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Haha, sadly not too far from the truth. Why pay to watch a game then leave your seat 35 mins into each half? Rather miss out on a beer and queue to leave the ground than miss a Saints goal.

What?! This is outrageous! Next you'll be telling me that the bald bloke with the mic fed her the answers! Or that Nicola Cortese doesn't really f*cking hate Pompey!

It was difficult to see on the highlights, but I think this photo from the OS shows it pretty clearly:

We have been the featured game this season. Big shame that they didn't show the fantastic passing build-up to Chappers' back-off-the-post rocket shot - it was sublime. Probably have to wait for the All Angles Covered on Saints Player for that. Link to the exact point in the show for our highlights: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b015n48j/The_Football_League_Show_2011_2012_02_10_2011/?t=10m22s

Heartened by the large smattering of positivity and general lack of toys thrown out of pram in this thread. Perhaps this really is a new era Obviously defeat is going to sting at any time, but if you'd told me at the start of the season that we'd be top of the flipping league after 9 games played (W6 D1 L2) I think I'd have laughed my spleen up. Onwards and upwards, blue line under it, look forward to the next game and so on and so on.

Jacky Corky, do do do do. You know it'll happen

Skate phishing.

I guess they don't go into the minutiae of every league and have blanket rules for this sort of thing. 'Shame' though, I agree. Noticed when playing Career as Saints in FIFA 11 that the Johnstone's Paint Trophy isn't divided into north and south either.

Good shout, cheers - think I only have the older version of that RAR.

Saw the ratings for the Leicester team this morning and they're waaaay over-statted in comparison to Saints

You can choose the development paths (and the specific areas of the car you want the mechanics to focus on) but only if/when you're #1 driver. I chose to start my career with Williams and Rubens seems to be putting the focus on downforce so far. Not finished a season yet so can't comment on your second question.

They've addressed near-as-damnit every issue and omission from F1 2010, as far as I can see. Halfway through my first season (10 races of 19) and enjoying it immensely. At the time of release I thought '10 was pretty much spot on but now can tell that there were a lot of little problems that hampered the experience - definitely couldn't go back. For one thing the feedback from the wheels feels like each one is individually modelled rather than the car pivoting on a central axis. Also means that you can attack the apexes rather than spinning every time you so much as dare to go near one. The graphics and framerate do seem to have taken a very slight downturn (it drops under 30fps on more occasions than I'd like), but at times (rainy races for example) it's still pretty stunning. Worth the small sacrifice for such a massively improved game overall (PS3 gamer by the way).

Quite, very negative. Nearly all of the chants and singing has been provided by our fans.

Bring back the old server!

Delivers a good cross, but does he offer enough on top of that to make the starting XI?

Read that with a big grin on my face. There's every sign that the club's building something very special. Note the liberal use of 'we' and 'us' in everything Jos says. He could just as easily have stated "Southampton have got a similar way of playing as Copenhagen last year". Seems to have bedded in quickly.

Yep, quite apart from pulling off some truly world-class saves already this season, he's genuinely a top guy. Saw Davis signing autographs on the way into the stadium on Sunday and he hung around the longest of the players there at the time, making sure that he'd seen everyone. When a kid shouted "Kelvinnnn!" just as he was walking in, he turned back and had another quick chat with the lad (promising that he'd try to spot him in the crowd and wave - as if!) Seems to be one of the big dressing room jokers too.

I hope this start does just become the season Breaking records is nice but there comes a point where you can't get too wrapped up in them.

Well firstly please provide proof that that's why attendances aren't great. Aren't crowd numbers suffering all over the country of late (other than the 'glory' teams of course)?

I'll admit that this is hyperbolic but there's the slightest hint of total football about the midfield unit too. Guly and Lallana happily switch wings, Hammond looks far more comfortable when employed on the right than I'd have previously given him credit. Both Cork and Hammond look as assured going forward as they do dropping back... Then you have the class of Schneiderlin on the bench and the drive of Chaplow, who I thought absolutely beasted the tiring Brum defence yesterday. De Ridder's no pushover either - thought he terrorized Carr on a few occasions, to the point where he had to physically restrain Steve as he had no chance of catching him! All in all I have to agree, they're having a massive influence on the continuining fortress status of St. Mary's, also giving a solid base from which to attack teams on their own turf.

Yep, fully agree with the above RE: goal kicks. Always better to keep hold of possession if at all possible. Think a special shout has to go to the Itchen North as they were in fine voice yesterday. Perhaps I simply don't notice them from my normal seat in Northam but from the Kingsland South they seemed to be piping up in a manner I've not heard for a good couple of years.

You cannot stop a club from hiring somebody with the rap sheet of King and neither should that be an option. However you'd hope that they'd be scrupulous enough not to want to in the first place - is that not the crux of what we're getting at here? Serving your time in prison grants you the right to return to society and little more. Even if that absolves you in the eyes of the law, is it really that much of a surprise that for some people (the victim(s) for one) a criminal's existence will forever be tarnished? Obviously dealing with the emotional fallout long outlasts a sentence. Is it right for other people to chastise? I don't think it's ever going to be black and white enough to make the call.

Sure, but look at the number of crimes he's committed and over how long a period. How many chances do you get before people are allowed to have a little sing-song about it?

All of the people that said our players would flourish in the Championship were spot on it seems. Personally I had faith that we could hold our own but never dared imagine that we'd be winning so many games or battling this well towards earning those three points. Yes, you can say we've not faced our biggest tests of the season yet and we'll do well to stay grounded, yet still I feel like I'm walking around on a cloud when I think about Saints at the moment. There's been so many moments in just seven games that put a big, dumb grin on my face as I recall them. All I can say is "when is the dream going to end?!" Maybe it'll be soon, maybe this is par for the season; either way for now let's revel in our team's incredible spirit, desire and mentality.

It seems he managed to get an 18-month sentence reduced to 5 or so, perhaps that was their angle? Either way it was bloody funny, I hope other clubs' fans dish it out to him just as well.