is a page number. Here's to the ever-continuing plight of football's bestest.

Definitely remember seeing it on South Today. Undoubtedly a goal.

Yep, suggested this over the weekend.

Personally I think his chant should be this: Ohhh Graziano, Italiano, From Feyenoord. Now he's at Southampton he's an international, Give him half a chance and he'll stick it in the goal. (repeat)

Matchday Uncovered started 18 months ago.

Yep. I believe the club held a leaving party a while back.

This is my first experience of PS4 FIFA (only just bought the console) - loving it so far. The animation's so fluid and natural, plus I don't think I've scored the same goal twice yet. Done roughly the same, got 90k to play with. Would recommend holding them until the market calms. You'll get such better value.

I've bought a bundle of PS4 + FIFA 15 + The Last of Us: Remastered for £349.99; thought that was a pretty solid price. An extra controller was £39.99 but I traded in £70-worth of old games to counter it. Pretty happy with a net spend of £320 for that little lot.

Samuel's clearly misinformed and full of opinions that he can't substantiate, but isn't it a little precious to get wound up by this? I can see the logic in trying to answer criticisms, and let's be frank - if anything he just makes himself look even more dopey. 'Enough rope' and all that.

Last time QPR came to St. Mary's we spent ages berating 'arry as opposed to supporting our own team. Not trying to call superiority because I was just as involved. It seemed to play into Redknapp's hands though - let's face it, he doesn't give a toss what we think and it deflected attention from his lacklustre squad. I'll never forgive the saggy-faced, twitchy ****, but since this season started, the Koeman era has exuded positivity. To my mind we'd be better off focusing on Saints' performance for this one. As a prime example, Pellè looked dead on his feet by the end of last night's match, but appeared genuinely chuffed that the crowd kept chanting his name and gave everything he had left in the tank.

It's certainly true that results don't tell the full picture. A fair number of strong, physical players break through to full teams at a young age only to never truly make the step up. I vaguely remember hearing that clubs are working to combat the 'September baby' effect that a traditional academic year creates. Surely there'll always be a knock-on effect caused by creaming off the best players from academies anyway? Bit mad to think that Shaw, Chambers, Ward-Prowse et al would all still be eligible for the Development squad if they hadn't been promoted so early. I don't have stats to hand, but it seems reasonable to suggest that we give youth more of a chance to integrate with our first team than the more 'elite' clubs (if sometimes through necessity rather than design).

Umm-ing and ahh-ing over whether to drive to Kew or Cockfosters. The short Tube stint from Cockfosters appeals; the significant number of M25 miles less so. A single incident on that road... Train for the whole journey isn't an option as I need to pick my brother up from Alton or Farnham.

Overall rating numbers mean very little - it's the individual ones that count. Luke Shaw's 64-overall card a couple of seasons ago had better defensive attributes than Danny Fox's 70-overall one. You also have to bear in mind that almost all of the overall ratings on the link above have been upgraded season after season as we've risen up the leagues but a degree of relativity has to remain. Schneiderlin was 65 overall in FIFA 11! In terms of updates, Ultimate Team gets a January update and weekly 'Team of the Week' special cards. doggface's description of how the main database updates week-by-week is spot on. Also on those weekly updates, stats can temporarily move up or down based on current form. I can't affect those, but can put forward suggestions to upgrade/downgrade a player's 'permanent' stats. The Saints squad will be up to date when the game is released, don't worry about that. If we carry on playing as we have been of late you can expect to see our ratings continue to rise across the season.

Yep, although some stats are still subject to change slightly and obviously there's a few in/out transfers to be settled. Gonna try to nab a Ramirez and a Taider (if they even go into packs) as they'll no doubt become rare.

I hope many people do just that. The man deserves a guard of honour onto the pitch for this.

Indeed - up £12,000 in the past 3 days, albeit boosted somewhat by one single £5k donation.

Donated again. Sod it, it's only money I'd have spent on beer. A little surprised that this has had so little mainstream coverage. I get that he's not a high profile ex-player, but the feat in itself is extraordinary. Hoping there'll be one extra final push of goodwill and donations as he makes it to St. Mary's on Saturday.

I'm particularly pleased that we seem to be addressing the opposition and their strengths/weaknesses now. I'm led to believe that MP stubbornly stuck to training without consideration for how the opponents would be lining up. We played our way and if it didn't work, tough. Often seemed beneficial against the tougher teams but occasionally stung us against technically inferior ones.

People can act as ridiculously as they like on here - doesn't directly affect me or my opinions, Frank. Bit much for those same people to get all precious when they're called up on it though. If you don't want to be judged on rash statements, perhaps it's wise to take a moment to breathe before posting them.

Not sure how it's even relevant, but I 'sit' in Block 42 of the Northam. Quite near the back too. Surprised? Actually in all of that long-winded monologue you seem to have overlooked one line of my post: Was I ****ed off, concerned or otherwise frustrated at any point this Summer? Yes, of course. My passion for Southampton Football Club knows no bounds, yet I'm generally able to keep my behaviour in check when adversity rears its ugly head. You talk as if trying to keep the bigger picture in mind is the wrong thing to do! Using emotion as an excuse to throw toys out of the pram (and timidly reaching back for them when realising it was a rather groundless over-reaction) - that's the truly disingenuous attitude.