moonraker

Couldnt they find a candidate closer to home...oh sorry Southanpton is the nearest place to Portsmouth with real footballers.

Nige (everyone’s best mate down the pub) Farage came to Bath last week and was promptly shown the door when he went to the Bell in Walcot street, a pub that is owned by its customers and one of the best known in Bath. Thankfully it seems a lot of my fellow Bathonians are not taken in by his false patriotism and cheeky chappy approach. As for a real job can it really be compared to what most of us do to earn a crust. Don’t be fooled Farage is in it for Farage.

This argument is getting a bit tired, the antidote to this argument is that significantly increasing normal peoples wages is genuinely life changing, £30 or £40k to £90k - £120k and it is easy and logical to understand why that most people would take it. The converse is that once you realise a certain income level, take an average prem footballer moving from £1.2m or so to £2.5 - £3m, the actual impact it has on thier lifestyle and financial choices is less noticeable. There is a theoretical income level know as the psychic salary, this refers to what change in income you would be prepared to accept to move jobs, this can be positive and negative, if you like your job, your colleagues, your bosses, your location and have been treated well then it will be positivie the amount of positivity is down to the individual, if on the other hand one or more of these areas really gets to you the positivity of your psychic salary will diminish and may well go negative. The exception that proves the rule are the greedy and selfish for whom money is everything, perhaps football has more than its fair share but it is not exclusively populated by them.

I have a different and perhaps naive take on all of this. The club in the form of the first team squad and manager recognise and appreciate what they are part of and truly want to stay together and build on what they have achieved this season.

Interesting perspective, and one that has some merit. The majority of premiership players earn enough money over three or four seasons to set themselves up for life circa £4 - 5m. Received wisdom has held that players will always move for a bigger pay day/bigger club/trophies. Whilst these factors will continue to be in play the approach Saints are currently taking will have some impact in countering them. There is no guarantee and only time will tell but to me the litmus test is AL if he stays then I believe others , not all, will also stay. If this is backed up by a few key and squad improving signings then we will have a great deal to look forward to, perhaps even an FA Cup final appearance!

The Utd story is prefaced with the lack of manager issue and this leads me to treat the whole story with a degree of scepticism. I cannot believe that they would spend £55m without any input from the man who will manage them next season. If speculating then I think both AL and LS were Moyes targets and in the absence of any other Utd transfer stories and the journos need to keep Utd headlines going this story has emerged, not totally impossible but without a permanent manager highly improbable.

I agree with the pay rise point and also don’t blame him. As to funding yes it is important but not in my view a not necessarily a deal breaker, MP has said repeatedly that he buys into the academy project and delivering success through the academy may be a challenge he relishes. I do not believe his reputation is under threat unless we end up in a relegation battle, Martinez built his reputation at Wigan, yes he won the FA Cup but his stock is built on his league achievements. That being said I want to see sensible and squad improving investment.

We may not have strength in depth across the team but we do have some positions well covered, RB and DM even CB isnt as bad as some would have you believe.

this 4-1 flattered city, 2nd goal was class

Im a modern Liberal and I love my country its culture and its history so there, you really are a pratt

Just meandering through this thread it struck me that there are 10 Reasons Why Skates FC are the Footballing Equivalent of Greece 1. They don’t pay taxes; 2. The have created a lot of myths; 3. For a long time they were run by corrupt leaders; 4. They have no notable achievements (legal) in living memory; 5. An ancient ruin is their main asset; 6. Fish figure highly in their culture; 7. The authorities have been kind to them; 8. There music is crap; 9. They confuse passion with xenophobia; 10. They talk funny.

The irony is I bet the majority of UKIP supporters voted against a PR system.

That is the worst article yet on our situation, I have ssen nothing that comes close to "Southampton are willimng to cash in on their star players". While its is possible that palyers will move the crap journalist are writing beggers believe, the need to fill columns results in this. They should teach them that if you havn't got anyting worthwhile to say best say nothing.

Is Shaw joining Utd more certain than Baines joining Utd was last year?

As this is the players vote I think he is in with real chance.

????? where did this come from ?????

It is a dificult call, as an occasional attender nowadyas and having two teenagers there are two things that would get me to more games: Better Family packages and availbilty at on the day/day before on 3 occasions this season I have only been sure we could go on the Friday, bit was uanble to get 3 tickets together or evne near each other so passsed, would extra capacity solve this?

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Almost since the advent of interantional sport nations have been represented by by sportsmen who dont meet the Birthpace approach (the born and bred argument). The oldest Rugby Fixture the calacutta cup England had a Captain Born in India andIrishman playing for them (also a lad from Fawley). I have no problem with non British born sportsmen and women representing Engalnd provided they are commited anglophiles. Didnt are own Sam Gallagher get called into the England Under-19s after switching allegiances from Scotland.

Although I have never lived in the City as a nipper I always wanted to, family connections and coming from rural North West Wiltshire it was exciting especially spending a morning going back and forth on the floating bridge or paddling and beachcombing on the Weston Shore. I have lived in Gosport, Fareham, Stubbington and Park Gate and to be honest I now find the whole Solent conurbation boring . I have lived in Bath for 20 years and for a small city 80,000 ish it has far more to offer than I have found in most cities more than twice its size. The NF and the Hampshire countryside is lovely and I visit regularly, bit live in Southampton no.

I met him once and had a drink with him, he was charming. His policies were to far to the left but his conviction cannot be questioned. He will leave a lasting legacy on British politics and was responsible for the great British (+France) achievement that was Concord. RIP Tony.

European test failed DENMARK are in the European union.

Although not a Southampton my father is from Woolston and my Aunty and Uncle worked in L&C in Oblisk Rd. Uncle Bill delivered milk on a horse drawn cart until the mid 60's.

Yep done