stevegrant

I'm assuming if you're reporting this as a problem that you don't have those people on your ignore list? There is an update for the forum software available, I just need to find a couple of hours when I can get round to installing it.

Neutral section is now sold out.

Neutral section is now sold out.

Surprising, considering the only assumption that can be made by your desperate attempt to demonstrate your hatred of Ramirez by shoehorning a reference to him into every single thread is that you're seeking approval and validation from everyone.

I find it difficult to take the opinion of someone seriously when they make up childish nicknames for a player they don't like.

I think they said as much when the cash injection was revealed.

They tried it for West Ham v Millwall in the League Cup a year or two ago - I think rather than force people onto coaches, though, fans were instructed to meet at a given tube station. Logistical nightmare for all concerned, and didn't really prevent it kicking off.

Nope, pretty sure the safety certificate is a matter solely for the relevant department of the local council.

Because that's when the draw was made

Up to 4700 (less segregation), but as blocks 41 and 42 are available for home fans, it's fair to assume they've not asked for the full cup allocation.

Not much of one. Basically, the home side decides what they want to charge and the away side only gets a say if they complain to the FA, whether that's because they think fans are being ripped off or if they think they won't make enough money out of their share of the gate. Wouldn't bank on it. IMO the only way we're getting a bigger crowd than for the Burnley game is if Yeovil bring 3,000 (which they might, but no guarantee). Weaker opposition with ST holders not having the convenience of their own seat being reserved initially, why would they pay £20 for that if they couldn't be arsed for the previous round? We weren't the biggest outside of the top 6 in the last round (ours was only the 14th-highest attendance of the 29 games played at the weekend), no reason to assume we will be this time either.

Would imagine you wouldn't have any problem getting tickets for the Stoke (February 8th), Norwich (March 15th) or Cardiff (April 12th) games.

I'd take that as fairly likely. As mentioned, the Mail (and Neil Ashton in particular) are our "paper to leak to" choice at the moment. Quite what the motive is in leaking private contract details to the national press, I'm not so sure, though...

It's worth putting some context to Puncheon, if that fee is indeed accurate. We've received various loan fees for him over the last few years from Millwall, Blackpool, QPR and Palace, so what we've actually recouped on his original £300k fee will be much more than the £1.25m mentioned.

Can't see it, even if they go down they wouldn't be in any financial strife so why would they give up a potentially big windfall in the future (when they might actually need the money)?

Just buy in the "neutral" section, there will be loads of Saints fans in there anyway.

Not allowed, comes under the category of "third party influences".

He's their captain, I believe.

Not sure what your point is here, that's the original article.

Boxing is a particularly bad example to pick there Cricket used to be notoriously bad, but since the ICC brought in a rule which prevented umpires standing in Test matches involving their own nation, that's improved immeasurably.

Lallana had nothing to do with the complaint, other than being the supposed victim. He didn't file the complaint, nor - apparently - did he make a big deal out of it either at the time or after the game. This idea was dreamt up by someone else at the club with a view to getting Clattenburg removed from any of our games in the future - a perfectly valid target, but rather than trying to get him on something that's simply not an issue, why didn't they try to get him on the fact that he's a **** referee who consistently gives us **** decisions?

You only have to win six games in order to win the FA Cup (assuming the winners start in the third round), and you could be drawn against teams from lower divisions throughout the entire competition. In the league, you play 38 games, of which historically you need to win at least half in order to qualify for the Champions League. There's no comparison, IMO.

Can be the only explanation for the continued selection of Tom Cleverley, tbf.

I'd argue the complete opposite. The more press this "discussion" gets, the more his absolutely horrendous decision gets buried under all the talk about Lallana supposedly being a bit of a pansy. There have been 18 referees in PL games this season (3 have only taken a handful of games so are probably FL referees who have been given temporary promotions as cover), so the balance of probability is that we wouldn't have been assigned Clattenburg for a while anyway.

Saints statement: Tell everyone what Clattenburg is alleged to have said and then the club might actually get a bit of support for their stance. If the words quoted are true, we are making ourselves look ****ing ridiculous.