positivepete

Hi Phil, can you give the low down on the similarities between Salisbury City and the UAE and PFC and the UAE. Both seem to involve local (to you) chancers. http://www.blackmorevale.co.uk/Direction-star-Niall-Horan-linked-troubled/story-21460723-detail/story.html Sounds like a familiar story of delusion

And in the same article as he describes all Premier League clubs as selling clubs....... Samuel will never give up dissing us at every opportunity

Far be it for me to disagree with RK, but it is not conceding goals that gets points, not scoring goals. Having said that I would want us playing attacking football and scoring goals, and I would not want another Strachan era with not conceding and playing insomnia football.

I grew up in Gosport being the only Saints supporter in my area so I relate to being the odd one out

Great start. Keep going.

Interesting talking to fans from around the world in Brazil. When Southampton was mentioned, to a man everyone said how much they enjoyed watching us last season, and everyone still associated us with Matt Le Tiss; so Matt is not just a local legend even 14 years after he retired.

Agree that we need two new strikers before J-Rod comes back, but I still doubt one of them will be Danny Ings. I would expect Osvaldo, Mayuka, and Sharp to be gone when we have two new signings in place.

Since I missed posting on page relating to year of my birth I shall post on this page, the year I chose to see Saints for the first time not Pompey when at the time I was living in Gosport.

I agree he did look good last night

Article to the side of this one saying Caulker wants to go to Liverpool!

Please do not compare Sidwell with Morgan.

I know Liverpool have different people in charge now, but this is the club that paid £34m for a pub footballer.

Just back from a Rio. Chatting with Robbie Savage in the airport and it crossed my mind to ask him his opinion of players forcing a move, but I thought better of it with his past history of forcing a move from Birmingham to Blackburn! Just kept the conversation to the World Cup, he enjoyed the Holland vs Australia match the most. No doubt someone will ask him on air next season, he is usually pretty clear on his stance on most subjects, and generally states the view that players only look after themselves, and that players are not worried by changes at the club as long as they are getting paid and playing.

West Brom are about to offer a contract to Chris Baird, imagine the meltdown on here if we did that!

Exit from Rio today. Four years ago in South Africa I saw a fair few Pompey flags and met a number of their fans but not so many Saints fans. Big turn around this time. Not come across one Pompey fan but met loads of Saints fans. How times change. (Should that be five paragraphs?)

I think you may be able to buy the products in the Saints store when it is refurbished.

Veho are planning to run some special Saints promotions, I am not sure if it runs to branded products. The CEO is a Saints fan and very approachable, I am sure if you contact the company they will let you know.

I like the shirt, I think as above the logo is well done, without the black the letters could be lost on the white stripes. Being a "plastic", I only started watching Saints when the got promoted to the top flight for the first time in 1966, I also like the black shorts, it was what we wore in those days. The socks will take some getting used to mind.

Be careful what you wish for http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/03/massimo-cellino-leeds-united-paddy-kenny

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jul/03/louis-van-gaal-tempers-idealism-holland-strengths Interesting article that could shed some light on the transition in style (albeit based on the same principles) that we might expect next season

You think we have problems? http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/03/massimo-cellino-leeds-united-paddy-kenny

Last season it was free for the first so many who applied. I used it a few times, food is pricey but ok, bit of a challenge finding a table to eat it at though. It was a good place to catch up with a few people I had not seen for a while.

Sadly this is the case. I would like to see us package up Morgan and Lovren to Barcelona and keep them from playing against us. Barcelona would be improved with these two.

Some people have, but they are not allowed to describe it yet! Less than three weeks to go now until all will be revealed.

If you are one of his close friends please have a quiet word with him. If his public actions had been more gracious none of this would have kicked off.