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My office has been collecting these and we still need the following: 10, 23, 30, 32, 38, 42 113, 118, 119, 126, 132, 141, 144, 145, 176, 180 235, 256, 276 338, 341, 371, 385, 394, 395 402, 409, 410, 413, 438, 439, 443, 451, 458 517, 546, 548, 581, 587 624, 628, 630, 638 Throw me a PM if you've got any we need - happy to either swap (got an obscene pile of doubles) or lob a bit of money your way. (For my record - ones I'm being sent by Saints Web people): 84, 172, 318, 357, 369, 457, 461, 468, 512, 527, 595, 599, 622)

Yes and no. The cheap ticket prices will mean it'll sell pretty well, but neither the corners of the ground nor the Chapel Stand will be open which reduces potential capacity somewhat. I'd just avoid Northam Blocks 40-42, where the rabble such as myself reside Being so close to the start of the season (and the only home friendly) there ought to be a fun atmosphere - a decent opportunity to get the kids hooked. Just noticed I was too slow in replying... Enjoy!

According to the ticket line staff they don't have the ability to override the booking fees (make your own mind up on whether that's true). I argued the toss but as I only needed two tickets did relent. Would've cost me more in petrol to get down to the ticket office although that's not really the point. Still, decent opposition and we should be approaching a full strength squad by then. Hopefully will be played at less of a canter than the early friendlies.

Likewise! Steve seems a top bloke (albeit purely based on a few tweets exchanged). However when it comes down to a choice between the 10,000 mAh Anker E3 at £21.99 and the 3,000 mAh Veho Pebble at £19.99, you'd have to be desperate for the smaller dimensions to chose the device with less than a third of the storage capacity. Charged my phone each night at Sonisphere (so 4 times) and still came away with 25% battery in the E3.

I'm not sure there's a massive discrepancy with last year's sizes. In 2013-14 I wore a Small home shirt and was gifted the away in a Medium (Megastore staff apparently advised it came up a size smaller). I picked up a Medium 2014-15 shirt today and that seems to fit OK, just similar to last season's away in that it's a pretty skinny cut. Sort of expected as there's always slight variations when moving from one manufacturer to another. For those that care, this is the lot that the club's sourcing the kit from, albeit 'white label'. http://lbjsportsapparel.co.uk

Oh, hell no. Nightmare visions of a 'fan on the board' voting to sell 2020's version of Morgan Schneiderlin so that we can persist with 2020's version of Paul Wotton.

For those interested, the latest article on the OS states that season ticket discount IS available from tomorrow. Power to the people!

Expiration seems to be at an indeterminate point after a season's end - also asked for clarification on this as none of this info is included in the season ticket sales pack nor the club's T&Cs for ticket sales. Certainly when I bought the 2013/14 shirt last July I tried to use my 2013/14 ST to get the 10% discount and was told it wasn't active yet, with the 2012/13 one supposedly having expired. At the end of the day it's only a fiver but it's the principle that rankles. Bit of an unnecessary money grab, especially when the discount is listed as a front-and-centre perk of being a ST holder. Also a bit bloody cheeky for the new ST not to be 'active' upon receipt when they've had our lump sums as far back as 29th April.

You can get the 10% discount with a season ticket, but only from 1st August - conveniently long enough after many will have bought the new kit. I asked the club why that policy exists and they're currently "investigating".

Been meaning to check out the definitive pronunciation - guess I'm a bit too young to remember it from his playing career. This link certainly seems to support the OP - http://www.forvo.com/word/ronald_koeman.

A mid table finish would do very nicely. I've been saying for a couple of weeks that we'll be fine; the situation's only getting more exciting. Short of Reed and Koeman telling barefaced lies we were always going to replace the departures with quality. You'd also have to ask why the hell RK would've come here if Liebherr's intention was a 'fire sale' (ha - at tens of millions a pop!) or asset strip. Granted it's one thing to claim we're out to sign decent players and another to deliver it, but the board deserved more of the benefit of the doubt than they received. Here's to the team continuing to deliver across the required positions.

Awful quality video been doing the rounds. You can't even see Lallana, but you get the gist.

Yep, I imagine we'll need it in time for the Swindon and Bournemouth friendlies, unless they're going to play in their away kits.

Nice one, ta. Looks like there's a bar and cellar near where I'll be staying called Chaplin's - will probably check that out as well.

Looks like my girlfriend and I will be making a short break out of this - would be nice if the weather could hold up... Anybody know of any places in Bournemouth that specialise in ale/craft beer? Would be surprised if it doesn't get to general sale, though I'd jump on quickly tomorrow morning to make sure.

As a student throughout that period I could only make it to about 1 match in 5 or 6. Almost felt guilty about not suffering every painful moment first-hand. In some ways I guess it was better that online streams weren't widely available in those days. One enduring memory was getting my mates 'round to watch the 2008 FA Cup match against Bristol Rovers as it was shown on the BBC. I was convinced we were on the verge of a cup run to give the season some credibility! Ended up utterly dismayed with our lacklustre, toothless performance; Lambert's free kick deflecting in off Wright was crushing.

Feels like an age since season tickets were just bits of paper even though it's really only a few years. Think I've still got a 2011/12 book of tickets for matches 7-23 somewhere (quite a few were accidentally sent out to non-finance ST holders).

Not personally! Point taken though - only a bit of petulant fun.

As posted in the other Lallana thread.

So I was going on what you guys were saying last night and threw this together: But now I'm thinking something like this may be a little more appropriate: Can replace my name with 'Saints Fans', I just didn't want some toerag nicking my work and pasting it all over Twitter.

True, but you lose the correct 'left' and 'right' placement then!

Kissed the badge then left, Mark Clattenburg's right, Adam Lallana, He changed overnight.

If there is to be one, "WE'RE NOT FOR SALE" with an arrow pointing down to the fans might be OK. Or "TRUE SAINTS AREN'T FOR SALE"? The sentiment doesn't quite work though. All said, "CLATTENBURG WAS RIGHT" is probably the best option.

All fair comment. Alternatively you could look at it from the POV that Reed has earned his stripes and deserves a chance at the next level, rather than simply seeing it as him never having had this level of responsibility. How do you prove your worth a step up if never promoted thus? I tend to agree in terms of Les being the only footballing man on the board. That said, many day-to-day processes in a football club will be little different to those of any other company and you'd hope that the likes of the Koemans and Sammy Lee will have influence through working with Reed, if not a direct say at board level.

In answer to the question posed: empirical evidence. Content of the OP is massively disingenuous.