moonraker

Whilst you are right I did sate Townsend and Dodd were from non-league so included them as it was Saints who gave them chance in the full profesional ranks.

Others: Wayne Bridge, Martin Chivers, Chris Baird, Alf Ramsey, C B Fry, Andy Townsend & Jason Dodd (from non league), Morgan Schneiderlin , Nathan Dyer, Andrew Surman and Adam Lallana

Actually bettered by 4 other players not 6, so does that mean he moves from not bad to quite good!

I believe we meet your criteria of ambitious and realistic and therefore a CL spot whilst unlikely is achievable it certainly isn’t black and white as the sneering purport, my criteria are; Ambitious – the easy one, aim high, yes a CL place is the stretch target but the right target. Realistic – the difficult one, there are a number of factors that have to be considered the key ones for me are: be in the EPL (Tick); be capable of winning football matches (Tick); have enough quality players, not there yet but with summer transfer window who knows; have a manager capable of forging a high performing team, whilst the jury is still out all the signs are that we have such a man; have a chairman who puts his (or someone else’s) money where his mouth is (tick); and my final factor is luck if we have plenty next season who knows. NB. Failure to achieve a CL position will not be a validation of those who say we can’t, it will merely be the actual outcome from one of a number of possible outcomes.

I do find this sort of question foolish and normally ignore them but they are becoming the staple fodder on this board. We have blooded a youngster at left back and he is now first choice, Fox is an experienced if somewhat limited left back, tough not as badb a many make out. Just how many promising left backs do we have in the academy?

There chosen by their fellow professionals not the FA!

Great news, looking forward to next season especially with a couple of quality signings in the summer.

This, my only concern about Gaston is he cant last 90 mins.

Aa above, my home City Bath, Americans love the whole city is world heritage site. The Roman Baths are amazing and it is an easy place to walk around with plenty of good eateries and traditional pubs.

Having been responsible for booking a number of celebrity types for various functions, £500 is cheap, fees start at about £2500, if you want someone you might actually have heard of you can at least double that double. So £500 whilst might sound a lot it is not in the celebrity appearance market. NB The term celebrity has been used in a generic sense as we all know Franni is not a celebrity!

Another non story from statistics. So out of young male population of circa 1500 there are about 100 alcohol related offences per year, how would that compare with a similar number of young civvies? In addition as hinted at above, many of the offences would not even have been considered offences if "committed' by a civy i.e. late for work.

Due to a F**k up my stepson had a couple of spare tickets for Scouse v Swansea in the Kop, so I took my 11 year old SFC nut. Have to say the atmosphere was awful apart from a 5 minute rendition of You'l never walk alone it was like a morgue and they won 5-0, give me St Marys anytime. Swansea were dreadful I can only assume next weeks final is to great a distraction. Scouse were very good going forward and we will have to be on our toes to contain the Sturridge - Suarez partnership in a March. Coutinho looks the business and may turn out to be great acquisition . The 11 year old enjoyed his visit to a new ground and without prompting when they struck up Oh When the Reds he sang when the correct words right in the middle of the Kop, so no lasting damage done!

I was there don't remember Greaves but Whitcaps had a mad goalkeeper called Grobellar

That was immense, I can not pick a MOM, every player including the substitutions deserves the accolade. As some have said this has been coming.

I do not believe it was questioned whether they were his sons only there legitimacy. A DNA test may prove there his sons it wont prove there legitimacy.

They were the best team I have seen in a Saints kit, everyone of them would get in todays team, I believe at least eight of the team were Saints products, Channon, Waldron, Holmes, Williams, Moran, Baker, Agboola, Hebberd

You all seem to be missing the real reason for this, when the Skates go pop our catchment area will increase notably, and the sons and daughters of bestest fans in the world will flock to St Marys to see the champions of Europe!!!!!!! We will of course introduce a two tier pricing structure, real ubber fans for a tenner the new plastics £50 +.

Yep Gosport his father was a GP, I think he went to Pompey Grammar School.

Just mentioned on 5 live that when Lucas arrived at Liverpool he did not impress the Scouse bed wetters were just the same as ours, now he is one of the first on the team sheet. Young players from overseas take time to bed in I am convinced GR will become a very important player for SFC.

I do not think a mis clearance or deflection can truly count as possession, but you may have me on a technicality.

What are the alternatives? we are building a young team with an eye to future. If you want the players to realise their full potential you have to play the game properly and what we are trying to do is the proper way, it is good to watch and when mastered very difficult to counter. I know the Barcelona thing has been over used but I don't see anyone complaining about their possession style football. The old adage that the opposition can't score if you have the ball is a fundamental truth. We are playing in the PL and it seems some are surprised that the other teams can also play football!

To go to OT and put in a 2nd half performance like that is superb, the ESPN commentators were certainly impressed Utd couldn't get into game but we just didn't create enough chances but don't forget this was MU.

We have been to Polensa 5 times with family, it is very nice lots of good sightseeing nearby lovely beech and no high rise hotels. The town is well served with mainly Spanish run family friendly bars and restaurants. Its a 40 min drive from the airport and is near Alcudia.

How on earth do you draw the conclsuion from my FA Cup perspctive that I think football was no good before the EPL, it was great following saints in the 60's 70's and 80's the football at times was incredible, nothing will ever surpass for me watching Ron D score for fun. I used the FA cup to illustrate how English football has changed in the way it is managed and adminsistered.