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So will you now stfu about attendances?

To make it more interesting Reading and Sunderland play on Tuesday.

Yes you could see it coming. I recall an occasion, probably the early seventies, when Saints played Chelsea. A Chelsea mob in the Milton. No segregation and no trouble until the final whistle when all hell broke loose. It just wasn't safe for the ordinary supporter and something had to be done.

Just before kick off he would roll up his shorts as far as they would go, like you would roll up your sleeves to start work.

The man who held up the sack for players to try and aim their kick about balls into before kick off.

Thanks for posting that, I enjoyed reading it. I didn't start attending until the very end of the 60's but I remember things being then pretty much as described in the article. I think the club could more to connect with it's fans, with the wider community and to the club's history and heritage but of course at the end of the day it's football that's changed and taken the club with it.

For what period? Who or what is the source of this info (don't mean @robharris)?

For what period? Who or what is the source of this info (don't mean @robharris)?

Surely we don't have that level of unfounded self regard. We're not Geordies.

Liverpool will have played 3 games in 6 days too and their squad is not so deep these days.

Having the benefit of hindsight you may well right. May I refer you to post no67.

To add insult he booked him as well. There were fouls in that match that deserved yellows, one in the first half when Ramirez or Lallana (I can't remember for certain) was clean away and was blatantly tripped from behind and no booking.

Take Gazzaniga out of the spotlight and put Kelvin in at Anfield. I don't hold with one of our young promising players being called a clown. Supporters ffs.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/holt--lambert-rise-of-the-rochdale-diamonds-8360509.html Clear who Parkin thinks the better of the two.

I found that interesting too. The message in his post match interviews is aimed at the players and whereas we might think him repetitive he is reinforcing the message.

Pace is useful but not essential. Movement, moving the ball quickly, players getting forward of Lambert, high tempo, pressing and doing the unexpected were all evident in Saints' best performance of the season yesterday. Cork and Schneiderlin's work in pressing the opponent's midfield is the platform which allows the front four to do all this. I'd be concerned if a team, for instance, out presses Cork and Schneiderlin and compresses the game. It could happen on Wednesday. In those circumstances it's useful to have pace as an outlet should it be necessary to go long and so as to push back the opponents back four.

I was in line with it and thought at the time that he was definitely off. Having seen it on the box I'm now satisfied that he was onside. Just goes to show how difficult it can be for linesmen.

I read that in the Guardian. Not sure how it compares with other teams but it I thought it was an incredible statistic and seems to underline our goal keeping problems.

It's uncanny.

Which still makes a team which isn't much good.

On the face of it he seems a good fit for them but the QPR team isn't much good. Unless he's given plenty to spend it could be the Saints scenario all over again. Relegation would be the death knell of his managerial career and then we'll just have the benefit of his insight in MoTD studio to look forward to. I hope he gets it so we can give him a warm welcome to SMS in March.

John Terry.

Doris Day was a sectarian? I never knew that. Oh well, que sera sera.

Qualification through Fair Play maybe.

Absolute balls.